Jason McKenzie's 370G Reef Tank

2010-02-10T18:10:00.000-08:00

Well today I have decided to pick up the Blog again. It's been a long time since I posted and the Tank has not been doing well.
I have undergone a long process of RTN and STN of most of the SPS corals in my system. In the fall I had a brief month or 2 where I was beginning to think things where turning around. Only to loose the remaining SPS a short time later. Despite these set backs I've discovered a renewed excitement for the rebuild of my system

So stay tuned I hope to have updates now on a more regular basis

2008-09-03T10:47:00.000-07:00

I'm proud to announce that Canreef (www.canreef.com) has honored me with Tank of the Month for September.
My write up and photos can be found here
http://www.canreef.com/ftotm/sept08/

2008-04-23T21:14:00.001-07:00

So here are a few pictures from Today

2008-04-21T14:58:00.000-07:00

Things have certainly turned around. Corals are looking good with great polyp extension and Colour

I started dosing:
B-Balance
Potassium Iodide Fluoride
Pohl’s Xtra
To soon to see any results but I'll keep you posted

I also am trying the new KZ Fuji Pink T5 bulbs and a 22K Auquaconnect T5 instead of Actinics.

Pic are coming

2008-03-27T10:08:00.000-07:00

So my wife started a 14G BioCube in mid-February. It went through the normal cycle and began the ugly algae phase. So we got a small clean up crew that included 2 rather large halloween hermits. They decimated all signs of hare algae with in 2 days. But there was still that bad brown diatoms and the cyano that occurs in new tanks. Well I've started using Reefers Best Salt in my 370G so the little 1G water changes are now done with this salt. WOW All signs of diatoms or Cyano stopped dead in there tracks. I'm not 100% sure it was the salt or just the fact that I'm not used to such a small tank cycle but the water is crystal clear and looking like a tank that has been running for a year.
We have put 5 Ricordia in the tank now and all are looking amazing.

2008-03-16T22:43:00.001-07:00

2008-03-08T08:19:00.001-08:00

Boy I'm not a good Blogger.

I've performed the Red bugs treatment with great success. I only did 1 treatment about 3 weeks ago and have seen no sign of any further Red Bugs

I've been fighting coral looses and tissue loss from a while now and racking my brain for why I'm faced with these losses. My first thought was high ALK swing. But I continued after correction to see corals struggle.
Finally I found my answer. My thermometer and heater I use for my water change water where defective. So I was adjusting my SG for water at 86 thinking it was 79.

This has been corrected and the corals are bouncing back.

2008-01-16T09:16:00.000-08:00

As I wait to trap all the inverts I do not want to loose, my trip for work looms closer. I will now have to wait until after I return in order to treat the tank.
this holding pattern is killing me. Oh well. It'll happen

2008-01-03T14:53:00.000-08:00

Well I finally picked up some interceptor for the treatment of Red Bugs.
The next step will be to pull all the inverts out of the system that I want to keep. this will include all snails, hermit crabs, and Shrimp. I need to see if my Abalone will also need to be pulled.
I'm also waiting for Reefer's Best salt to arrive in Canada as I plan on switching over to it. I may have to bit the bullet and just get a bucket of TMP to get the treatment going.

Wish me luck

2008-01-02T10:59:00.000-08:00

Well I've finally got my ALK back to where I want it.
Readings have been stable for over a week. 8.8 dKH and CA @ 415

Red bugs have yet to be treated as I'm waiting for our Vet to get back from Holidays.

On a really bad note I've lost my Yellow Slimmer and not have STN from the tips of a couple more corals

2007-12-13T06:53:00.001-08:00

2007-12-04T09:08:00.000-08:00

My newest challenge is to ensure my CA Reactor feed line does not get clogged over and over. Causing the feed of water to stop.
This of course stops my CA reactor and I find both my CA and ALK lower than I could like.

I have also trimmed the funky growth of Red?Black Bacteria/Algae off my Yellow Slimmer.

I'm now testing to see if the trimmed ends grow the algae/Bac back

J

2007-11-14T15:38:00.000-08:00

Well the search for information on eradicating Red bugs is overwhelming. Too much out there.
Here are some of the good links
http://www.melevsreef.com/redbugs.html
http://www.reefs.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=45859
http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic52...light=red+bugs

I'll have to talk to my Vet to see if they will sell me some Interceptor with out even owning a dog.

2007-11-12T18:30:00.001-08:00

Found several corals displaying signs of Red Bugs. CRAP. Not only am I dealing with an odd bacteria growth on some corals. I'm now faced with a full treatment of Interceptor. Now to get my hands on some

2007-11-12T07:51:00.001-08:00

2007-11-12T07:41:00.000-08:00

Latest photo of the Tank

2006-09-07T19:53:00.000-07:00

This would be the beginnings of the new 370G. The earlier post was of the current 75G,
to give you some perspective a 75G tank is 4 feet X 18 inches X 20 inches
The 370G is 6 1/2 Feet X 36 inches X 30 Inches.

2006-09-07T19:26:00.000-07:00

Good Day, Being my very first post I will outline what I plan on doing with this blog.

It will be a log of the ongoing growth of my 370G Saltwater Reef Aquarium

A great deal of information has already been posted on www.3reef.com and some of that content will find it's way here. The thread on 3rref can be found here

So here is a pic of the tank while we figured out how to get it in the house