Jester's 90 gallon upgrade

[Jesterrace]

Here is the progress on my current tank:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_bl6wJzSng

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYVaD8W3lh0&t=19s


Here is how it currently looks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEJR6zn_Chc&t=42s

[Slaphppy7]

Nice tank..welcome to the AC..I can move your threads to s different section of the forum, where they'll probably get more views, if you wish

[Jesterrace]

That would be appreciated. Incidentally I have a couple of more updates:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNiXvudResU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUlDZhjIgaQ

[Slaphppy7]

Moved to the Aquarium Journals section.

[Jesterrace]

Thank You much.

[Jesterrace]

A general channel update:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH0-4pS-EKI82WqeeWOrvdQ?view_as=subscriber

[Jesterrace]

Euphyllia Corals:

Focus on the Frogspawn and Hammer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94AfSXkv7uw

[Jesterrace]

Two new fish in quarantine:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWdcf8e30ZE

[bpete]

great videos and nice looking setup. i esp enjoyed the commentary on the first video. thank you for sharing.

[Jesterrace]

Thanks much:

My cleaner shrimp molted last night:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1tEbUF4fyw

[Jesterrace]

Here are the new additions. . . .in my super fancy acclimation boxes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tm3PDOVbLZs

[bpete]

thank you for posting this video. enjoyed listening to the information you are giving. it just goes to show that not everything in the hobby is expensive if you can be creative in your solutions.

[Jesterrace]

Now feeding with the others:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1un3uLhjl0


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7oBt2YoHmU

[Jesterrace]

Caught the Wrasse and the others feeding on Seaweed:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otj_EICTnLQ


And a left handed hermit that I thought was dead suddenly reappeared after a month or two and has grown considerably:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIdMd8XTZ8c

[bpete]

nice videos, i esp liked the hermit crab. glad he showed himself to you again.

[angelcraze2]

Nice vids and info! I enjoyed watching your SW fish, so pretty! Cool idea with the tinted acclimation boxes or if you need to watch a fish fur whatever reason. I like that you can monitor poops and it separates the fish from other fish potentially bothering it :)

[Jesterrace]

Unfortunately I ended up having to trap and remove my Yellow Tang. It decided it didn't like my Coral Beauty and took a chunk out of it's lower fin tip and has backed up to it and given it a few tail whack's with the scalpel on it's fin. Nothing too serious but it did cause some surface damage to the coral beauty. The coral beauty has been such a great fish, eats algae, leaves corals and other fish alone (after the first couple of days) and it is the one fish that the whole family agreed that we wanted. So out the Tang went. I am going to try a Pyramid Butterflyfish or maybe another smaller Yellow Tang. We shall see.

[Jesterrace]

Although the coral beauty definitely doesn't like other coral beauties. Put a mirror up earlier to try and curb some of the intimidation/aggression behavior from the Tang and this is what the Coral Beauty did:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI8V3YpVnsM

[angelcraze2]

Maybe he's confused because there are no hormones?

Do you have any ideas yet for a new tankmate?

[Jesterrace]

I have a smaller Yellow Tang on order and if that doesn't work, I may give a Convict Tang a shot. I have done some updates on my channel and added some reviews. Here they are:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH0-4pS-EKI82WqeeWOrvdQ/videos?view_as=subscriber

[BluewaterBoof]

Great journal! I'm happy to see another salty. I missed it up until now as the mod moved it to the freshwater journal section instead of the saltwater. Lookin' good!

Question regarding your skimmer. In that second vid you posted that described your setup, you had a lot of water in your skimmer collection cup. Are you purposefully running a super wet skim for some reason, or were you still just trying to get it dialed in at that point? I don't dry skim, but my skimmate isn't nearly as watery as what was shown in your vid. I was just wondering if there was any benefit to having it that wet.

[Slaphppy7]

Thread moved to the appropriate section of the forum.

[Jesterrace]

I have since adjusted it. It just took me a while to get it dialed in. There is no real benefit to having it wet (just means replacing more water). Anyways I do have a Pyramid Butterflyfish in QT and will post a vid of it when done. I did add a backing to the aquarium.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9fIdCigYTc

[BluewaterBoof]

Looking good. The euphyllia look happy :)

[Jesterrace]

The new fish in QT (at my LFS):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BILHSN7LJ8

[BluewaterBoof]

Beautiful animal. How long is the fish going to stay at the store before you bring it home?

[Jesterrace]

He's home now with the Leopard Wrasse and in my tank:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQM82INu0Gc

[Jesterrace]

First of my Species Spotlights, the Coral Beauty:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PyKgIYvc_I&t=164s

[showmebutterfly]

I enjoyed the video. The coral beauty is one I've considered adding as my last fish, once I upgrade and the tank has matured.
Your leopard wrasse was showing off quite a bit and his spots are showing beautifully.

[Jesterrace]

Funny you should mention that about the Leopard Wrasse as it's the next in the series of species spotlights:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riZYTbjxydc

[Jesterrace]

Two more today. The One Spot Foxface:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb9BBMxyf9U

[Jesterrace]

The Melanurus Wrasse:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyBfd-3T6JE

[Jesterrace]

The Pajama Cardinalfish:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlwHCX6xdBg

[Jesterrace]

Apparently my wrasses didn't get the Memo about the fact that they are supposed to be carnivores and avoid seaweed:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhvc7Ho6c9s

[SueD]

I don't have saltwater tanks but enjoy watching others' tanks. I really like the pajama cardinal - so cute.

[Jesterrace]

The PJ Cardinal is an interesting addition. Orange eyes, yellow green mouth and pink polkadots on it's bottom. It likes to hang out more at night. In other news, I added a new CF Grow LED and added some chaeto to my sump:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSd4GtnBntM

[angelcraze2]

I don't have any SW tanks either or know much about them, but have to comment, your tank is amazing! I loved to learn about your fish, the vids were very informative :bravo:

I also like the full spectrum diodes. I find plants use red and blue mostly, but I was curious if they still need other spectrum to do well. I wonder how straight full spectrum would do. Is it just red and blue? That's where the spikes are.
Here is a spectrum chart for the FS
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Edit: Actually, there is a bit of yellow and green thumbs2:

I'm considering modifying my FW fixture to include full spectrum or adding RBG strips. I would mix FS with 10000k white if I modify it because I don't want a pink tank lol. Works for your sump, i'm curious hollow you like it.

[Jesterrace]

Just about anything will grow Chaeto (let's face it algae isn't too picky), personally I love the look and as it's just my sump, which is covered most of the time, it isn't a big deal. I agree that if it were the display tank I might not care for the light, but I like the look for the sump. Thanks for your comments.

My Melanurus Wrasse is transitioning from juvie to adult color scheme.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R5GKgmzFGQ

[Jesterrace]

Went to my LFS for their Black Friday sale hoping to find a Lawnmower Blenny. They didn't have any in, so I ended up picking up a few coral frags on the cheap:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xpKfXn-WeA

[Nautilus291]

Looks like you got some good deals! Nice looking tank!

[Jesterrace]

Thanks

Here is a species spotlight on the Fighting Conch Snails and why they are such a great addition to sandy bottomed marine tanks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW_Yw6EOVi4

[Jesterrace]

Chaeto Growth update after 1 month under the CF Grow bulb:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p72jjlEb0BA

[Jesterrace]

A review of the Caribsea Life Rock and comparing the advantages and disadvantages to Dry Rock and Live Rock:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ugZwFrTYMk

[Jesterrace]

Another growth update for the Melanurus Wrasse as it continues it's transition from Juvie to Adult. Among the most noticeable upgrades are the coloration on it's tail and fins and more visible body stripes. I have an older video from last year with another tank and it looks tiny and drab by comparison. The best part? The transition is still underway and isn't done yet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8_sTy8SmCw

[Jesterrace]

For newbies with questions on what a sump system is and how it works:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiLITTHhN8I

[bpete]

thank you for the nice overview.

[Jesterrace]

Coral Growth Update:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXUpzsgnKiU

[Jesterrace]

4 cheap tools of the hobby that I couldn't do without:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u53NE7EV5oI

[Jesterrace]

Melanurus Wrasse continues it's transition. It's dorsal fin spot is shrinking/disappearing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SNFqFOQODM

[Jesterrace]

Noticed last night that my Pod Population is building up in my sump as well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6Dn88j5N0M

[Jesterrace]

For those at their wits end with Green Hair Algae and other unsightly algaes, I tried using Flucanozole and this was the result after a month with no water changes, followed by a 20 gallon water change and waiting for about a week. This was the result:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ3K8RCjSuw

[Jesterrace]

My Zoanthid Freebee that I got on Black Friday is doing well and sending out new Polyps:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPR0yUCs0ds

[Jesterrace]

Update on my Saltwater Molly experiment:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3m14JQ7_ek

[Jesterrace]

Really want to add this guy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai0F1weauW4


My Melanurus Wrasse has lost it's dorsal fin spot now:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBg6_bqHfSM

[Jesterrace]

For those who find it useful:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrr9NcZ27bw

[Jesterrace]

A couple of more:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGdU8vOK_08

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XTzOdqTpBk

[Jesterrace]

An overview and update of my 90 gallon reef tank:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLVWlKLOXVE

[Jesterrace]

Review of the Eheim Jager Tank Heater:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1Yq1g3uU3s

[Jesterrace]

Review of the Koralia Hydor 3rd Gen Powerheads:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP_rbFUqcRo

[Jesterrace]

Yet another Euphyllia Frag. Can't help myself. Hammers and Frogspawns seem to love my tank:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGZCjHw4yTA

[Jesterrace]

Individual Coral Spotlights:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LLbbdWM8SE&t=2s

[Jesterrace]

The Green and Purple Branching Hammer Coral:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o75jrhHHrZ0

[Jesterrace]

Spotlight on the Grape Coral:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCFhAB2tghI

[Jesterrace]

My Biggest Frag:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUWiUExtgMU

[Jesterrace]

Green and Purple Tip Frogspawn Frag Spotlight:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZltyOKLWC0

[BluewaterBoof]

I love euphyllia. I had a purple tip that was beautiful and I was sad to see it go when I was breaking down my tank and selling everything off. That huge frogspawn of yours is purdy!

[Jesterrace]

Thanks.

Got a vid of my fish during feeding time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v84nWnmZUI

[Jesterrace]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2JZERon4Eg

[Slaphppy7]

Glad you found him after a week, and he didn't just disappear on you

I know nothing about SW setups; can he make his way into the main tank and back to the sump?...is it physically possible?

[Jesterrace]

Not without being ground up in the impeller of the return pump and he wasn't small enough to fit through the protective great that goes over the return pump. If you take a look at this vid it shows just how impossible it would be:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiLITTHhN8I

[Jesterrace]

New experiment in fish behavior:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYsj1O7H2yo

[Slaphppy7]

Not without being ground up in the impeller of the return pump and he wasn't small enough to fit through the protective great that goes over the return pump. If you take a look at this vid it shows just how impossible it would be:

Thanks very much for the overview on the basics of a sump, very informative.

[Jesterrace]

Not a problem. Noticed a little while back that I saw lots of folks expressing concern over how to setup a sump or the purpose and/or function of one, so I shot the vid. The feedback of the vid has been overall positive, so glad it is useful or helpful to some.

[Jesterrace]

Tried a similar experiment with my Wrasses:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzYjp59hqwo

[Jesterrace]

Foxface trained to clean off my seaweed clip for me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBi259Og-5c

[Jesterrace]

Happy 2 year anniversary to my Melanurus Wrasse:

August 2017 as a very young juvie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDMKXq1Dv0A&t=128s

Here it is now in August 2019:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za06C9Up-Gs

[Boundava]

Congrats on the anniversary! Tank looks great, there are a lot of active fish loving the attention.

[Jesterrace]

Yup, here is another. This is my most reclusive and sedentary fish but still been in there quite a while. My Pajama Cardinalfish

Here when I first got it along with my AI Hydra 26HD lights:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEJR6zn_Chc


Here it is a year and a half later:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0azYmzgPl4

[Jesterrace]

1 year update on my Blue Star Leopard Wrasse and One Spot Foxface:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4x3Cp_dbFU


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvkMaHQzD5g

[Jesterrace]

1 year update on my Coral Beauty along with it's behavior with my Coral Frags:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V35sMO9-ng8

[sudhirr]

Great Vid updates, thanks for posting.

[Jesterrace]

Thanks, got another. My latest frogspawn coral wasn't doing well as it was growing into my rockwork. Moved it out a bit and it seems to have bounced back nicely:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYQ0K4vNNdY

[Jesterrace]

A review of the Aquatop 300 watt tank heater:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWRsUPEKRHU

[Jesterrace]

Not all fun and games:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jSnPeZ098w

[Jesterrace]

Zoanthid Coral Growth Update:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSUl4lAnMmw

[Jesterrace]

Update on my Pod Population in my Sump:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-uGGq2QY5k

[Jesterrace]

New Bumblebee Snails:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R_0O3RUwF8

[Jesterrace]

Got an algae eater that my Wrasse won't bother:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEg0SlwrgZI

[Slaphppy7]

Congrats on the newbie, thanks for posting, very interesting. :22:

[Jesterrace]

Thanks, got another newbie this past week:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpmwz0HB1YY

[Jesterrace]

Can't believe I have had this guy for almost 2 years now, he has gotten huge:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9vGCNL-G1A

[Jesterrace]

Managed to get my wife to snag this for me at my LFS's Black Friday Sale while I was working:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZOfmD2X8kw

[Jesterrace]

2 new Frogspawn Frag Additions:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5uNsdO5PC0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1dwg1W9vWc

[kaybee]

Nice acquisitions!

[Jesterrace]

Thanks, Not all good though. Had to evict this guy today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HMXE8LM_l8

[Jesterrace]

My Replacement the Blue Tuxedo aka Pincushion Urchin:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKbbyhtaRds

[Boundava]

Super cute! Why did the other urchin go and how are the frogspawn doing? Thinking of doing a small saltie tank, have a 30-ish cube I got used and a sump/skimmer someone gave us.

[AmandaYiu]

I’m not sure if I love 90s or hate them hahahah

[Jesterrace]

The Long spined got the boot for killing off my Zoanthids and more importantly bulldozing my big Frogspawn Colony that had been firmly glued in place for over 2 years. Tuxedo has left my corals pretty much alone. My Frogspawns are all doing pretty well.


Here is my son teaching my daughter how to properly interact with fish:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBRTvUtvMm8

[Jesterrace]

If I could do it over again, I would've gone 75 or 120. I hate the height of the 90 gallon tanks. I know I would deal with the same height with the 120, but at least I would get the wider tank for more scaping options and more room for the fish.

[Jesterrace]

Going to be experimenting with Reef Roids and documenting the impact it has on my Corals. So this is the before overview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2LBC7htLcQ

[Jesterrace]

New Duncan Coral Frag:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxoTkE43Ldk

[Jesterrace]

Reef Roids, first update:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdDiTFeA-f0

[Jesterrace]

My new centerpiece coral for my tank (and by far the most expensive single item in my tank).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6CH3BTRFVk

[Boundava]

Absolutely stunning and I love the extra info on them..

[Jesterrace]

2 year update on the CB Dwarf Angel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3A-jB-s5go

[Jesterrace]

My Melanurus Wrasse 3 years after I got it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkC1jcosOfM


For reference here it was about 6 weeks after I got it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDMKXq1Dv0A

[Jesterrace]

Growth update on one of the Frogspawn Corals:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmMdMmZi0bU


FYI, here it was a few days after I got it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGZCjHw4yTA

[Jesterrace]

3 month Growth Update on the Duncan Coral. The head has grown quite a bit and there have been 2 more heads that have started forming since filming this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DGJA2aVf2s


For reference here it was a few days after I got it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxoTkE43Ldk

[RiversGirl]

That's very pretty.

[Slaphppy7]

Nice updates Jester, that wrasse is beautiful.

[Jesterrace]

Thanks.


New Red Tree Coral:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE-tURF08EE

[Jesterrace]

My Duncan is starting to form 2 new heads:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPCuMqpb7VY

[Jesterrace]

New Blasto Frag:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miGvtu-kasI

One of my Zebra Hermits showing off his impressive Escape Skills:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tWFCcZuyKk

[Slaphppy7]

The "escape" was fun to watch, thanks for sharing with us.

[Jesterrace]

Thanks.

Picked up a couple of new coral frags.

New Frogspawn:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr_myCRsXbE


New Acan:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwXTIfy5a2Q

[Jesterrace]

New additions:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5yxQZJFnr8


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr9p3EjD0xI

[Jesterrace]

An update on my fastest growing coral frag:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m7sW8VEO8M