AJ_Tsin's 47g Shallow Rimless Rebuild

[Fishy 1]

Hey AJ :wave:, I have a question about lighting for you. I'm setting up a 46"+18"+12" tank atm. How are you finding the 8 bulb on a shallow tank like yours? I can get a 8 bulb unit for a good price, so wanted to see what you think. I'll be keeping LPS and SPS corals mainly.

 

[AJ_Tsin]

Hey AJ :wave:, I have a question about lighting for you. I'm setting up a 46"+18"+12" tank atm. How are you finding the 8 bulb on a shallow tank like yours? I can get a 8 bulb unit for a good price, so wanted to see what you think. I'll be keeping LPS and SPS corals mainly.

It's great, it is a bit bright for LPS and Zoas etc. without raising it quite a bit. I currently have it hanging about 18 inches above the system, and its great for SPS. With only 46" x 18" you could probably get away with a 6 bulb 3' unit. 8 is nice though as you can get more color combos on the ATI... This build is 30 x 30, so the almost square 8 Bulb 24" ATI has perfect coverage.

In other news...

Finally got an Apex unit installed and running. Currently monitoring PH, Temp, and ORP. I will eventually install a conductivity probe as well. The 8 Slot Powerbar really helped to clean up the basement wire nest. Its much cleaner and functional. I love this thing, probably the best piece of aquarium equipment I have ever purchased.

 

[Fishy 1]

Thanks AJ, the supplier doesn't sell a 6 bulb unfortunately so it's either a 8 or a 4. The tank will have a glass top on it. Do you think if I put say 3 or 4 antic tubes in it to reduce par a bit, would that work?

 

[tmantaylor18]

Thanks AJ, the supplier doesn't sell a 6 bulb unfortunately so it's either a 8 or a 4. The tank will have a glass top on it. Do you think if I put say 3 or 4 antic tubes in it to reduce par a bit, would that work?

If you have the option of raising and lowering it you will have no issues.

 

[Fishy 1]

If you have the option of raising and lowering it you will have no issues.

OK thanks, I'm going to make a hanging rig so I can easily raise or lower the light.

 

[tmantaylor18]

If you want ideas on how to do that you can check out my thread. I just made one for a really heavy ATI 8x54 watt fixture. It works great and looks pretty clean.

 

[Fishy 1]

Cool thanks I'll check it out.

 

[AJ_Tsin]

Thought I would post my current ZeoVit Dosing regiment as I have made some tweaks again.

Dosing and Maintenance Schedule

Total NET Water Volume ~55g

Feeding

• NLS Pellets daily
• PE Mysis Rinsed and Soaked in Selcon (Once in a while)
• Polyp Labs Reef Roids mixed w/Selcon (Once in a while)

Daily

• 0.15 ml K-Z ZEOStart 2x daily (total of 0.3 ml)
• 7ml Ca, 3ml Alk, 10 ml Mg (BRS Two Part)
• 1 ml K-Z Pohls Xtra
• 2 Drops K-Z Coral Vitalizer

Intermittent

• 2 Drops of K-Z Sponge Power 3-4x weekly
• 2 Drops of K-Z ZeoBak 2x weekly (Every other day for two weeks after ZeoLite Exchange)
• 2 Drops of K-Z Potassium Iodide Flouride 3x weekly
• 2 ml K-Z Coral Snow 2x weekly (once immediately after water change, once midweek)
• 2 Drops of K-Z BioMate 2x weekly (w/ Coral Snow)
• 2 ml K-Balance 2x weekly
• 2 ml B-Balance 2x weekly
• 2 Drops Amino Acid High Concentrate 1x weekly
• 2 Drops Cyano Clean 1x weekly

Maintenance

• 10% water change weekly (Vacuum sand bed bi-weekly)
• Change Filter Floss 2x weekly
• 250 ml of ESV Activated Carbon in media bag changed every 30 days
• 500 ml K-Z ZeoLite in Vertex Reactor running 60 g/h change 90% every 6-8 weeks
• Blast Rocks w/ Turkey Baster (Several times weekly)

 

[echopiece]

How about a new FTS

 

[AJ_Tsin]

How about a new FTS

Soon.

In meantime. I picked up a couple new frags last night. Reef Raft Pink Floyd, $500 Efflo and ORA Hawkins. Managed to get a few quick shots under 2x Blue + before heading out for the evening.

Couldn't get a shot of the Efflo in focus but here is Pink Floyd and Hawkins

RR Pink Floyd (Frag was taken from bottom of colony so the corallite structure is very stretched out should become a bit more dense under my light and flow)

ORA Hawkins

Also took a few shots of some other newbies colouring up.

RR Avengers is encrusting relatively quickly and the polyps are starting to get some red.

Jawdropper also colouring up nicely and encrusting quickly. Polyps are quickly becoming blue.

RR Multicolor Matrix... still colouring up not much "multicolour" happening here yet.

 

[Fishy 1]

Nice pickups AJ:thumbsup:. Did the Efflo really cost you $500?

 

[AJ_Tsin]

Nice pickups AJ:thumbsup:. Did the Efflo really cost you $500?

Thanks. No that's just the name. But people always ask that. Apparently the original colony was sold for $500 years ago and people started dubbing it the $500 Efflo as a result.

 

[Fishy 1]

OK that makes sense, I was thinking thats alot of money for one SPS:eek1:

 

[AJ_Tsin]

OK that makes sense, I was thinking thats alot of money for one SPS:eek1:

Some of my other frags on the other hand.....

 

[Fishy 1]

You have a few pricey ones hey?

 

[AJ_Tsin]

You have a few pricey ones hey?

Anything with Reef Raft's name on it is at least $100+ typically. I have gotten some good deals though.

 

[gb530]

Some of my other frags on the other hand.....

haha, I'm not even going to ask what the jawdropper cost you! Such a cool piece!!! :dance:

 

[AJ_Tsin]

Sick collection!

haha, I'm not even going to ask what the jawdropper cost you! Such a cool piece!!! :dance:

Thanks guys! Will be taking a new FTS sometime in the next couple days. I picked up a couple more frags at a frag meet this weekend. I am definitely running out of space here.

Managed to get: A sweet Vivid's Rainbow Delight, a crazy green piece called Reef Raft Green Plazma, Tyree's Mr Pacman, and a little frag of RR Ultra Rainbow Rasta Zoas.

 

[AJ_Tsin]

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[tmantaylor18]

That thing is packed! Cant wait to see this thing grow out.