Jonnyu's LPS grow out

jonnyu

jonnyu

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Well system is been up and running for 8 months. I have a 180 mixed reef. I really would like to change over to full SPS.
Tank = 180 72x24x24
Sump = custom 65 gallon acrylic. It has 4 camber including one fuge and one frag area.
Skimmer = reef octopus Diablo RDCS-200ext with dc5500s
Dosers = Drews dosers
2 part = Bionic a&b
ATO = 10GPD Stenner pump
AWC = 100GPD Dual head Stenner
Water change regement = 65 gallon a month
Chiller = 1hp Teco
Lighting = Sunlight 72" fixture. 3 250mh with 4 36" T-5's
Bulbs = ushio 20k 250mh , Powerchrome attinic +
Tank Temp = 77-79
Powerheads = RW-15's with apex module
Recirculation Pump = 1 DCT-12000 (main return with 2 1" seaswirls), 1 DC-12000 ( running reactor, chiller, uv)

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jonnyu said:
Well system is been up and running for 8 months. I have a 180 mixed reef. I really would like to change over to full SPS.
Tank = 180 72x24x24
Sump = custom 65 gallon acrylic. It has 4 camber including one fuge and one frag area.
Skimmer = reef octopus Diablo RDCS-200ext with dc5500s
Dosers = Drews dosers
2 part = Bionic a&b
ATO = 10GPD Stenner pump
AWC = 100GPD Dual head Stenner
Water change regement = 65 gallon a month
Chiller = 1hp Teco
Lighting = Sunlight 72" fixture. 3 250mh with 4 36" T-5's
Bulbs = ushio 20k 250mh , Powerchrome attinic +
Tank Temp = 77-79
Powerheads = RW-15's with apex module
Recirculation Pump = 1 DCT-12000 (main return with 2 1" seaswirls), 1 DC-12000 ( running reactor, chiller, uv)

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Do you have pics of the sump ?
 
Tank came out awesome Jonny, love that combo of lights for sure.

frag is looking very nice too.

BTW- with that equipment, no reason why you coudnt do more SPS.
 
AquamanE said:
Tank came out awesome Jonny, love that combo of lights for sure.

frag is looking very nice too.

BTW- with that equipment, no reason why you coudnt do more SPS.
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Thanks. I'm very excited about the tank. I finally got everything how I wanted it. I did try sps but had a mushroom problem. But after removing 300 mushrooms I am now mushroom free. So I am going to pick up a couple sticks next week. And see how it goes from there.
 
AquamanE said:
Very nice Jonny. Out of sump skimmer. Your braver than i am.
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Lol I know but I don't think there is any in sump skimmer as good as a recirculating skimmer. As they constantly add air to water mixed with air. Now for overflowing that's a thing of the past as they setup on air intake t'd into the cup. So when cup gets filled air stops flowing and pump will put a vacuum on that line keeping the cup from overflowing. So they really have moved up on there designs
 
jonnyu said:
Lol I know but I don't think there is any in sump skimmer as good as a recirculating skimmer. As they constantly add air to water mixed with air. Now for overflowing that's a thing of the past as they setup on air intake t'd into the cup. So when cup gets filled air stops flowing and pump will put a vacuum on that line keeping the cup from overflowing. So they really have moved up on there designs
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WOW- news to me. I didnt realize that external skimmers had placed designs to prevent overflows.

LOVE THE INFO!!!!

Again this is one of the intentions of this contest: Getting people to show what they have and how they do things.

WE ALL LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERYDAY!!!

Thanks Jonny. Keep up the good work, and good luck on the contest.
 
Just curious Jonny why you put canopy all the way up to the cealing? Its actually a good idea to run an exhaust out the roof or attic..
 
AquamanE said:
Just curious Jonny why you put canopy all the way up to the cealing? Its actually a good idea to run an exhaust out the roof or attic..
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I actually want to run a exhaust fan out to attic I just have not got around to doing it. Do you have any idea what would be the best way of doing it ? Here is a pic of the fixture

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Well here is a updated pic. It took some moving around to find its happy place. As it does not like strong lighting
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Its coloring up nicely. ..I have a frag of the same colony and it def needs less light and i need to move it down ...do you have any par readings on the sand level its at
 
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