The Challenge !!!

I have to admit, when I first looked at how this thread was going, I didn't think I'd like the setup, but those are beautiful tanks

 

great work and fantastic set up!

 

thank you very much.... i hope it will be better with time

thanks

 

Thank you so much for explaining that in such a nice way. It's definitely a difference in cultures! Your home and tank set up that you have built is very, very impressive.

 

Agreed different cultures i have plenty of friends from all over world and have same question

Thanks hope the corals goes in fast and it looks better

Can you please help me with lighting issue ?? Any experts ?

 

please have a look over my light issue and help me if you can that will be a great help

thanks a ton in advance

http://www.3reef.com/forums/led-aquarium-lighting/need-help-selecting-lights-148073.html

 

I have the the Reef Octopus 4. If you can see it in the picture there is a wide black bar under the words Reef Octopus and that is where I keep the water level. I couldn't get a picture of my entire sump because of where it's located and the center brace is in the way but basically the skimmer is in the first chamber where the water enters and it stays at a constant level there, enabling me to keep the water at the right height for the skimmer. I built a simple stand from eggcrate and zip ties to get it high enough in the sump.

 

Got you brother thank you very much

 

here is the pictorial update

the cliff equipped with eheim professional 2224, hope with the beautiful flow of the filter the BBA will soon vanish....
but hot to control them ?



the brown diatoms



here comes the major change to the plan...

i got rid of the goldies, it was like every one coming home and commenting how ugly they were.... and i felt bad plus everyone in house didnt liked them and wanted old angels back so got them





the back stones were moved in front and back was laid with my old sand and topped with some left over amazonia sand...

plans are to plant valsnerias and moss nothing else, it will be a low tech just my CREE LED 14 nos unit no co2 no fertilizers.... lets see how will the vals manage.

regarding the coraline algae i have a small original live rock got it from LFS and it has a coralline on it. it is kept under the light and near the wavemaker. i am also dosing purple up to the tank for calcium but still no signs of coralline please help....

today morning checked the water parameters

all the parameters seems to be on positive side including nitrates, nitrites, ammonia, PH and cal

calcium is around 480 mg

phosphates seems to be on a bit higher side its 0.08, have kept Seachem Phodguard on the sump outlet are ll be controlled in couple of days and check the parameters again

here is my mini lab



the phos test

 

nice pictures out there..thanks for sharing them..