The beginning of the Coral Forest

[damien]

 

[Lenny718]

Nice pics

 

[damien]

 

[Josh]

What sort of lighting and filtration do you have?

 

[neptune]

now thats whats up...about 1 year...you will need to frag to get through that forest
nice bro....very nice

 

[damien]

40 breeder for a sump 150 watt switching over to 250 watt.two 220 super skimmers ,450lbs of live rock 4 koralia modal 4

 

[KathyC]

Very nice. What size is the tank?

 

[damien]

220 gallon

 

[jackson6745]

Good start Damien. IMO you'll need a more aggressive filtration system or you're going to run into problems. If you like fish upgrade your skimmer ASAP. The coralife skimmers are not adequate for a 220.....even if you had 10 of them running...lol. I would be running 2 separate reactors for phosban and carbon as well. Filter socks are also a good idea. I like them because the remove uneaten fish food before it can break down, and particulate matter in the water column is removed giving a cleaner appearance.

Another option would be to simply do big frequent water changes

 

[damien]

yeah ican do that but y bother, these 2 skimmers r doing my tank perfect and these other skimmers r to much money, and i have a posban i forgot to mention it . carbon never use it. only when its sightly yellow color in the tank i will use cabon and after 4 days the carbon is useless.

 

[damien]

some additions to the forest,moorish idols.one is 5ins and theother is about 3ins

 

[duke62]

whoa who says carbon is useless.how long has ur tank been up and running.do u have any pods for that mandarin any type of sponge for that moorish idol.this hobby can get expensive and a great skimmer is 1 of the most important equip for the tank.i think u may need to slow down a touch with that bioload until it can be established.jmo

 

[damien]

this tank been up for 2 years had no problems with it .i use carbon once and it wipe out all my corals . dont get me wrong its good for a couple of days remove the yellow,light green color in the tank .i know for a fact it kills corals if you have in your tank to long i have a lot of pods my mandarin prefer mysis shrimp they go crazy for it. idiols r eating sea weed and pellets . u could come for yourself check it out .y should anyone spend crazy money on a skimmer beacuse the next person said so. this 2 skimmers r doing my tank justice.that jmo

 

[ireefny]

dude, tank looks sweet. the Idols really something to look at, the big guy seems to have something going on with he's eye, maybe its just the picture.

good luck, keep pictures coming.


ps. watch for the skimmerless revolutin baby! :splitspin

 

[damien]

thanks bro its the camera

 

[duke62]

i wa just curious.ive had my tank up for a little over a month and i have coraline algae starting to bloom already in the back part of the tank and i didnt see any growth on your tank unless u scrape it off.thats why i thought it was a new tank setup.and if its working for ya hey who am i to say im still a newbie.i just post alot :lol2: .send me a pm on where u are maybe i can come see some day

 

[damien]

MY 3 HARLEYS EATING STAR FISH

 

[damien]

Excuse The Debris On The Sand

 

[Killerdrgn]

Man I can totally see the captions of what the starfish is thinking at that moment. "Oh God no! Bllaahhhh"

 

[damien]

ok did a little bit of a change hope u guys like the new setup.