184g basement 8ft reef
 

So I took the plunge... selling all my freshwater stuffs, bought a new house and a beautiful custom 92" x 21" x 22" 3-sided starphire peninsula tank from concept! here it is near end of construction.

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Also had them make me a custom U-Flow Sump to accomodate the drain and return on the same side of the sump. I am plumbing the sump into the furnace room about 6ft away.

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I bought a reef octopus hy-10000w, with 1" output... they didnt have it in stock so i got a deal on the hy-12500w. Great i thought, totally spaced on output... now 1.25" return output, thus the quickly rigged plumbing coming out of the pump.

The basement is all finished and the bar is the new stand! Just need to reinforce it...

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well that did it.... hope it holds water..

It does hold the weight of the water
 

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water in and 110lbs. pukani from fijireefrock.

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Apex, Skimmer and DOS set up, aswell as ATO

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Now time to cure and cycle:razz:

Super fast cycle
 

wow that was a fast cycle, about 6 minutes... no im kidding i have wanted to make a tank journal for a while and now i have time, the tank is now cycled and i have set up some lights. Yes, some lights.. i wanted to go with radions as the didplay colours are fantastic (even if i have to have a bit of my tank unlit for a while). So at the moment i only have 1 radion g3 pro running and plans to have 4 in the end, but will slowly upgrade. I plan on keeping softies and LPS for at least a year so im not too worried.

Added 2 clownfish, and a golden rabbit fish with some soft corals

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looking kien buddy :)

HUH???

Great looking tank though !! That's going to be 8 feet of awesome to play with !

This is almost the exact dream tank I want. Except I'd go for 30" wide, 90 long, and probably 24" tall.

Following, can't wait to see progress!

more lights, more coral of course
 

i got another radion xr15 pro which came with 120 degree lenses, and i already have them on the 30. im trying to squeeze as much light out of these as possible.

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sudden brown algae bloom
 

i came home today to find the spots of brown algae had turned into covering a bunch of the rocks... reduced light by an hour and some intensity, mad big water change and some more snails should do..
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The Coral Beautys seem to eat some of it, they try at least..

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Snails are pretty quick, should be a different story tomorrow.

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ok algae/diatom bloom is over, parameters are good, tank looks awesome.... exept one of my radions (xr15pro) seems to be dimmer than the others... probably need to calibrate it, anybody know how to calibrate from apex?

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it almost seems dark on one side, even tho apex says they are all the same power level

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How was it moving that tank, maneuvering it through doorways etc? How many people to carry it?