Ryan D's 55g Reef - Video update 5/06/13

Looking great Ryan, well done

 

Nice Corals, looking good.

In some of your first pics- those round ones looked like protopaythoa- not zoas- not sure though.

I looks like a 55G- I'd humbly recommend no more that 6 fish total?

I'm also glad your mentioned algae problem declining- we all have some issues with stuff like cyano, diatoms, algae.....

 

Looks Great Ryan! Glad you've got your algae under control.

 

Looking great, Ryan!

 

:-/ Too blanket of a statement. Depends entirely on the fish chosen and where they reside in the tank. I feel a 55 is actually a very fish friendly size, given its 48" length. Can be hard getting a nice scape and geared towards coral though.

 

Looking very nice Ryan! Glad you came back in with an update and that you got your algae issues under control. Your sun coral is gorgeous! Great coral adds, nice colors and scape...I actually like the variations of the scape between left and right, makes it interesting.

Nice to see you posting again. I still remember your posting about your little clown and its swim bladder issue. I still refer people to that posting when they are struggling with a similar problem. You came across as a truly compassionate reefer on that thread

 

Thanks all. It's been a long road but I'm really happy I persisted. My plans are to get a dosing system online for my non photos and get some SPS reef going. I'm along going to get new pumps for my reactors to sort their stuff out. I got a hold of a small 2' tank that I am going to turn into my refugium or an ATO but im not sure.

Thanks. That torch has been in there for a month now. Its quite big and currently houses my two clowns. They even rejected there anemone for it lol.

Thanks mate. It's been a long time coming to finally get a hassle free tank.

My algae problem was Atrocius at one stage. Took a good management plan developed by all reefers on here to deal with it. I think you are right with some zoos being palys but I don't think I posted any direct pics of them. Unless you are referring to the paly like tree coral?

Thanks mate. I remember you helping me in my algae plan

Thanks mate. That light i got that we discussed is amazing. Making a huge difference.

I'm not to fussed on how many fish I can have. I just want ones that fit right and are a little bit odd hahaha. Would love a FOWLR and a scorpion fish or frog fish. I have had that problem with scaping. My previous attempts were pretty bad but I'm liking this one ATM.

Thanks mate. Really appreciate that. I now have another clown and its paired with my remaining original. Was like love at first site! It paired like the other one never did. But it's still really sad when any fish die. I have really tried to vary their food now to do my best to not let that problem happen again.

The sun coral is great. I have it trained to feed and everything. The black sun coral I got yesterday and its still not trained to open in the day. Everything's looking good though. Thanks for all the help!

 

This is a video I made on the 3/02/12 for all my friends at 3reef .

PS. My first ever attempt at a video so please bare with some filming dramas.

 

Love the video!!!!

I would take the waste from your BP reactor and move that directly next to your skimmer.

 

Thanks heaps!. I think I can do some maneuvering and get it to come out next to the skimmer. I should be able to put the reactor behind the refugium and just get some longer piping and that should do the trick.