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FTS: 6/01/2016 new scape

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So this a Lee Mar 50 Gallon Starphire Glass Aquarium with 2 Returns and a Durso Standpipe Overflow

 

Equipment:

 

Up Top:

 

MP10

Jebao RW-4

AquaticLife T5 Retro Fit with 4 x V3 Arrays Blue Fish Controlled with a Coral + and Purple +

 

Below:

 

Reef Angel Plus Controller

ATO

24 Gallon Sump

SCA 303 Skimmer

Aquatop 250 Watt Heater

2x 5000k CFL for Refugium/Scrubber

Aqua PR20/20 Reactor for Carbon

DIY Algae Scrubber

Quiet One 2200 Return Pump

 

Live Stock:

Pair of Premium Snowflake Clowns

Midas Blenny

Yellow Tang (Bring it...)

Mated Pair of Mandarin Dragonets

Cleaner Shrimp

CUC (includes 1 Conch)

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Cencalfishguy56

SO. I traded a quadcopter I built for this https://medford.craigslist.org/for/5553008842.html

 

AMAZING DEAL I KNOW!!!!!!

 

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So this a Lee Mar 50 Gallon Starphire Glass Aquarium with 2 Returns and a a Durso Standpipe Overflow

 

Equipment:

 

Up Top:

 

MP10

Jebao RW-4

AquaticLife T5 Retro Fit with 2x V3 Arrays Blue Fish Controlled (soon to have new coral + and purple +)

 

Below:

 

Reef Angel Plus Controller (main uses ATO and Temp control)

20 Gallon Sump

SCA 303 Skimmer

Aquatop 250 Watt Heater

LED Bulb for Refugium

Aqua PR20/20 Reactor for Carbon (Rox 0.8)

Quiet One Return Pump

 

Live Stock:

Pair of Premium Snowflake Clowns

Midas Blenny (I do not have a lid for this setup and a little nervous...)

Pygmy Angel

Cleaner Shrimp

CUC (includes 2 Conchs)

 

Future Live Stock:

1 Kole Yellow Tang

or

Pair of Fire Fish

or

Dope ass wrasse (probably a flasher)

or ????? open to suggestions :) I want something either super active or pretty and red like the firefish for example :)

 

Super excited I got this out of the deal!!!

 

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Currently I have a trash can full of LR circulating with a heater along with just the sump hahah

 

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Just looking at the sump anything you guys would do? I plan to add a bit more rock to the refugium and add some filter pads between one of the baffles before the return. Also should I get a plant bulb? Like the LED Pink ones? I plan to run opposite light cycles. I will also be adding a reactor with carbon. where should the reactor be? Before skimmer after?

 

I AM NEW TO SUMPS!!!!! :D :D :D

 

I have tons and tons of rock now also so I am definitely going to make this an amazing scape.

 

Tomorrow I have to head to hardware store to pickup some pvc pipe due to cutting some to transfer tank.

 

Existing sand is in water and not disturbed much all live rock is established and I really am not worried about a cycle. Everything will be transferred over tomorrow and setup. CAN'T WAIT IT IS LIKE CHRISTMAS EVE FOR ME!

 

Open to suggestions and comments please!

ok so for your sump it looks pretty good to me, you can add polyfill or filter pads if you would like but I just stuff my filter sock with the blue filter padding since I have a box of it lol as for reactor I run it in the first section along with my protein skimmer, although I haven't even used it due to the fact I'm doing fairly well with just water changes and skimming/macroalgae, as for a sump light I'm using a 12in finnex coral+ LED light from when I had a little 2.5 setup lol I'm actually surprised it's growing all my macroalgae since I have no red in the spectrum, I do plan on going with aquamaxx nemo fuge light from marine depot for like $80 lol my caulerpa has been growing like crazy which I highly recommend along with chaeto as they have been the fastest growers for me, also a yellow eye kole tang would be dope as I know they are one of the few who do well in smaller tanks, I think you'll love having a sump, it's really nice having everything hidden and not hanging off the back, my last tank had an HOB skimmer and AC 50 along with heater on inside of tank haha it looked like a madhouse
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Cool! I think will have the intake of the carbon in the skimmer area and the out take under some liverock in te fuge to add a little flow. Personally I probably won't spend 80 (or 25) on a fuge light hahahah

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HarryPotter

No idea! Haven't actually hooked it up yet! :)

From the picture I thought the prefilters look like they might need to be replaced. BRS sells a complete kit that will include the prefilters and DI, should make it operate like new if the membrane is in good condition

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From the picture I thought the prefilters look like they might need to be replaced. BRS sells a complete kit that will include the prefilters and DI, should make it operate like new if the membrane is in good condition

Sounds good! I'll plug it in and check! It should be at 0 correct? Also tank came with a Yellow tang which is temporarily in my 29g tehe..keep him or take him to LFS?

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HarryPotter

Sounds good! I'll plug it in and check! It should be at 0 correct? Also tank came with a Yellow yang which is temporarily in my 29g tehe..keep him or take him to LFS?

Output of DI should be 0, correct. If not the DI resin is exhausted and the RO system might need some help as well.

 

How large?

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Output of DI should be 0, correct. If not the DI resin is exhausted and the RO system might need some help as well.

 

 

 

How large?

 

Mmmm smaller than my Palm. Maybe 3inch circle. I was thinking trade him in for a kole tang

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HarryPotter

Mmmm smaller than my Palm. Maybe 3inch circle. I was thinking trade him in for a kole tang

Or trade him in for a really small one

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Or trade him in for a really small one

If I take him in I don't want a a fish who will outgrow the 50. I'll probably take him in and see what pretty fish they got :)

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Looks good and just keep the fish.........everyone needs a tang :D

Ya think???? I just feel I am pushing on the literal size of the tank. I'm not worried about water quality just actual size

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Talk about an upgrade lol. Never heard of Lee Mar but that looks sweet. What are the dimensions?

 

To be honest I think the Tang is really probably fine in 50G.

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Talk about an upgrade lol. Never heard of Lee Mar but that looks sweet. What are the dimensions?

 

To be honest I think the Tang is really probably fine in 50G.

30l×20d×18t yeah I know it would but I already have a Yellow fish :D I am actually worried about the midas blenny jumping because I do not have a lid for this new build..

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30l×20d×18t yeah I know it would but I already have a Yellow fish :D I am actually worried about the midas blenny jumping because I do not have a lid for this new build..

Sounds like you need to buy a top from Smiz. :)

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Yep. Artfully Acrylic also makes custom lids, thinking of ordering mine from there.

No way I'm spending 200 bucks on a lid haha

Also Watching the tang swim around he is dope I am keeping him.

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HarryPotter

No way I'm spending 200 bucks on a lid haha

 

 

Not that much. For a 48"x 21" or so the price is 160. Yours is 30x20, so I would assume around 120.

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Not that much. For a 48"x 21" or so the price is 160. Yours is 30x20, so I would assume around 120.

 

Oh really? It maybe worth it then:)

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Cencalfishguy56

Oh really? It maybe worth it then:)

yea hit up smiz he seems to hook people up and you have a healthy yellow tang night as well keep him :)
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Okay so I am almost done setting up. My trying to adjust skimmer but keep getting bubbles coming out of the top of the water output /flow adjustment. Skimmer is easily in a 10 in of water

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