thedoogan Posted November 9, 2012 Author Share Posted November 9, 2012 Beautiful setup. Looks so sanitary!!!! Love it, can't wait for the livestock and corals. Question, where did you get the display tank? Hopefully not for long, wishing for coralline takeover. I designed the tank and a local builder made it. He put in black glass overflow+ back panel and did a great job on the seams. Very neat work. I thought I was Impatient to stock my tank. Someone get this guy some dr. Tim's and lets get this rolling. Seriously I can't wait to see how this turns out. Thanks haha. Actually this thing cycled in two days. It's ready to go and already has a first inhabitant, a cleaner shrimp. I had rock seeding in a brute can for 5 months feeding ammonia everyday! Link to comment
Leatherneck3755 Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 For sure. This tank has made my day. The presentation is inspiring. Link to comment
najluni15 Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 For my Gu10s I have a few Royal Blue and a few neutral whites. I have 3 royal blue and 3 neutral white on my frag section and 3 neutral white on my fuge....plenty of light...Just hook it up to a plug and your set to go. Wire them the way tiny giant did....makes it a lot easier Link to comment
thedoogan Posted November 10, 2012 Author Share Posted November 10, 2012 For my Gu10s I have a few Royal Blue and a few neutral whites. I have 3 royal blue and 3 neutral white on my frag section and 3 neutral white on my fuge....plenty of light...Just hook it up to a plug and your set to go. Wire them the way tiny giant did....makes it a lot easier Thanks I'll check it out. Link to comment
fullmonti Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 What a well thought out compact & beautiful system! Link to comment
albertthiel Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 Very nice system ... now you just have to start putting some life forms in it ... :-) Link to comment
phild3791 Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 Stunning. absolutely amazing build. The proportions are right on. I am in the middle of a build and debating locating the Apex head and outlet box inside the cabinet. Are you worried about salt creep condensation? Link to comment
thedoogan Posted November 11, 2012 Author Share Posted November 11, 2012 Very nice system ... now you just have to start putting some life forms in it ... :-) That's starting to happen right now Stunning. absolutely amazing build. The proportions are right on. I am in the middle of a build and debating locating the Apex head and outlet box inside the cabinet. Are you worried about salt creep condensation? Yup, that is a worry I have. No signs of salt creep making it up that far yet, it's still early. This is one of the reasons why I have the two fans in the back, one pushes air in and one pulls air out of the cabinet. I haven't been able to turn on the one pushing air out yet because it's close to the skimmer which isn't broken in yet and pushing out a lot of micro bubbles. Who knows if I'll ever be able to use that fan to push air out. Link to comment
snowboardkid26 Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 Amazing tank, and beautiful build! You have definately sparked my jealousy! Link to comment
boxboy Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 The best build ive seen an a long time, great job! Make sure you keep photo updates alive! Link to comment
thedoogan Posted November 15, 2012 Author Share Posted November 15, 2012 Here is a quick macro timelapse I did of my metallic green torch taking a poop. gotta full-screen 1080p that! Got some new toys for the display tank, clownfish are moved in and happy. Updates soon. Link to comment
rb1685 Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Here is a quick macro timelapse I did of my metallic green torch taking a poop. gotta full-screen 1080p that! Got some new toys for the display tank, clownfish are moved in and happy. Updates soon. LOL Link to comment
albertthiel Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Here is a quick macro timelapse I did of my metallic green torch taking a poop. gotta full-screen 1080p that! Got some new toys for the display tank, clownfish are moved in and happy. Updates soon. ROFL indeed ... nice capture .. Link to comment
Leatherneck3755 Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 I am so glad I subscribed, please continue to post photos of the entire system!!! Link to comment
aaron1987 Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 Make with the updates! Link to comment
Xanthi Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 This is Awesome..following along. Link to comment
TimothyJ Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 Amazing build. More photos! Link to comment
thedoogan Posted November 20, 2012 Author Share Posted November 20, 2012 So I have the two clownfish in the tank now and they are doing well. I also transferred over my metallic green torch which has lost some color since I got it. I have the Radion on 30% intensity going from 20k in the morning to 18k, 12k, 10k mid-day and back down the cycle to 20k, 9am to 9pm. It seems this might still be a bit much for the torch, it's a little pale on one side with one small tentacle fully white. A few of the tips are also starting to turn white, but very minimal. Anyone have experience with the Radion and acclimation on very shallow tanks? I got a few new toys and some of the last pieces to the puzzle. The Marine Magic triple dosing pump and TLF reactor for carbon and rowaphos. Hopefully this dosing pump works out, i've heard decent reviews. This is how I have to program it and calibrate with my setup. Link to comment
Leatherneck3755 Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 So excited!!!! Link to comment
Julian_blnc Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Beautiful Tank, loving the clean lines and scape, totally jealous Link to comment
SDartifex Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Nice undercarriage, loaded to the brim but well organized. As for the bleaching I don't really have much experience with radion's but I have experienced this with some DIY LED setups in the past. I ended up just cutting hours because turning down the power was a crap shoot in most cases. I'd go 3 hr's the first day and add an hour each day up until the 5 hr mark and then add 30 min after that to a full light cycle. Colors would still fade out here and there but I think it was more related to running a low nutrient system rather than the light after I started using that acclimation technique. Link to comment
Spirofucci Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 I don't have any experience with the Radion on a shallow, but I have read quite a few threads that people wished they would have started higher because there was not enough light and they actually lost some corals. When I first got mine I started off low and planned on raising the intensity and hours gradually, but I figured my stock lighting was very good so after a week I just put it on natural mode at 100% for 12 hours a day......no problems. Link to comment
aaron1987 Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 I'm a bit surprised to hear you're having troubles with the torch - typically they're pretty accepting of high light. I have mine off center but at the top of my tank under a Kessil a-350 on 80%. Have you been feeding the torch? I would expect it to be belching zooxanthellae were you hitting it with too much light. My suspicion is that your light isn't the culprit, or it's actually too low. Link to comment
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