Spencer7 Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 This Aquarium was started on July 1st 2011 EQUIPMENTAquarium- Custom Acrylic Cube (Reef Ready) 35 Gallons (20"x20"x20")Aquarium LinkSump- Custom from GA (30"x16"x16")Sump LinkLights- 3 TruPop LEDTRiC Par 38'sLighting Link!Additional Lighting- 1 Tri Color LEDTRiC Par 38Lighting Link 2.0Skimmer- SWC Xtreme 160 Cone SkimmerSkimmer Link!Return Pump- MAG 5Pump Link!Heater- 150w JagerHeater Link!Auto Top Off- JBJATO Link!FISH Sixline Wrasse- Pseudocheilinus hexataenia *Removed* Barnacle Blenny- Acanthemblemaria macrospilus Yellow Candy Hogfish- Bodianus bimaculatus Disappearing Wrasse- Pseudocheilinus evanidus *Removed* 2x Hectors Goby- Amblygobius hectori Yasha Goby- Stonogobiops yasha Purple Firefish- Nemateleotris decora Black Ocellaris Clown Pair- Amphiprion ocellaris INVERTS 2x Tiger Sand Conches 8x Nassarius Snails 2x Turbo Snails 6x Bumblebee Snails 2x Astrea Snails 3x Hawaiian Feather Dusters Flame Scallop CORALS Assorted Acans Green and Orange Button Zoa's Torch Coral Candy Cane Frags (2) Assorted SPS Frags (15+) Green Pagoda Cup Bubble Tip Anemone Maxima Clam Green Ricordea Orange and Green Montiopora Green Spotted Oxypora Orange Fungia OxyporaMy Camera! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a pic of my tank after a month of being setup, no fish, little inverts, 1 Acan, 1 Birdsnest, 1 Green Acro, and one Red Planet (?)August 2011November 2011December 2011January 2012February 2012March 2012April 2012May 2012June 2012July 2012August 2012March 2013 Link to comment
nickjqz Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Your tank looks great! It is hard for me for some reason to look at all of your pictures on Photobucket it keeps freezing up on me. But it looks great! Link to comment
joeyhatch11 Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 Pics please. Looking to get an idea for my 40B tank. Thanks, Joe P.S. What are you using to get the water in the sump? I see the pump listed for the return. Also do the pumps have to be the same GPH? Link to comment
Spencer7 Posted October 30, 2011 Author Share Posted October 30, 2011 Pics please. Looking to get an idea for my 40B tank. Thanks, Joe P.S. What are you using to get the water in the sump? I see the pump listed for the return. Also do the pumps have to be the same GPH? In the back left of my tank there is an overflow box (drilled hole with bulkhead and PVC inside) so once at the water level of the slits on the overflow the water will naturally flow down, you could probably use a MAG 2 but i suggest 3 for sure (MAG 3=350 GPH) this and one generic circulator (nothing big or fancy) provide good flow. The GPH does matter so go for something between 300-400 GPH, link for pics is at the bottom of my 1st post, there are about 200 great quality and constantly updated (+10 earlier 2day) hope to hear back from u! -Spencer Link to comment
Spencer7 Posted October 30, 2011 Author Share Posted October 30, 2011 Survived power outage, had a battery bubbler going, tank was covered in cardboard and blankets (looked very ghetto) tank was about 70 F at its lowest, all corals and fished lived! when putting in pump i re-arranged things (not on purpose) and im going to see how it looks, im loving the tank right now, if ur wondering what my routine is ill tell you. I have 5 gallons of fresh top off water and 5 gallons of saltwater sitting in my nearby bathroom, every 10 days or so i do a water change and remix some more water to let sit for another 10 days (no RODI) I put about 1 cup of top off water in a day. I dose Calcium (Ca), Alkalinity (KH), and iodine (Lugols solution), Every 3 days i squirt Ca and KH into the tank (more KH than Ca), I try to test once a week using my workplaces test kit (i get to use the Elos test kit for free when in store) but its not exact for example i haven't tested in 2 weeks, b4 that i had perfect results 0 Nitrates, 0 Phosphates, 400 Ca, 8-10 KH. I have a RODI but dont use it b/c it is a pain in the ass, and looking at my tank now im not worried. Hope this helped, thx for reading! -Spencer Link to comment
JoelRHale Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 I like your tank, I don't like navigating away from the site to see it. seriously though, I like your tank and what you got going on. I'm sure you'd get a better response if you at least included your FTS here. Link to comment
Spencer7 Posted November 6, 2011 Author Share Posted November 6, 2011 OK, so i figured out how to post my pics directly on the thread due to the awesome hep of JoelRHale above, now u can sit back and relax b/c i got plenty of pics coming ur way... more to come including monthly FTS pics that will be on first post... Link to comment
Spencer7 Posted November 6, 2011 Author Share Posted November 6, 2011 Equiptment and FTS... Link to comment
Trogdor447 Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 i guess that my thread/tank is just that boring lol all depends on what ppl are looking at.. i love the custom cube.. I'm a little confused by what your objective on your sump is? Link to comment
10gnano Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 nice clams and acans, the colors are really pop under the leds Link to comment
Spencer7 Posted November 6, 2011 Author Share Posted November 6, 2011 the sump is my favorite decision for this tank, the tank has a 3-4 inch rim on all sides so i couldn't use my equiptment if i wanted to (its all HOB) plus with the dump i have more gallons and its easier matainence. Eventually im going to put a 12" stunner strip and some macro, plus frags. Sumps are the bomb-diggity Link to comment
Trogdor447 Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Yup thats why im going to a 20L with a 500+ gph return pump and a skimmer with a LED kit and macro algae + possible frags.. i just seen you have the sand and no light.. so had me wondering, expanded volume is fair enough! and less of an eye sore! Link to comment
Spencer7 Posted November 7, 2011 Author Share Posted November 7, 2011 Yup thats why im going to a 20L with a 500+ gph return pump and a skimmer with a LED kit and macro algae + possible frags.. i just seen you have the sand and no light.. so had me wondering, expanded volume is fair enough! and less of an eye sore! Yea i think i might get the Ecoxotic 12" Stunner Strip for Christmas plus a frag rack, maybe eventually make some money, that would be great for a change Sumps just give the aquarist a lot of freedom and for the effort they're worth it, my pump and sump tank costed $100 along with some glue, PVC, and a bulkhead it was $120 or so total, WORTH EVERY PENNY AND MORE, my old tank was 60g but had no sump or UV and looking back i realized how much of a noob i was, makes me feel like a pro now 500+ GPH seems a like too much for ur tank, i would go with the MAG 4 or MAG 3 (thats what i have on my tank) Link to comment
Spencer7 Posted November 8, 2011 Author Share Posted November 8, 2011 what kind of coral is that in the 2nd to last pic? Green center, outer brown ring, 3 heads, white dashes across brown. Link to comment
nickjqz Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 It is either a Caulastrea Echinulata or a Caulastrea furcata or a Caulastrea curvata. haha take your pick. Basically it is a candy Cane coral or sometimes known as a Trumpet coral. Link to comment
Spencer7 Posted November 9, 2011 Author Share Posted November 9, 2011 Brown Candy Cane, thx Link to comment
Spencer7 Posted November 10, 2011 Author Share Posted November 10, 2011 i got like 4 pieces of Aiptasia, time to take out Joe's Juice and send dem mudder####ers back to hell Link to comment
Spencer7 Posted November 12, 2011 Author Share Posted November 12, 2011 Killed Aiptasia, did 5 gal water change and cleaned tank, i have 5 ppm nitrates, 0 phosphates, 400 Ca, and 7.5 Alkalinity which makes me very happy... Got back from work with 3 frags, 1 small red Monti Cap, a blue branching piece of Acro, and a piece of SPS that i forgot the name of, hopefully u will ID for me Will post pics tomorrow, corals were just acclimated and the water is a cloudy from the water change... Link to comment
JoelRHale Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Not sure on the led question, but each page holds 20 posts. This post will be the first on page two Link to comment
nickjqz Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 how come a new page for this thread wont pop up, seems like this one page is super long... Im thinking of getting 1 or 2 Ecoxotic 12" Stunner Strips from my sump so i put frags and macro down there, how many should i get? Do i ned any of that other stuff like transformer or splitter? I am not sure how many you will need to support coral and macro but you will need a transformer and if you want more than one strip then you will need a splitter or another transformer. This will be helpful as well as this. Link to comment
Spencer7 Posted November 12, 2011 Author Share Posted November 12, 2011 Disappointing PAR numbers, just got back from work and brought with me a Elegance coral that is about 3-4 inches wide, expect pics soon like always. Link to comment
Spencer7 Posted November 16, 2011 Author Share Posted November 16, 2011 THE PICS I PROMISED... Link to comment
Spencer7 Posted November 20, 2011 Author Share Posted November 20, 2011 I'm looking into getting another Rapid LED Par 38 bulb (7 LED's) b/c im not too happy with my Acro or Monti and i am sure its the lights, Nothing picks on them All corals are well feed with coral food and pellets Both corals are light intensive and... i tested my water today... Ca 450 ------------- No3 0 ------------- PO4 0 ------------- KH 10 ------------- So except for Calcium (little high) everything is perfect The light would go inside the triangle i have now which after experimenting with, would push the others a perfect amount more to the outside so the whole tank will be very well lit and the center wiill be intense, what do y'all think ? Link to comment
Spencer7 Posted November 20, 2011 Author Share Posted November 20, 2011 im going to kill someone... I came into my room to see my blower aimed directly into the sand, all my corals completely covered in sand/ silt and most of the rock under an inch of sand this is the 3rd time the suction cups of gotten enough air in them to release. #### MY LIFE! Link to comment
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