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Thinking about taking some more pics this week. Anything anyone would like to see in particular?

I ran the Kick-Ich for a week but found that having my Protein Skimmer and Carbon off was almost worse than letting the Ich run its course. Had to quit half way through the 10 days or so I was supposed to dose, but I started my Protein Skimmer and Carbon back up just in time to keep an algae outbreak from happening.

I lost 4 tangs and a couple of other fish, but thankfully don't see anything else with Ich. I will continue to soak the food with Selcon and Garlic, and I am running my UV 24 hours a day.

Also started to run Ozone recently and plumbed the output right to my protein skimmer which seems to have increased the skimmer's production, so thats a nice bonus.

Now just getting into a regular maintenance rhythm and minor tweaking here and there. Should look pretty good by May.

Started last night dosing Kick-Ich to get rid of any Ich on my tangs. I should have waited a little longer before putting in corals so I could have dosed heavier, but ah well. Wish I had more room for a decent quarantine system also. I have never had ich before, so its a learning lesson. Also trying soaking all food in Selcon and Garlic. So far I only lost my Achilles, and only half the tangs seem to have any spots, but not taking any chances.

Lets hope it truly is Reef Safe and I don't lose anything else.

cant wait to see it! Always a great meeting

Should definitely be fun. Hopefully I can get more product donations rather than food donations this year, but I am appreciative of anything.

Wow it looks like it has come together nicely. Nice work Doug!

 

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Thanks. I definitely like the way its turning out.

Wow Douglas! It's not taking you long to stock that bad boy! I can' wait for the May meeting!

Its been fun! Thankfully I have a lot of great connections that get me some amazing things. I am sure it will be pretty awesome come May.

Unfortunately I have a little bit of Ich going on and sadly lost my beautiful Achilles Tang, hopefully I can nip it in the bud before I lose anything else.

Some pics and a vid.

Very nice tank and setup. I love tanks with lots of fish.

 

Curious on how you stocked your tank with the fish.

 

Did you quarantine them before putting them in?

Or were they quarantined from where you bought them?

 

Thanks in advance

So far I don't have a big enough quarantine, LOL, so I acclimate and watch closely. I did have a bit of Ich, but has since been controlled by use of Ich medicine and UV, I would imagine the Cleaner Shrimp helped also.

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Wow looking awesome Douglas! I was reading off the list of fish to Beth and she was like who the hell is putting all those fish in one tank! And then I told her it was yours! (laugh)

LOL, surprised myself when I wrote the list, didn't realize I had added 13 Tangs! The schools of chromis and anthias are amazing.

Love the tangs, I have 10 tangs in my system.

 

Is your glass dirty or the water is murky?

Lol, glass is a little dirty from algae bloom still dieing away and water is murky after working on system. And I need to work out the lighting on my camera or run them through photoshop. Once I get the ozone going that will help also.

Wow' date=' what an amazing system (drooler)......I don't mean to sound nosey, but how the hell do u pay to keep such a large tank running? I love seeing these large, masterful tanks, but I always scratch my head when I think how much money must go into one (scratch). Maybe I need to get a second job (whistle)[/quote']

 

I have been very blessed to own a family company that's been doing very well. I also have other ways of making money, always busy, I work a lot of hours.

Looking great so far Doug. Sure hope I'm able to make it down to see it in person this spring.

Should be really full and looking nice by then

The clams range from 5" to 8" across.

The Achilles Tang is the biggest at about 7" in length.

The smallest Tang is the Purple at about 2" in length.

So far everything gets along great.

Still tweaking some things, but the system is doing awesome.

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Enough Seaweed to feed all the Tangs - about 800 sheets worth in this picture

Socks are working well and also have basically a simple algae scrubber and particle catcher at the beginning

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Started adding things to the tank

Fish List:

60 - Green Chromis

10 - Blue Chromis

17 - Anthias

2 - Blue Tangs

2 - Yellow Tangs

Unicorn Tang

Black Shoulder Tang

Achilles Tang

Maculiceps Tang

Purple Tang

Powder Blue Tang

Vlamingii Tang

Naso Tang

Desjardini Sailfin Tang

Scooter Blennies

Sailfin Algae Blennies

Mated pair of Leopard Wrasses

Six Line Wrasse

Mystery Wrasse

Coral Beauty Angelfish

Potters Angelfish

4 - Pajama Cardinalfish

Star Spot Rabbitfish

Magnificent Rabbitfish

Various Gobies

More to come

keep those pics comin your tank is amazing wow

Thanks! Will do. I am actually in L.A. right now for Christmas, but have some beautiful fish going into the tank as soon as I get back. I am sure Clay could post some amazing pics of a few of the amazing Tangs I am collecting.

Garrett is also filling my tank with 60 Blue/Green Chromis and 20 Anthias as my schooling fish, along with various inverts, corals, and other fish.

January is going to be a big month for the tank, and a challenge for me to keep it all in balance.

Fish and Coral will begin to be added in January. As of right now Temp is at 78, PH is at 7.9, and Salinity is at 1.026.

Lights are up!

Even LED light over the area where my Chaeto will grow

I installed a lift system for the LED lights, lifts them 12" higher so I can easily get access to the whole tank. At the lowest they are about 6" above the water.

Power for lighting (18 AI SOL Blue's over the main tank, 1 AI SOL Blue over the refugium)

LED light over refugium - Also I am trying to rescue some Mangrove plants from a friend

I've been looking for a 500 gallon tank! This tank is amazing! I look forward to seeing the set up? Can I ask how much & where to get a tank like this?

The 450 Gallon was acrylic and I can't remember who built it, but it was built for around $4000 I believe. My 750 Gallon is glass and was made by Miracles up in Canada for about $5,000 (not including shipping). There are quite a few Acrylic Tank Makers in the U.S., I think even a good one is located in L.A.

Just my opinion, but I would avoid the company GlassCages, they are cheap, but you get what you pay for IMO.

Good Luck, and I host a meeting this May that you can see my tank in person.

Lights are being mounted next week. 3 out of 7 of the Energybar8's are programmed. Protein Skimmer running. Other equipment slowly coming on line. Got some new level switches and hooking them up to the Apex. Face frame and doors are 90% done. Trying to get the darn Ecotech's to pulse correctly, but for some reason two of the pumps, every third cycle, only come on for 2 seconds instead of 6. I guess I have to completely reset them.

I hope to have some more pictures up soon, especially once the lights go up.

I will be adding fish and corals starting in January.

its the stuff on your walls in the fish room =)

Oh, awesome, thanks! LOL, I guess I did miss something.

FRP fiberglass reinforced plastic

For? I think I missed something.

Hey Douglas, looking great. The pics realy help us see the good ideas that are all over this build.

I do have a concern... The strut straps that are directly over the sump area will likely rust. The metal is plated, but they usualy still rust at the contact points. (mainly at the tightening hardware) I know those straps are available in stainless, shouldn't be too hard to find.

Keep the pics comming

It is a possible concern, but I really think it will take a while before they rust enough to be a problem, and they are very visible, so if I see any issues I can easily change out the clamp.

But, I appreciate the advise and I may check into the stainless steel option and if its not incredibly expensive it may be worth the change.