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Hello Reefers!

 

Updated FTS - 11-16-2015

 

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I've been out of the hobby for a longggg time (about 10 years). I was originally going to do a large fresh water tank and grow out an Oscar... But the more i thought about it the more i wanted to do a reef system of sorts, so I dove head first into months of research. After looking at 4 different tanks I narrowed it down to the Fluval Edge 2.

Anyways on May 4th 2015 i went to a LFS picked up the tank, 40 pounds of Carib-sea life rock, salt, RO water, most of the basic equipment (test kits, filter media,and etc), and last but not least 5 gallons of a 30 gallon water change :wub: . Can you say soft cycle? I went straight home to assemble the beast, i tossed in the rock and put sand around it. Later that day I threw in the water change and the RO water testing the salinity until I had reached the magic 1.026.069_zpsle4lkgqm.jpg

In the morning i got a package, it was my skimmer! So i went to install my Mame Protein Skimmer III when i had a sudden realization that the tank is hard to maintenance specifically the glass and the rocks weren't making it any easier. I rearranged the rock work for simplicity. I then let it sit for two weeks testing the parameters everyday... sometimes twice a day lol. The 13th day the tank was cycled! (i tested 5 times that day to make sure my eyes weren't tricking me).

The next day i went and bought a pair of amazing snowflake clowns. They were eating at the pet store and were in a community reef tank, so no aggression toward corals and other fish/inverts.
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I let them get accustomed to their new environment, testing the parameters everyday for 2 weeks. Almost no bio-load with my maintenance schedule and Mame Protein Skimmer III! I seriously thought my test kits were defective, in fact my paranoia led me to buy a 2nd test kit :lol:. The levels are spot on with each other.

So I did it...I added 4 heads of Duncan Coral to my tank (one of my personal favorites). I put them towards the top of my tank because they didn't actually look that good. In hopes moving them to the top for a while would help them.
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Sure enough it did. B)



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Testing my parameters twice a day at this point once i wake up and once before i go to bed. Nothing.....

So a week later i went to the fish store and bought a clean up crew 1 turbo snail, 2 two hermit crabs, and an emerald crab. I also bought 2 packs of Mysis shrimp and a smaller gravel cleaner.

Still testing my parameters a lot, everything's awesome 0AM-0NI-5NA 1.026sal 8.2ph

Looking at my tank suddenly i realize i have a perfect cave system for a Yellow Watchman Goby. My bio-load is low, well...long story short i got one, super healthy nice looking.
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Clown fish photo-bomb, i swear shes a camera hog!

Not even a day later i bought a green leather, 1 three headed candy cane, 5 mysterious coral, a patch of green star polyps, and a colony of zoas. I also bought a 5.5 regular aquarium and made a nano frag tank (ogodimterrible$$$)

Fragged some of the Zoas and the gsp colony. Just turned the light on so nothing was opened yet.
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I bit the bullet a week and a half later

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i turned them on before going to work and i was starting to regret getting the light until i came home to this...
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Funshots
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Oh ya and i broke my Mame skimmer III its not completely screwed i can still use it, but ill have to get another. The bottom 2 inches is gone so i cut the air pipe to match the new height of the skimmer. I swear it wasn't my fault here's the colporate

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He's a sweet heart tho, i rescued him from an abusive home he was living in a parakeet cage, so now i give him LOTS of love.
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Little guy living in a macaw cage lol.
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August 11th i put a deposit on a......
MARINE PAC 3!! Hi Neil...
Comes with a nano box so I'm going to buy another mp10qd wireless VorTech pump and put my Radion xr15 g3 pro on a Mr Aqua 17 gallon. This time I'm going to go though day by day and do updates for you guys instead of all at once. I guess all at once stories are kind of okay no real cliff hangers lol :rolleyes: .


Fluval Edge Specs

  • Tank - Fluval Edge II
  • Filter - Marine Pac 3
  • Pump - VorTech MP10w Quiet Drive
  • Light - Radion XR15 G3 Pro
  • Skimmer - Mame Protein Skimmer III
  • Heater - aqueon pro 150w heater
  • Refugeium - MarinePac 3
  • Reef Link - Soon to be
  • Doser- Nano Doser 1

Live stock

  • 1 Snowflake Clownfish
  • 1 Yellow Watchman Goby
  • 2 Red legged Hermit crabs
  • 1 Tiger Pistol shrimp
  • 1 Blue legged Hermit crab
  • 1 Emerald crab
  • 2 Astraea snails
  • 2 Cerith snails
  • 5 Nassarius snails
  • 1 Feather Duster
  • 1 Electric Flame Scallop
  • 1 pink/orange sponge
  • 1 Bi-Colored Blenny
  • Thousands and thousands of tibse pods

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That's it for now, I'm sure i missed a bunch of stuff though. That's why ill do a day by day of my Mr. Aqua 17 gallon tank. Let me know what you guys think :D
Ill try and update as much as i can.
-Brian "BRN"

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Looks beautiful and I love the bird :)

And :welcome: to nr! Ask loads of questions everyone is really nice

Thanks more to come...definitely. Love this forum so far, Sick tank btw!

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Just caught my heater slipping up. I have it set it 79 and my tank was at 84 the light indicated it was still on too. Just took it out and turned off my ac it should be okay, my back up heater is in now. fingerscrossed I guess its time for that Ehiem 50w..

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I have a deposit in for a marine pac 3 so nothing is going to be in my tank but my pump. I won't even need my aqua clear filter either. Hopefully I get it soonish.

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yeah welcome!

I'm going the same way.

bought a mp3 and gonna start the hobby after my vacation in october.

 

I thought I'll go for the black, but seeing your white edge makes me doubt again. It adds a certain shimmer...

Somebody thought about using frosted look the back? the edge could definitely use some depth :)

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yeah welcome!

I'm going the same way.

bought a mp3 and gonna start the hobby after my vacation in october.

 

I thought I'll go for the black, but seeing your white edge makes me doubt again. It adds a certain shimmer...

Somebody thought about using frosted look the back? the edge could definitely use some depth :)

Id go with the white, black shows to much gunk imo. I was actually thinking about a frosted back when i first started... i was way to eager to get it cycling though haha :lol:

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I have a deposit in for a marine pac 3 so nothing is going to be in my tank but my pump. I won't even need my aqua clear filter either. Hopefully I get it soonish.

Tank is looking great so far. Tell me how you like this kit for that tank. Thing looks fantastic for the edge. Keep it up!

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Tank is looking great so far. Tell me how you like this kit for that tank. Thing looks fantastic for the edge. Keep it up!

Will do, I plan on doing a full review on the Marine Pac 3 once i get it. :)

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Welcome to NR. Your tank is really great. I love the scape and coral/fish you have chosen. I wouldn't mind have a yellow watchman goby sometime.

 

Cute cockatiel. What a lucky bird that you rescued him!

 

I like depoltsdsu's suggestion about a HOB to hide a heater in and running media. If the heater is a submersible you can lay it down behind the rockwork and run the cord down the corner.

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Welcome to NR. Your tank is really great. I love the scape and coral/fish you have chosen. I wouldn't mind have a yellow watchman goby sometime.

 

Cute cockatiel. What a lucky bird that you rescued him!

 

I like depoltsdsu's suggestion about a HOB to hide a heater in and running media. If the heater is a submersible you can lay it down behind the rockwork and run the cord down the corner.

Thanks!

My preorder was accepted for a marine pac 3, so soon i wont have anything in the tank but my vortech.

http://saltwater-conversion.com/products/marine-pac-3

Should be at my doorstep in a month or less. Neil does fine work.

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Oops, when I saw your ordered a marine pac, I was thinking it was coral frags. Ha ha my bad. I am sure the new tank will be beautiful. You seem to have a knack and an eye for scapes.

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Wow, looks great. I love the before and after pics with the new light - it really shows what a difference lighting makes, not only to the look of the tank, but to how well the corals grow and open up.

 

Love the bird :wub:

 

I'm really looking forward to seeing the PAC-3, it looks so cool on the website but I've never actually seen one in use.

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Wow, looks great. I love the before and after pics with the new light - it really shows what a difference lighting makes, not only to the look of the tank, but to how well the corals grow and open up.

 

Love the bird :wub:

 

I'm really looking forward to seeing the PAC-3, it looks so cool on the website but I've never actually seen one in use.

Thanks! The lighting is crazy awesome...

I love my bird hes currently sitting on my head chewing my hair :P Hopefully he lives for 25 years like my moms Cockatiel.

I also moved my vortech up higher in my tank and my duncans extended really far, its the biggest I've ever seen them get, holy moly. Infact i just noticed its growing another head that's 2 heads in 2 months on just one Duncan!

 

Ill do a full video update once the marine pac is in. Off of the tank (running in a bucket) and on the tank working.

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I've been looking into setting up a 12 gallon edge with the marine pac 3, so I will definitely be following along

Thanks for the follow!

Yeah if you have a Edge 2 the Marine Pac 3 is the way to go.

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Just took an update picture of the second head i just found. ( to the left of the other new head) No idea if the other 3 Duncuns have any new heads.

 

 

 

8-17-2015- Definitely new heads on other Duncuns i counted 3 so far not including the ones i just showed.

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Little update Got 5 mame airstones in the mail today. Also tomorrow is my day off, so i'm going to frag some Zoas in my nano frag tank and put them in my main display. General tank maintenance tomorrow before i go to the local fish store. (corals maybe ;)) Corals probably*.

Pictures tomorrow.

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