I'm BAAAAAAaaack.. but downgraded!

[JARRETT SHARK]

welcome back

 

[motortrendz]

Nice too c long time reefers come back welcome back fellow hobbyist I'm sure this tank will look awesome also jus like last one

well, lets just say its an addicting thing.. lol and as far as it looking as good as the last on.. i hope so.. just on a model scale size...ha.. its filling up with water as we speak..

 

[motortrendz]

oh yeah? Sorry to hear that hahaha!

Do you still have the hood also? Lmao!!!! Glad to hear

you d*#k!!!


Hahah

 

[E.intheC]

Welcome back dude...it's hard to shake the reef out of your system!!!

+1. Well said Jeff.

Welcome back.

 

[DrHarryLopez]

Mike, Is your tank up and running?

 

[JimmyR1rider]

you d*#k!!!


Hahah

LMAO!!! C'mon man you know I had to- I dont forget lol

 

[motortrendz]

LMAO!!! C'mon man you know I had to- I dont forget lol

of course not... any you know i say it with love!...

the tank is running the wave maker is flowing the skimmer is skimming... just waiting for the water to clear up a little so i can put my rock in... im sitting patiently.. but its not working.. so its got abt another hour before i start setting up rock! haha...

ive been taking pics along the way, but havent had the chance to upload them.. will do soon!!

 

[JimmyR1rider]

of course not... any you know i say it with love!...

the tank is running the wave maker is flowing the skimmer is skimming... just waiting for the water to clear up a little so i can put my rock in... im sitting patiently.. but its not working.. so its got abt another hour before i start setting up rock! haha...

ive been taking pics along the way, but havent had the chance to upload them.. will do soon!!

I know lol is all good brudda man!

 

[motortrendz]

 

[TRIGGERMAN]

Taggin along

 

[motortrendz]

so today the tank is a little more clear and you can see what survived from the 220g..

so far my parameters are..
salinity. 1.022
cal. 425
alk 5.5 borate alk. 1.5 carbonate alk 4.0
phos. 0.18
ph 8.4
mag 750
nitra 0
nitri 0
amonia 0

 

[DrHarryLopez]

Para's a little off, bro.

 

[motortrendz]

hey its only been running 2 days lol.. i know i gotta make some adjustments.. i wanna bring salinity up to 1.24/25 and mag i just added so in a few days ill re test.. and what do you recomend for alk? or do you see something else i dont??

 

[motortrendz]

UPDATE:

slainity 1.024
Ca 450
alk 5 meq/L
Mag 1300
phos .20
Ph 7.7
amonia, nitrate, nitrite...0.0

not sure y my PH is so low, ive never had an issue with PH in any of my tanks.. any ideas?

 

[WidebodyFish]

I see you have the same clowns, and those the same candy canes ? looking good.....

 

[tomtoothdoc]

hey mike, welcome back. give me a call....i have stuff you may like....i'll hook you up as always bro.

 

[tomtoothdoc]

Taggin along

now trigga...you play nice this time......lol.

 

[bbreef240]

it dont matter if its a 5 gallon or 5000 gallon just the thrill of the setting up and looking around and searching for new things is priceless....theres just something about the hobby that even if you quit for a while,at some point you will always be back....welcome back and let the fun begin...

 

[motortrendz]

it dont matter if its a 5 gallon or 5000 gallon just the thrill of the setting up and looking around and searching for new things is priceless....theres just something about the hobby that even if you quit for a while,at some point you will always be back....welcome back and let the fun begin...

AMEN to that!!.. Im addicted to this in the worst way! i come home and walk strait to the tank and just stare at it for hours, i started adding new frags and as soon as theyre in place i wanna go get more, lol i just picked up a 6 bulb t5 tek light, and WOW what a difference! its amaizing.. ill have to post new pics..
Im getting a chiller this weekend bc i need to drop my temp abt 5-6 degrees bc ive been getting temps during the day at abt 83, i keep the tank up in my loft which is above the main living room so all the heat rises up. so either during the winter or summer its hot up there, i keep the window open but it only lowered the temp abt 1 degree. this is the first time ive ever had an issue with being too hot..

Widebody, as far as the clowns.. theres only one now :frown: but i just picked up a small hippo and a blue spotted goby, some coral made it, which i cant belied bc there were no lights on and the heater wasnt hooked up for almost 8 weeks and the tank was 65 degrees.. i lost all my sps but bc of awesome members on here i have been given a bunch of frags to start over..

Tom, thanks brotha i still have your wave maker and its running the new system perfectly! when are you available to get together? i dont have your number any more since my phone crashed the last time.. so txt me! i was thinking abt taking a ride up too albanos in abt 2 weeks if you wanna take a ride i can pick you up along the way.. and as for the frags, you know im always interested you always have awesome stuff.. im setting up my frag tank this week which will run off the same sump but will have a different light system basically 2 t5 6700 grow lights, they dont make em pretty but it def helps with growth..

my par is finally leveling out now,
salinity is 1.024
Ca 440
alk 4.0 meq/l (i wanna see it abt 3.6ish)
mag 1300


and last but definitly not least......IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK!

 

[motortrendz]

SO todat with the warm weather i left the windows open in my house, got pretty warm in there and came home to find the tank at 88 degrees.... oh boy not good... chiller coming sunday!!!