My Reefing Chronicles 3

[Admiraltian]

Here’s the start of another new journey and also another new tank thread to keep track of my progress. The allure of the beauty of this hobby is just too great to resist. This is probably the third decent tank build I going to do after 14years in this hobby. My last tank wasn’t that great and encounter quite a lot of challenging problems (tank crashes 3x). The last crash was the last straw I decide to throw in the towel and decom. 
For this new tank, I decided I want my tank thread to be more fun and less serious/stressful (haha) to look at rather than write about the technical aspects, the new latest gadgets in the market I should be using, how to maintain their parameters... etc etc etc.

More relax and on a lighter note to enjoy this hobby. People should learn to relax and luv this hobby than to stress abt stuff such as why my KH so high, is my tank going to crash the next day?? Chasing numbers daily and worry abt tank leaking?? But that’s reality in general that we worry abt so much.

That said, knowledge on Reefing is not build on one day. So take ur time, learn and enjoy this hobby and do ur due diligence and research.

Nothing to show for now, except a sneak peak of my new scape. New tank not here yet...eagerly anticipating its arrival.  

Tank corner looked empty now.

For those who dunno or never seen my old tank before...Photo dated last July 2020.

Will share more photos of my tank build and plans along the way. Hope u guys enjoy this hobby as much as I do. Cheers!!

[Davissimzt]

Looking forward for more updates!

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[Admiraltian]

1 hour ago, Davissimzt said:

Looking forward for more updates!

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Yes bro, thanks for the help and support!!

[Nihal]

Hi, Newbie here 

Hope to learn more from your build. Thanks for sharing.

[Admiraltian]

4 hours ago, Nihal said:

Hi, Newbie here 

Hope to learn more from your build. Thanks for sharing.

Yup, sure. We can learnt from each other.

[JiaEn]

Nice and open rock work!  It will look great once covered by corals! 

On 3/31/2021 at 11:41 PM, Admiraltian said:

More relax and on a lighter note to enjoy this hobby. People should learn to relax and luv this hobby than to stress abt stuff such as why my KH so high, is my tank going to crash the next day?? Chasing numbers daily and worry abt tank leaking?? But that’s reality in general that we worry abt so much.

I can't agree with you more! It's a hobby and the enjoyment part is so important. If hobby becomes a source of stress on a daily basis,  then it's really not healthy. 

 

Look forward to your new updates! 

[Admiraltian]

On 4/3/2021 at 5:20 PM, JiaEn said:

Nice and open rock work!  It will look great once covered by corals! 

I can't agree with you more! It's a hobby and the enjoyment part is so important. If hobby becomes a source of stress on a daily basis,  then it's really not healthy. 

 

Look forward to your new updates! 

Thanks bro. Will update as I progress with the build.

[Admiraltian]

New tank arrived on Saturday. DT is 90x50x50cm. Will be a sps dominated tank.

Tank Culture guys fixing up the tank, positioning, piping and glue work and cabinet door.Done in less than 2hrs.Next is water test although tank maker assure it oredi been done in their workshop. Just a double assurance.

In case u guys are wondering, the small tank beside will be my MP (Multi-Purpose) tank. Probably keeping some of my sps frags and some lps and can be double as a qt tank for my fishes but doubt it will serve much of that function as it is sharing same sump. 

 

 

[Admiraltian]

Next day, lfs guys came over to help topping up tank water and also do up the wire management part. Thank u the guys from RR & TC for 2 days of hard work. Some pic of the finished work...

Chose this bonsai look for my main DT. Btw the led lightings do look out of place as I still using my old lights and hanging fixtures. Had to remove the most left one from the pic due to spread is out of position.

All my power point neatly done up.

Sump tank.

[Guest]

Thanks for sharing the tank build, amazing process haha. Can’t wait to see it filled up again! Since we stay nearby please invite HAHA

[Admiraltian]

4 hours ago, Willy Guccivera Yap said:

Thanks for sharing the tank build, amazing process haha. Can’t wait to see it filled up again! Since we stay nearby please invite HAHA

Yes bro. Welcome u any time. 

[Reef addict]

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[Admiraltian]

Got my lights up and old 3 fishes back.

PO4 at a high of 0.4ppm. Monitoring for now...continuing my daily dose of bacteria.

[Guest]

Yay!!! Finally see the new tank!

[Admiraltian]

12 hours ago, Willy Guccivera Yap said:

Yay!!! Finally see the new tank!

No corals in though...lol 

[Admiraltian]

Finally got back my remaining corals from my previous tank. Thank u to my friend who hosted for me all this while.

Some pics to show...

Almost bare bone fts...

The Lps/frag tank

Thats all for now.

[Darren Sim]

Nice tank!


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[Admiraltian]

3 hours ago, Darren Sim said:

Nice tank!


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Thanks bro!

[SaltedFishSkin]

How's the growth been since?

[Admiraltian]

20 hours ago, SaltedFishSkin said:

How's the growth been since?

I think somewhere leeching high po4 and silicates probably my coral sands as I didn’t wash it or as they alw termed it as cooking my rocks and sand before putting in. All my old sps frags didn’t make it. Now struggling to keep my lps alive. Back to the drawing board again.

[SaltedFishSkin]

Sorry it hear it lesson learnt at least!

[R0B]

I think somewhere leeching high po4 and silicates probably my coral sands as I didn’t wash it or as they alw termed it as cooking my rocks and sand before putting in. All my old sps frags didn’t make it. Now struggling to keep my lps alive. Back to the drawing board again.

Sorry to hear that. You are right to check the sand as most likely a candidate. If still an issue, then you may want to check your Calcium Reactor effluent as can also leech phosphate (but not heard of them leaching silicate)

[Admiraltian]

On 5/19/2021 at 3:06 PM, R0B said:

On 5/19/2021 at 11:38 AM, Admiraltian said:

I think somewhere leeching high po4 and silicates probably my coral sands as I didn’t wash it or as they alw termed it as cooking my rocks and sand before putting in. All my old sps frags didn’t make it. Now struggling to keep my lps alive. Back to the drawing board again.

Sorry to hear that. You are right to check the sand as most likely a candidate. If still an issue, then you may want to check your Calcium Reactor effluent as can also leech phosphate (but not heard of them leaching silicate)

Thanks for the advise. Will check on that.

[Admiraltian]

Long time never update….almost 10 months. After another one or two months of suffering constant corals die off….tank finally get some stability at the 4th month mark. As recommended by WWC to only put in corals after cycling for 4th months, quite accurate their estimate of safe way reefkeeping.

Some of the first few successful corals I added in from the formative few months of my current tank…

FTS around early November time last year.

 

[Admiraltian]

A look back at some of the tankscape (old decommed tanks) I had over the years since 2007…