Friend Jesse hooked me up with a nice HW frag. Going to let it adjust to my tank and put it in prime real estate.
Build: Red Sea P500
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I got this as a washed out wild frag... turned out pretty amazing... just took 9 months 
Here is a FTS from the side
Cleaned all my pumps.. what a difference in performance!
Pictures for fun
Pictures for fun
The P500 has a 6g, not much better for the size of the tank, but during the summer months with AC, it last about 4-5 days. During winter months, with the heater on, it will last about 2 days max.
I am trying to determine where I can put a larger ATO container because I could be away longer for vacations. Right now, I been having my house sitter just dump in an extra gallon of RODI water into the tank each day.
I am trying to determine where I can put a larger ATO container because I could be away longer for vacations. Right now, I been having my house sitter just dump in an extra gallon of RODI water into the tank each day.
How far is your tank from your rodi storage? Would running lines be an option, if so take a look into spectrapure ato that's what im planning to do. They are a bit pricier but you don't have to have an additional ato container so that off sets the extra cost.
I don't have an RODI storage tank. I make everything on the fly. My RODI system is directly above my tank in the laundry room and I have a water line that I bring down to refill my ATO.
Thank you. Right now I'm dealing with an issue with my skimmer going nutso lately around 10pm every night. It's driving me insane. I swear, this hobby is a headache sometimes.
Lots of changes in hardware recently trying to make things easier for myself.
After seeing BRS Investigate and high flow had no real impact on growth, I decided to make a change causeI I hated cleaning my gyres. Once a month at 15 min per pump, no thanks. Removed the 2 Gyres XF250 and replaced with 3 mp40s. Mp40s take less than 5 min each. Cut my time in half. Flow is considerably less tho.
Next, i hated unstable flow with my calc reactor plumbed to a pump (Fed my carbon reactor as well). So chasing correct flow to keep stable alk was annoying. Bought a Kamoer FX-Stp, now flow is rock solid along with Alk.
Finally, the scariest move I made.... changed out my lights. I had T5s mounted to my RapidLED Onyx, but couldn’t raise them to a point where I can reach in my tank without bumping them. The wires on the back side of the LEDs stuck straight out so they were in the way(hard to explain). So I swapped LEDs to an off brand setup and the AquaticLife Hybrid. Wow! The AquaticLife lights are amazing! What a difference!!
Pic of new lights
No more shadowing
After seeing BRS Investigate and high flow had no real impact on growth, I decided to make a change causeI I hated cleaning my gyres. Once a month at 15 min per pump, no thanks. Removed the 2 Gyres XF250 and replaced with 3 mp40s. Mp40s take less than 5 min each. Cut my time in half. Flow is considerably less tho.
Next, i hated unstable flow with my calc reactor plumbed to a pump (Fed my carbon reactor as well). So chasing correct flow to keep stable alk was annoying. Bought a Kamoer FX-Stp, now flow is rock solid along with Alk.
Finally, the scariest move I made.... changed out my lights. I had T5s mounted to my RapidLED Onyx, but couldn’t raise them to a point where I can reach in my tank without bumping them. The wires on the back side of the LEDs stuck straight out so they were in the way(hard to explain). So I swapped LEDs to an off brand setup and the AquaticLife Hybrid. Wow! The AquaticLife lights are amazing! What a difference!!
Pic of new lights
No more shadowing
What I'm going with too, just different LED's. Thx!
Also rethinking using Gyres, because of your comment. A real pita huh?
I'm just concerned putting an MP40 on the frag tank, which is a 25 gal Lagoon/IM.
Can't use an MP10 because of rear panel thickness, but 'could' put them on the sides I guess.
Also rethinking using Gyres, because of your comment. A real pita huh?
I'm just concerned putting an MP40 on the frag tank, which is a 25 gal Lagoon/IM.
Can't use an MP10 because of rear panel thickness, but 'could' put them on the sides I guess.
I wouldn’t say pain in the ass, just time consuming. I have three kids and with other tank maintenance I have to look where I can cut back spending time on my tank
Finally upgraded phone, the wide angle of the iphone 11 is able to capture a nice tank shot.
Hung the lights since it sitting on the rim didn’t have enough space for me to reach in to work in the tank.
Looks good but paranoid about it being hung in drywall.
Looks good but paranoid about it being hung in drywall.
Shared this on FB, but I figure I would link it here as well:
Wow! So you went from frags to colonies in a year?
that I did... patience and stable parameters is key.
