Triggerjays new 125g Build thread - Page 9

JoJo · 04-23-2008, 08:21 AM

hmmmm...sounds interesting Frankie

Triggerjay · 04-28-2008, 03:16 PM

Great idea frankie!

So, I did a little water testing today, right before I replaced my Ro/Di filters and DI resin.. Heres the results:
Tap water - 106ppm TDS
Ro/Di Before 2ppm TDS
Ro/Di After filter change 0 Tds

Phosphate on Ro/Di
Before - 0
After - 0

Tank Params:
Temp 78
SG 1.022 <-- a little low.. Skimmed out or salt creep maybe?
Phos - 0
Alk 3.2 Meq/l or 8.96 dKH
Ph 8.4
Ca 425ppm
Mag 1140ppm

Everything water wise looks good for the most part. Think I am ready for the LE SPS corals?

Jason

Triggerjay · 05-08-2008, 08:57 PM

Time for an update.. Long overdue. So a few of you know, I am slowly changing my talk over to SPS dominated. I have a few existing corals I intend to keep, but most of the common stuff is coming out of the tank. I have already removed a couple peices, and placed in Megans tank, and sold a couple others.

So, I was shopping around in the livestock for sale thread on RC. A guy named H@rry had a SPS frag pack for sale, with free shipping. I liked the look of the corals, so I jumped on board and bought a pack. I was able to choose the type of corals from a long list of stuff he had available. This was on Sunday. He shipped my frag pack on monday, and it arrived Tuesday. I could see quality from the moment I opened the box. It was styro lined, and had acclimation instructions right in the top of the box. I followed his acclimation procedure, and gave the frags an iodine dip, and a sea-chem reef dip. The frags are well on their way to encrusting the tile they are mounted to. So, heres some pics of the new frags:

If you want to know the names of any of them, don't hesitate to ask. I have them wrote down, but my list is in the other room.

Jason

Triggerjay · 05-08-2008, 09:03 PM

Later that evening, My Tyree Sunset Monti was also delivered by the guy I bought it from. He gave me a good deal on it at $75.00 for a 1/2" X 1/2" frag. At Atlantis, they go for $100 a frag. Heres a pic of that little guy. He is near the top/back of the tank, so it was hard to get a clear shot, but you get the idea. I can't wait till he grows up:

A also picked these up last week at my LFS. (Thanks Fish!)
Purple Montipora Digi...:

And this little guy:

And here is an AWESOME little frag that Fish, at my LFS GAVE me.. It is the REAL superman monti. Its small now, but will look awesome when it grows out:

Jason

Triggerjay · 05-08-2008, 09:13 PM

Now some of you know I just went through a bad spell with my tank. Some of my SPS RTN'ed, including an acro frag from IMAC 2 years ago that John Kelly gave me, and the green plating monti that Frankie sent me.. and a false superman monti I got from a frag demo about two months ago. Well, I have some good news.. they don't look the best, but they are starting to come back. They all appeared to be completly gone. However, apparently, there was a tiny bit of life left in them, and now they are coming back. heres some pics:
False superman:

John Kelly Acro:

And the plating Monti from Frankie!

So I think I have talked my friend John Kelly into coming over, and helping me gut my tank, get rid of all the mushrooms and GSP, and giving the rocks a good scrub to get rid of some of the HA that you can see in the pics. I don't have very much HA, but it still bothers me. And then re-aquascaping the tank for yet another look. The current rock setup lacks for placement of SPS corals,.. All my Zoanthids are going to hit the sandbed in front of the rocks, My frogspawn will also stay low somewhere in the tank, and the 6 year old goni will have to be moved again. I am also keeping my red blastos, but other than that, pretty much everything else I have, will not be in the tank anymore.. This should give me plenty of room for my new and future SPS purchases. I have however found that it is very difficult to find whole SPS colonies on the internet. Most of the sites just sell frags, although I dont mind having frags, I want a little more to look at in the tank.. So a couple large SPS colonies of some sort are on the shopping list if I can find any.

Thanks for lookin!

Jason

AQTCJAK · 05-08-2008, 09:42 PM

Nice frags

JoJo · 05-08-2008, 10:52 PM

nice pics Jason

Triggerjay · 05-09-2008, 09:43 PM

Thanks guys!

Jason

Varga · 05-09-2008, 09:52 PM

sweet frags cant wait to see them grow

nikkipigtails · 05-12-2008, 09:01 AM

great frags Jason! the good thing about getting frags is that you can watch your tank grow from a baby. IMO it's the most rewarding.

Triggerjay · 05-12-2008, 09:57 AM

I agree. I still would like to pick up a couple full size colonies, so I have something to look at until things grow out. A 125g full of frags looks kinda empty! lol...

Jason

JoJo · 05-12-2008, 12:46 PM

your FTS looks pretty full to me...if i remember correctly.

Triggerjay · 05-12-2008, 08:13 PM

lol, Jojo.. Now it really looks empty! I tore my tank all apart today, removed all the rock and scraped all the shrooms & GSP off. So what not a better time to re-aquascape?

Jason

JoJo · 05-12-2008, 11:45 PM

i love the mound type scaping, i hope i can master the skill of aquascaping. nice job

Frankie · 05-13-2008, 12:22 AM

Looks great Jason!! I am happy to hear things are coming back from the dead. Thats a great sign of water stability.

04-28-2008, 03:16 PM	#122 (permalink)
Triggerjay Reef Lobster Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Springfield MO Posts: 1,446 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Triggerjays new 125g Build thread Great idea frankie! So, I did a little water testing today, right before I replaced my Ro/Di filters and DI resin.. Heres the results: Tap water - 106ppm TDS Ro/Di Before 2ppm TDS Ro/Di After filter change 0 Tds Phosphate on Ro/Di Before - 0 After - 0 Tank Params: Temp 78 SG 1.022 <-- a little low.. Skimmed out or salt creep maybe? Phos - 0 Alk 3.2 Meq/l or 8.96 dKH Ph 8.4 Ca 425ppm Mag 1140ppm Everything water wise looks good for the most part. Think I am ready for the LE SPS corals? Jason __________________ 125g Mixed reef, 100g Basement sump, two 40g breeder frag tanks, Iwaki 100 main return pump, Sequence Reeflo Dart CL pump, Sedra 9000 powered DIY 3 foot tall skimmer, Aqua 40w UV, Two little fishies phosban reactor, Kangaroo dosing pump, 29g tank in my daughters room, All tied together into one system.

05-08-2008, 08:57 PM	#123 (permalink)
Triggerjay Reef Lobster Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Springfield MO Posts: 1,446 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Triggerjays new 125g Build thread Time for an update.. Long overdue. So a few of you know, I am slowly changing my talk over to SPS dominated. I have a few existing corals I intend to keep, but most of the common stuff is coming out of the tank. I have already removed a couple peices, and placed in Megans tank, and sold a couple others. So, I was shopping around in the livestock for sale thread on RC. A guy named H@rry had a SPS frag pack for sale, with free shipping. I liked the look of the corals, so I jumped on board and bought a pack. I was able to choose the type of corals from a long list of stuff he had available. This was on Sunday. He shipped my frag pack on monday, and it arrived Tuesday. I could see quality from the moment I opened the box. It was styro lined, and had acclimation instructions right in the top of the box. I followed his acclimation procedure, and gave the frags an iodine dip, and a sea-chem reef dip. The frags are well on their way to encrusting the tile they are mounted to. So, heres some pics of the new frags: If you want to know the names of any of them, don't hesitate to ask. I have them wrote down, but my list is in the other room. Jason __________________ 125g Mixed reef, 100g Basement sump, two 40g breeder frag tanks, Iwaki 100 main return pump, Sequence Reeflo Dart CL pump, Sedra 9000 powered DIY 3 foot tall skimmer, Aqua 40w UV, Two little fishies phosban reactor, Kangaroo dosing pump, 29g tank in my daughters room, All tied together into one system.

05-08-2008, 09:03 PM	#124 (permalink)
Triggerjay Reef Lobster Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Springfield MO Posts: 1,446 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Triggerjays new 125g Build thread Later that evening, My Tyree Sunset Monti was also delivered by the guy I bought it from. He gave me a good deal on it at $75.00 for a 1/2" X 1/2" frag. At Atlantis, they go for $100 a frag. Heres a pic of that little guy. He is near the top/back of the tank, so it was hard to get a clear shot, but you get the idea. I can't wait till he grows up: A also picked these up last week at my LFS. (Thanks Fish!) Purple Montipora Digi...: And this little guy: And here is an AWESOME little frag that Fish, at my LFS GAVE me.. It is the REAL superman monti. Its small now, but will look awesome when it grows out: Jason __________________ 125g Mixed reef, 100g Basement sump, two 40g breeder frag tanks, Iwaki 100 main return pump, Sequence Reeflo Dart CL pump, Sedra 9000 powered DIY 3 foot tall skimmer, Aqua 40w UV, Two little fishies phosban reactor, Kangaroo dosing pump, 29g tank in my daughters room, All tied together into one system.

05-08-2008, 09:13 PM	#125 (permalink)
Triggerjay Reef Lobster Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Springfield MO Posts: 1,446 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Triggerjays new 125g Build thread Now some of you know I just went through a bad spell with my tank. Some of my SPS RTN'ed, including an acro frag from IMAC 2 years ago that John Kelly gave me, and the green plating monti that Frankie sent me.. and a false superman monti I got from a frag demo about two months ago. Well, I have some good news.. they don't look the best, but they are starting to come back. They all appeared to be completly gone. However, apparently, there was a tiny bit of life left in them, and now they are coming back. heres some pics: False superman: John Kelly Acro: And the plating Monti from Frankie! So I think I have talked my friend John Kelly into coming over, and helping me gut my tank, get rid of all the mushrooms and GSP, and giving the rocks a good scrub to get rid of some of the HA that you can see in the pics. I don't have very much HA, but it still bothers me. And then re-aquascaping the tank for yet another look. The current rock setup lacks for placement of SPS corals,.. All my Zoanthids are going to hit the sandbed in front of the rocks, My frogspawn will also stay low somewhere in the tank, and the 6 year old goni will have to be moved again. I am also keeping my red blastos, but other than that, pretty much everything else I have, will not be in the tank anymore.. This should give me plenty of room for my new and future SPS purchases. I have however found that it is very difficult to find whole SPS colonies on the internet. Most of the sites just sell frags, although I dont mind having frags, I want a little more to look at in the tank.. So a couple large SPS colonies of some sort are on the shopping list if I can find any. Thanks for lookin! Jason __________________ 125g Mixed reef, 100g Basement sump, two 40g breeder frag tanks, Iwaki 100 main return pump, Sequence Reeflo Dart CL pump, Sedra 9000 powered DIY 3 foot tall skimmer, Aqua 40w UV, Two little fishies phosban reactor, Kangaroo dosing pump, 29g tank in my daughters room, All tied together into one system.

05-08-2008, 09:42 PM	#126 (permalink)
AQTCJAK Tiger Shark Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 6,311 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Triggerjays new 125g Build thread Nice frags __________________ A Wiseman once said build a stage add a pole & they will dance - Jack 2007 www.aquaticaggression.com Projects & Chronicels http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...car-buffs.html http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...nts-tanks.html

05-09-2008, 09:43 PM	#128 (permalink)
Triggerjay Reef Lobster Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Springfield MO Posts: 1,446 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Triggerjays new 125g Build thread Thanks guys! Jason __________________ 125g Mixed reef, 100g Basement sump, two 40g breeder frag tanks, Iwaki 100 main return pump, Sequence Reeflo Dart CL pump, Sedra 9000 powered DIY 3 foot tall skimmer, Aqua 40w UV, Two little fishies phosban reactor, Kangaroo dosing pump, 29g tank in my daughters room, All tied together into one system.

05-09-2008, 09:52 PM	#129 (permalink)
Varga Elegance coral Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 1,128 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Triggerjays new 125g Build thread sweet frags cant wait to see them grow

05-12-2008, 09:01 AM	#130 (permalink)
nikkipigtails Elegance coral Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Hillbilly Hell, AL Posts: 1,129 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Triggerjays new 125g Build thread great frags Jason! the good thing about getting frags is that you can watch your tank grow from a baby. IMO it's the most rewarding. __________________ Our 180 Gallon Family Project

05-12-2008, 09:57 AM	#131 (permalink)
Triggerjay Reef Lobster Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Springfield MO Posts: 1,446 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Triggerjays new 125g Build thread I agree. I still would like to pick up a couple full size colonies, so I have something to look at until things grow out. A 125g full of frags looks kinda empty! lol... Jason __________________ 125g Mixed reef, 100g Basement sump, two 40g breeder frag tanks, Iwaki 100 main return pump, Sequence Reeflo Dart CL pump, Sedra 9000 powered DIY 3 foot tall skimmer, Aqua 40w UV, Two little fishies phosban reactor, Kangaroo dosing pump, 29g tank in my daughters room, All tied together into one system.

05-12-2008, 08:13 PM	#133 (permalink)
Triggerjay Reef Lobster Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Springfield MO Posts: 1,446 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Triggerjays new 125g Build thread lol, Jojo.. Now it really looks empty! I tore my tank all apart today, removed all the rock and scraped all the shrooms & GSP off. So what not a better time to re-aquascape? Jason __________________ 125g Mixed reef, 100g Basement sump, two 40g breeder frag tanks, Iwaki 100 main return pump, Sequence Reeflo Dart CL pump, Sedra 9000 powered DIY 3 foot tall skimmer, Aqua 40w UV, Two little fishies phosban reactor, Kangaroo dosing pump, 29g tank in my daughters room, All tied together into one system.

05-13-2008, 12:22 AM	#135 (permalink)
Frankie Angel Girl's Daddy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: The End Of The World Posts: 6,058 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Triggerjays new 125g Build thread Looks great Jason!! I am happy to hear things are coming back from the dead. Thats a great sign of water stability. __________________ Visit my aquarium -->Frankie's 120 gal Experiment Bruce: Today's meeting is Step 5: Bring a fish friend. Everyone brought a fish friend? DIY=DO IT YOURSELF! If we ignore the environment maybe it will go away....

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