Mj's hopefully final build 180gal reef

1000rrstunna said:
seriously the fish from petco in qt look ****ing amazing lol.... it may be my go to.. you know they are owned by live aquaria now and drfosters so its all a conglomerate maybe fish quality has gotten better my local store has some nice basic fish...
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Yea these fish looked great to and eating the copper band was definitely internals which was treated with two dif meds so idk how it didnt kill tge parasites the regal was doing great and looked great was fw dipped nothing came off the first day then when it was dieing i dipped it again and like white puss or something came out of skin maybe hook worms idk never seen that chit before either way i wont be buying anything for tank in while . Tank has been downgraded to who gives a fuk status lol
 
Battling same issues still. Kinda funny tank is running too good lights r to good lol . U go and buy the best of everything and it just causes different issues. Now my skimmer is working to good that the fuge keeps going asexual. Ive ran these calurpra for yrs and a cheap super skimmer never had issues tank ran beautifully now new big skimmer keeping tank to clean . Im gonna try eliminating my filter socks but i have to build a contraption to keep the bubbles under control
 
madjoe said:
Battling same issues still. Kinda funny tank is running too good lights r to good lol . U go and buy the best of everything and it just causes different issues. Now my skimmer is working to good that the fuge keeps going asexual. Ive ran these calurpra for yrs and a cheap super skimmer never had issues tank ran beautifully now new big skimmer keeping tank to clean . Im gonna try eliminating my filter socks but i have to build a contraption to keep the bubbles under control
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Cool,now I know my skimmer works as a champ that keeps too clean ,even chaeto dyed
 
Which Petco you use? Having problems with fish too! Whatever i buy goes through QT (5 weeks) but when i put in DT dies after week or two....
 
jp_75 said:
Which Petco you use? Having problems with fish too! Whatever i buy goes through QT (5 weeks) but when i put in DT dies after week or two....
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I dont go to petco. I think my taste in fish just been the more finicky fish lately. Picked up a blue troat trigger pair today from ap fingers crossed
 
I got a male blue Jaw Trigger from Dave in April
He is my favorite now
I almost got a pair too
Good luck


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Triggerfish are solid...im sure they can live through anything parasite or disease. Thick skin and solid fish. Mine lived through ich and velvet...still alive.
I gave my picasso trigger to my cousin he has 2 picasos and 2 blue jaws. When he did his upgrade he has them in a stock bin...the heater was in the bin and the thermostat was forgoten outside so the temperaure in the bin reached like 90. He noticed when the triggers were trying to jump out of the bin from being hot. All are still alive.
 
#theMatrix said:
Triggerfish are solid...im sure they can live through anything parasite or disease. Thick skin and solid fish. Mine lived through ich and velvet...still alive.
I gave my picasso trigger to my cousin he has 2 picasos and 2 blue jaws. When he did his upgrade he has them in a stock bin...the heater was in the bin and the thermostat was forgoten outside so the temperaure in the bin reached like 90. He noticed when the triggers were trying to jump out of the bin from being hot. All are still alive.
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Well as far as i know my tank is clean hell i treated tank with copper all other fish r good . I do have a dory thats pretty new that survived and some fire fish . As for triggers being hardy thats kinda why i went with them i almost went with a idol and powder blue tang but figured the triggers were more of a solid buy lol
 
Well despite me being finished with car repairs time for the tank is still limited. It started to run to clean again as the calurpra started to go asexual again which causes skimmer to go nuts and over flow lol. So i took skimmer off line fuge is doing better again. Test sps although pale r still alive with polyp extension. I was able to get ahold of another eb8 so when i find time im gonna start switching some of the reef keeper over to apex . I did get dosers all ready to run for when ever if ever i need them. I still have a real nice ca reactor but wont need that online for a long time maybe once i get some colonies back in . I did cut my t5 down to 6 bulbs instead of 8 and raised the lights some . Im hopeing that the sps just need some time to adjust to my aquarium and lights since they r only under t5 at a friends and i have a better t5 fixture and kessils and a reef brite . The plan is to build a box to replce the filter socks and keep bubbles in check and just let fuge and skimmer do the filtration im starting to think upgrading to all this fancy equipment and top of the line crap is main cause of my issues lol . I swear i never in over a decade had a tank to clean ?*♂️
 
madjoe said:
Well despite me being finished with car repairs time for the tank is still limited. It started to run to clean again as the calurpra started to go asexual again which causes skimmer to go nuts and over flow lol. So i took skimmer off line fuge is doing better again. Test sps although pale r still alive with polyp extension. I was able to get ahold of another eb8 so when i find time im gonna start switching some of the reef keeper over to apex . I did get dosers all ready to run for when ever if ever i need them. I still have a real nice ca reactor but wont need that online for a long time maybe once i get some colonies back in . I did cut my t5 down to 6 bulbs instead of 8 and raised the lights some . Im hopeing that the sps just need some time to adjust to my aquarium and lights since they r only under t5 at a friends and i have a better t5 fixture and kessils and a reef brite . The plan is to build a box to replce the filter socks and keep bubbles in check and just let fuge and skimmer do the filtration im starting to think upgrading to all this fancy equipment and top of the line crap is main cause of my issues lol . I swear i never in over a decade had a tank to clean ?*♂️
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i got rid of my socks too. one less thing to clean every week. haven't noticed a difference so far.
 
Well its been over a month without a skimmer and nitrates still zero alage growth is at a minimum just enough to keep all my tangs grazing through the day . Triggerfish couple are doing great . Picked up a clown tang had to send my coral beauty to the sump. Fuge is running better then ever probably to good gonna give stump remover a try to raise nitrates a bit . Working on all led canopy ditched t5 for now . Unfortunately i injured my back pretty good wasnt able to walk for 4 days . Just started getting tad bit better so i can finish all my projects
 
madjoe said:
Well its been over a month without a skimmer and nitrates still zero alage growth is at a minimum just enough to keep all my tangs grazing through the day . Triggerfish couple are doing great . Picked up a clown tang had to send my coral beauty to the sump. Fuge is running better then ever probably to good gonna give stump remover a try to raise nitrates a bit . Working on all led canopy ditched t5 for now . Unfortunately i injured my back pretty good wasnt able to walk for 4 days . Just started getting tad bit better so i can finish all my projects
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Re:back, good luck with recovery, that can be big trouble. Tank sounds like it's doing awesome! Isn't it hard to believe you can't get nitrates by feeding?
 
Mjl714 said:
Re:back, good luck with recovery, that can be big trouble. Tank sounds like it's doing awesome! Isn't it hard to believe you can't get nitrates by feeding?
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Thanks. Yea tell me about it i figured by adding more fish and feeding heavier i could . If i turn skimmer on the tank runs so clean that the fuge starts to die lol. Im telling you . When i had my 75 i had shit equipment im talking jebao pumps a super skimmer 125 china leds and the china leds was a upgrade from odeysea t5. I ran reef keeper with dosing pumps . Now i have tge best of the best as some people say . Apex , swc skimmer , ati , kessil, and reef bright, cal reactor . But they work to good i guess lol. Anyways i did win 2 eb8 on ebay so that makes 4 eb8s now so essentially i can switch everything over to apex once i work out all the bugs right now all important crap is on my reef keeper elite . I will tell u what if the net module was just a little faster id stay with reefkeeper

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Oh yea btw what u guys using for posting pics now . Seems like Photobucket is crap and all my pics r gone
 
Well little update will have to get pics later. Few changes since last time i was on. I switched fully to apex all the reef keeper stuff is gone. I dumped my ati t5 light and went back to the china black boxes for now. I kinda changed direction on coral been picking up los pieces instead of sps. Just saw few lps tanks that blew my mind and figured it was time for a change and new challenge. So i ditched reactor and of course this tank was built for everything already had dosers wired and ready to run in case reactor failed so was easy to ditch it. I started running uv light again. And ditched the fritz salt and went back to instant ocean. Picked up bunch new fish including clown tang red coris wrasse long nose butterfly radiant wrasse clown fairy wrasse trigger pair that im ditching so called female they just fight all the time and a Pakistan butterfly yep im still crazy will keep eye on her. Traded my kessils yesterday for some shrooms i got a small og bounce a reef koi bounce and a splatter shroom least thats what he called it either way nice shroom. I will figure out how to post pics later . Just got back from physical therapy im beat
 
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