Richie's Reef

[SIReefer]

Nice fish Rich. Is he getting along with the other tangs?

 

[CDANN76]

Awesome looking fish,congrats.

 

[rkaragozler]

Thank you for the compliments, the tang is about 5" and real healthy, She is getting along great with the other tangs in the tank, but I think this might have to do with her size.

 

[allenjj]

Great addition

Great new addition.

 

[pauliwalnuts]

That goes to show that dreams do come true, congrats on the new fish buddy.

Man, you never told me Smoq had taken pics of your tank. The shots are amazing! Right on the money too.

 

[Macropora]

Nice find on the black tang. Great show size.

 

[rkaragozler]

Okay it's time for another update.
I started dosing Lanthunum Chloride on 12/12/11, diluting 25ml/gallon. and dosing 20 ml/hour. my phosphate readings went from 1.08 - .05. since the dosing began.
Now I have it set to dose 10 ml/hour. and my readings have been stable for the past 2 weeks. I am not running any kind of gfo, and went back to my regular 200 micron socks. I am still running 450 ml of carbon and changing it once a month.
Thanks to my Sulfur Denitrifier, I am able to keep my nitrates down to 5 ppm, and still feed heavy.
I would like to thank greg45 for loaning me his calcium reactor to see if I can keep my alkalinity stable. I have been running it for the past week and all I can say is I should have done this from the beginning, alk is stable at 9 dkh, and calcium is stable at 450.
magnesium is the only thing that seems to fluctuate, maybe I can set up another dosing pump to deliver very small amounts thru out the day.
These are some pics as of today taken with my BB, not the greatest but something I can look back to later.

 

[dacaptain78]

Looks great.

 

[motortrendz]

looks great richi.. that lanthium is a miracle worker when used corectly, thank you for the lesson in use bc its knocked my po4 down from .51 to .07... almost there!

 

[CDANN76]

wow Richie the tank is looking insane..glad to hear you like having the cal reactor..I like the corals mounted on the over flows..

 

[pauliwalnuts]

I was at Richie's house earlier today and the tank is starting to come up from around the bend really nicely. Was truly amazed by the outstanding coloration coral had compared to the last time I was there.
Keep up the good work buddy. :cheers:

 

[rkaragozler]

I was at Richie's house earlier today and the tank is starting to come up from around the bend really nicely. Was truly amazed by the outstanding coloration coral had compared to the last time I was there.
Keep up the good work buddy. :cheers:

Thank buddy.

 

[rkaragozler]

Looks great.

Thanks Captain, I still have coral for you whenever you are ready

 

[rkaragozler]

looks great richi.. that lanthium is a miracle worker when used corectly, thank you for the lesson in use bc its knocked my po4 down from .51 to .07... almost there!

Any time buddy, keep me informed on your status too please

 

[rkaragozler]

wow Richie the tank is looking insane..glad to hear you like having the cal reactor..I like the corals mounted on the over flows..

Thank you, sorry you missed us last week, stop by when ever you want.

 

[10reefman]

Richie i like to see this tank in person.

 

[rkaragozler]

Richie i like to see this tank in person.

My door is always open to fellow reefers, just shoot me a pm.

 

[rkaragozler]

Wow, I'm 10 days late, my tank just reached a year old, I can tell you I had ups and downs. But I managed to get thru them with the aid of MR, and all the members here.
Here is a pic from February 6th, 2010, when the 450 was born.
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and today.

 

[kingator]

This is one incredible tank ,,,, a must see in person and a great guy rich is

 

[marklugo23]

i could stare at the tank all night, i got introuble many nights because i have lol hahhaha see you tomorrow