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91atrac
12-27-2016, 04:19 PM
Hey everyone I'm back with a new setup.
I had yew wing at fish gallery built the tank to the specs I gave him. Here is the current list of equipment I've gone with. Nothing has been skimped on either.
Tank by fish gallery
Rock from Fiji reef rock (pukani, Tonga and Tonga shelf rock)
Caribsea Aragonite sand (x3 full bags used)
x2 ecotech mp40's
x2 ecotech radion xr30 pro leds
Neptune apex (Lab edition) controller
Hydor smart ato
Ecotech vectra m1 return pump
X2 200watt cobalt heaters
Oh and sump will be built from plywood.
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91atrac
12-27-2016, 05:25 PM
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91atrac
01-03-2017, 10:46 PM
Here's an update to the project. I've since added stock and coral. We have hung a temporary light as well.
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91atrac
01-04-2017, 12:16 AM
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iamfrontosa
01-04-2017, 07:17 AM
looks good.
shrimp
01-04-2017, 02:56 PM
Looks great, what are the dimensions of the tank?
91atrac
01-04-2017, 06:50 PM
looks good.
Thanks you :)
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91atrac
01-04-2017, 06:50 PM
Looks great, what are the dimensions of the tank?
Thank you! Dimensions are 48x24x30H
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91atrac
01-16-2017, 07:07 PM
Here is the sump all ready and runninghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170116/cd2dd53f1868b85e1a9d63d537313ee2.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170116/8344ab8edf908c5a5eb55e6ffeb73411.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170116/2251033007ec2365d9d696d7a924978c.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170116/ac55e258049e4da80551d48f32838e94.jpg
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tang daddy
01-16-2017, 09:38 PM
Off to a good start, what type of skimmer is that?
I like the plywood sump, brings me back to the days way back when I saw a monster custom plywood reef tank with glass front and and port hole view side.
Everything was custom including the skimmer that was almost as tall as me run by a couple big dart pumps. It also had a cat walk going around the whole tank in the fish room that took the weight of 4 large adults.
91atrac
01-17-2017, 01:38 AM
Off to a good start, what type of skimmer is that?
I like the plywood sump, brings me back to the days way back when I saw a monster custom plywood reef tank with glass front and and port hole view side.
Everything was custom including the skimmer that was almost as tall as me run by a couple big dart pumps. It also had a cat walk going around the whole tank in the fish room that took the weight of 4 large adults.
That's sweet!! I never see plywood tanks tho especially reefs.
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91atrac
01-17-2017, 01:38 AM
Skimmer is the eshopps psk-300
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Stones
01-18-2017, 10:44 PM
Nice looking build! What type of paint did you use on the inside of your plywood sump to cover the fiberglass and epoxy?
91atrac
01-19-2017, 03:38 AM
Nice looking build! What type of paint did you use on the inside of your plywood sump to cover the fiberglass and epoxy?
It's actually a solvent free epoxy that was white in colour
Thanks for the compliment tho :)
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91atrac
02-07-2017, 12:43 AM
Picture update 156751567615677156781567915680
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91atrac
02-17-2017, 12:00 AM
Well had a few loses since last update. Blue throat jumped, lost 2 pipe fish too :(, Light cycle was out of whack but that's dealt with FINALLY!
Dealing with a small ammonia spike right now but it's being dealt with.
Here are some photos. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170217/0d2d7118372729abf2b542834f0c1a6a.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170217/d007ee147747d3e9b4063def0c4116e4.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170217/40601ebf878dc9760051ba88c5c19e21.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170217/0b879e9b728d5e373bd4f64706ab27d9.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170217/7f4ff2993f71b7f131f9ccf097dd6b35.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170217/e0d92515ec64bc5813e63433011963e5.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170217/d3d78597908346fb32d47ed9d11de0c9.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170217/8673978ec347f9560f6c2f0e93e978bc.jpg
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91atrac
02-21-2017, 04:05 AM
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91atrac
03-07-2017, 04:31 PM
Been a bit since I updated this thread. Here's some new photos and comparison photos of some sps colouration.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170307/0d3adcbdab18083a262093fa707218cf.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170307/c896e7b5bc68850d6e9eea904c8c3115.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170307/0813145336b7d06965a6283040fdb941.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170307/d3d5c1bad2ee3fa88a6e4add37e4ff63.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170307/726fca40857b8817fe279c2cff88de0b.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170307/e77792ca73d6e2df9c45e5a2e75f6e57.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170307/069c6157950dca484db3688d3b0b64cf.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170307/dffbac278ca96bd8853f5d1b181fa17c.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170307/b96ff53505f4f303eceec79a03de1210.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170307/af52357d32d88f457f79381d9c97042b.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170307/c108c251a69c80aad1c37165a488edc3.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170307/a9e38a3424a387e6ae8a7db1049a5aa3.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170307/cb9c61e9498ac275a6272b53fb87940f.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170307/7d2e180383bbeb2e9df0e9148807bb2c.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170307/0ae79b79974233cf71c6abc7de903e1f.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170307/b395e682d8360b4db4e14f545bf6cabb.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170307/7b6499833905ca4516ce4d440bf02b9a.jpg
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91atrac
03-09-2017, 05:52 PM
Started two part dosing and parameters are finally getting solid results. 7.7kh 470ca
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91atrac
05-06-2017, 04:43 AM
Well these photos are now old in my last post. Since this we have lost half our Sps and all our octospawn. I've recovered the tank from the crash and it's coming back greatly.
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91atrac
05-06-2017, 04:46 AM
Some videos of the tank
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91atrac
07-16-2017, 10:53 PM
Been a long while since I've updated this thread. Let's see.
We've had alk issues, and just general parameter struggles which have caused us to lose a few sps. Things are improving tho. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170716/9e201842c2a2dde6b7987c1ff8cebd90.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170716/f22daa59a710ced67658a20aae9a5052.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170716/ba54b8300d6899a0f8d0241d44c96829.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170716/3fadfa505af6768e974c1663df5172b6.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170716/e0e828d899107adbd18143af4d4fde40.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170716/3d388566353fec1b7f1c42e5d48b2cce.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170716/c4381fc6b91d1d848aac965d83d90095.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170716/8872c2fab7e7e5ba8c1456193b59bf31.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170716/715c19efe1c80b40f2b608af50ec0143.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170716/44fe22d696db8161df82bcb4958d5183.jpg
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