Wes1984 Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Welcome to my new tank soon to be filled with the contents of my other two tanks Most people upgrade to bigger but im having to upgrade smaller Basically I have 2 marine tanks, one large turtle tank and a leopard gecko and i have just purchased my first flat that i will be moving into in the next few months. So i decided to cut down, and the choice was giving up marines or the turtle, in the end I couldn't choose so i'm moving the turtle into 117l tank and downsizing my reef into this new setup which I have planned and gone all out on to make it really nice and something very easy to run and maintain. The rest of the stock etc will be sold off to fund some furniture in the new flat Anyways boring stuff over Here are the Specs and some pics.Equipment List:Display Tank: 18"x10"x10" (approx 30l)Sump: 14"x8"x8" (approx 14l)Tmc V2 Return pump T'd off to feed the tank and a DIY Algae Scrubber (Instead of using Chaeto as it gets everywhere)Vortech MP10w ( Wanted as little equipment in tank display so went for the low profile)Maxspect Razor Nano (waiting on delivery and will swap out for 120degree lenses)100w Fish r fun heaterTMC Auto Top Off Single switch.STC 1000 Temperature controllerWill be adding My nano reactor from Fistafiltration as well.Going to try run skimmerless and see how it goes.MRL Quadspec mini par20 for sump frags (middle chamber)10w Red Led for algae scrubber (waiting for delivery from HKDIY Cabinet/Stand There is a door but still needs painting so will be shortly added.Fish: White Tiger Goby (Cave Goby),Tailspot BlennyPossibly a Pink Scooter blenny, (depending on pod population once tank matures) otherwise a Yellow Prawn GobyInverts: Blood Shrimp, Porcelain Anemone Crab, Conch Snail, 1 or 2x Nassa Snails, 3 x Trochus Snails, Dove Snails, 2x Hermit CrabsIn the sump: 1x Peppermint Shrimp, 1x hermit crab.Comments are very much encouraged!!!! Thanks for looking! Some frags i have made up to sell soon, There is enough space under the rack to add some live rock pieces to assist in filtration and for the crabs and shrimp etc to hide.Pipework finished for return and algae scrubber, fully adjustable with two inline taps. Ideal for cleaning as each one can be shut off etc while the other continues. Algae Scrubber is all running now so hopefully will work. Just waiting on the red led to light it properly. Link to comment
Chris.G Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 This is awesome!! Looks good. Link to comment
Wes1984 Posted March 6, 2014 Author Share Posted March 6, 2014 This is awesome!! Looks good. Thanks very much. Cant wait til my razor light arrives and can start moving stock over. Light should be here tomo. Fingers crossed. Link to comment
ALexpsycho Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 ATS filtration.Nice! Good luck! Link to comment
Wes1984 Posted March 7, 2014 Author Share Posted March 7, 2014 I have one of these little beauties waiting for me.The private seller is holding it for me and also won't let them go until they are eating at least frozen which is a really good thing as they are picky eaters but fingers crossed it will all go well. I have wanted a scooter for ages as think they are really cute and fun to watch and as i am going for very peaceful fish this seemed like the right choice to add as a final fish to the goby and blenny. Can't wait. http://s515.photobucket.com/user/wflanegan/media/1911889_537103676405871_420659776_n_zps60780058.jpg.html'> Link to comment
Wes1984 Posted March 10, 2014 Author Share Posted March 10, 2014 New Razor Nano :Waiting on a couple bits to be delivered and then will try aquascaping the tank. I tried briefly but wasnt happy lol so i bailed haha. Door painted and fitted. Link to comment
Wes1984 Posted March 12, 2014 Author Share Posted March 12, 2014 Finished scaping and been adding corals across. some still not completely happy after being moved but looking better today than yesterday.FTS:http://s515.photobucket.com/user/wflanegan/media/IMG_1174_zpsd17e0e35.jpg.html'>Left side of fts:http://s515.photobucket.com/user/wflanegan/media/IMG_1177_zpscd8e1d2f.jpg.html'>hand side of fts:http://s515.photobucket.com/user/wflanegan/media/IMG_1176_zps7c0b7b84.jpg.html'> Link to comment
Wes1984 Posted March 14, 2014 Author Share Posted March 14, 2014 New 10w blue/red led arrived for the algae scrubber. apparently this light does really well on these so will see how it does.The distance was spot on from the cabinet to the scrubber so was really easy to put in place with one screw.I'll take some pics in a week or so of the scrubber screen and see what the growth is like. i had diatom outbreak from the move so waiting for that to clear and then hopefully the algae will do its thing. Link to comment
duncan-junkie Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Great set up, I'm jelly! Link to comment
Wes1984 Posted March 15, 2014 Author Share Posted March 15, 2014 Picture fest!!! All the corals have been moved over now. Pretty much permanent places etc.http://s515.photobucket.com/user/wflanegan/media/IMG_1181_zps69c7290f.jpg.html'>http://s515.photobucket.com/user/wflanegan/media/IMG_1183_zps2470d461.jpg.html'>http://s515.photobucket.com/user/wflanegan/media/IMG_1184_zpsed903728.jpg.html'>http://s515.photobucket.com/user/wflanegan/media/IMG_1185_zps86c09675.jpg.html'>http://s515.photobucket.com/user/wflanegan/media/IMG_1186_zps1f0bef97.jpg.html'>http://s515.photobucket.com/user/wflanegan/media/IMG_1187_zps00ddd610.jpg.html'>http://s515.photobucket.com/user/wflanegan/media/IMG_1188_zps4b8bbf26.jpg.html'>http://s515.photobucket.com/user/wflanegan/media/IMG_1189_zps8dd3c99b.jpg.html'> Link to comment
hinnenkm Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Your tank looks great! Hope you like the razor, I've got the same one and it's been a great little light! Link to comment
Angel<3Nanos Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Awesome looking tank!! Dayum! Link to comment
Wes1984 Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 Fts: So was a little busy yesterday. Had a few people come pick up some corals that i have left over and am selling off. However someone came for the pistol shrimp eeergh what a mission that was. Well while i had the old tank in turmoil i managed to catch my blenny, cave goby and the urchin. Havent seen them since moving them over so fingers crossed. My urchin decided that while being acclimatized it was a good time to catch up on sleep so he spent the rest of the day like this in the new tank as i wasnt waiting any longer lol.I also picked up a small nassa snail that has buried himself straight away and didnt get a pic. I'm hoping that between the nassa and the numerous dove snails they will move the sand around enough to keep it clean.My new Auto top off came in the post yesterday so i will hopefully fit that in a min.And my trachy begging for food lol.Porcelain crab seems pretty happy in the tank.Still have to catch the fire shrimp as i was unsuccessful yesterday lol but that is the last one to go in until i fetch the fire blenny. Link to comment
Wes1984 Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 Interesting system. Love the ATS, and frag tank in sump. Updates on the Hydor ato when available. Thanks Just finished adding my reactor/ single doser/ and auto top up. All working well etc. Feel a lot more confident about the new auto top off. From what I've seen so far i think its going to be a nice piece of equipment. Link to comment
Wes1984 Posted March 27, 2014 Author Share Posted March 27, 2014 My crabs favourite spot in the new tank even though there is his anemone nearby:Going to have to name him cliff or sylvestor lol.Really bad picture as its a dark corner but wanted to show how big the anemones on the pom pom crab are getting.And finally, the algae scrubber after a couple weeks is doing really well and better than i expected. Again really bad pic but you can make out a lot of the algae. Going to do some tests this afternoon or tomorrow and see where everything is at as the tank hasnt had a waterchange in over a week so will be doing that tomo as well: Link to comment
Wes1984 Posted April 7, 2014 Author Share Posted April 7, 2014 I had a clean of the algae scrubber a few days ago and this is what it looked like. Think it must be working.http://s515.photobucket.com/user/wflanegan/media/IMG_1287_zps0c1360cd.jpg.html'>I don't know if it has anything to do with the scrubber but i find that with my old tank i was cleaning the glass every couple days whereas with this system probs every 4-5days and even then its not even that bad. Link to comment
Wes1984 Posted April 13, 2014 Author Share Posted April 13, 2014 Well look who decided to arrive at last!!! Eating very well on frozen lobster eggs Link to comment
Arkayology Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 GL with those dragonet. Mine did not make it. It never ate. Link to comment
Wes1984 Posted April 14, 2014 Author Share Posted April 14, 2014 Mine eats frozen food. Its been in sellers tank for over 6 weeks to make sure etc so fingers crossed it will be okay Link to comment
el_ote Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Wow such a great setup! I really like the well thought out sump! edit: what are those fittings/hose/valves you are using on the return and reactor called? Link to comment
Wes1984 Posted April 16, 2014 Author Share Posted April 16, 2014 Wow such a great setup! I really like the well thought out sump! edit: what are those fittings/hose/valves you are using on the return and reactor called? Thanks the taps are actually garden hose taps. they work really well as they are very smooth and easy to adjust. They were loads cheaper than normal marine tap fittings. Link to comment
el_ote Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 is your scrubber fed by the return pump or the overflow? do you find it better than growing chaeto? and last question, what vendor on ebay did you get the red led from? Link to comment
Wes1984 Posted April 18, 2014 Author Share Posted April 18, 2014 is your scrubber fed by the return pump or the overflow? do you find it better than growing chaeto? and last question, what vendor on ebay did you get the red led from? Hi the scrubber is fed from a tee off of the return pump. I thought of using the overflow but im not using any floss and it would block up the scrubber and cause problems etc. I found with chaeto that it tends to let little pieces float everywhere etc and yes i think my results are better with the scrubber etc. I think i bought from this one but they are all the same lights etc. i have the 10watts version. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10W-20W-30W-50W-Blue-554nm-Red-660nm-Hydroponic-Plant-Flood-LED-Grow-Lights-/251263083641?pt=UK_Baby_Baby_Feeding_Bottle_Warmers_Coolers_LE&var=550231709424&hash=item3a80726479 Link to comment
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