Glow Sticks

[slin1977]

Hello fellow reefers,

I decided to put my tank up here to share with you in the hopes that it becomes a successful effort.
My last tank gave me a lot of pleasure to look at but in the end I got distracted and let it slip away.
I grew that tank from frags, it ran for three years under LED lights.
A lot of experimentation and left of centre concepts were trialled out.
With that knowledge gained I might not practice those ideas on this tank and I'll start with the basics and keep it simple this time.
I'll use the old tank and stand for now, same skimmer, same calcium reactor.
New equipment will be the next size up Tunze powerheads and new lighting.

Let me show off my old tank to motivate me to better it this time round.
See you here shortly with progress of my new 50 gallon reef.

 

[zzl630]

Nice tank. Where is ur overflow btw?

 

[slin1977]

Nice tank. Where is ur overflow btw?

Thanks mate, I removed the pumps and internal overflow for a clean equipment free photo. You can see the overflow and returns in this photo.

 

[Waggyss2000]

That is one of the nicest tanks i have seen in awhile.. Did you buy that tank or make??

 

[Piper27]

Beautiful tank! Awesome colors, did you use a carbon source? What exactly happened when you let it slip away?

 

[slin1977]

That is one of the nicest tanks i have seen in awhile.. Did you buy that tank or make??

:wave: Thanks!!! I DIYed the tank , stand and sump myself

 

[slin1977]

Beautiful tank! Awesome colors, did you use a carbon source? What exactly happened when you let it slip away?

I used Zeovit for the first year and a half , then moved to liquid phosphate binders until the end. During liquid phosphate binder phase which lasted just over one and a half years I did not feed my coral or use suppliments but relied on regular weekly water changes to maintain colours.

Where I let it slip was when I did not keep up water changes, had a bout of hot weather with no chiller causing RTN, the final incident was forgetting to turn the calcium reactor back on after it was making a loud noise in the night.

These incidents did not affect any LPS or zoas , unfortunately by this stage I was ready to pack it in.

So here is a clean slate and fresh start.

 

[slin1977]

I have no idea if this concept will work but here goes!
My rock structure.

 

[slin1977]

Frag list.

Zoas (2-8 polyps)
-Red People eater
-Eagle eye
-Pink People eater
-Gold speck red frill
-Green
-Green and blue
- Pink speck people eater

SPS( 25mm minimum length)
-Monti green encrusting
-Monti digitata green
-Monti superman
-Monti green blue polyps
-Monti Blue cap
-Acro Yellow Tenuis
-Acro green red polyps
-Acro Purple White polyps
-Acro strawberry short cake
-Stag horn Blue
-Stag Horn yellow
-Stag Horn Green
-Dallas
-Milli red
-Milli Green
-Milli Tri colour
-Milli Purple
-Lime Pocci
-Dewalsii purple

 

[slin1977]

Concept.... Zoa covered branches with SPS blossoms at the ends.

 

[markalot]

Can't wait to see how it looks, it's certainly worth the try to get something unique looking!

 

[rcflyer1388]

what is the material you used to cover the pvc pipes? lookin good so far!

 

[kaserpick]

Loving the concept!

Tank and setup look fantastic! Congrats on a great job.

 

[jdm1114]

Subscribed, this will be a unique display

 

[slin1977]

Loving the concept!

Tank and setup look fantastic! Congrats on a great job.

Cheers buddy!

Can't wait to see how it looks, it's certainly worth the try to get something unique looking!

One day it will be grown in, just got to wait. I like the look of all the growth stages.

 

[slin1977]

Subscribed, this will be a unique display

Thanks for subscribing to this journal.

 

[slin1977]

what is the material you used to cover the pvc pipes? lookin good so far!

I used clear solvent pvc glue and Carib Sea Fiji pink Aragonite to cover the pipeworks. :beer:

 

[scottneeld88]

I'm going to tag along cant wait to see it all up and going

 

[slin1977]

Filling up and starting Zeo cycle. Added 60 pounds of aragonite after this photo.
Cheers.

 

[slin1977]

Day 17 and ready for frags tomorrow.
Had a huge bacteria bloom that lasted a few days.
Let's see how we go.