nitr8
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Wow that is amazing growth. tank look great
Thank you. It was slowing going at first but seems like over night everything erupted.
Wow that is amazing growth. tank look great
This is one beautiful tank. Are you running the AI sol blues? If so would you mind posting your setting?
I've been planning and building this tank for a little over three years now and I should have water in the tank by the end of June. I've lived in Florida for about 2 years now but just found this club today thanks to Chris. I've been relatively active on the ORCA website and plan to continue but I figured I would share my build here as well and see if I can get a few more perspectives. Here are some specs:
DISPLAY TANK:
-90 gallons (36'' x 24'' x 24'')
-Rimless
-Starphire on front and sides
-External overflow
+Bean Animal
-Built by Miracles Aquariums
-90 lbs Marco rock
-140 lbs Special grade reef sand
-DIY stand
DIY SUMP:
-35 gallons (30" x 18" x 15")
-4 sections (drain, skimmer, return, RO/DI reservior)
-Glass
-20 lbs LR
DIY REFUGIUM:
-12 gallons (15" x 9" x 20")
-Glass
-36 lbs Figi mud
-DIY LED grow light
EQUIPMENT:
-(4) AI SOL super blue
-(2) MP40WES
-BK Alpha 200 cone skimmer
-GEO 618 CA reactor
+10 lb CO2 tank
+Aquamedic CO2 regulator
+Aquamedic solenoid
-GEO 420 Bio pellets reactor
-(2) BRS Deluxe reactors (Carbon and GFO)
-Apex controller
+WXM
+VDM
-JBJ 500w heater
-Tunze Osmolator ATO
-BRS 75GPD 6 stage RO/DI unit
+50 gallon reservior drum
PUMPS:
-Eheim 1046
+Feeds CA reactor and carbon reactor
-Eheim 1250
+Feeds GFO reactor, Bio pellets reactor and Refugium
-Eheim 1264 return pump
+SCWD
I've wanted one of these guys for a long time and finally found one today at Creative Aquariums. I was worried the OSB wouldn't get along with my lawn mower blenny but they're grazing right next to each other with no issues, you can see the LMB peeking around the LR. Been in the tank for about 4 hours now. So far so good.
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Wow that is amazing growth. tank look great
this is perfection...
It may be time to trim up just a little lol . looks great man!!
This is one beautiful tank. Are you running the AI sol blues? If so would you mind posting your setting?
Very nice. Thanks for nicely laid out settings. This is very encouraging to see someone has stuck it out with these lights and has proven amazing success. Alot of people have given up and I was very close until I saw your posts. Keep up the good work. [emoji106]Thank you. It's been a battle but well worth the blood, sweat and tears.
Seems like I'm fragging every week now and still not fast enough to keep them from running into each other.
Yes I have (4) AI SOL Blues. Here is the schedule. A fellow reefer brought over his PAR meter the other day and the tops of acros were around 600 and the sand bed around 200.
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Salinity back to normal![]()