Marco Madeira Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Hi guys... After 3 Reef tanks and after 3 years without them, I started my new 55G cube. Hope you like... Tank: 25" * 20" * 27" - 55G Sump: 25" * 10" * 14" - 10 G Its a Deltec MicroSystems Sump, you can see pictures of it in here: Deltec Sump Microsystem It have an Deltec Skimmer inside, similar to an AP525. Water Circulation: Vortech MP10 + Koralia 3 Return: Eheim Compact 2000 Heater: Jagger 200W Light: 5 Par38 bulbs (2 RapidLeds and 3 Ecoxotics) Rock: 12lbs of live rock + 12lbs of dead rock. Carib Sea sugar size sand - About 2" Water change: 10% every week with natural water. Some photos: Tank Landscape 2 days ago, the Par38 lamps arrived... Hope you like guys... please make some comments. Thanks Link to comment
fewskillz Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Beautiful setup so far. What are you planning to keep in it? Link to comment
Marco Madeira Posted June 23, 2011 Author Share Posted June 23, 2011 Hi, Mainly SPS and LPS, about 7 or 8 small fishes. Thanks guys Link to comment
Marco Madeira Posted July 7, 2011 Author Share Posted July 7, 2011 i guys... I upgraded the lightning system with 2 new Ecoxotic Par38 bulbs. I think that now the system its ready to received some SPS to test their response to this bulbs . Some pics, Link to comment
Arkayology Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Very nice. Looking forward to seeing the coral growth with those lights. Link to comment
chews2006 Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 What fixtures are you using with your par38 LED's? How are they mounted? I really like those Link to comment
Marco Madeira Posted July 29, 2011 Author Share Posted July 29, 2011 What fixtures are you using with your par38 LED's? How are they mounted? I really like those Hi, Those are IKEA fixtures... http://www.ikea.com/pt/pt/catalog/products/00110640 Cheap and easy to setup. I painted them in black. Some pics with some sps plugs that I glued on the rock some weeks ago... Now, lets see how corals will react to the PAR38 bulbs... Link to comment
Marco Madeira Posted August 3, 2011 Author Share Posted August 3, 2011 Hi guys... Some new frags and some new photos. I can see some color improvement as well as some growth on the plugs... Link to comment
Marco Madeira Posted October 13, 2011 Author Share Posted October 13, 2011 Hi guys, a friend of myne took some photos. Little update... Hope you like. The corals have been respoding very well to the leds. Getting big and with good colors. Link to comment
Finkle Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Awesome looking tank. I have Boost LED's par 30's on my biocube 29 and i love em. Link to comment
Marco Madeira Posted December 28, 2011 Author Share Posted December 28, 2011 After 6 months running... some more pics that I took today. Hope you guys like them. Link to comment
CONSTANTNE Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Awesome looking aquascape! I like those fixtures. Did you use the bases of the fixtures or screwed the rods to the stand? Link to comment
JR! Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 really awesome tank. following along! Link to comment
Marco Madeira Posted January 2, 2012 Author Share Posted January 2, 2012 Awesome looking aquascape! I like those fixtures. Did you use the bases of the fixtures or screwed the rods to the stand? Hi Constantine... They are just taped in to the back of the tank but I´m in the process of changing them to something like this: http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/lofiversio...t234391-50.html Jrmiller... thanks! Link to comment
milk Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 hey - hows the growth been with the par38s? I couldn't really tell from the pics - is it comparable to halides? Link to comment
Marco Madeira Posted January 12, 2012 Author Share Posted January 12, 2012 hey - hows the growth been with the par38s? I couldn't really tell from the pics - is it comparable to halides? Good growth... comparable with T5 ou halides. But IMO growth with leds depends on the amount of leds that you put in to the tank and growth of corals in a tank depends on other things, not just light. But I´m really happy with the growth and colors that the corals are showing right now! Link to comment
marine_man_jay Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 thats not bad mate nice colours and growth some really nice sps there nice scape to Link to comment
Marco Madeira Posted February 9, 2012 Author Share Posted February 9, 2012 thats not bad mate nice colours and growth some really nice sps there nice scape to Thanks marine_man. Guys, Change the light fixture and here are some new photos. Hope you like: Link to comment
Criley7 Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Awesome tank and great pictures. Link to comment
Rehype Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Wow beautiful tank marc! Love the aquascape and all the pics!Stunning Link to comment
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