50g SPS Cube
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Arkayology
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Awesome tank! I like the organized, clean look of the sump. Everything seems to be working.
brad65ford
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Howdy
I've had a thread for this tank in my local forum but its boring so I decided to start one here. I've been reefkeeping for 16 years, SPS for about 6 now. Had its ups and downs but has been really enjoyable on the whole. Almost everything I have learned has been from all the great threads on this site so thanks everyone! I began this tank February of last year and knock on wood, everything has been going great thus far.
Tank Specs 24"x24" Cad Lights w/Cad lights stand
Lighting- Ecotech Marine Radion gen1 with TIR lenses
Skimmer- Cad lights cone
Calcium Reactor- Aquamaxx mini
Flow- Tunze 6095x2
Tunze top off w/ kalk reactor
Rock structure is a DIY using Carib sea dry base rock and Marco reef cement, I seeded it with bacteria for a few weeks, scraped some coraline from another tank and let it go to town. Its been great so far not having to deal with aptasia, pests, or any other unwelcome surprises
I'll start with a couple current FTS and then post some progression and equipment shots
jrpdriver,
Absolutely beautiful! Great job!!! Would you please explain and or show more about your rocks, I'd love to know how to do something similar. Normally I brake up rocks and epoxy them together but I like what you have done better.
jrpdriver
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Thank you, unfortunately I didn't take any pictures while I was constructing the rock structure, I wish I would have. I just bought a box of dry reef rock from Marine Depot, I believe it was Caribsea brand, I propped up the different ledges using pvc pipes and then I applied a generous amount of MARCO argonite cement to all the joints, I do have these two pictures of just the rock
brad65ford
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Thank you, unfortunately I didn't take any pictures while I was constructing the rock structure, I wish I would have. I just bought a box of dry reef rock from Marine Depot, I believe it was Caribsea brand, I propped up the different ledges using pvc pipes and then I applied a generous amount of MARCO argonite cement to all the joints, I do have these two pictures of just the rock
Looking good! I'm still having trouble find this cement you used, please post the link if you could. is this the stuff?
http://www.marcorocks.com/bondingmortar.aspx
jrpdriver
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Thank you, yep thats it
jrpdriver
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:thumbsup: awesome tank my friend.
thank you!
jrpdriver
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Super Reef Octopus 1000 Internal Protein Skimmer
jrpdriver
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Well, this video looked much, much better on my iPhone, I uploaded it using photobucket...it looks like it reduced the file resolution ot reduce the file size but I have seen many videos on RC that are much longer and in high resolution, anybody know how to accomplish this? Thanks
jrpdriver
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Here's a couple new shots, I trimmed back a couple that were starting to sting each other, and I added a small Yellow Tang and a couple Chromis. Everything else is same ole same ole.
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trueblackpercula
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I may have missed it but what intensity are you running at?
jrpdriver
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100% @ 12k for 9 hours a day
trueblackpercula
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Wow now that's light .
Thanks
Thanks
jrpdriver
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no problem, yeah but they seem to like it....I ramped this tank up from 50% to 100% over a few weeks but my tank at home i switched from T5 to the Radions and I started those Radions at 100% from day 1 and I saw no difference.
Arkayology
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You are getting some fantastic colors on your SPS! Very impressive.
jrpdriver
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Thank you very much
