Red Sea Reefer 1000

[mcintosh]

Well yesterday was an end to one reefers journey and, for me an upsizing into the world of large reef keeping.
Tank is a Red Sea reefer 1000, 1st generation which made me leery, however this tank is eurobraced on the top and bottom of the tank.

 

[mcintosh]

Tank information:
84 x 30 x 26
Sump: L2 and M2 Vectra return pumps, Octo 220 DC skimmer, RedSea ReefMat Coral acclimation tank 20x 20 x 20
3 Gen5 Radion XR30 blues
2 MP60
2 MP40
Neptune Apex
Trident
DOS pumps for three-part dosing

 

[mcintosh]

 

[mcintosh]

All inhabitants came with the tank
Vlamingi Tang
Lieutenant Tank
Yellow Tang
Purple Tang
Gem Tang
Tomini Tang
Juvenile Emperor Angel
Swallowtail Angel (Genicanthus melanospilus) F
Pair electric storm Maroon Clowns
Starry Blenny
Aphasia eating file fish

 

[NoOneLikesADryTang]

Nice Tang Gang you’ve got going on there!

 

[mcintosh]

Yeah, previous owner of the tank offered to cut a better deal if he sold the fish. At first I was okay with that, but the more I looked at the fish the more I wanted to keep the group together. I know the Vlamingi is a bad idea. I will eventually have to find a new home for her. But for now it works.
What doesn’t work is the Aptasia farm in the rocks!

 

[mcintosh]

New photos

 

[mcintosh]

This tank has a case of the Mondays!
It started with a cyano bloom that covered everything within a few hours after I would remove it. About two weeks ago as the cyano seemed to be gettibg under control my Nitrates bottomed out and dinos showed up!

Currently I am attempting to treat with KZ ZeoZyme and Zeobac.
I am adding a measuring spoon of zeobac to 2 liters of tank water that is the mixed for 6 to 8 hours using a magnetic stir platform. I add two drops of zeobac to the mix to allow the bacteria to cook in the mix.
Current H2O parameters
S.g. 1.026 (33 ppt on the Apex)
Temp 78-79 degrees F
pH 8.2
Alk 7.9
Calcium 454 ppm
Mag 1415
ORP 247
NO3 18.9 (Hannah test)
PO4 0.56! Not a typo I am trying to lower this with the bacteria, but have added RowaPhos in a TLF PhosBan Reactor to assist.
Currently I am only dosing the ZeoBac and ZeoZyme along with Ammonium Bicarbonate to keep Nitrates from bottoming out.
Any and all suggestions greatly appreciated!

 

[mcintosh]

 

[mcintosh]

Tank moved into its final spot.
Slowly adding corals and still battling dinos AND cyano

 

[Coloradoreefer]

Beautiful tank any updates, was you able to stomp out the Dino’s and cyano?

 

[mcintosh]

The algae is under control at the moment. It is about time I do an update.

 

[savageajc]

That's a beautiful tank!