nidding Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Most resent FTS DSC_5030 by jonas_sandager, on FlickrDSC_4111 by jonas_sandager, on FlickrDSC_3688 by jonas_sandager, on FlickrDSC_3354 by jonas_sandager, on FlickrStuff120-liter tank (75x40x40 cm) with a glass shelf glued in giving a total of 108 literInternal overflow60 liter sumpAntique stand and DIY canopy and tank sidesMarsAqua 165 watt full spectrum LEDJebao RW8 and WP10 with twin controllerJebao 2000 litre returnBubble Magus Cone 3.5 skimmerJebao DP-4 doserDIY phosphate filter (with phosban)100 watt heaterDIY ATODIY Upflow Algae ScrubberFishAmphiprion Ocellaris pairEcsenius bicolorCentropyge ArgiPseudocheilinus hexataeniaRoyal Dottyback (expelled for being a douche)InvertsLysmata Kuekenthali (seen it twice over the last 6 months)Hitchhiked feather dusters of all sorts (eaten by either six line or pygmy angel)Tripneustes gratillaMithraculus sculptusAssorted snailsSoftiesSarcophyton (Long teal tentacles)Grean grassGSPMisc zoaMisc ricordea (florida og yuma)Misc discosomaCream gorgonianLPSCaulastreaBlastomousaDuncanMisc euphylliaLobophylliaSPSTrue snowflake undataMint acropora desalwiiAcropora cerealisRed Monti digitataPurple Monti capBali slimerYelliw/greenish pocillopora damicornisPurple stylophora pistillataRoutines and chemistry9 litres weekly water change with Blue Treasure SPS saltDaily feeding with pellets/flakesFeeding reef pearls every evening (temporarily stopped until cyano is all under control)Dosing phyto daily (temporarily stopped until cyano is all under control)Dosing Triton base Elementz over auto doserOriginal post Greetings to all of you from Denmark.I am in the process of moving from a 14 gallon tank and up to a 30 gallon drop off tank. There's still a lot to do, so I figured to get a thread going, so you can follow along So far, I have come up with a scape, that I think I'll stick with for now. I'm not 100% sure if I need to do a few changes, but we'll see when I have taken my time to look at it for a whileDSC_0473-Edit by jonas_sandager, on FlickrAs mentioned, a lot of work is still ahead, and I need to build a canopy and base for screening off the space under the shelf. Upgrade the light with some DIY LEDs. Close off the overflow and paint the background. Sort out the sump and clean up the mess in the stand. Put in some sand, and the list goes on Feel free to comment Link to comment
k4ndyk1ng Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Looks sweet, are you keeping with bb or are you putting sand in? Link to comment
specore Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Looks great. Seems like it would to be tough to add sand with the livestock already in, I guess you just go a handful at a time? Link to comment
nidding Posted November 26, 2014 Author Share Posted November 26, 2014 Thank you both. Yes, there's going sand in there. Or rather I just put it in. It ptobably would have been easier to put it in before the rock, but as I was moving rocks from a former tank, that I did suspect (with reason) to carry a bit of detritus, that I didn't want to go into my new sand, and as I knew I would have to rearrange the rocks to get a scape that I wanted to stick with, I decided to wait until after. I had planned to use a pvc pipe, to get it to the bottom, but as that turned out to be totally impractical, I just used a good old mug, witch worked really well. The Water is a little clouded, but I'm sure that will be gone by tomorrow. I just realized how much I prefer sand to BB Link to comment
Mr. Microscope Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Very nice! How did you build it? Link to comment
nidding Posted November 26, 2014 Author Share Posted November 26, 2014 Very nice! How did you build it? Thanks It's just a plain tank in which I glued an overflow and next to that I put in a glass shelf, supported by some vertical glass panes, thus sealing of the space under the shelf. It's a bit of a waste of water volume, but a hell of a lot easier than building the tank itself as a drop and perfectly aligning the stand levels. The method I used is pretty straight forward, I think Link to comment
Mr. Microscope Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Thanks It's just a plain tank in which I glued an overflow and next to that I put in a glass shelf, supported by some vertical glass panes, thus sealing of the space under the shelf. It's a bit of a waste of water volume, but a hell of a lot easier than building the tank itself as a drop and perfectly aligning the stand levels. The method I used is pretty straight forward, I think Cool! What was the original tank size? 40B? 55? Link to comment
nidding Posted November 27, 2014 Author Share Posted November 27, 2014 Something like 32 gallon, actually. The drop, being in front of the overflow, only takes up something like 3 gallon. So the 30 gallon in my headline might be more like 28-29 gallon. The tank meassures 75x40x40cm Link to comment
nidding Posted November 27, 2014 Author Share Posted November 27, 2014 Finally the dust settled https://flic.kr/p/pW4Jk4'>https://flic.kr/p/pW4Jk4'>DSC_0486-Edit by https://www.flickr.com/people/85695022@N03/'>jonas_sandager, on Flickr The lights here are pure LED versus the pure t5's in the previous picture. I will be running both and probably add a few 10W LEDs for a little extra power Link to comment
nidding Posted December 3, 2014 Author Share Posted December 3, 2014 Just ordered a Bubble Magus C3.5 and a new jebao return pump. Really looking forward to get these on the tank and hear the noise level from these Link to comment
acrab78 Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Very nice.... custom tank? Link to comment
nidding Posted December 3, 2014 Author Share Posted December 3, 2014 Very nice.... custom tank?Thank you Well at least not custom build for me. I bought it used but in very good condition. It does look like it's a custom tank. The glass baffles that form the reef shelf I glued in myself. Link to comment
acrab78 Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Thank you Well at least not custom build for me. I bought it used but in very good condition. It does look like it's a custom tank. The glass baffles that form the reef shelf I glued in myself. Is there anything under the "shelf" of the tank? Would be cool to set up something like this on a tiered desk or stand..... Or a way to have a refugium display under it or something.... Link to comment
nidding Posted December 3, 2014 Author Share Posted December 3, 2014 No. It's just sealed off. I have thought a lot about how to use the space and the coolest idea I could come up with was filling it with sand and make a DSB area. The depth would be perfect on this build. However I came to the conclusion that the area of the sand bed would be too little to keep it healthy in the long run without too much work on finding suitable rechanges for it. It could also be very cool, as you say, to have it on a tiered stand. That would have to be a custom tank though, as my tank take up the room of regular 32 gallon tank, as that is exactly what it is build in Link to comment
nidding Posted December 4, 2014 Author Share Posted December 4, 2014 I'm trying to figure out which fish to put into the drop. So far my list is (in order of addition) Orange/white ocillaris (already in) Black/white ocillaris Tail spot/bicolor blenny (depending on availability. Tsb is not too common at these parts) Royal gramma Sixline wrasse I know the sixline can become a menace, but I think I'm willing to take the chance on it. Tell me what you think? Link to comment
nidding Posted December 4, 2014 Author Share Posted December 4, 2014 Equipment list so farTank w. custom reef drop (75x40x40 ; cm)Jebao rw8Possible addition of wp10 linked with rw8 through twin controller)2x24watt t5 (aquablue spezial and blue+)12x3watt cree (mixed colours)Sump (16 gallon)Bubble Magus Cone 3.5Jebao DC 2000 return (in the mail)DIY reactor with phosban100watt jäger heaterMy ATO fried, but new float switches are in transit so it should be operational again shortly.Also I have plans for an UAS when the tank gets stocked a little harder Link to comment
nidding Posted December 8, 2014 Author Share Posted December 8, 2014 Got the canopy painted. Still need to finish the top. But it's starting to look like a tank now DSC_0598 by jonas_sandager, on Flickr The cycle is running its course so I think I might stock up on the CUC soon Link to comment
dpoltsdsu Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 That looks great, very unique Link to comment
nidding Posted December 12, 2014 Author Share Posted December 12, 2014 So the skimmer arrived yesterday. I ran it in some vinegar before putting it in the sump and have been running it there for the last 20 hours or so. Already starting to pull some skimate, and the microbubbles are gone by now as well Very good quality for the price (80$), if you ask me. It gives off a little noise, but nothing I (or my wife) can't live with. Only real complain so far, is that it didn't come with an air intake silencer (nor was it specified to do so). The intake was quite noisy, and you would think that the added production cost would be worth it in lowered noise. However a very quick DIY, and a silencer was added. Much better now Link to comment
nidding Posted December 12, 2014 Author Share Posted December 12, 2014 The GHA is slowly starting to fade, so I'm picking up a CUC tuesday. I really need a emerald crab as I've been battling bubble algae for ever, and am not making any progress so far. They rarely sell them at LFSs over here, so I cross my fingers that I will be able to find one Link to comment
nidding Posted December 18, 2014 Author Share Posted December 18, 2014 So the skimmer has been running for almost a week, and I have a little bit better idea about it. Sadly it does give off a little more noise than what I had hoped for. Maybe I just need to soundproof my stand a little, and see if that helps. On the bright side it gives a very good and dark skimmate already, so I'm very pleased with that aspect. My only semi LFS did not stock emerald crabs at the moment, so I only got a few snails which I hope will take care if the remaining algae. A few weeks into the new year, he should get a new shipment at which point I count on getting a crab and a fish. Link to comment
nidding Posted December 19, 2014 Author Share Posted December 19, 2014 Can you guys help me ID my zoas, maybe? The LFSs around here don't know anything about them, so they usually don't have any names... 1 DSC_0874 by jonas_sandager, on Flickr 2 (sold to me as "maybe LA lakers". I don't think so...) DSC_0868 by jonas_sandager, on Flickr 3 (Bad photo) DSC_0876 by jonas_sandager, on Flickr 4 (the pink ones) DSC_0879 by jonas_sandager, on Flickr 5 (the whole middle is a bit more purple) https://flic.kr/p/pwj6vn'>https://flic.kr/p/pwj6vn'>DSC_0881 by https://www.flickr.com/people/85695022@N03/'>jonas_sandager, on Flickr 6 https://flic.kr/p/qt1rg9'>https://flic.kr/p/qt1rg9'>DSC_0887 by https://www.flickr.com/people/85695022@N03/'>jonas_sandager, on Flickr 7 https://flic.kr/p/pw5C4q'>https://flic.kr/p/pw5C4q'>DSC_0888 by https://www.flickr.com/people/85695022@N03/'>jonas_sandager, on Flickr 8 (both kinds, though I suspect the ones at the back to be water melons) https://flic.kr/p/qt53L4'>https://flic.kr/p/qt53L4'>DSC_0893 by https://www.flickr.com/people/85695022@N03/'>jonas_sandager, on Flickr 9 (very small) https://flic.kr/p/qsTYW6'>https://flic.kr/p/qsTYW6'>DSC_0898 by https://www.flickr.com/people/85695022@N03/'>jonas_sandager, on Flickr 10 https://flic.kr/p/qsTYNR'>https://flic.kr/p/qsTYNR'>DSC_0901 by https://www.flickr.com/people/85695022@N03/'>jonas_sandager, on Flickr Link to comment
nidding Posted December 20, 2014 Author Share Posted December 20, 2014 A few guesses of my own 1 - Fira and Ice 2 - ? 3 - possibly KeddRedd 4 - Pucker Pink / Twillight Pink 5 - Fruitopia 6 - Radioactive Dragon Eye 7 - Bloody Mary 8 - Water Melon & Purple Puddle 9 - ? 10 - Punk Rocker Link to comment
nidding Posted December 22, 2014 Author Share Posted December 22, 2014 Full coral list (so far) Sarcophyton (long tentacle light green/teal) Sarcophyton (short tentacle bright green) Sarcophyton (weeping willow) Caolastrea coral Green grass Green star polyp Blasto Echinopora (hollywood stunnner) Duncan Neon green sinularia Blue sinularia Various zoas Small ric garden (planned to expand) Two variations of euphyllia Mushrooms (Blue, teal, red) Cream goniopora Lobophyllia Hot orange fungia So far I will be sticking to LPS and softies but some time in the future, I might have a few sweet placements for some SPS Link to comment
nidding Posted January 3, 2015 Author Share Posted January 3, 2015 New FTS. DSC_1229 by jonas_sandager, on Flickr "Weeping willow" sarco is beginning to show its long polyps Link to comment
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