SYED's 300 Gallon Reef tank - 2011 - (Saudi Arabia Reefer)

syedjilani wrote:Hi Guys,

I know it is little late to start my 300G thread on Marine Aquarium Society of the UAE (MASUAE). Any way here we go........

I will post every post from the begging. Plans, some work has done, some is on the way, a lot is coming time by time. Stay tuned……

Little Back Ground
My name is Syed and I have been addicted by Life under the Sea. After 15 years of freshwater tanks I decided to take the plunge into saltwater in 2001 and built, my first reef Aquarium in Bangkok – Thailand.

When I move to Saudi Arabia in 2004, the addiction of Marine life was very strong, which forced me to start again a Reef Aquarium. So in August 2007 I started again 120 G Aquarium.

27th August 2007
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In January 2010 I decided to upgrade my 120G to 300G Starfire custom-made. My current tank is 145cm x 41cm x 52cm custom-made with internal overflow box including a lot of gurgle and vortex sound. Lol…, which I sort out last year with playing with Ball valve.

First two years I was completely fail to keep SPS and LPS. Only able to keep Leathers zoos and mushroom. Last November a friend of mine force me to start SPS again, maybe this time I will get good luck and will able to keep them survive. Staghorn and stylopora coral.

Re-aquascaping in left side of the aquarium to place them.
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I took some colonies of Bird Nest, Pocillopora, montipora, Purple and Green Acropora.

SPS on the place.
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My current system is very simple. No calcium reactor until today, and will not in future because I am too much happy with Randy Holmes Two Part recipe for dosing calcium and alkalinity. But I keep space in my sump for Calcium Reactor in case.

After six months, I realized that this time I got good luck and able to keep SPS.

April 2010 - Left side
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Current Tank:

My current tank and equipment.
Lighting: 1 x 400W MH 10K.
2 X 150W MH 20k.
4 x Actanic Blue T5.
1 x Fuji Purple T5.
3 x VHO.
Protein Skimmer: Weipro SA2014 with Atman AT105.
Return Pump: Atman AT106.
Canister filter: ROWAphos 50grm - Activated Carbon 300grm.

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blackburn wrote:very nice share!!! nice tank  

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syedjilani wrote:AND

Here it goes ........ :tmi:

FTS......




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syedjilani wrote:UPDATE

Thank you Premium Aquatic for sending some toys for my tank and candies for corals.......

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syedjilani wrote:UPDATE

Some more candies........ ...Thanks BRS for High Capacity GFO, ROX 0.8 Activated Carbon. .....yesterday received....

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syedjilani wrote:Rockets launched ......

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syedjilani wrote:Still work in Progress......[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

syedjilani wrote:Refugium is getting mature day by day...........[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

syedjilani wrote:DSB (Deep Sand Bed) in refugium.......

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syedjilani wrote:24/7 live food supply for tank.......[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

syedjilani wrote:Some actinic shots........

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syedjilani wrote:

72 hours lights off dose work well. I have completed plan on my schedule, 25th 26th and 27th of each month I close lights for extraordinary cleaning.

I do have blue-green algae, blue-green bacteria, and Cyanophyta problem in initial stage sometime in early October, that time I started close lights for 72 hours to solve this problem, after that catnophyta never appear in DT.

Scheduling 72 hours light close for each month not because of cyanophyta, it effect in different ways, the most important is “it boost pods in the DT” which is good and rich source of live food….

See some top down shots took in October. You can see cyano on the sand.....

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syedjilani wrote:[size=150]So here it goes.....[/size]


As scheduled,... :nod: yesterday evening i made 12% WWC and ended up at 1 'O' clock at night..... :whew: Took out skimmer pump some plumbing and clean it with fresh water. Siphon out detritus, waste under skimmer, clean baffles. Not much dry salts over plumbing and side glasses of sump. Cleaned everything with wet sponge… :whew:
You can consider it, as sump maintenance…..


I collected 120 liters NSW form the sea.

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syedjilani wrote:Took out skimmer, and cleaned skimmer area, baffels ...... taking out old water......

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syedjilani wrote:Old water..... :envy:

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See the color of water. that is why Water change (WC) in necessary.....

syedjilani wrote:Cleaned Skimmer..... :rock:

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:whew:

syedjilani wrote:Ended up the whole show.......

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syedjilani wrote:UPDATE

I took some shots on this Thursday...... want to share with all of you...... Hope you will like it.......
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syedjilani wrote:Clams......
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syedjilani wrote:1.5 inch Acro frag. It was Start STNing a month before..... quite fine and growing...

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syedjilani wrote:Diditata..... if you remember how it was and new growth... Ok let me post the comparison.....

[size=150]2nd September 2010[/size]
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[size=150]13th January 2011[/size]
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syedjilani wrote:Purple Acro..... see the growth......

23rd May 2010
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08th December 2010
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13th January 2011
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syedjilani wrote:Another one......

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syedjilani wrote:Green Acro...... what do you think about that..... see the color on it first month and growth and color later on.....

10th August 2011
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05th October 2010
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13th January 2011
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syedjilani wrote:This coral has little history with it ..... It's very rare in Red sea, luckily I got bit colony of it and placed in my thank, a friend of mine took the whole coral from my tank and placed in his tank, unfortunately the coral started STN or RTN, not able to survive and start dying. I took 3 inches frag from the whole basketball size colony and replace back in my 120 Gallon tank. The mother colony died.

See comparison from the day I took it and today growth………

23rd May 2010
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08th December 2010
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13th January 2011
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syedjilani wrote:Another one....

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syedjilani wrote:Another one....

23rd May 2010
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13th January 2011
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syedjilani wrote:Another one.....
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syedjilani wrote:If you guys specially J..girl remember my bird nest, I lost this coral almot 60%..... it's regrow from very small frag.....

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syedjilani wrote:See another comparison......Green Acro...

10th August 2010
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09th December 2010
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13th January 2011
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syedjilani wrote:some more comparison of digitata 1 inch frag......

02nd September 2010
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13th January 2011
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syedjilani wrote:Cap monti..... any comments on it.......

23rd May 2010
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28th July 2010
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10th August 2010
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08th December 2010
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13th January 2011
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