I am throwing in the towel. (12/10/14)

Thanks. They've come along way. Wish I would have left well enough alone last March. Ibwould have a much Fuller tank and wouldn't have lost half of my coral.

Thanks Matt. I still have the UV running, but I'm not sure it's necessary anymore.

I'm leaving well enough alone for now. No changes.

 

Tank is coming down.

 

Sorry.

 

You had a nice run, you'll be back.

 

Sooner than you think.

 

[Whistle]

 

Nice Kevin. How big, what lighting?????

 

It's a 55 gallon. I built the stand 2 years ago. The tank has been sitting in a storage room. Due to some unforseen issues in my apartment unit, management is allowing us to move to a new unit. I chose a bottom floor unit so I could set the tank up.

I am going to stick with the 250-watt metal halide and then add a second unit along side. I also have a dual t-5 retrofit setup that may setup for actnic usage down the road. I would then run the halides less.

Everything else will be from my 20. Same acrylic sump, skimmer, fuge light, return pump plumbing etc.

 

Here's a better image of the setup.

 

I'm real glad to hear you're still in the game and that looks like a very cool setup. Here is my though on new setups. Most failures result from nutrient overload in the first 3 months of the setup. All the stuff we dump in in the beginning overloads the system and prevents it from finding a stable equilibrium. Go easy on the rock, etc. in the beginning, feed very little, keep the fish load almost nonexistent and give the little stuff a chance to establish itself.