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Old 09-07-2011, 02:00 AM
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BeefOrChicken's_Zenith System3 - 25g Mixed Reef

We are two brothers who run a 25g mixed reef together. Here's our go at our tank journal.

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start date: Nov 2009
25g sumpless, skimmerless, lidless - sitting inside an old zenith tv
filtration: ac50 (running a single mangrove with led fixture and algae scrubber),
ac70 (running rubble and algae scrubber plus holds in and outputs from fluval 304),
fluval 304 (running rubble, ceramic rings, carbon and GFO)
flow: mp10
lighting: viper 150w mh, 2x 15w t-8 actinics, 2x 6.5w blue LEDs
100w heater
Dosing/ato: 2part, diy using aqua lifters

Stocking:
40lbs LR, 30lbs sand
2 clowns, 1 domino damsel, 1 mandarin
mix of zoas, acros, sun, brain, monti..etc

Here are some pics (though i wish i had a better camera...)
if you want to know more about the set-up just ask
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Old 09-07-2011, 05:11 AM
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That's a pretty sweet tank guys. I am interested in what you are doing for dosing for this little tank it says "diy using aqua lifters" but i would love to see what you are doing with them and what you are dosing.
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Old 09-07-2011, 06:15 AM
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That's a pretty sweet tank guys. I am interested in what you are doing for dosing for this little tank it says "diy using aqua lifters" but i would love to see what you are doing with them and what you are dosing.
Thanks! we currently use b-ionic 2 part, we have 2 milk jugs that have airline tubing that run on two aqualifter pumps on a timer. the dosers go off about 8 times a day for one minute. it does an awesome job keeping our alk and calcium just right and also keeps our water level perfect.
we also manually dose, when needed/desired, magnesium, iodine, and iron
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Iv seen this tank in person and I can say the pics don't do it justice absolutely stunning job
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I love these old tv tube retrofits...
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That does look really good, guys......I would never wanna change the channel
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You two have done a very good job of this tank
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Old 09-07-2011, 10:26 PM
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Iv seen this tank in person and I can say the pics don't do it justice absolutely stunning job
you're right, i'm hoping to get some nicer pictures soon

thanks everyone!
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Old 09-24-2011, 11:24 PM
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I have no idea if anyone has made or taken 3d photos of their tank so i thought i'd give it a go. You'll need to have a pair of anaglyph glasses to view it (those red and blue kind)

anyways, enjoy!

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Old 11-08-2011, 06:06 AM
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i thought id give a quick update on the tank. we've finally reached optimal params with nitrates and phosphates staying at a steady 0. we're pretty happy since we dont run a skimmer, so this is big for us.
on a different note we bought a few magnifying glasses (loupes) for fun, and of course started using it to take a look at our tank up close. to take it a step further we put the loupes up to the lens' of our phones and point and shoot to snap some macro shots. heres a look at our results with spending $5 to go macro.

Birdsnest

Yellow paly

Clove

Nassarious

we'd love to get other pics but the loupes have to be really close to their objects to be in focus so no other sps macros for now...
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