A Few Coral Pics
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prospectclmt
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That yellow mille is awesome. Where did you score that piece?
rigleautomotive
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Nice !
Thanks All!
My tank is 65X30X25, with an almost-full length (5"x5") horizontal overflow. It has 2 1.5" drains and a 1.5" return. The front and sides are low-iron glass. It's perimeter-braced. The overflow makes it hard to have a clean look, since it gets coated with coralline and worse on both sides! Additionally, I only clean the back periodically since I need to use a magnet scraper held with a grabber to clean the inaccessible wall under the overflow. It was easier before I broke the razorblade holder for my magnetic scraper. These are the things you learn AFTER the reef is setup. Periodically one of my urchins goes under there and cleans it. It's worth it because I get nice surface skimming from the overflow, there is water going over every inch of that thing.
Lighting is 2 X 400W 12K Reeflux. I like them a lot. I upgraded from 250W this year, very happy with it. The reflectors are Lumenarcs, I built the light rack myself using a design that Melev showed on one of his setups. I am happy to report that I haven't needed to add a chiller, just a fan and the central AC.
Skimmer is a ETSS1000 powered by an Iwaki 100RLT. It's a beast, a little hard to control sometimes. Return pump is a Reeflo Dart Super Gold.
All the backend stuff is in the garage 8' away. That makes cleanups and water changes a little easier, and keeps heat away from the tank. It gets down to 55F in the winter but I insulate the stand in there with pink styrofoam from HD, works very well. I still need like 1200W of heaters.
I run GFO and carbon in fluidized bed reactors in the garage. I am currently dosing 6ml/day of vodka-sugar-vinegar.
I have been using an MRC1 calcium reactor and a homemade kalk reactor which I run all the topoff water through. I switched to two-part dosing for the Summer, so I wouldn't have any Ca reactor issues when I was away. I am finding the stability you get with two part is much better than with the reactors, so I don't know if I will switch back!
Whew. That's it in a nutshell.
My tank is 65X30X25, with an almost-full length (5"x5") horizontal overflow. It has 2 1.5" drains and a 1.5" return. The front and sides are low-iron glass. It's perimeter-braced. The overflow makes it hard to have a clean look, since it gets coated with coralline and worse on both sides! Additionally, I only clean the back periodically since I need to use a magnet scraper held with a grabber to clean the inaccessible wall under the overflow. It was easier before I broke the razorblade holder for my magnetic scraper. These are the things you learn AFTER the reef is setup. Periodically one of my urchins goes under there and cleans it. It's worth it because I get nice surface skimming from the overflow, there is water going over every inch of that thing.
Lighting is 2 X 400W 12K Reeflux. I like them a lot. I upgraded from 250W this year, very happy with it. The reflectors are Lumenarcs, I built the light rack myself using a design that Melev showed on one of his setups. I am happy to report that I haven't needed to add a chiller, just a fan and the central AC.
Skimmer is a ETSS1000 powered by an Iwaki 100RLT. It's a beast, a little hard to control sometimes. Return pump is a Reeflo Dart Super Gold.
All the backend stuff is in the garage 8' away. That makes cleanups and water changes a little easier, and keeps heat away from the tank. It gets down to 55F in the winter but I insulate the stand in there with pink styrofoam from HD, works very well. I still need like 1200W of heaters.
I run GFO and carbon in fluidized bed reactors in the garage. I am currently dosing 6ml/day of vodka-sugar-vinegar.
I have been using an MRC1 calcium reactor and a homemade kalk reactor which I run all the topoff water through. I switched to two-part dosing for the Summer, so I wouldn't have any Ca reactor issues when I was away. I am finding the stability you get with two part is much better than with the reactors, so I don't know if I will switch back!
Whew. That's it in a nutshell.
Pacific East Aquaculture at MACNA. I bought a bunch of frags, that one colored up very nicely! It took a long time to encrust and get happy.
