CodyR29 29 Gallon build thread

[codyreed29]

final update

final update

This should be the last update. As I have said before.

I installed my diy ato resvior and have it finished.

I also did some wire management and am using 3 powercenter three timers to control my tanks electrical.

The strip on the right is for the mh unit and fans as well as skimmer.

The back left on is for t5hos heater and led fuge light.

The third strip is designed for water changes has my return pump powerheads for a one switch flip water change. I also made a pvc tube to hook over the front of the aquarium and 1/2 tubing to pump the new freshwater in from a bucket. this way I will never have to pour outta a bucket. As well as a empty 1.5 gallon salt container with hose to fill up my ato.

Now I won't dread doing water changes and this will make thing a little more enjoyable on maintence. I'm pretty good about staying on top of things.

Here are some pics I think this concludes the build part of my tank so I will do a new thread on the tank only.

Day 4 my skimmer broke in and It's producing skimate at a fast pace.

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[codyreed29]

[/IMG]Here is some pics of my Qt tank 20l with 20l sump.

Everything is doing goo feeding three times a day flakes and frozen everything doing really good. Kinda ghetto light I removed this from a odessea fixture but it works good I have 2 fluval 18k 1 odessea actinic and a wavepoint red wave. If all my fish are ich free and look great and I don't have to hospitalize anything I will tear down this tank and use a smaller tank 10g for corals and any other small purchases.

I made some racks for the little tank to hold frags and running a large hob filter and heater only on this tank. Time to start buying some corals for the tank.

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current livestock

Cuc
2 nassarios
5 florida snails
2 pencil urchins
20 hermit crabs small
1 emerald crab

inverts
1 sabae anemone bleched from stress and low light leds.
1 unknown nem red and blue wild caught
1 small bleached nem
1 1/2 small bulble tip a little less than a half inch across red colored
pistol shrimp
Inverts wanted
coral banded or cleaner shrimp
rbta eventually
small clam

Fish

2 black oce's
1 yellow tail damsel
1 sixline wrasse
3 blue green reef chromis
1 yellow watchman goby

I have a bunch of soft corals, zoas and a leather. Will buy all my hardier soft corals first and lastly the sps corals as this tank is young and I want to do testing and get down my water changes and get my parameters stable.

 

[codyreed29]

Just ordered a wp10.

I was going to buy a rw4 but as I'm going to use the wp10at its lowest setting I just bought it instead.

I will be posting tank pcs and growth shot updates under Cody Reeds Reef In nano section. As I have ordered all equipment and added a few hermits to my tank.

 

[codyreed29]

Phoenix bulb came in yesterday day after thanksgiving and suposibly the jebao will be here on the dec4th.

Anyhow I did a water change and installed the new bulb it looks great nice blue color im pleased. Just been buying some frags and cuc. I bought a medium yellow polyps which will be all my polyp corals I have a bunch of zoa and pallys.

Also a candy cane coral.

Going to order some corals and berghia nudibranch to eat all the aiptissa nems.

I will eventually put three peppermints in after about 6 months of berghias eliminating the aiptsaia. I didn't buy a ammonia or nitite test kit so I just went to the lfs down the road. .25 ammonia 0 nitrite and I test for nitrate 0 this was two days ago no nitrate yet.

Just patiently waiting. once I get some nitrate readings i'm going to do a 10 gallon wc to fill my ten gallon for a coral fish invert qt. I lost a watchman goby somehow physically lost it. So im gonna get a hi red fin goby to pair with poistol pete my favorite invert.

Also going to qt new corals for a few days to monitor for any pest red bugs flatworms aipistia etc.

I've got really good flow already from 2 maxijets and return but excited as this will be my first wavemaker. I was going to get a mp10 vortech for Christmas but I think my parents bought me a new 50 inch led tv. So the jebao will do. really unneeded but I felt like a newb and not having a mavemaker just isn't cool since I bought the best I could on everything else. Can't live with everythings good where the wave pump.

as I said before I was done with equipment grr. I went an got a new bucket from Homedepot with lid and marked 4 gallons as well as a pvc and 90degree barb to thread fitting to fill the tank up with new saltwater.

If I didn't add before I put all my pumps return maxijets and (jebao in future) for a one flip water change feed mode. so I can just open the bottom flip the powercenter cord and everything goes off o feed and change water oh yeah the ato goes off as well. Then I just remove 4 gallon and put a bucket and pump on a small lader and plug the pump in. I have 3 different lengths and water comes out upward to not move sand around.

I also got my heater to match the water temp at 79 degrees. Now I just have to measure the amount of salt for simple fast water changes.

I tried to setup an inside ro unit but have had some trouble. Gonna get cold to be making ro water hope it doesn't freze the unit lol.

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