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.

syedjilani wrote:small babies are growing under mother colony.....

Can monti....
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syedjilani wrote:some zoos shots....

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syedjilani wrote:another one....

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syedjilani wrote:BLue zoos......

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syedjilani wrote:some new addition three months before.....

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syedjilani wrote:All are playing together......

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syedjilani wrote:Acen .......you can see some new babies at the corner......growing well..... but feeding to this coral is very hard..... Infact I am little lazy...to put my hand inside the tank.....

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syedjilani wrote:Some more......

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syedjilani wrote:Green Pavona....Growing well..

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syedjilani wrote:Green Mashroom......

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syedjilani wrote:Lobo.....

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syedjilani wrote:Bird nest...... growing very fast.....but i didn't get the color back as it was in 120 Gallon....

See how it's came back from STN..... up corner in this shot....
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See now..
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syedjilani wrote:Another Purple and green Acro....

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syedjilani wrote:Down to up view.... Aqua you want to say somthing.....

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syedjilani wrote:Left to right view...

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syedjilani wrote:And at last Full tank shot..... as of 13th January 2011.

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syedjilani wrote:New addition, a beautiful Harlequin basslet ...

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syedjilani wrote:Some random shots.......

Maxima clams..... They became giant clams now..... growth a lot since I took from sea....

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syedjilani wrote:It required hair cutting... growing very fast.....

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syedjilani wrote:New Addition.... Red Monti... Let see how fast it will hold it's place......

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syedjilani wrote:Guys did you notice any growth in Pavona.....

How it was on 13th January 2011

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9th April 2011

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syedjilani wrote:So here we go..... some random shots.... ans special shot for Aqua......

Red and Green monti... I had green baby Monti which was growing under mother colony. Made little changes, I think once it get big and mix with red monti will look nice...

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syedjilani wrote:New addition....

Stylophora with Pink base and maroon polyps.....

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syedjilani wrote: ...... Sky blue Stag horn...... Very small... it's all about 2.5 inch frag with two small 1cm frags. Start growing, and growing fast.....

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syedjilani wrote:My zoos world...with Goniopora sp.

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syedjilani wrote:Another shot of Zoas world......

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syedjilani wrote:The giant of the tank..... even both of them eat with my hand. ...some time I really scared because of their aggressive behavior on feeding time..... I am sure they cannot eat my finger....

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syedjilani wrote:another shot .....six line wrasse...

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syedjilani wrote:I got pair of this...six line wrasse..... Friend of mine took one, the small one.... and after a week or so he found it on his drawing room carpet....

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syedjilani wrote:And at last specially for Aqua...... of course for all of our members and viewers of this forum....

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Peace

syedjilani wrote:Enjoy some top down views.......

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syedjilani wrote:Cap monti. I took this coral sometime in November 2009, 2" frag.....

Aqua take out your measuring tap, tell me the size of it....

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syedjilani wrote:Orange Digitata... if you remember how much big it was. 2" of two frags on september 2010.

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syedjilani wrote:It's new addition.... all white part in new growth... I glued green monti baby colony under red monti. I hope it will grow together and will mix up with beautiful shape.

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syedjilani wrote:Another shot of Digitata and Tri color Acro.

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syedjilani wrote:I don't know what exactly color of this milli... If was dying in one of my friend's tank....., he wants to get rid of it. Know it's changing color from Brown to pink with green polyps.

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syedjilani wrote:Pink Stylopora coral, some of the branches been sting by Staghorn... i moved little bit away from it. Stagehorn sting is stronger than Stylopora and bird nest coral.... You can see Stagehorn branch left down of this shot...

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syedjilani wrote:Some zoas.

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syedjilani wrote:another one.

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syedjilani wrote:If you guys remember, Last year I lost my fishes because of ICH..... so decided to make 33Gallon Quarantine tank. I got measurements just beside Sump. I can go 61cm Height x 61cm Length x 35cm width......

I ordered two yellow tangs and Midas blenny.... which are arriving on coming Thursday.... a day left, may be in the mid of the night.....

See Quarantine tank what I got yesterday evening from a vendor..... It will run totally separate with 300Gallon system. Got UV, Polario 15ML Turbine Dual Auction Aqua Pump 3,500 GPH, Weipro 2014 protein skimmer, Heaters.......

I will make little changes in existing drain from DT. I got four drain, three of it draining in the sump and one is feeding to my skimmer. What I will do One drain will feed quarantine "until new arrivals will on the spot" and will drain in existing sump.... i will post some pics once it get done....

Bubble Magus is doing great... Yesterday bought 10L of three gallons to make enough quantity of Calcium, Alk and Mg for long run...

33 Gallon Quarantine Tank

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syedjilani wrote:UPDATE

Quarantine working perfect.... Plumbing completed.. circulation started.....Dilphon canister filter, Polario 15ML Turbine Dual Auction Aqua Pump 3,500 GPH, Weipro 2014 protein skimmer are installed and working perfectly.  UV sterilizer and Heaters are remaining.......tell me you guys if need any thing to be changed....


Check some update:
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syedjilani wrote:Made little changes in Left Over flow box Drain. I got two drain from each overflow box, so what I did is, take one to feed QT and adjust 7cm water level in QT.... from QT right front corner water is draining in the sump.....

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syedjilani wrote:Polario 15ML Turbine Dual Auction Aqua Pump 3,500 GPH

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syedjilani wrote:That is all Rock Work. Aquascaping in QT......

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syedjilani wrote:Same time I spend little more effort to install Bubble Magus Doser..... It made my life more easier......

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syedjilani wrote:Here is the whole show under the stand.. .. What you guys says.... Aqua where are you man...?

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syedjilani wrote:I will tell you the technique to introduce new creature in DT. I grantee you they will not even know what you have done with them... Let me take some Pics, How i add new stuff in my DT... Once done I will post on my thread with detail... Now a days Yellow tang in introducing it's new house "DT", but how ?..... what i am doing I will document on my thread......

syedjilani wrote:Here is the guy after a month quarantine moved to DT for acclimation. first five days it stay at the water level.

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syedjilani wrote:After first five days I moved it at the middle of the tank with cover..... It stay there for one week....


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