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Old 10-12-2011, 05:01 AM
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I used to have a 45 gallon display, that lasted a year before life happened and it had to be dismantled.
That being said, I am relatively new to reefing and because of my apartment life, am restricted to size : (
If anywhere through this someone see and obvious noob mistakes, feel free to say something as I dont know everything and always want to learn more.
I have a 33 gallon system with a CPR backpack overflow system.
3/4" pvc to the 20 gallon sump below.
First compartment has my prizm pro skimmer (nightmare but, sweet when it co-operates) 3 baffle bubble trap to second chamber which houses filterbox full of rubble, heater and GFO reactor.
I know I will catch flack for this but, the reactor drains into my overflow backback fuge.
The fuge is just an old HOB filter with chaeto and the bulb is a Phillips daylight 16w=65w 6500k CF floodlamp on reverse photo period.
The final chamer has my return pump (aquaclear 70 350 gph) and full of live rock which, I have been thinking or moving back to the second chamber.
I had it there origionally but, found alot of crud getting stuck under it which, with my overfeeding was not a good thing.
The return is 3/4"pvc with elbows. I drilled a small hole in the line 1/2 below water surface for syphon break in case of power failure.
Im just starting to get my nitrates under control. Overfeeding is too easy, they are so tough to say no to lol, always begging clowns and cleaner shimp.
pH 8.1
Temp 77-79 good old drafty places
Amonia barely detectable
Nitrate 20ppm been doing daily wc since I found all that hidden crap was 40+
Phosphates undetectable which tells me the hair algae is living off my no3
KH 8 (143.2ppm)
Ca2 440ppm
Lighting 4xT5HO 39w (2xblue 2x10,000k) On for 6 hours a day
LED stunner strip moonlights (really nice pop from corals)
Livestock
1 rose bubble tip
2 clowns
2 cleaner shrmip
3 nassarius snails
4 mixed snails
8 mixed hermits
1 Bangaii Cardinal (VERY VERY SOON after i get the nitrates under wraps)
green plate colony and frags
red plate frag
red montipori digita
green montipora digita
3 headed green hammer
varios polyps sprouting up all over
blue cloves
vibrant green stars
blue stylo
red stylo
micro stars galore
Think I remembered everything lol
Are those sirens? The pic police are coming I hear so without further ado....












Thanks for looking and any input is apreciated.
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