My 500 + gallon system. Last 13 years to now. Build, Aquascaping & more. Lots of pics

[slief]

It's funny Scott- after coming back to the hobby about 18 months ago after a 20 year hiatus, I actually can make sense of your equipment list. It would have been pure gibberish to me 18 months ago. Lol

Tank is looking great

Yea, things have changed in the last 20 years. What would have once been gibberish to me is now second language.

Thanks a bunch! I'm really pleased with the tanks growth. Kind of surprised actually when I look back at pictures from a couple years ago or more and seeing how much things have grown with little to no effort from me. Especially given that I spend less than an hour a month working on the tank including feeding. There is something to be said about the merits of automation when it comes to water quality and tank health. Especially if your not a maintenance kind of person like myself. I don't think my tank would be half as healthy as it is if I had to depend on my own manual labor for anything other than cleaning the viewing panes.

 

[tassod]

Hello Scott,

First of all, i must say your tank is simply amazing! I was wondering if you can give me some suggestions on automating my RODI unit to refill my RO reservoir when needed. I don't feel comfortable relying on the auto shut off valve that comes with the BRS unit and will no doubt shorten the life of it and the membrane. The use of electonic solenoid valves comes to mind but would like some input on which ones to get and how to configure it. Right now, i basically feed my RO unit from a service valve that is attached to my tankless water heater. From there, the output is fed into a float switch that is attached to my reservoir (5g bucket). Any help and suggestions would be greatly appreciated! I do also have an APEX if that helps.

 

[slief]

Some more growth shots.

This picture was taken 30 days ago when I got it.

This was taken about 20 days ago and you can see that there are a bunch of new tips growing on the almost all the tips of it. It's also coloring up nicely.

This was taken 10 days ago.

These were taken today.

 

[slief]

The other birds nest 24 days ago.

10 days ago..

Today.

 

[slief]

Here is an updated video walk around I took this morning. It was a bit early so the lights weren't at full intensity Some fish were still hiding and the corals weren't fully opened up.
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[reefwiser]

Looking great Scott [emoji106]

 

[pmrossetti]

Awesome Scott.

 

[Ricardo18]

Most Excellent tank

 

[slief]

One more video. This one covers the rest of my system including sumps, refugiums, pumps, lighting, life support shed etc. It's fairly long as there is a lot to cover.

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[MrineLfRlz]

Thank you very much for the equipment video!

 

[dave.m]

Great master class video on water treatment systems! Thx for that.

Dave.M

 

[Ricardo18]

very well thought out system support.

 

[Usernam Invalid]

The behind the scenes videos are my favorite thnx for sharing

 

[MrsReefK]

Looking wonderful!!

 

[Cpaulino0413]

alot of great ideas, i love builds like this because they seem to always be improvised or improved as you go. Im sure you always seem to think of ways to improve something.

 

[slief]

Some more growth shots. I've been very pleasantly surprised with the growth.

This picture was taken 37 days ago when I got it.

This was taken about 27 days ago and you can see that there are a bunch of new tips growing on the almost all the tips of it. It's also coloring up nicely.

This was taken 17 days ago.

These were taken 8 days ago.

These were taken yesterday. Good growth on both the birds nest and that other coral in front of it.

 

[slief]

The other birds nest 31 days ago.

17 days ago..

8 days ago.

Yesterday.

 

[slief]

This was 25 days ago.

This was yesterday. Slower growth but it seems to be growing well.

 

[slief]

This was a pair of monti cap frags. Picture taken beginning of October.

Pictures taken 18 days ago.

Pictures taken yesterday.

Picture taken 3 weeks ago.

Picture taken yesterday.

Picture taken 5 weeks ago.

Picture taken yesterday.

 

[slief]

A couple other shots from yesterday of some of the other SPS that I hadn't taken pictures of before. I will have to track these growth too.