300 gallon "Outside Corner" Reef

[Gregcoyote]

He's going with me. I don't have much backup in place. Somebody will be living in the house but they aren't ready for anything big. Will just keep fingers crossed. Thanks!

 

[Gregcoyote]

Everything was okay upon return. The old blue tang was all better. He has calmed down and everything seems okay.

 

[Dary421]

That's great news ! I'm sure a sigh of relief was heard all around .... so how was the trip ?

 

[Sniperhank]

Glad it all worked out Greg. I knew it would turn out in the end. You take great care of your tank.

 

[Gregcoyote]

Seven days. My underwater camera messed up but our divemaster was a professional photographer.

Me and nurse shark



My son and a turtle.



A moray friend and his trio of watch lobsters.

 

[Gregcoyote]

My sons Cozumel dive video:

https://youtu.be/-xFQ52OyL04

 

[Gregcoyote]

My Cozumel drone video

https://youtu.be/aoSVOBqHtpU

 

[Dary421]

300 gallon "Outside Corner" Reef

Wow !!! Your son's underwater video was superb !! Was your drone footage just aweINSPIREing or was it MAVICacent ?? either way it was beautiful !!! Looks like you all had a wonderful vacation !! Welcome home [emoji537]

 

[Gregcoyote]

Thanks, it was the little Mavic. Winds were strong but it was rock solid. My son has always found photography easy for him. He does a great job.

 

[Sniperhank]

Greg, what are your thoughts on these new 'algae reactors"? I'm looking for some sort of nutrient export for the new system, and the old DIY algae scrubber was pretty beat up by the time it came to move.

 

[Gregcoyote]

Interesting question. These "reactors" are designed just like a UV sterilizer. The growing area is much smaller than a conventional ATS. But for smaller systems it might be just fine. My question is how easy is it to clean? The quartz sleeve will need to be cleaned quite often.

 

[Dary421]

300 gallon "Outside Corner" Reef

Are those the ones that you place some chaeto into the cylinder and basically the chaeto grows confined in the cylinder until its harvest time ?

 

[Sniperhank]

It is Dary. I want another ATS, but I don't want to build another one. That is where it is tricky as there aren't any commercially made ATS currently. All stuff being made by people like Turbo or off in China.

EDIT: When it comes to the cheato reactors being ok for smaller systems, i'll challenge that. Check out this bad boy.
http://uniquecorals.com/pax-bellum-arid-c30-macroalgae-based-bio-absorption-filtration-system.html

 

[Gregcoyote]

300 gallon "Outside Corner" Reef

I would challenge that. $1300 are you kidding? A ATS, no matter how fancy the language needs two things, a large surface for algae to grow and a large surface of illumination. I don't use chaeto anymore as I think filament algaes export as much if not more nutrients and grows more densely. My ATS is the same as Dary has except I modified the LED panels. It takes up little room, is easy to clean and cost about $300.

 

[Sniperhank]

I'm ignoring the cost chunk, I'm just saying that such a thing exists...though in an absurd price tag.
I was looking towards the Rain2 as the closest thing to match what I'm looking for currently, which is here: RAIN2 Pole Mountable Waterfall Algae Scrubber ATS with Green Grabber screen - 2 cubes a day feeding
I just don't see it being enough for the system personally. Just torn is all and already wiped out most of the corals in the transfer to the new tank, so gun shy.

 

[Gregcoyote]

Might have to use more than one.

 

[Sniperhank]

I ordered one and will go from there if needed. Have the rest of my aquarium stuff in my truck so can get things moving again.

 

[Dary421]

Hank , what did they charge for that unit ?

 

[Sniperhank]

Way too much, lol. It's cheaper through their website than it would be off of somewhere like amazon.

 

[Dary421]

...... and the amount would be ???? Lol