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sebastian.costin

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sebastian.costin

When's this getting wet?

Waiting the Jebao 2000 return, the ATO relay and to finish the mounting arm for the lamp ...so, 1-3 weeks

very nice diy. am pleace prea mult ;)

Thank you :)

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sebastian.costin
I made myself a Zeovit reactor that meets following:

- debit:0-250lph to adjust the exact amount of water that flows in

- volume of zeovit stones: min 200ml

- small footprint: 7.5x7.5 cm (it will be placed in the retun room


And a lot of work with:


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And the final product :)

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My next desire is to buy a Dremel to transform this hard work into a pleasure :)

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NorthGaHillbilly

awesome to see you applying your DIY skills to all aspects of the tank, Ive really enjoyed doing the same. Looking forward to seeing this all come together

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sebastian.costin

Thank you !

 

Now, it's time to update:

 

Received the DC2000 pump:

 

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Leak test at bean animal overflow:

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... and a picture of a jewel:

 

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sebastian.costin

Picolino is started yesterday with initial 14 day cycling method.
Fow now is a 2 days dosing break ...and some cloudy water

some tests:

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Nice corals! Great job with the DIY work as well, I'm really impressed by that reactor. The crab is hard to tell what kind from the picture, try to snap one if you catch him out of his cave.

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I'm no crab expert but to me it looks like a porcelain crab, which is reef safe.
I could be wrong tho.

Love the DIY work on this tank btw, it looks incredible.

 

Edit: missed the black tips, not a porcelain, possibly gorilla which isn't safe.

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sebastian.costin

I'm no crab expert but to me it looks like a porcelain crab, which is reef safe.

I could be wrong tho.

 

Love the DIY work on this tank btw, it looks incredible.

 

Edit: missed the black tips, not a porcelain, possibly gorilla which isn't safe.

 

It's not a porcelain ... probably a gorila or a stone one.

Thanks for your appreciation, I love to DIY if it is possible

 

Black tip claws, usually a bad sign. I'd remove him

 

Black tip claws ... this is the reason to eject the crab ... better than corals :)

 

Crop:

 

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sebastian.costin

I noticed a lack of potassium due to zeolites. This in a normal effect.

So I compensate this with KZ K Balance. 0.5ml daily

 

I'm awaiting a AppleBerry Montipora and an Acropora frag ...

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