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New Finnex Start Up


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OK not much new. Just waiting for cycle. Quite One 3000 ordered. Finnex repaired hood on the way back. Skimmer running nice and producing GOOD foam. PC bulb's arrived. 10K/50 actinic running. Custom Acrylic hood in process.

 

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FTS!

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Came home from work today and noticed a little something. Green algae growing. On LR and sand. WTF! Can it be cycled already? Noticed PODS all over on glass. Take a look:

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Tests all came up with big fat zero's.

 

Opinions?

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Ever wonder what a Finnex T5 hood looks like torn apart?

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Next photo shows Coralife 2X65W added to acrylic DIY hood. (not finished yet)

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More stuff on BLOG. B)

 

Still waiting for a few answers to post above. Anybody? Oh, somebody pointed out my little friend the apstatia by the 3rd hole on the left! :angry::angry:

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Little update. As you can see from the post above the lights are ready to be done. I will be working on them this weekend. Going to be a great weekend to finish it up. 12-15" of snow is taking aim at the Twin Cities!

 

I received the Quiet One 3000 yesterday. I took out the old pump, dropped(shoehorned) the new one in and.....

 

Quiet One my BUTT! Holy cow that thing was LOUD. So I took it out and installed stock pump back in. That was a waste of 3 hours.

 

I have started to measure a little ammonia in the tank. PH fine. CA at 375 and climbing.

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Wahoooo! Cycle done. Lights done. Tank done.

 

New DIY acrylic hood enclosure holding 96W's of T5's and 130W's of PC's.

 

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Bring on the credit card. :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

 

More build pics!SaltyPolak

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Wahoooo! Cycle done. Lights done. Tank done.

 

New DIY acrylic hood enclosure holding 96W's of T5's and 130W's of PC's.

 

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Bring on the credit card. :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

 

More build pics!SaltyPolak

Your fish will be able to get a tan! Seriously, that looks very good.

 

Bill

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Your fish will be able to get a tan! Seriously, that looks very good.

 

Bill

Thanks, It turned out pretty nice.

Yeah but the corals will be happy!

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Now the fun part starts. Cleaner crew ordered. Delivery Wednesday. Started dripping Kalk last night. 1-2 drips per second into return chamber. 1 gallon total over 24 hours or so.

 

Full round of tests and water change tonight. :happy:

 

10 Nass

15 Turbos

1 Emerald

1 Cleaner Shrimp

2 Peppermints

1 Fighting conch

1 serpent star

1 Nudi (always wanted one :lol: )

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Now the fun part starts. Cleaner crew ordered. Delivery Wednesday. Started dripping Kalk last night. 1-2 drips per second into return chamber. 1 gallon total over 24 hours or so.

 

Full round of tests and water change tonight. :happy:

 

10 Nass

15 Turbos

1 Emerald

1 Cleaner Shrimp

2 Peppermints

1 Fighting conch

1 serpent star

1 Nudi (always wanted one :lol: )

 

Cleaner crew in.

 

Added a True Perc and a 6-Line Wrasse! Not just wait until the tank gets a lil more established and off the the "coral store" :D

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