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Thanks, I appreciate it.

Thanks, I appreciate it. Definitely miss that old tank.

And what is your salinity at?

And what is your salinity at?

I have a good six stage RODI system on the way. With that, I’ll have more time to pre-mix my salt and preheat the water. I know it doesn’t depict it on camera, but I have roughly 78° tapwater and I allow it to mix for 30 minutes to an hour in the sump prior to sending it back into the main display tank. I know it’s not the most ideal but with a new revise set up on the way I shouldn’t experience that problem anymore

I usually shoot for 1.025 to 1.026 this is a large tank so depending what my salinity looks like prior to the water change determines if I do 2 and 1/2 cups, 2 and 3/4 cups or 2 and 1/4 cups of salt. It takes a long time to swing the salinity

Thanks for the advice. I’ll have to look into that.

Thanks, I agree. When I made the first rock formation, I didn’t put much thought into it because I didn’t understand the dynamics of a tank.

@@CrustyCreations833I’ll be watching the progress of your drop off peninsula tank I think it’s the best form

Thanks man, I appreciate the feedback

I used all for reef and reef Roids throughout that timeframe I had this tank running.

Thanks

I’ll give that a shot, thanks for the feedback.

I don’t think there is an exact timeframe for a “blackout”, but rather it’s just a preference of the individual. I’m sure depending on everyone’s scenario they would use a different timeframe to help reduce the trauma to the corals. I would assume everyone’s goal is to do it long enough to reduce the algae growth without permanently damaging the corals. Thanks for the feedback

@ This may be the issue with your approach. I can tell, even by the way you measure Salt when mixing…attention to details and following a program do not seem to be your forte. People on YT are being charitably kind to you by not pointing out how disastrous your approach to reef keeping really is. I hope you are actually doing much more than you appear to in the video. 1. Using tap water. Big No. Not following directions for the Salt….No. Must bring to same temp as Display Tank. Test salinity of the mixed saltwater before adding. 2. Your technique for cleaning your sand and rock is lazy, haphazard and uses the wrong tools 3. Have some pride and clean the glass before you show people your tank 4. You seen to be stuck in a pattern that you were successful with your smaller tank. If your practices were the same as now, you were only lucky and that tank would have collapsed eventually too. 4. Please start from the beginning by watching as much Bulk Reef Supply YT channel (BRSTV) as you can, before proceeding.

The temperature of the water is within 3° of the tank. I have a temperature sensor in the bottom tank where I mix the salt water back into the system. And it barely fluctuates more than 3° up or down. If you watched the whole video, you would see that I allow the water to circulate for an hour or two prior to powering back on the return pump circulating the water into the display tank. My target salinity is 1.025, for the most part it holds that every water change and if it varies 0.001 % i’ll usually adjust for it on the next water change. Thanks for the feedback, you bring up valid concerns that I hope other people see and think about if they make it to the comment section.

I agree but that’s all I have at the moment. I’m waiting for the RODI setup to come in

@ You put the cart before the horse.

Your perception is almost correct, It was more along the lines of 8 1/2 hours on BRSTV. Thanks for the feed back

@ If you watched that much BRSTV and are still doing these things, maybe the hobby isn’t for you.

On this tank I used a Radion XR30w G4 Pro.

I did a bottle of beneficial bacteria when the tank first started, but I may have to constantly dose it. Thanks for the feedback

@@CrustyCreations833How many people have to tell you to stop using water straight from the tap?

I have a small UV sterilizer set up in the sump.

I put the sump in the basement because I was concerned about having too much weight on my floor.

I Reduced the time, my lights are running by two hours, and I reduced the strength by 15%

Thanks for the feedback. I’ll give that a shot.

I’ll try and black out the windows next time

Thanks, I put these bars in my sump to help introduce trace elements that get absorbed overtime.

Kind of if you click on my first video, you can see me putting the tank together.

That’s a good idea I’ll give it a shot. Thanks

Agreed! A good cleanup crew would love this tank!

Thanks for the feedback. I’m more interested in how to overcome a problem rather than taking the easy way out and doing a hard reset. I would hope to eventually resolve my problems and gained the experience to share to others on how to do the same rather than them also taking the easy way out.

I would agree with you that it’s in rough shape at the moment, but the tank will eventually rebound

@CrustyCreations833 i apologize if i was a little rude but why dont you brush off all the rock and siphon the algae out and give that tank a deep cleaning

I went to Home Depot and cut thin wood panels to fit the dimensions of the tank. Then I use some Zeus clips to secure the one panel to the tank so I can gain access to it. The other side is nailed in and it’s not removable. a.co/d/aQjP9FM

I appreciate the feedback. When using it just double check that everything is tightened real good for it to work most efficiently

I’ll give that a shot, thanks for the feedback

Thanks for the feedback! These are fully adjustable lights so I’ll try and trim back on the blue and reduce the overall strength a little bit.

I have an RODI system in the works now, so hopefully that will help address some of my problems. I need to look into the Cheato, I was always interested on how it worked, but I don’t know what I really need to keep it alive. Thanks for the feedback.

@@CrustyCreations833 There are special refugium lights that will grow cheato very efficiently, but frankly, a little space in the sump and a cheap, freshwater light and it will grow just fine.

What “ornaments” are you concerned about?

@ the reef ones with all the crud on them? Maybe replace with new ones?

Thanks for the feedback. I had a smaller 30 gallon brief tank prior for five years with great success. Just experiencing a learning curve on a much larger system.

I do use a UV sterilizer. I think between an RODI water set up reducing the amount of time my lights are running and maybe feeding not as heavily everything should start to fall back in line. I’ve had a 30 gallon nano tank in the past that I had great success with, but when I bought a new house, I decided to go for a bigger tank. I do agree with you that I feel bad for the life in the tank, but I’m just working through the growing pains of understanding the dynamics of a larger tank.

100% agree with everything you said....

Seriously? You think it’s okay to just tell the guy “this isn’t for you”? Wtf. He’s just like you or anyone else who wants to have a beautiful aquarium in his home. He’s not torturing fish. A salt water tank is not that simple and takes some trial and error. So instead of being a dick about it why don’t you try and actually help without being condescending and potentially discouraging others from enjoying the hobby?

@@UnwokePaul YES SERIOUSLY! It's disgusting! These are living animals that he is torturing because he's not taking care of them right. If he's that lady or doesn't care, then he shouldn't have them.

Salt should be premixed for hours even up to 24hrs using rodi water and a pump there’s your problem right there . Are you even testing the salinity

I’m gonna start pricing out a RODI water system. I’ve had horrible luck with diamond goby’s. Regardless, if I have my glass covers on my tanks or not, they somehow still jump out.

They aren’t too expensive . Maybe 100-200 for a good one . Idk what county you are in ..

​@@CrustyCreations833 i hear you, ive had 3 in my time and 2 have jumped. ts pmo

That was my initial goal so that way when the return pump pulled from the bottom tank that was 100% sterilized water. But it may not be a bad idea to put the UV light on the return so it’s sterilizes all the water coming back into the sump from the main display tank. Thanks for the advice.

I have 2 md size return pumps (redundancy) for return and have my UV on one . With dc pumps I can adjust flow depending on what I was want to accomplish (free floating algae vs. fish disease) . I don’t have really any algae in my system ..

I do run pretty high strength light for roughly 12 hours a day, which is a little much. I might try scaling it back to eight hours a day of light. I do need to re-up my cleanup crew. It’s been a few months since I added snails and hermit crabs. I’ll try and pick up a few dozen this weekend.

Thanks for the tip. I’ll look into RODI systems. It’s gotta be excess nutrients in the public drinking water. Plus, it’s a good idea to strip out the chlorine.

It’s been running since late June 2023.

@@CrustyCreations833oh it’s tap water? Yeah that won’t help, every time you water change you’re putting dirty water in

Thanks for the advice. I’ll have to try that out.