My 29g Log: Birth of a new reef

[MalawianDude]

Here's the beginning of the thread, things are moving, i am awaiting fans to arrive for the hood and am still in search of a reflector for the canopy.

Here it was setup as last week:

Now that was FW, i've begun the transfer, the lighting wasn't bright enough for my needs to swapped it out for a 175w MH Mogel Base 14k lighting system

The fans coming in are 80mm, will consist of four fans built into the canopy glowing blue with Blue LED's

I have chosen to go with a Large CPR refugium for this:

It cracked during shipment but i was able to repair it and th ewater level doesnt even go that high so it'll be alright:

More pics to come of the system!

 

[Mikeeal]

Where did you get the CPR fuge from? I would think that the shipping company would have to take care of that and get you a new one. That's not cool.

 

[MalawianDude]

yea i know, got it from here, but by the time you get a check in the mail and all that BS, tank would be postponed quite a bit. Minor crack was able to take care of, we're in middle of group order on fish, so tank has to get up if i plan on getting in on fishies

 

[Nanomaniac]

Your off to a great start.

I was thinking of using a CPR HOB refugium on a future tank but would like to ask you a couple questions about it if you don't mind.

1.) Is it made out of acrylic or glass? it looks like acrylic.
2.) What brand of pump does it come with?

 

[MalawianDude]

I was actually thinking about later down the line, swapping out the CPR with a AC500 refugium and install a skimmer on it, but not sure yet, i dont plan for a heavy bioload.

The CPR is made out of acrylic, it comes standard with a Rio pump, not sure which model will have to look.

Now if i remember reading, that the Rio pumps had a tendacy of going out on people so they were upgarding, but maybe that was just on the skimmer's hmmmm...

 

[fishes2889]

nice refugium....how much was it??

 

[MalawianDude]

was $90 shipped. I am having trouble locating the proper lighting for it though, i remember a few months ago Jalli had a 13w light that sat perfect on these refugiums HMMM, anyone elseknow a lead? i'd rather not have clip on, but dont want to fork out the butt for one as i know Jalli is cheap :lol:

 

[Mikeeal]

Here's one:

http://www.marinedepot.com/md_viewItem.asp?idproduct=CR1771

 

[jasert39]

Nice start...thinking about moving to a 29 also...i think the cpr fuges are great. I have a smaller one on my 20. I have it running with a maxijet 600 i believe and works great I also heard some bad stories about the rio pumps.

As far as the light on mine, I happened to be at home depot one day and purchase a power compact desk lamp. Its made by "lights of america" it was on sale for like 20 bucks so i figured what the heck and my macro had done great.

 

[Cutiewitbooty]

nice start, i'll tag along

 

[Melbourne]

How did you fix that crack? You are better off cutting a piece of acrylic and using weldon over the entire area.

 

[MalawianDude]

Hmm, alright that crack i simply siliconed it on each side, it's holding, since it's actually just on the line of the water line, it was when the refugium began bowing i ran into problems. I fixed it with good ole packing tape! Dont ask how but it works lol. Until we can figure something else out.

Here you can see we got all the fans installed into the canopy:

Now with the 175w i am very impressed with the fans! we could only install two. The temp variance after 8hrs, is.................0.8 degree's!! My House is kept right around 70-73 degree's year round. The fans really really put out the heat i'm very pleased with them and they give them MH's style
:bum:

 

[MalawianDude]

O that door is getting fixed tomorrow, i accidently kicked it and it loosened the glue or whatever held it at one of the corners.

 

[Khai]

Looks awesome!

 

[chocolateblnt]

Sweet!

 

[M.Doshier]

cool! Nice tank. I was actually thinking of getting some 120mm computer fans for when I build my canopy for my 55. They were going to have blue LED's on the corners and stuff also. I like em. Looking good so far, keep up the good work! I'll take along to.

 

[Cutiewitbooty]

thoes are awesome fans, now you should stick some MH in that canopy and put them to work lol

 

[neverwouldof]

how far off the water will that 175 bulb be?

I have been told if they get splashed while on they shatter! Wonder what happens if a fish jumps and hits the bulb.... will they stick to it? <-- serious question cause i have one that is a splasher when he jumps... i recently put eggcrate on to prevent it.