My 55 Gallon build thread
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G_Sanab922
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Awesome glad to hear! Thanks for the update on your progress with it.
ERivera65
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thanks! I will have a massive picture update soon. corals have grown significantly in the last 5 months.
ERivera65
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So here it is, time for a photo dump! Lol, first here are the frags I got at the FMAS frag swap this past Saturday.
Goldmeister Chalice
Orange Pavona
Watermelon/Rainbow Mille
Forest Fire Digi
I also got a speckled green & purple hammer, not pictured. I also picked up some frags from some friends in the past
Hawkins Echinata (came out kind of green when its blue lol) dam white balance lol
WWC Pink Krakatoa
Purple Tarantulas
Sunny Ds
Here's a pic of my frag rack
Goldmeister Chalice
Orange Pavona
Watermelon/Rainbow Mille
Forest Fire Digi
I also got a speckled green & purple hammer, not pictured. I also picked up some frags from some friends in the past
Hawkins Echinata (came out kind of green when its blue lol) dam white balance lol
WWC Pink Krakatoa
Purple Tarantulas
Sunny Ds
Here's a pic of my frag rack
ERivera65
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What kind of lighting is that. Looks psychedelic, LOL! You should come and take pics of my SunnyD colony. I can't get that glow in the camera. Nice frags
Thanks! I use "full spectrum" Chinese LEDs. LOL, my photos are from my Nikon L620 camera with the white balance adjusted to correct the windex blue effect of the LEDs. you can take great pics with almost any camera that allows you to adjust the white balance. Thanks to Richard Back and Cadu Gauch, I've learned how to take better pics.
G_Sanab922
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Wow. These pics are awesome [emoji106]
ERivera65
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Thanks! Siptang was a big help and so was cadugauch. they taught me everything I know lol
ERivera65
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ERivera65
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Lesson learned, do not leave corals out of the water for extended periods of time. My Ponape birdsnest tissue receded a little and I basically lost my yellow highlighter acro. Then again, I didn't check the alkalinity with the new water I used and it was raised slightly. I guess that's the price you pay when you risk it and do not check parameters. Well so far everything appears well and all the fish transferred over nicely. No ammonia and I also used new sand. Pics coming soon and a video to follow as well.
Kyle954
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cant wait to see pics, your previous build was impressive :beer:
ERivera65
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thanks! just been really busy and haven't had time to actually take photos and post lol
ERivera65
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Well here are some photos I took on my phone doing the upgrade, sorry for the crappy quality but its better than nothing lol.
took off my LEDs to clean them of dust and to mount on the new canopy
Nice and clean
Mounted in the new canopy
Finished Product
Mounted with Home Depot Brackets
took off my LEDs to clean them of dust and to mount on the new canopy
Nice and clean
Mounted in the new canopy
Finished Product
Mounted with Home Depot Brackets
ERivera65
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Luckily I had help from my good friend and LFS store employee, he helped me with the really hard work of picking up the tank and bringing it in to my place.
Also had some help from my beautiful wife, she helped so much, I'm a lucky guy. She supports my hobby and enjoys it as well.
Here she is scooping up my fish to acclimate them into the new tank
Here's the aquascape I created after I added the new 60 pounds of Caribsea Fiji Pink sand
Here's an FTS. I promise I will have better pics soon, sorry for the Windex effect lol
Left Side
Right Side
Also had some help from my beautiful wife, she helped so much, I'm a lucky guy. She supports my hobby and enjoys it as well.
Here she is scooping up my fish to acclimate them into the new tank
Here's the aquascape I created after I added the new 60 pounds of Caribsea Fiji Pink sand
Here's an FTS. I promise I will have better pics soon, sorry for the Windex effect lol
Left Side
Right Side
ERivera65
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Here's some pics of my sump, it's simple but should be effective.
Drain into the filter sock
Reef Octopus NWB110 Skimmer
Here's my 18 watt UV and ATO system. I soft plumbed the return for now, I needed to transfer everything and didn't really want to waste time cutting tubes and pvc, so it works and it cost me $5 to do since I had the hose from my previous build lol
Big thanks to Got Corals for the lamp for my refugium and the big ball of chaeto they got me.
Chaeto ball and Heater
Drain into the filter sock
Reef Octopus NWB110 Skimmer
Here's my 18 watt UV and ATO system. I soft plumbed the return for now, I needed to transfer everything and didn't really want to waste time cutting tubes and pvc, so it works and it cost me $5 to do since I had the hose from my previous build lol
Big thanks to Got Corals for the lamp for my refugium and the big ball of chaeto they got me.
Chaeto ball and Heater
