Reviving my 125g.

slf125

Member
Ok I have some work ahead of me ( hopefully not as bad as I think, im my own worst critic). And im definatly gonna need some advice. MY tank is almost 2 years old ( 22months) and here is EVERYTHING, specs, stock list, etc.
Corals:
Mushroom Coral (doing pretty good, not alot of growth but great polyp extension)
Blue star polyps ( alot of growth when I first got it but its covered up the rock its on and hasn't moved onto other rocks)
Cabbage leather ( prob. only coral thats done well, quadtrupled in size, 4 nice frags)
Would have tons more but most mysterioulsy died a few months ago.
Fish:
Pair Clarkii clowns
3 Green Chromis
4 Pajama Cardinals
Royale Gramma
Coral Beauty
Inverts:
atleast 6 HUGE bristle stars
3 HUGE peppermint shrimps
1 MASSIVE Sally Lightfoot ( like, 1 more inch and you could eat her)
Few snails, should be lots of Nass. snails (like 60-100) but have never seen them.
Equipment:
Solaris LEd lighting G series
125g non- reef ready tank
Prizm skimmer rated to 100g ( highest I could get)
Overflow down to 150 proclear wet dray with crappy skimmer that comes with it.
HOB CPR skimmer, promblem is its facing a wall nad behind a tank so it gets little attention. Basically full of crappy sand. Goingn to disconnect it.
2 Hydor Koralia 4's with 2 maxi jets ( 295mph each?)
2 Heaters (not sure which kind)
Total turnover is is about 20x water volume.
Live rock: About 200 pounds
Live sand 6" deep, somewhere between 600-700lbs PLaysand unfortunatly so it has silicates( not a problem any more) and an ugly brown look.
Most improtantly, here are tests: (testing tonight)
Ammonia:
Nitrite:
Mitrate:
Phosphate:
pH
Im thinking of connecting a fuge to it but I'll wait and see my test results.
Thanks Jake
 

gatorwpb

Active Member
Welcome!! I dont see a question, and it sounds like you have a great setup, what is there to revive? lol
Highly recommend a fuge if thats what you are looking for advice on. Use the search function on this website (look near top) and type in refugium and you should find lots of info. Also, I think in the archives is a section just on fuges.
Good luck!!
 

slf125

Member
yeah no real question, just starting to work on my tank and wanted a thread where i could post questions and people already knew what I had. BTw tests just developed, might have a few questions now
Amm.: .25 ( not terrible lol, need advice on what to do to bring it down)
pH: 8.3-8.4 seems good,
Nitrite: 0
Phos: 0 doesnt really match any colors on there, lowest is cucumber green and I have a clear yellow ( pee colored if you will).
and heres the finale
Nitrate: a Whopping 100
So I think a refugium is obliviously in the works here, any suggestions a certain kind I could get( hard to do without posting competitors).
Thanks Jake

P.s didn''t know there was an entire section, off I go....
 
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