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Dot, the Picasso 48 gallon reef tank


dragonxflare

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I quit the reef hobby about a year ago to try out breeding fresh water shrimps etc etc, and after that got a little boring, I've decided to return to reef keeping with a bigger tank. In the past, I had a 30 gallon AIO tank, but this time... I will be doing a 48 with a proper sump/refugium setup.

 

Tank / Filtration/ Equipment:

 

48 Gallon Mr. Aqua Tank

Eshopps Pf-300 overflow box

Eshopps R-200 Sump/Refugium

Vortech Quiet Drive Mp10 x2

2x Jaebo wavemakers

Vertex Omega 150 Skimmer

 

Lights

 

36" ATI Powermodule hybrid (LED/T5 combo)

 

Live stock

2x Grade a Picasso Clown fish

2x Yellow Assessor Basslet

Helfrichi FireFish

Mccosker's wrasse

 

Coral

 

octospawn coral

Purple tip Torch

Aussie Gold Torch

Green Fungia Plate Coral

Flame Rim Fungia Plate Coral

Various Acans

Gold Hammer coral

 

Zoas

 

Rhasta Zoa

Blue Hornets

Salted Agave

Eagle Eye

Utter Chaos

Electric Oompa Loompa

Fruit Loops

Fire and Ice

Golden Mauls

Seduction

 

and some others (forgot the name)

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7/2/2015

 

Aquascape built, and water put in

 

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After trying to figure out which lights to go, I decided.. and they finally came in!

 

My friend told me... better to have more light than not enough, and having to upgrade down the line.

 

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Fully loaded Apex system and Vortech MP10

 

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Eshopps 3rd gen R-200 sump

 

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Looks like you are on your way!

 

Yup :) Just waiting for the tank to finish cycling and go from there!

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dragonxflare

I love the torches you added! :wub:

 

Thanks :) So far, their doing pretty well. Lets hope it stays that way! I am really hoping my 2 clowns host one of the three.... fingers crossed

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Tank looks great, I like your Zoa collection. Lots of unique colors

 

Thanks! I hope they start growing out.... tank looks a bit bare at the moment. Sadly, I am still looking for Fruit loops locally... no one in the Bay Area seems to be selling them

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dragonxflare

Happy Friday everyone.

 

Just thought I'll post a few more pictures today. My RODI unit I purchased from BRS came in! Setting it up tomorrow. Also, a picture of my Vertex Omega 150 in action

 

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After about 4 weeks from the original date of the RODI unit I purchased, I finally had time to set it up in my garage:

 

 

It was an extremely easy install, and started working immediately. I would definitely recommend purchasing this unit

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Nice build! Very cool clowns! What kind of rock is that?

 

Its called "Real reef rock" I believe I got the generation 1 kind... few years back, and just re-used.

 

Acans look amazing! I like the setup.

 

Thank you :)

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Also, heres a full tank shot. This tank has been converted to about 90% sps now.... with little over 50 frags from all over (battle coral, cultivated reef, reef2pet, etc etc). Can't wait till it all grows out and fills in:

 

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