A Reef Tank in the Desert - +/- 1,400 gallon system - Page 55

Eville · 01/27/2013, 07:04 PM

Awesome new acro pieces! This tank will be amazing after a years worth of growing. I also sent my father your numbers for alk calcium and mg and ours were way off. Unfortunately I am away at college so I could not fix them first hand. Thanks a lot for sharing again and hopefully I can achieve such success. Any plans of trying a large angel?

rpjaws74 · 01/27/2013, 10:09 PM

awesome tank!!

Made2Rock · 01/28/2013, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Newbie Aquarist

That's because I have nothing but mad love for you and how you do things BIG.

and

DEEEEEEEEEEP

Joe

Thanksgramps · 01/28/2013, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by danfeig

I dose hourly using BRS formulas. Pretty soon I will have to consider a calcium reactor, but, i've been making more concentrated formulas when I am dosing Calcium or Alk for more than 20 minutes each hour.

Hi Dan,

Thank you for posting this amazing process. I've been following for a few weeks and it has been a huge inspiration as I plan my first reef.

I joined my local reef club and at their meeting this weekend folks told me I had to go with a calcium reactor over dosing because I'm planning a 200g DT (350g total with sump, frag, fuge). They said it was more cost effective and stable at that size. I'm early in my planning/research and wondered your thoughts since it sounds like you might switch over and your decisions seem as strategic and well planned as I hope to be someday.

-Jeff

h.cordero · 01/28/2013, 02:16 PM

Dan HAd to read the complet thread! iwas skeptical about the pillar aquascape but now i change my mind love the deep tank. thanks for posting

danfeig · 01/28/2013, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by bullitr

Very cool Scott have a lot of cool stuff everytime is see him .
Can't wait for the picture

Scott is awesome and he treats me very fairly! The quality of his corals are always outstanding. Hopefully on Friday I will be able to put them into the display!

danfeig · 01/28/2013, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by vel123

the corals are awesome. loving the sea horses.

Thanks vel123!

I am real happy with everything. The corals are showing some nice polyp extension in the frag tank and the seahorses are really fun to watch! One of them still doesn't appear to be doing as well as the other three, hopefully she will get better.

danfeig · 01/28/2013, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Spectre2006

Awesome effort and setup. Tank will only get better with time. Have you passed the $100K milestone for your build?

Thanks you Spectre2006!

Definitely fun to both the fish and corals grow! $100k milestone???? I don't have any how much I have invested, nor do I want to know... Paypal takes directly out of a savings account and I kinda close my eyes when I write checks to pay my American Express and Visa statements.

danfeig · 01/28/2013, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by ERivera65

My name is Erwin and it's been a pleasure to have seen and been included in your thread. How are the fish you ordered? Have they acclimated ok as well?

Erwin!

It's nice to meet you. Things are good. All of the fish seem to be acclimating well. I put the two small Atlantic Blue Tangs into a 30 gallon tank of their own. One of the tangs started to get a little ich on its fins and I think it will be easier to manage outside of my other QT's. They are both eating well and now have a few places to hide.

danfeig · 01/28/2013, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Newbie Aquarist

That's because I have nothing but mad love for you and how you do things BIG.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Made2Rock

and

DEEEEEEEEEEP

Joe

Leroy, Joe...

I thank your comments can be misconstrued or taken as a little inappropriate here...

Made2Rock · 01/28/2013, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by danfeig

Leroy, Joe...

I thank your comments can be misconstrued or taken as a little inappropriate here...

I'm losing my touch, I missed that one.

You don't think that will stop us do you?

Joe

Newbie Aquarist · 01/28/2013, 05:56 PM

I didn't mean to disrespect your thread. I know when Danday arrives its no small delivery. That's what I meant you doing it big. I apologize.

Sent from my iPhone using Siri and Tapatalk.

ERivera65 · 01/28/2013, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by danfeig

Erwin!

It's nice to meet you. Things are good. All of the fish seem to be acclimating well. I put the two small Atlantic Blue Tangs into a 30 gallon tank of their own. One of the tangs started to get a little ich on its fins and I think it will be easier to manage outside of my other QT's. They are both eating well and now have a few places to hide.

Ok thats great Dan. I am going through an ich problem myself with my scopas tang. What are you treating your Atlantic tangs with? I am currently doing a hyposalinity treatment to my quarantine tank for three clowns and scopas tang.

danfeig · 01/28/2013, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by dca22anderson

I love FedEx Fridays! Great SPS additions!

Thanks Dave!

I have shown my wife and kids the picture of your son laying down and watching the fish in your sump. It's just awesome!

danfeig · 01/28/2013, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Eville

Awesome new acro pieces! This tank will be amazing after a years worth of growing. I also sent my father your numbers for alk calcium and mg and ours were way off. Unfortunately I am away at college so I could not fix them first hand. Thanks a lot for sharing again and hopefully I can achieve such success. Any plans of trying a large angel?

Thank you Eville... It's a lot of fun looking at pictures from 3-4 months ago and seeing the growth. I can't even imagine what things will be like in a year from now.

Once every six weeks or so, I send a water sample to Aquariumwatertesting.com and they upload a full spectrum of results for me to review. With you being away at college, it might not be a bad idea to have your dad send them aquarium water samples on occasion.

I like angels, just the smaller varieties!

danfeig · 01/28/2013, 10:10 PM

So i've had a lot of requests for an updated video of my fish room.

Sam just happened to come by on a day when the fish room wasn't the cleanest and I was in the midst of doing a small water change.

As always, he did an outstanding job with the filming and editing.

Enjoy!

jdm18honda · 01/28/2013, 11:23 PM

wow great build and video

techreef · 01/29/2013, 05:08 AM

There is so much information packed into that fish room video tour. Thanks! I see that you have your Radions fairly close to the water surface. Mine are the same over my 90G tank, just because the canopy restricts how high I can hang them. Do you see any issues with your lenses accumulating salt spray, or the units getting too moist? I find that microbubbles rise to the surface and pop underneath my lights, spraying them a little when I turn my return pump back on after feeding the tank, and the spray accumulates over time.

srf11 · 01/29/2013, 05:59 AM

I always dig catching up on all the additions/upgrades in this thread! Upgrading my reef from a 72g to a 180g over the next month but it sure aint no fish room!!

Newbie Aquarist · 01/29/2013, 06:17 AM

The fish room looked pretty clean and organized to me. Excellent video work.

Made2Rock · 01/29/2013, 08:37 AM

Love the video and really like the scaffolding idea!!!!!

Joe

SPotter · 01/29/2013, 08:44 AM

WOW Dan just amazing as always. Are you going to upgrade your lights to the Pro model?

danfeig · 01/29/2013, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by rpjaws74

awesome tank!!

Thank you rpjaws!!!

danfeig · 01/29/2013, 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thanksgramps

Hi Dan,

Thank you for posting this amazing process. I've been following for a few weeks and it has been a huge inspiration as I plan my first reef.

I joined my local reef club and at their meeting this weekend folks told me I had to go with a calcium reactor over dosing because I'm planning a 200g DT (350g total with sump, frag, fuge). They said it was more cost effective and stable at that size. I'm early in my planning/research and wondered your thoughts since it sounds like you might switch over and your decisions seem as strategic and well planned as I hope to be someday.

-Jeff

Thank you for the nice compliments Thanksgramps!!!

I don't know about the need for a calcium reactor on a tank your size and the cost effectiveness. It will depend on your sps requirements. Initially the cost of the reactor can be significant. I've been okay mixing my own 2-part solution and dosing hourly. It works for me right now, however, my dosing requirements and the strength of the solutions have increased. I have not had an issue with stability and i check my Calcium, Alkalinity and Magnesium two to three times each week. At some point in the future I may need to consider a calcium reactor.

danfeig · 01/29/2013, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by h.cordero

Dan HAd to read the complet thread! iwas skeptical about the pillar aquascape but now i change my mind love the deep tank. thanks for posting

Thanks h.cordero!

I am real happy with the way the towers turned out. I also love having a deep tank!

01/27/2013, 10:09 PM	#1352
rpjaws74 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: El Paso, Texas Posts: 1,340	awesome tank!! __________________ rpjaws Current Tank Info: 500 glln system/ Reef

01/28/2013, 10:10 PM	#1366
danfeig RC Sponsor Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Tucson, Arizona Posts: 1,747 Blog Entries: 1	New Fish Room Video... So i've had a lot of requests for an updated video of my fish room. Sam just happened to come by on a day when the fish room wasn't the cleanest and I was in the midst of doing a small water change. As always, he did an outstanding job with the filming and editing. Enjoy! __________________ "A Reef Tank in The Desert +/- 1,400 Gallon System" A.G.E. Built, 12 EcoTech Radion XR30w Pro LED's, MP60's, MP40's, Deltec 3070, Genesis Renew, UV, Fluidized Sand Reactor, Ozone and much more!

01/28/2013, 11:23 PM	#1367
jdm18honda Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: jacksonville fl Posts: 327	wow great build and video __________________ Chris from the middle of no where Current Tank Info: 110 rimless with 75 gallon sump/refuge and 24 gallon frag tank all custom by reef savvy

01/29/2013, 08:44 AM	#1372
SPotter Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Mt. Pleasant, SC Posts: 5,691	WOW Dan just amazing as always. Are you going to upgrade your lights to the Pro model? __________________ Steve Am I really doing all of this for a fish tank?????? Current Tank Info: 360g Envision Acrylic Tank, Closed Loops, Vectra L1's, MP40QD's, 400w Radiums, Regal 300ext, Dastaco Ext3 CaRx, Controlled by GHL Profilux

01/27/2013, 07:04 PM	#1351
Eville Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 326	Awesome new acro pieces! This tank will be amazing after a years worth of growing. I also sent my father your numbers for alk calcium and mg and ours were way off. Unfortunately I am away at college so I could not fix them first hand. Thanks a lot for sharing again and hopefully I can achieve such success. Any plans of trying a large angel?

01/28/2013, 02:16 PM	#1355
h.cordero Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Costa Rica Posts: 227	Dan HAd to read the complet thread! iwas skeptical about the pillar aquascape but now i change my mind love the deep tank. thanks for posting

01/28/2013, 05:56 PM	#1362
Newbie Aquarist Reefing is my middle name Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Clearwater, FL Posts: 5,796	I didn't mean to disrespect your thread. I know when Danday arrives its no small delivery. That's what I meant you doing it big. I apologize. Sent from my iPhone using Siri and Tapatalk.

01/29/2013, 05:08 AM	#1368
techreef Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Montclair, NJ Posts: 1,046	There is so much information packed into that fish room video tour. Thanks! I see that you have your Radions fairly close to the water surface. Mine are the same over my 90G tank, just because the canopy restricts how high I can hang them. Do you see any issues with your lenses accumulating salt spray, or the units getting too moist? I find that microbubbles rise to the surface and pop underneath my lights, spraying them a little when I turn my return pump back on after feeding the tank, and the spray accumulates over time.

01/29/2013, 05:59 AM	#1369
srf11 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 81	I always dig catching up on all the additions/upgrades in this thread! Upgrading my reef from a 72g to a 180g over the next month but it sure aint no fish room!!

01/29/2013, 06:17 AM	#1370
Newbie Aquarist Reefing is my middle name Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Clearwater, FL Posts: 5,796	The fish room looked pretty clean and organized to me. Excellent video work.

01/29/2013, 08:37 AM	#1371
Made2Rock Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tampa, Fl Posts: 262	Love the video and really like the scaffolding idea!!!!! Joe