Scrapz's Ultimate Gamble 3x3 SPS Cube

[SkullV]

Gold rush milli is sweet! I have a wild piece that was starting in that direction but I moved it and brown ever since.

 

[scrapz]

Sweet haul!! Good to hear you had fun at MAX

Thanks! Got a few more pieces in hiding that I'll be showing off soon.

 

[scrapz]

Man you've got some awesome pieces there. What skimmer are you running on this system? Also what is the filtration? Sorry if it's somewhere in the thread. My little one cracked my laptop screen so only got use of my phone for browsing.

Sorry, this thread is a little sloppy. I should PM a mod to edit my first post with the specs of the tank.


Filtration is provided by whatever live rock you see in the display, I'm guessing about 60 lbs. The tank is drained and T'ed off to my refuge section which has receives a lower turnover rate then the skimmer section. The first section holds about another 50lbs of live and whatever natural algae grows there. Whenever I'm having issues with algae, they light is lit for about 18 hrs a day until the problem is fixed.

Here's a old pic of that section working. You could see a thick coating of cyano everywhere. The baffles turned into a turf scrubber, all the rocks were sticky with brown film. Was kinda cool tbh..

The 2nd chamber houses my skimmer, a SWC 230A. This section houses abbout another 20lbs of rock. This portion of my sump receives much higher flow to keep the detritus lifted allowing my Here a pic of it after 1.5 weeks of running super dry.

Lastly the return chamber houses 4L of siporax. I just added this a little over 2 weeks ago and as far as I can tell, it's doing it's job. The algae was subsiding in the tank before the addition of siporax but at a slower pace. Could just be coincidence in timing but I plan to add another 5 or so liters.

Tip to those making eggcrate containers for 15mm sized sipo, make your containers smaller but taller. You'll drive yourself crazy if you build it like mine.

 

[scrapz]

Gold rush milli is sweet! I have a wild piece that was starting in that direction but I moved it and brown ever since.

The seller has had had multiple pieces with new growth of the same color. Hopefully mine will keep its color.

Here's a topdown which really shows the gold into yellow transition.

 

[scrapz]

Pink Panther - Acquired 4/4/16. A unique ugly coral that has been tank grown for 3+ years. Kinda cool to have such a ugly color in my tank

Ora Blue Iris - Had this since the beginning. Made a few frags to share with buddies already. Took 2+ months to adjust but growth has been phenomenal after that. In the pic is also PC Rainbow (bot R) and a unique green millie a buddy passed me.

ATL Jolene Acro - Received from s2k.

 

[Wrangy]

Holy moley that gold rush is AMAZING :inlove:

Great tank mate with some killer frags too

 

[maxxII]

Gold rush milli is sweet! I have a wild piece that was starting in that direction but I moved it and brown ever since.

Well move it back! Duh!

 

[solitude127]

Pink Panther - Acquired 4/4/16. A unique ugly coral that has been tank grown for 3+ years. Kinda cool to have such a ugly color in my tank

Where did the pink panther originate?

 

[SkullV]

Well move it back! Duh!

There is a big old Tyree Pink Lemonade in its spot! Honestly I think its more like the problem with Vivid's Rainbow. Touch it and its brown for months!

 

[Johnyman]

Love cubes!!! Love the scape!! Love your tank man!! Insane corals you have there! Will be awsome to see this system grow!!

 

[scrapz]

Where did the pink panther originate?

Believe it originated from Cynmaster. Sorry it's not the one you're looking for. If you find one, please lmk!

 

[scrapz]

Love cubes!!! Love the scape!! Love your tank man!! Insane corals you have there! Will be awsome to see this system grow!!

Thanks! I may have to change the scape to accomodate more corals, I'm running out of space.

 

[scrapz]

FTS from 4/6/16 under DIY T5/LED using 2 Blue+ and 2 Aquablue Specials.

Look at that. No algae

 

[scrapz]

ATL Crayola - Knocked over, broken and fragged 3x but still looking great.

 

[mhucasey]

FTS from 4/6/16 under DIY T5/LED using 2 Blue+ and 2 Aquablue Specials.

Look at that. No algae

That is looking really slick! I love the way the Aquascape flows!

 

[reefmutt]

Oh yeah. Now we're talking!!

 

[cFloor]

Awesome! Your tank is really looking good. I love the aquascape, when those corals fill in it's going to be really beautiful!

 

[scrapz]

About a month ago, I plumbed both the frag tank and main system together. It just made more sense to have everything tied together and reduce the fluctuations in both systems. After merging the system, the system just seemed to balance out. I believe it's hit that point where things are just going to grow crazy. At least I hope so.....

So far it's just water 10% water changes every 2-3 weeks whenever the corals look like they need a perk up.

Icefire Echinata - Bali? Placed on my sandbed as a tester for par. Think it passes for color and growth..

Another FTS from today. Happy :wildone:

 

[sahin]

Look good buddy. :beer: Colours are great too.

 

[s2k]

Put me in line for the blue iris and carduss - thanks buddy