50 gallon Starfire rimless build

[kevin_e]

Looking good. How you finding the Skimz SM123? Any chance of a photo to see whats it pulling out?

Thanks!

Sadly, nothing yet. I guess it is still breaking in. Bought it new.

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[kevin_e]

I like your aquascaping. Makes me want to setup my 25 gal cube nano.

Thanks. It actually looks better in person too. It looks like a mountain in pics, but there is a big hole inside. There's some dimension in person. I guess shadowing makes it tough to see.

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[kevin_e]

Still going well. Just in a waiting position. Lots of slightly browned out coral.

I ended up buying an Apex gold and setting it up.

Dosers are setup. Should be looking great come fall as it colors up and fills in.

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[slin1977]

Made the transfer, now we pray.

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Looks the goods buddy. I like it.

 

[kevin_e]

Won a few bids on eBay from Reef Pets

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[kevin_e]

2016-7-23

Color still faded, but some minor growth is evident.

 

[Scorpius]

2016-7-23

Color still faded, but some minor growth is evident.

Feed, feed, and feed some more. I went from 25ppm nitrates to 0.2ppm nitrates. Colors definitely fade under low nutrients.

 

[kevin_e]

Feed, feed, and feed some more. I went from 25ppm nitrates to 0.2ppm nitrates. Colors definitely fade under low nutrients.

Yep. I added a couple more fish and will probably add a couple more after that.

My bio load was pretty small for the first couple months, mostly consisting of a fish or two. I added a black line blenny and a canary blenny to my watchman goby a month ago. I added two clown fish last night and will probably add two bar gobbies soon.

I think that should be a decent sized stock for a tank of this size.

 

[reefmutt]

Looking good so far!
I'm always a little late to a party. Thanks for the link.

 

[kevin_e]

Looking good so far!
I'm always a little late to a party. Thanks for the link.

No worries! Thanks for stopping by.

 

[2wheelsonly]

We struggle to get low nutrients only to see corals fade...I stopped chasing them and just feed like crazy when stuff fades these days.

 

[kevin_e]

We struggle to get low nutrients only to see corals fade...I stopped chasing them and just feed like crazy when stuff fades these days.

I've been feeding a cpl times a day now, but have/will continue to add to my bio base with fish.

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[DylansGolden]

Nice looking setup. I love my SCA 66G, great quality for the price.

 

[kevin_e]

Nice looking setup. I love my SCA 66G, great quality for the price.

Thank you. I agree, I am really enjoying the setup.

 

[Lilmatty5dimes]

Great build love the equipment list. Tank looks really great. How or what epoxy did you use for placing everything?

 

[kevin_e]

Great build love the equipment list. Tank looks really great. How or what epoxy did you use for placing everything?

Thank you. I use/used the Instant Ocean Holdfast. Peter carries it.

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[kevin_e]

After slow to no growth and brown coral, I removed the 150 watt Giesmann and replaced it with a 400 watt radium in Lumenmax 2 reflector with a Galaxy ballast. I borrowed a PAR meter and saw that most of my coral were under no more than 150 PAR.

 

[reefmutt]

That should certainly perk them up.
Will you acclimate them to the new light?

 

[kevin_e]

I raised the light to 15" and I'll probably only run it a few hours this week and maybe go up an hour over the next several weeks. I don't see the light cycle being more than 6 hours though. I may have to go with a 250 as I'm concerned with heat right now. Tank raised quickly today.

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[ksc]

That's a nice combo, same as I run. I ran the 400 last winter and switched to the 250 for the summer. I know at 12", that 400 Radium combo will put 1600 par at the surface. With the 250 at the same height you should get about 1200. Go slow...