35 Gallon Rimless

[MikeL152123]

35 Gallon Rimless Display w/ DIY Stand
20 Gallon Long DIY Fuge/Sump

Equipment

Maxspect Razor R420R 16,000K LED Light Fixture
Jebao WP25
Hydor 200W Heater
Hydor Seltz Aquarium Water Pump 740gph
AutoAqua Smart ATO
Amazon LED Fuge Light
Current USA TrueLumen 10 Inch 4 x 453nm Blue Aquatic LED Strip
Bulk Reef Supply 4 Stage RODI 75gpd
Hydra Aquatics Vortex Water Flow Accelerators MPT
Bulk Reef Supply Refractometer
Red Sea Reef Salt
Instant Ocean Bio-Spira Start Up Nitrifying Bacteria Aquarium Additive

[MikeL152123]

Forgot the Skimmer

SCA-301 65 Gallon Protein Skimmer

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[spoon671]

That's what we wanted to see...pics. :)

[MikeL152123]

Haha I know, I know. It took me a while to figure out how to upload photos. How do I get photos to show up on the thread larger??

Anyways, April 23rd is day one with this tank. I used Bio Sprila. Bottle claims it make the tank fish safe after use, so I bought 2 fire dart fish and a cleaner shrimp.

Ammonia-0
Nitrate-0
Nitrite-0
Salinity-33ppt

Any and all recommendations and criticisms are welcome, especially if they help me avoid any problems.

[spoon671]

I've heard the same claims about bio-spira. I've even seen Ryan on BFS use it. I can't speak on that topic aside from that.

I think I started my current tank on the same day you did. I'll be watching. ;)

[MikeL152123]

I saw that video of Ryan too. That was the one that made me decide to try it out. So far so good. My two dart fish hide in their cave most of the time and of course it's at the back of the tank so I rarely see them. Hopefully once I get more fish and coral in the tank they will become more comfortable.

[Ahanix]

Looking great so far!

[MikeL152123]

Tonight I added 10lbs. more of caribsea live sand. Tank is very cloudy at the moment. I also fired up my skimmer. Can't wait to see how this thing does

[JN93]

nice tank

[MikeL152123]

Ordered a Reefkeeper that should be waiting at my house

[MikeL152123]

So I have a lot to update. I have two cleaner shrimp but would like to add a coral banded shrimp but am wondering if they will all get along. Any one with knowledge or experience please educate me. I have added a tail spot Blenny, Randall's goby, Rastas zoas, fire and ice zoas, frog spawn, red digi, 2 birds nest, 3 feather dusters, sand sifting star, hermits snails

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[MikeL152123]

So far so good with the Bio Spira. All my fish are eating great and seem happy

[spoon671]

What is that in post 18? That's pretty! Do you know your Ca, Mg, and Alk levels?

[MikeL152123]

18 is a green birdsnest. My next purchase is a reef test kit, up to this point I have just been doing weekly 5gal water changes

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[MikeL152123]

Starting to get good coralline on my dry rock in the display. A bit surprised seeing I only have about 4-5 lbs LR in my fuge

[Bd670]

Tank looks great! I have one of similar size and its just finishing cycling.How do you like the wp25 in a 30? I was ready to pull the trigger on a pair of wp10 but am undecided.

[MikeL152123]

I love my WP25, I think I will sell it though and buy the new twin WP10. Only reason is footprint. The power head is a bit big for my tank. Full disclaimer I have never owned Vortec mp power heads but as far as water movement and controllable options I think the jebao WP is a far better value. I get great waves in my tank and the elos (random) mode is great

[Bd670]

Hey thanks that is what I was thinking wp10 twins on the way!!

[MikeL152123]

Current Fish

Tail Spot Bleny
Randall's Goby
Fire Dart Fish

I am going to get a pair of clowns and would like a mandarin. My question is how many "nano" fish can I have in my tank?? I have been told a verity of numbers so I would like to get a solid idea of what I can keep.

[MikeL152123]

I have 2 dart fish

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I have an algae bloom. Standing in front of the tank it looks red, close up it looks brown. I added a WP-10 which seems to have helped but looking for any other advice. Thanks

[Dendrobates]

Tank looks great, how do you like the maxspect light? We have pretty similar set ups and I've been looking at lighting upgrades over my current evergrow box.

[MikeL152123]

I love my Maxspect fixture. Easy to program and my coral seem to love it as well. I would highly recommend it!!

[MikeL152123]

I NEED HELP!!!! I have dinos..... I have done two 3 day black out (wrapped tank with black poster board, top and sides). Had about 10 days lights on in between. After each blackout the dinos would be gone but would reappear within a day or two. I dosed peroxide (1ml per 10gal.) which did nothing. I am out of ideas. I have cut back from feeding my fish frozen food every day to every other day and even cut the portion in half. Still the dinos are all over my rock, sand, powerheads/return and glass. I changed the filters on my rodi unit. I also added a reactor. Used Kent Phosphate Sponge for a day and a half and then removed that and used BRS GFO media. Is there anything else someone has heard of that people had success with? I am planning on siphoning the water out into buckets through a filter sick and fresh water rinsing the rock but this is going to take a lot of time and $$. Any and all advice will be greatly appreciated.

[cidbozek]

what can you tell me about the Hydra Aquatics Vortex Water Flow Accelerators? Like it, don't like it?

[ontop27]

Is it definitely Dino? Dino is the long stringy bubbles. Diatoms is brown dust like on the sand and glass. All new tanks get diatoms and it is nothing to worry about

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[m.adamschwartz]

Beautiful tank! I love the fire fish!!!

[MikeL152123]

I love the flow accelerator, deffinantly happy I put it in there. I am thinking this algae is dinos just from the pics I have seen

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Updated pics, algae has seemed to go away for the most part. Still some here and there but all coral is looking better!!

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