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05-16-2013, 09:42 PM
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neoh's 77g lps/softie reef
Hello everyone!
I've been in the hobby for quite some time, and this forum for quite some time, and I've always been a planted tank enthusiast. Once I was finally able to master the planted tank (which took years) I converted to cichlids (Tanganyikans) - though I've always had a soft spot for marine. I've always been way too afraid (and financially not able to) keep saltwater. I've always been a lurker on Canreef, and have had small but unsuccessful nano tanks in the past. But now, It's finally happened. I've been keeping my marine tank for awhile now, and haven't posted pics - through consult, I was told to put a journal together, as I would love to pick brains and get more involved with fellow marine hobbyists. Current setup is: 77g custom acrylic (60x14x17) 2x powerheads (tunze/koralia) 9W UV Three baffle sump w/refugium Phosban 150 reactor using GFO Marineland Pro 300 Skimmer Digital Aquatics L3 Controller RO/DI water Lighting: Vertex Illumina 260 48" set to 70% B/RB 12% White Levels: Ca: 400 Salinity: 0.25 PH: 8.2 Mg: ? Phos: 0 NO3: 5 Dosing: Aquavitro Calcification Aquavitro Ions Kalkwasser Phyto-Plus A Currently housing 90lbs of liverock (soon to be much less than that) Fauna is: 1x Bicolor Angelfish 1x Scooter Blenny 1x Clarkii Clownfish 1x Tomato Clownfish 1x Fairy Wrasse 2x (pair) Banana Wrasse 1x Blackcap Damsel Coral: Purple-Tip Frogspawn Pink-Tip Frogspawn Hammer GTBA Galaxia Purple Pocci Super-red Poly X-Men Poly Blue Mushrooms Candy Cane Atomic green-orange Ricordia Yuma Ricordia Florida Ricordia Dragon-Eye Zoa Watermelon Zoa Campfire Zoa Rainbow Monti Pink/Purple Favia Green Carpet Anemone Inverts: Snails Fire Shrimp Pacific Cleaner Shrimp Gorgon Brittle Star 
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05-19-2013, 02:14 AM
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Update: 5/18/13
Moved some things around, and found that a 2" frag of yuma ricordia was attached to the underside of a piece of rock - along with an entire colony of green basic zoanthids! Fancy that. However; when I turn the rock around I cover up a 4" ricordia that is attached to the other side of the rock. I gave him a little tug to see if he would dislodge, but he's on there good - and I really don't want to cut him off, so he will forever be facing the backside of the tank. No justice with this picture, of course:  Added a very nice duncan to the mix, which I'll take a picture of of once he opens up. Spent a few hours hooking up the RODI system to the bottom of the sink. Not as difficult as I had figured it would be, just one stop to Home Depot! Currently filling up the buckets for a water change and backup water. 
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05-19-2013, 04:26 PM
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Most of all congrats on your new success with the salties.
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05-19-2013, 07:17 PM
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Thank you very much!
 Here's where it connects to the sink. I bought the part at Home Depot for $6 I believe. I glued the hose into it to make sure it doesn't pop out. It's actually making me pretty nervous about popping off. Then it goes to this:  And yes, the waste water goes down the drain.
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05-25-2013, 07:15 AM
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Just a weekly update!
Added a few lovely frags from Fragbox.ca, looking forward to watching them grow out. Also went shopping at J&L again. Walked out with another Phosban reactor for carbon, and a speedwave DC pump to replace my rio+ as I've heard good things about them, and after reviews I've had second thoughts about it, but unfortunately haven't figured out a good way to add it to my existing system. Things are getting pretty crowded in the sump, I'll try to figure out a better plumbing scheme to keep things out of the sump.  I'm also looking to plum the reactors together something like this:  I picked up the wrong fittings from Home Depot today, so I'll have to make another trip out there tomorrow. I also added a Jebao WP40 wavemaker to the mix. I'm still not sure if I like it or not. I had to put some floss in the overflow to keep it from making the slapping sound of water sloshing all day. Here's the "command center."  Ca: 440 Mg: 1400 PH: 8.0 Temp: 27.5 Phosphates: 0 Nitrate: 0 
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05-25-2013, 07:39 AM
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05-26-2013, 06:44 AM
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Some new additions to the tank this week: Dendro, purple acan, yuma ricordea, gobstopper zoas, a small green clove polyp, and some unknown zoas.
Stopped by Loews today. Who would of thought they would be the Mecca of plumbing? Home Depot never has what I'm looking for it seems. Plumbed the new return pump (speedwave), added two Phosban reactors chained with GFO and carbon. Here's the speedwave. One of the great things about this is, I can control the water level in the sump with the controller. I have it at about 60% so my water level in my tank stays high, and the level in the sump stays where I want to. I had a lot of problems with the water level because I had to use the ball valves to restrict the flow and try and maintain a specific water level within the sump so my skimmer doesn't overflow - which is loud and obnoxious.  Also had second thoughts about the fuge light I had, so I picked up a cheap gooseneck clip on light and a 6500k daylight bulb. Should work well for chaeto growth in the fuge. The whole setup cost less than $20  I plumbed the reactors together. The powerhead is in the first overflow stage, then up and over into the carbon, then into the rowaphos and back over and down into the first stage again. Once I had everything in, I realized I forgot to put my skimmer back in. Once I put everything together, and started it up - no leaks, and everything ended up doing exactly what I wanted to! The skimmer fit like a glove.  Here is it all working together. A lot quieter now without the rio!  Last edited by neoh; 05-26-2013 at 06:49 AM.
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