haha, i cant wait to see all of this come together.

I cant wait for you to come for coffee.

and yes, if the finished product is anything like the build up to it, should be nice but sometimes things dont live up to expectations ..:lol:

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This is a pic of my sump being built with a few changes, including the 30in. skimmer.
I changed from the smaller modlel and cancelled my refugium and will use my 30g instead, as mentioned before. Also switching from the Mag 12 return to a RLSS DC 6000 from Nick at Reef Supply Canada. My skimmer will stay on the Mag 12 for now. I am hoping to feed my reactor and refuge from the 6000 also.

This is Jeff,s nano reactor. I was getting this one but went with a larger model, same design though.

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My lighting...............well...thats another story for another day...:D

OK. Real exciting news. I filled the overflow with water and tested everything. Works perfect...no leaks. :twitch:

Sigh.......:lol:

My actual sump, nearing completion.

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Looks really good Doug. Hey shoot me a text my phone died and I have a iPhone again. Ok

You & your phones....:lol:

Corals and blue Maxima from Canada Corals.

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Nice selection of coals and a lovely clam you got there..

Thanks Eli. Soon time to piece together some type of reef formation though. My frag tub is right full....:D

Nice clam Doug

Hey Mikey..My two blue crocea,s are nice but the blue in the maxima is stunning.



Thus the price I guess......:lol:

Figured being the lps guy you are, my chalice pieces would be nice to......:D

Any updates Doug?

No tank work recently. Need to get some drive back. What I have done is shut down the frag tub and 20g.....setting up my 30g. Scrubbed rock for 3hrs. yesterday. OUCH !!!!!!!

Put clean, {for now}, rock back into 30g, tubs of everything all over the place. Today I put my clowns, bangaii and mandarin back into the 30. No sign of my last striped damsel, {the only one to survive}. "sigh".

Placed an eggcrate {or diffuser for Bill, :lol:}, across the top of all the rock. Now all my frags and clams spread out on it. Hopefully thats better for all stock until my 50 is running.

I barely had room across the whole 30in. for all my frags and clams..:lol:

I will take a pic of it all when I,m done. Still half a days work to do. On a whiskey break right now...:mrgreen:

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you got some pretty good looking livestock there

Those are some nice clams. Have they attached themselves to what they're sitting on?

Just need to keep them healthy now until their new home is ready. See those two small frags on far right. They bleached for some reason. Not sure if they will come back.

Yes they are. Three are on pieces of travertine and the baby maxima on the frag disc it came on.

I sure hope the bubble algae takes its time growing back and stays of my frags and their tiles. You would not believe how much I scrubbed from those rocks.

If that happens to my new rock in my 50g................I QUIT. :D

Tanks all landscaped. And no sand. Or eggcrate...:lol:

Most likely to much rock for all the twig reef designs...:lol: I assume my fishies will love it though.

I cycled it for almost a month in the closed tub but now I see its cycling again after the build. Tank is covered to keep the light from the rock for now. Pretty high phosphates coming from it, so using lots of GFO.

I did a fairly minimalist aquascape this time around because I really liked the open look in the tank and just a really nice mountain-scape with arches. Looks more like an archipelago. However, when I do my next build … I am going to focus more on hiding places for the fish.

While I love the look of my hardscape, it's very difficult to add new fish, and to keep peppermints away from my hawkfish and butterfly without them getting eaten. There just isn't enough hiding places in my tank at all.

Mine started out with good intentions. :lol:. Just kept putting beautiful pieces of Pukani in place. Ok thats enough. Hmmmm, bet this one will go nicely there. :lol:

Then I forgot my clowns pvc home. Had to pull one side apart and redo it. After 13yrs living in a pcv pipe, I cant deny it for them.

To bad I have 4 clams now, because a small angel would love my rockwork. I guess as I have no sand and lots of rock, my though of 3 orchid dottybacks is still a goal.

And I did a no no the other day. Could not resist a tiny 1in. baby tomini at the store. Im hoping as its never really know the ocean and they stay smaller, that it will adapt to my 3ft. tank ok. It will have a better home with me than with many, with larger tanks, as my fish are always my priorities.

However, Im prepared to do the Brad system of catch and removal if needed and will rehome to a large tank.

I will take a pic of my rockwork, as long as everyone dont tell me its to much. :lol:

And did you know eggcrate grows cyno. What the H. The grid in the picture holding all my corals is just covered in the stringy crap. I have never had cyno, except on a sandbed once a long time ago.

Like everyone else, no matter how much I clean it or pound it with current, no use.

Why would it just grow on there. I cant speak.

no such thing as to much, that was just started by the people who couldn't afford to buy rock :mrgreen:

If you even think it's too much, it's too much :)

Oh, I know its to much. But its nice. :mrgreen:

Now thats a skimmer.....:D

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Interesting choice Doug. You a long time beliver in these or a new convert?

I have been a fan of the company, almost since he started 30yrs ago but never bought anything until now. Its the superb quality of his work I wanted, plus the skimmer skims as well as anything out there.

I was going to go with a BK, but for the same price US dollars of course, I got the sump and skimmer. Of course my end cost is more with the border charges and UPS, sticking it to me.

That should clean my 50g.....:lol:

I cancelled my reactor, even though his are one of the best on the market. Just getting to costly across border. Bloody shame. I may still go with one but looking into the ones Nick carries instead.

I almost went with a Proflix and the sale they had on the balling system but cant find one that I can order. So back to a co2 reactor.

Very nice skimmer you have there!

Thanks. Not as large as yours though. I had to go check your build. I thought you had Lifereef gear...:mrgreen: I originally had the 24in. coming but switched to 30in. and the larger 8in cup.

Same sump. :smile: Also was getting the refugium, but have a nice 30g I will drill and use instead. Shipping was just getting to much. And I still like his co2 reactor.

I see you got all 3 filter cylinders. I have two coming but cant figure out what to use a third for. Plus being a down flow, reg gfo cant be used? Are you going to use Brightwell. Im going to try my reg and see if it packs to much in the downflow.

Currently going to use a Mag12 on skimmer and return but may switch to DC pumps for both eventually.

we'll have to have coffee, I have a 3/4 finished reactor sitting in the garage. or all the raw tubing to make one.

Steve

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm........:D

I am using the Brightwell. I tried regular gfo. Packed down very quickly and what a mess to clean up. I'm currently not using the third cylinder. It's there for future considerations.

Ok thanks. Perhaps for the price, I may as well get the 3rd also. You T off the feed or run the Mag 7?

Tee off the feed for my setup. I bought the manifold as well but I altered it for my system and I'm going to alter it again when I simplify the skimmer feed and return to the sump. Really happy with everything that Jeff creates.

Current design of the reef. Still covered with towels while it finishes the second cycle. Still lots of front room. At least 2 -3in. in back behind rock.

Will not be lacking current with my return, at least one or two MP 40,s and my MP 20.

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This is the left corner after I forgot the clowns home, so redid it like this. They have access to both ends and I can peek in on their eggs. The flat will be for either some clams or chalice. You can see the debris collecting from the rock already.

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This is the right side. As can be seen my back row with space behind, is less than 3/4 of the tank high, so will still allow for vertical growth. The front row is only about a 1/4 high, so lots of vertical growth room there and should not block out the visual for the rear corals.


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At least thats the plan....:D

Looks good man. Sorry if I missed it but are you going sans substrate?