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NastayNatron

10-22-2011, 05:38 AM

The boys helping me drill the sump and refugium

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Successful hole drilled

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20 gallon refugium on mini-stand

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NastayNatron

10-22-2011, 05:42 AM

The tank getting wet. . .

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100 lbs of dry macro rock to go with my 40 lbs of live rock I already have

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First look at the aquascape

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And then there was sand. . .

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The tank cleared up

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Right side

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Left side

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NastayNatron

10-22-2011, 05:46 AM

Vertex IN-280 Skimmer

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Sump pictures after many hours of plumbing

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Check valve

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Refugium draining into 40g sump

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Two TLF reactors - 1 for carbon, 1 for phosban

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Reeflo snapper return pump - love this thing!

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NastayNatron

10-22-2011, 05:49 AM

Framing the lighting hood

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Skinning the lighting hood

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Prepping for painting

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Inside painted white

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NastayNatron

10-22-2011, 05:53 AM

Stained

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Lights have arrived - 4 250watt metal halides (20k Ushio) 4 39watt T5 (2 KZ fiji purple, 2 true Geissman true antic)

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Ballast to foot (size 9) comparison

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NastayNatron

10-22-2011, 05:55 AM

The beauties wired in place

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Left side

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Right side

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One of the moonlights

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And then there was light. . .

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Left side

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Right side

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NastayNatron

10-22-2011, 05:59 AM

Area in the furnace room where my top off tank and water-change tank will be. The display is on the floor above.

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Work on brute cans commencing

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Plumbing

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R/O unit

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Tie in to the washing machine line for the r/o

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R/o drains to the floor drain

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Plumbing complete

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Heater and floats

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kam

10-22-2011, 05:59 AM

Wow! Looks good man!

NastayNatron

10-22-2011, 06:02 AM

Running upstairs. .

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And the basement completed

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Fans and floats arrived

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Float in the sump floating

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Heater in the overflow heating

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Fan installations

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NastayNatron

10-22-2011, 06:05 AM

Neptune Apex System arrives

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Display

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During installation

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Probes - Temp, PH, ORP

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Lights in the fuge

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Skimmer starting to pull. . .

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Shelf installed

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NastayNatron

10-22-2011, 06:08 AM

My current fish undergoing Cupramine before hitting the display

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CUC hitting the tank!

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NastayNatron

10-22-2011, 06:11 AM

And the fish hit the tank!

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Nemo and Cosby

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The top

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The bottom

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The anti-carpet-bomber

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NastayNatron

10-22-2011, 06:12 AM

And then there was Vortech. . .

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This is the first of my two MP40's im running on my tank

NastayNatron

10-22-2011, 06:14 AM

My coral dip tank

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Dipping. . .

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Into the tank!

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Full tank shot

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And a couple more. .

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NastayNatron

10-22-2011, 06:16 AM

My new sailfin and coral beauty chillin in Cupramine

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Some quarantine shots

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And the Display

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And Seth working hard as always

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Corbin

10-22-2011, 06:19 AM

awesome set up man. Jealous of your pil socks too

NastayNatron

10-22-2011, 06:21 AM

Elegance coral

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Some new members

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And now these 3 get the quarantine - Barletts anthias

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And a full tank shot

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NastayNatron

10-22-2011, 06:24 AM

Then I thought. . it needs lattice. ..

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NastayNatron

10-22-2011, 06:25 AM

And some SPS (sorry about the I-phone pics!)

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NastayNatron

10-22-2011, 06:28 AM

And some zoos and what not

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And my first clam

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NastayNatron

10-22-2011, 06:29 AM

And the tank as it sits about a week ago. Let me know what you think so far! I will keep up with updates from this point on. Hope you enjoyed!

Nate

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MMAX

10-22-2011, 01:31 PM

Lookin great, I too am jealous about your Pil socks.

Skimmerking

10-22-2011, 01:48 PM

buds well done I did notice that you has white caulking in the sump. I hope that isnt the anti fungi ones

MarkoD

10-22-2011, 02:49 PM

all looks good. but why didnt you stain the inside of the doors?

daniella3d

10-22-2011, 03:08 PM

Myka

10-22-2011, 03:10 PM

Lampshade

10-22-2011, 03:20 PM

Looks great, i like the planter boxes on the sides, frames the tank in nice. You should see if you can get mangroves growing in there!

NastayNatron

10-22-2011, 07:55 PM

Lookin great, I too am jealous about your Pil socks.

Thanks! They are pretty badass i must admit haha

NastayNatron

10-22-2011, 07:56 PM

buds well done I did notice that you has white caulking in the sump. I hope that isnt the anti fungi ones

I can't remember now what kind exactly it was. . . GE window and door maybe? I did research on what kind of silicone to use for it and it is the proper kind I know that forsure. I just can't remember what it was now. . .

NastayNatron

10-22-2011, 07:58 PM

all looks good. but why didnt you stain the inside of the doors?

My eagerness to get everything up and running. Now that is my one regrets - not painting the entire interior white. I do plan on going back and painting just the inner doors white. A good winter project.

NastayNatron

10-22-2011, 08:00 PM

Very nice tank but your crocea clam is not going to be happy directly in the sand like that. I hope it's not already attach to the bottom. They have delicate filtering system and do dably in the sand, they prefer to be on a rock, in something clean and close tot he light.

I did read that somewhere. . . he has only been in the tank for about a week. Ill get him up and onto a rock this weekend. Thanks for the advice!

NastayNatron

10-22-2011, 08:07 PM

You did a great job documenting the whole build, thanks for sharing! I really like that you are quarantining all new arrivals. Why do you treat all incoming fish with Cupramine though? How long are you treating for and how long are you quarantining for? Be careful with copper as many fish are very sensitive, like Angelfish and Butterflyfish (although apparently your Angel made it through).

I decided to cupramine all fish due to not being able to be 100% sure they are not disease carrying. Even if ich is not visible it could still be present. I get too nervous otherwise second guessing myself if a fish has ich or not. So far it has worked great for me. I have put two dwarf angels through as well as anthias, purple firefish, and the rest of my fish and they all ate constantly and did great. I follow Seachem's directions almost exactly except I slowly introduce the cupramine over 4 days to watch the fishes reaction to it. I leave them at full concentration for exactly 2 weeks and then flush it out of the tank, monitor them for another week and then into the display they go.

NastayNatron

10-22-2011, 08:07 PM

Looks great, i like the planter boxes on the sides, frames the tank in nice. You should see if you can get mangroves growing in there!

Haha now that would be sweet! I never thought of that before. . .

Myka

10-23-2011, 01:55 AM

I decided to cupramine all fish due to not being able to be 100% sure they are not disease carrying.

Why not just do hyposalinity for 6 weeks? It's a lot easier on the fish, plus the quarantine should be 6 weeks anyway. Copper is one of the few treatments that I refuse to use on my fish. Absolutely will never use it because there are safer treatments available. Copper only treats Ich and Velvet, but it is not very good at treating Velvet. I use Formalin dips for Velvet because Formalin is useful against a broad spectrum of disease and I prefer a dip over a short-term treatment any day. Just my two cents. ;)

NastayNatron

10-23-2011, 04:58 AM

Why not just do hyposalinity for 6 weeks? It's a lot easier on the fish, plus the quarantine should be 6 weeks anyway. Copper is one of the few treatments that I refuse to use on my fish. Absolutely will never use it because there are safer treatments available. Copper only treats Ich and Velvet, but it is not very good at treating Velvet. I use Formalin dips for Velvet because Formalin is useful against a broad spectrum of disease and I prefer a dip over a short-term treatment any day. Just my two cents. ;)

I thought about trying hyposalinity but after reading about people using it and still have ich reoccurring it turned me off it. I believe it works but is a fair bit more work than cupramine. I work 12 hour shift work days and night and didn't want to worry about salinity constantly. If I have any bad experiences with copper I will quickly change but so far it has worked great and doesn't seem to stress the fish too much. I plan on getting some harder to keep fish (copperband, leapard wrasse, mandarin) in time and for these I do not plan on using copper and they will have a much longer quarantine period. For now my quarantine is approx. 2 weeks of observation and good feeding - 2 weeks medication - 1 week observation and then the display. So 5 weeks total and this is working well for me. Thanks for your advice though! I will do more research into hypo for new arrivals. You have a very beautiful tank!

NastayNatron

11-02-2011, 05:58 PM

Alright well I have added my newest additions into quarantine. They are a Diamond Head Goby, Leopard Wrasse, and Copperbanded Butterfly. It is day three and they are all eating well. The reason I bought both the Copperband and Leopard at the same time is because they were both in the same tank at the LFS and eating like crazy. I figured id give them a shot. And as for my quarantine method, I did some research after what Myka brought up and decided to not treat all fish with cupramine. In a way its kinda like treating every human with radiation just in case they have cancer. So instead ill be watching them closely for 6-8 weeks and if they are healthy, they will hit the display! Videos to follow.

NastayNatron

11-03-2011, 09:08 PM

Alright here are the videos! This is from day 2 in the quarantine. They are munchin even harder now haha. Enjoy

Diggin
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Feeding Time
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NastayNatron

11-22-2011, 05:34 PM

An equipment update here. I ordered a shiny new 6 stage deluxe RODI system from Bulk Reef Supply along with a bunch of filters. My old RO was a Coralife I bought before I really got into the hobby and knew what was going on. I love this new RO! I also learned that my water pressure sits around 80psi which is alot higher than I thought. Deffinitly no need for a booster pump. I also insulated my salt water mix tank as the room gets fairly cool. This should help keep the heater from running constantly in the tank. A new float valve was added from BRS instead of the garbage coralife one which filled with water and refused to float!

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I also received some ROX Carbon from BRS that im fairly excited about. The reviews seem great and im sure it will be better than the Black Diamond Carbon I am currently using.

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I have switched salt to Royal Nature. The tank was originally set up with H2Ocean salt. I got sick of this salt quickly as it added a terrible residue to my mixing tank and with its high price tag I was not sure it was worth it. I used one bucket of IO which brought my calcium down every time I did a waterchange. I realized I should pick a good salt and stick to it. I was going to try red sea coral pro after reading great reviews. After being recommended to Royal Nature by Dave at Concept, I must say it really seems great so far, along with great reviews.

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I also decided to add filter socks to the mix on my tank. They will be changed out and washed frequently to help maintain low nutrients. I bought 7" socks from BRS along with a filter sock holder. I had to modify my drains under the tank to accomadate the filter sock.

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And the last thing I added was another Energy Bar 8 for my Apex. I have had only one heater running on my tank since its start because I had no extra outlets on my apex. I decided with it now being winter I better get a back up heater on the tank. This will also allow me to add my return pump, skimmer, and ATO to the controller, as well as my dosing pumps that I have recently ordered and should be here next week! (super excited)

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I just thought you should see me sweet calender as well haha

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lastlight

11-22-2011, 05:44 PM

With pressure like that you should order their water saver kit. You'll waste about half the water and double your output. I was shocked to find my pressure is just shy of 100 psi when I picked up a gauge (needed to know pressure before ordering the kit which requires at least 65 psi).

fishytime

11-22-2011, 10:43 PM

dats a fine looking water station you got there......I have the same callender, love it.....

naesco

11-22-2011, 11:00 PM

Nice set up but it is missing a few tangs.

NastayNatron

01-03-2012, 03:28 AM

New Years Video Update

Normal - http://youtu.be/f6am3KivLno

HD - http://youtu.be/f6am3KivLno?hd=1

Hope you enjoy!

lastlight

01-03-2012, 03:38 AM

Nice video the fish and the corals look healthy and vibrant. Your diamond goby has some serious attitude!

NastayNatron

01-07-2012, 12:01 AM

Here are some zoa's! I lost a couple colonies to zoa pox and have been treating with Furan-2. All seems well. Here are a few pics of some of my new/old zoa's!

http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff418/NastayNatron/IMG_0513.jpg

http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff418/NastayNatron/IMG_0500.jpg

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http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff418/NastayNatron/IMG_0483.jpg

ryanb69

01-17-2012, 03:50 AM

those zoas look great! cant wait to get my hands on some frags!:mrgreen:

NastayNatron

01-19-2012, 03:40 PM

In the next 6 weeks I will be doing some major changes to the tank. I have ordered a custom sump for under my stand. It measures 60"x18.5"x18" and will incorporate two 7" filter sock holders, a large skimmer chamber, and a good sized fuge. I will put a picture of the design from sketchup in the next few days. I will be pulling all of my old plumbing out from under the tank and redoing it all. The reason I am re-doing this is for two main reasons. One being that when I originally designed my sump I planned to not use filter socks. Now I use them religiously and really hate how cramped it is in my sump in order to change mine out. The other major reason is I have absolutely no room to work in my fuge. Because it is raised up higher than the sump I cannot fit my hand into it. This makes it extremely difficult to do any maintenance on it like trimming my cheato.

While I am re-doing my sump and plumbing I am going to drain the display tank half way. I will put my heaters into the display water along with my vortechs turned way down so my sand is not blown everywhere because of the low water level. I will also add a couple air stones and feed lightly. I have ordered a glass eurobrace for my tank which I will silicone on once the tank is half empty. I will remove the current black plastic brace that is on the tank now and put the eurobrace on. I will leave the tank half empty for 4 days to let the silicone cure. During this time I will work on plumbing in my new sump. I also plan on painting the inside of my stand white before adding the sump which is something I should have done originally.

While waiting for the silicone to cure I will also be re-doing my lights. I will be taking my current four 250w spider reflector metal halides out and putting in three 250w LumenMax Elite reflectors. I will also be removing two of the four 39watt T5 lights I have in the canopy for supplemental lighting. With the larger LumenMax reflectors I can only fit two of the four T5's. I will also be replacing my fans that are currently in my canopy with something much quieter as they are extremely loud!

The reason for adding the Eurobracing to the tank is so I can run 3 metal halides with good reflectors instead of 4 with crappy reflectors. Currently my tank has a 4" black plastic brace directly in the middle of the tank which is preventing me from running three 250's as I will not place one directly above this brace for obvious reasons. This will decrease the total power required to run the tank and also reduce the heat (four 250watts put out some mean heat on a 125g tank!).

This is definitely going to be a big project but I am excited to get started on it. Im heading to Cuba for 2 weeks on sunday so ill be preparing to start all of this as soon as I get back! :mrgreen::mrgreen:

lastlight

01-19-2012, 04:10 PM

Sounds like a lot of work that's going to be more than worth it good luck. These things are constantly evolving which is both a frustration and a way to keep things fresh I suppose.

NastayNatron

01-19-2012, 06:57 PM

Sounds like a lot of work that's going to be more than worth it good luck. These things are constantly evolving which is both a frustration and a way to keep things fresh I suppose.

Yupp ya have to enjoy it or your in the wrong hobby haha. . . will give me something to annoy the girlfriend with more than normal :lol: - by the way these changes were brought on by viewing your system :razz: - go figure. Spend 200 bucks on a chiller and come home to spend another thousand on upgrades haha

NastayNatron

02-27-2012, 07:28 PM

Well A lot of things have happened since my last post. I went to CUBA for a 2 week vaccation with my girlfriend, Amanda, that was awesome. Did lots of snorkeling and had a blast. When I arrived home I found what was left of my tank. Im not sure exactly what happened but im thinking it was something like the skimmer overflowing. My roommate was feeding the fish but thats where her knowledge ends. She tried her best to keep things alive. The fish I lost are as follows: Foxface Rabbitfish, Purple Firefish, mated pair of Barletts Anthias, Mated pair of Squarespot Anthias, Naso Tang, Flame Angelfish. I also lost all of my coral except for a few zoanthids and a couple sps that seem to be making a comeback. Also one of my urchins and my coral banded shrimp did not make it. When I arrived home I began immediate waterchanges to try and keep the remaining fish alive. Here are a few pictures of the tank after 90 gallons of waterchanges:

http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff418/NastayNatron/IMG_0546.jpg

http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff418/NastayNatron/IMG_0547.jpg

My Anthias RIP :(

http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff418/NastayNatron/IMG_0534.jpg

After a week of chaos with starting a new job and trying to get the tank straightened out, I was frustrated and ready to start my upgrade I had planned. It was a crazy week but I managed to pull it off! I can tell you the tank looks SWEEEET now! For now here are some pictures as the upgrade was happening. I had the tank running half full with a cartridge filter for 4 days while I worked on the project. I stayed on top of waterchanges during this time in order to keep the water quality up for the fish who just went through so much the weeks prior.

http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff418/NastayNatron/IMG_0552.jpg

http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff418/NastayNatron/IMG_0553.jpg

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NastayNatron

02-27-2012, 07:29 PM

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NastayNatron

02-27-2012, 07:30 PM

http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff418/NastayNatron/IMG_0580.jpg

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Old Fans and Lights:

http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff418/NastayNatron/IMG_0571.jpg

http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff418/NastayNatron/IMG_0570.jpg

NastayNatron

02-29-2012, 02:50 AM

My new fans and BRS order! These fans are completely silent unlike my previous ones. I just purchased two computer fans and wired them together.

http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff418/NastayNatron/IMG_0590.jpg

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NastayNatron

02-29-2012, 02:51 AM

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ryanb69

03-23-2012, 01:34 AM

Show us that new sps ! lots of pictures please!

NastayNatron

03-30-2012, 03:26 AM

Well the tank has been running perfectly since the equipment upgrade and things are going great! My sps is growing like never before! Enjoy some photos!

http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff418/NastayNatron/FTS.jpg

http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff418/NastayNatron/GreenChalice.jpg

http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff418/NastayNatron/frostsps.jpg

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NastayNatron

03-30-2012, 03:26 AM

http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff418/NastayNatron/IMG_0726.jpg

http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff418/NastayNatron/sps.jpg

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Marlin65

03-31-2012, 01:02 AM

Great job love the sump. How does the water get from the skimmer side to the refugium side?

NastayNatron

03-31-2012, 04:01 PM

Thanks Marlin. The water goes from the skimmer chamber through the stand pipe and into the return chamber. The return pump supply's the two reactors, the refugium, and the display. Once in the refugium the water overflows back into the return chamber. Hope that makes sense!

Marlin65

03-31-2012, 07:26 PM

I see the return after the refugium but don't see the stand pipe can you post a closer picture. I would like to make the same sump for my 165 drop reef.
Love the water change brutes as well very well done.

Skimmerking

03-31-2012, 08:39 PM

wow talk about a redo reno on the sump area and lights well done man. love to look so much cleaner. you must be proud I would be.

here a ADDY BOY for your great clean up.:razz:

fishytime

03-31-2012, 10:59 PM

sorry your tank went through some issues when you were away.....good to hear that it seems to be on the mend.....your equipment upgrade sounds like it was a crap load of work but it looks killer and like it was worth the effort

NastayNatron

04-27-2012, 03:27 AM

Tank is running great! Marlin if your still interested in the sump design pm me and I can send you the sketchup design. Enjoy some photos!

http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff418/NastayNatron/IMG_0798.jpg

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gridley

05-07-2012, 02:53 PM

Good morning - I was reading through you thread and am impressed with the look of your water change system with the two Brute Cans. As I am new to this and hope to do some of my plumbing this coming weekend, cxan you step me through that system and how it all works? Thanks

NastayNatron

05-07-2012, 08:56 PM

Picked up a few Zoanthid frags! Gridley ill shoot ya a pm about how my waterchange system works :mrgreen:

http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff418/NastayNatron/IMG_1010.jpg

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