Leonardo's Office Reef

Thank you! :)

Here's a photo of the rockscape for the Showtank. I think I'm almost done, maybe I'll make some small adjustments.
The outlines of the tape are 70" wide and x32" deep (size of the tank).

 
Thank you, it took a long time and a lot of epoxy to put it together but I'm also quite happy with the outcome. I'll make a video of the rocks soon to show the scape from various angles.

Leo
 
Very nice! Can't wait to see this new tank come together. How is that rock so purple? I am curious to know what kind of rock this is? You stated you are going to use real reef rock but then said it was dry rock? Please explain :)
 
Thanks for the reactions!

echopiece said:
Very nice! Can't wait to see this new tank come together. How is that rock so purple? I am curious to know what kind of rock this is? You stated you are going to use real reef rock but then said it was dry rock? Please explain :)
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Real Reef rock is always this purple :) But I'm not worried about it, because it will be covered in coralline algae in a few months giving it a more natural look. Brand new dry rock that is bright white doesn't look natural also.

As far as I know Real Reef rock is almost "dry" rock. It is packed in moist paper but I can't find anything alive on it when it arrives in the box. It doesn't smell like Liverock or has salt residue on it so my suspicion is that it is cleaned very well before shipping, making it more or less cured dry rock.

Leo
 
Looking good, I'm sure it will be a stunner. Also I like your chairs and art in the viewing area :thumbsup:
 
Thanks :) No ideas about the Theme yet... At least it will be Acropora dominant again.

I'm slowly adding salt now, I ramp it up 10 promille every 24 hours and let it dissolve in between. I use a mix of Reef Crystals and D&D H2Ocean Salt.
Tomorrow the system will be ready to be seeded, I will use several products:

Prodibio Biodigest
JBL FilterStart
Seachem Stability

Walt Smith Refugium Mud

Leonardo
 
Thanks Florian!! :)



I keep my Acanthurus Triostegus for almost 8 years now... I'm planning to give him some friends in the new reef. I was thinking about 7 A. Triostegus in total.
I think it would look great to have them in a school together with plenty of room to swim.

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Leonardo
 
Dankje Franklin, altijd welkom!

Thanks Austin! Convicts can be hard in the beginning but he/she has been through a lot after all these years, and still is fat and happy.
Curious how they will behave all together.

Leonardo
 
Thanks Flo!

After adding The D&D salt I found a little of the infamous brown residue in the filter socks, but the amount was very little.
Take into account that I added a whole large bucket of salt.




Here's a photo how I seed/cycle the tank.
I put a large shrimp in the filtersock to introduce some ammonia, and several bacterial products to get the cycling started.





I've used a very high grade sand for the RDSB.
Did a magnet check but came out absolutely clean, fortunately.




The refugium mud and coral sand were mixed together for the RDSB.
There will be four of these in the refugium tank.
I always work with RDSB's because all the tanks remain BB.
The refugium mud is new for me, who knows if it will add something extra.




I also finished the water station. I can tap RO water or fill the large 80 gallon reservoir using a valve next to the water tap.
The RO unit automatically shuts down when the reservoir is full using a float switch.

I only have to install a PVC valve to empty the reservoir when I do a waterchange and install a mixing pump.




I use a 5-stage double membrane Vertex RO unit /200G per day.




I also placed the first of the two black eggcrate panes for the fragmentation tank.






I can sit watching all this for hours at the moment... Really enjoying the outcome of the equipment room already.




Thanks for watching, feel free to comment! :hammer:

Leonardo
 
Thanks for documenting everything so well Leonardo, your builds and SPS reefs are just wonderful and this time i get to follow one right from the start :)
 
biggles said:
Thanks for documenting everything so well Leonardo, your builds and SPS reefs are just wonderful and this time i get to follow one right from the start :)
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Thanks Andrew! Yes, it was my plan to document everything very well from the start. I noticed that I enjoy these kind of build threads myself the most, and it is fun to scroll back after a few years :)

Leo
 
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