marvelousone 180 zeovit sps build

[marvelousone]

The tank is a 180 advance acrylic with 65 custom sump by advance. The stand I built. Lifereef skimmer, zeovit reactor, filter sock and carbon. Will be adding doser once it is up and going. It will be sps only. Lighting is ATI 8bulb t5.

 

[marvelousone]

The start of water

 

[marvelousone]

My goodies came in. Tank is full of water. The beginning is close.

 

[FFrankie]

Cool man! Keep the updates coming!

 

[marvelousone]

Tank is full of water and has the dry rock in place. I still have to add the live rock.

 

[marvelousone]

I have a in sump pump. mag 12 I believe. With no lights on the temp has been running at 79 for two days. I have a chiller but I have never use a mag pump. Is this normal to how high heat from the pump. I have a quiet one on my 75 gal. It not as large as the mag 12. So is there a large pump equal to the mag 12 that don't put out high heat.

 

[FFrankie]

Yeah, the bigger you go the bigger the pump and more heat is generated.
That's why I have my returns external. You can run a Quiet One external btw.
You drill the sump, place a bulkhead and plumb it up.
I have mine like this on the 60

 

[marvelousone]

Added the live rock today.

 

[marvelousone]

Clean and install zeolite stones.

 

[marvelousone]

Dosing time zeovit It is officially a Zeovit Tank. Day 1

 

[FFrankie]

Are you doing the 14 day cycle with zeo? If so you need to use food7

 

[marvelousone]

Yes I am. I have food 7 but doing what is on 14day off the website. That is the three it said you. It don't say anything about food 7. How should use it.

 

[BayouCorals]

Looking forward to watching this tank. Good luck.

 

[marvelousone]

On day 9 of the cycle. Tomorrow I can but in my first 2 fish. Going through Diatom bloom, Little hair algae. On top of the diatom on the sand is a green algae that looks like diatom. It started on day 3. It is getting better.

 

[marvelousone]

Day 10 is here. In goes 1 flame angle and some coral.

 

[marvelousone]

 

[marvelousone]

Need more flow. Going to try eductors

 

[marvelousone]

Added some new frags lastnight. Pink lemonade candlelight acro tri color valida

 

[marvelousone]

A little update. Come home and the brown dust that is all of the glass. It is about half of what it is normally. I wipe it off and it stayed off for several hours. The water is getting very clear. It is day 19.

 

[marvelousone]

Day 39 and I think I have dino's. I added two new tank mates. Snowflake clowns. They have been hosting a GBTA but it is not going in this tank. Would it look bad to put a frogspawn or large rock of hairy mushrooms in there for them. They will host it.