Atheris Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 As I'm tired of annoying the people of facebook with my bombardment of tank photos, I've decided to come back to the place where others understand the obsession. During the next week I will be moving my 46 bowfront stock to a 40 breeder due to sketchy seals. I'm also tired of the narrowness of my bowfront and have always been a fan of all your 40B reef setups so PLEASE, critique me because this is my first attempt with this wonderous, wide tank So far got my background krylon'd on and getting my overflow hooked up. Scored the tank during my store's Dollar a Gallon sale (on top of employee discount, muahaha) and decided it was time for a new begining! Stay along for the ride, many more pictures to come! Link to comment
atrox Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Add to the 40 breeders thread welcome to the 40! Link to comment
Atheris Posted April 12, 2014 Author Share Posted April 12, 2014 Sorry! It's been awhile, thank you! I'm sorry atrox, how do you move topics elsewhere? Link to comment
atrox Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 http://www.nano-reef.com/topic/328862-the-40b-club/?fromsearch=1 Link to comment
Atheris Posted April 30, 2014 Author Share Posted April 30, 2014 A few picture updates, buying my skimmer this friday! First time ever using a sump, gotta say there's no going back Link to comment
Atheris Posted May 7, 2014 Author Share Posted May 7, 2014 Extra updates, ahhh so empty!! D: A few more, learning the magic of photobucket.. Night mode Trumpet Closeup of my monti frag Mr jeffery welcomes the tank! Can't wait to get my skimmer next week! Tired of these weekly water changes -__- Caulerpa ferm, sea grapes, chaeto, and dragons breath for the fuge! Link to comment
Atheris Posted May 12, 2014 Author Share Posted May 12, 2014 Added my Dragon's Breath, tank is still a little cloudy. That damn goby keeps picking up my sand love him though! Also, I picked up an ATI Blue Plus bulb for my fixture and swapped out one of my 10000k's. Think it looks better with less white. Send me some feedback on what I should do next! This project and my patience is killing me http://s1264.photobucket.com/user/startechcs/media/WP_20140511_20_04_17_Pro__highres_zpse7a5bd9e.jpg.html'> http://s1264.photobucket.com/user/startechcs/media/WP_20140511_20_06_05_Pro__highres_zps3ca22ea1.jpg.html'> p.s. also added purigen in the overflow, think that'll help some with my still pissed off pulsing xenia? Link to comment
Paleoreef103 Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Can't wait to get my skimmer next week! Tired of these weekly water changes -__- Looks good, but a skimmer isn't a replacement for weekly water changes. Trust me. 10% water changes weekly are something your tank will thank you for. Link to comment
Atheris Posted May 12, 2014 Author Share Posted May 12, 2014 Alright, I'll keep those up then. I know from my research that skimmers do take a lot out of the system, I just dont want to stress out the inhabitants by being in there too much D: Link to comment
Atheris Posted May 12, 2014 Author Share Posted May 12, 2014 night time shots http://s1264.photobucket.com/user/startechcs/media/WP_20140511_22_56_24_Pro__highres_zps75f1d087.jpg.html'> http://s1264.photobucket.com/user/startechcs/media/WP_20140511_22_56_07_Pro__highres_zpse33227d2.jpg.html'> I modified my sump/fuge setup. Working with an ex-wet/dry sump makes it real difficult, the fact that my macros float bugs the hell out of me. Any ideas/fixes to best modify this type of sump guys? http://s1264.photobucket.com/user/startechcs/media/WP_20140511_22_56_42_Pro__highres_zpsab5d3207.jpg.html'> http://s1264.photobucket.com/user/startechcs/media/WP_20140511_22_57_07_Pro__highres_zpsc2d93458.jpg.html'> http://s1264.photobucket.com/user/startechcs/media/WP_20140511_22_57_17_Pro__highres_zps39696e8f.jpg.html'> Thanks guys Link to comment
farkwar Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Time to wash the sock. Get 5 more(100 microns are best) and change them every few days. Pull them out when they get like what you have and put them in the washer when you have 5 dirty ones. No soap, no bleach, just hot water with extra rinse cycles. Turkey baster suction that detritus in the sump. Link to comment
Atheris Posted May 12, 2014 Author Share Posted May 12, 2014 Yeah only having two socks is getting rediculous to clean. This one is 100 micron, I'll probably pick up a few more this weekend then. I just changed this sock 2 days ago! Crazy how fast they get clogged Link to comment
GHill762 Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 looking good so far. yeah the more socks you can get the better (BRS has them pretty cheap).. I have 5 or 6, when I had 2 I quit using them because cleaning them was a PITA, but when you have a bunch it's pretty easy.. I take one out, rinse it to get as much off/out as I can, then put them all in a bag until I'm down to my last one.. then I wash them on hot with bleach, then I wash them a second time in cold water with no bleach.. they come out looking new and don't smell like bleach.. Link to comment
Atheris Posted May 13, 2014 Author Share Posted May 13, 2014 I figured bleach would work well, that's what reefcleaners.org's website said to do to clean the socks. Throwing them in the was is getting tedious every few days lol. Thank you! Oh, and what's a good bulb arrangement for my quad T5 fixture? I searched the forums, but there are so many different preferences people have. I want to get away from the whiteness, even with 3x actinics, that single 10000k bulb still washes out alot of the coral's color -__- I will be eventually replacing these with all ATI bulbs, so let me know what'd work best to put out the best colors avoiding white Link to comment
GHill762 Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Did you look in the "t5ho bulb info" sticky in the lighting section? Lots of setups in there. I ran aquablue special, blue plus, Fiji purple, and actinic and I loved the color and my corals did really well under that combo. Link to comment
Atheris Posted May 13, 2014 Author Share Posted May 13, 2014 That sounds like a super killer combo, I love the purple, seems like a great replacement for 10000k. I also hear a lot of people doing 3x actinic and a single GE6500k. Not sure how that spectrum wont look overly 'yellow'. Awesome, I'll check out that sticky. Thanks for all your help and feedback man!! Link to comment
Atheris Posted May 14, 2014 Author Share Posted May 14, 2014 Some more pics, anchored down my macros with some LR, now it's not free floating and bothersome also took a better pic of the frags while the the pumps were off during my WC. I'm so juiced over this project!! Cant wait to get to the level you guys are at! http://s1264.photobucket.com/user/startechcs/media/WP_20140513_18_02_31_Pro__highres_zpse02f53e6.jpg.html'> http://s1264.photobucket.com/user/startechcs/media/WP_20140513_18_05_11_Pro__highres_zpsfeafa061.jpg.html'> http://s1264.photobucket.com/user/startechcs/media/WP_20140513_18_08_43_Pro__highres_zps01e432db.jpg.html'> http://s1264.photobucket.com/user/startechcs/media/WP_20140513_18_08_08_Pro__highres_zps6a3583f5.jpg.html'> http://s1264.photobucket.com/user/startechcs/media/WP_20140513_18_06_45_Pro__highres_zpse7db921c.jpg.html'> http://s1264.photobucket.com/user/startechcs/media/WP_20140513_18_05_38_Pro_zpsdd7e4e07.jpg.html'> http://s1264.photobucket.com/user/startechcs/media/WP_20140513_18_05_57_Pro__highres_zpse0a834a8.jpg.html'> http://s1264.photobucket.com/user/startechcs/media/WP_20140513_18_21_30_Pro__highres_zps44297274.jpg.html'> http://s1264.photobucket.com/user/startechcs/media/WP_20140513_18_21_10_Pro__highres_zps3dfce4c7.jpg.html'> Link to comment
Atheris Posted May 16, 2014 Author Share Posted May 16, 2014 FINALLY got my skimmer!! My employee discount plus price matching brought this bad boy down to 75 bucks > I also swapped out my sump lighting with a 23w 6500k CFL. Think the macros will like that better than a 10w 50/50? http://s1264.photobucket.com/user/startechcs/media/WP_20140516_15_55_31_Pro__highres_zpsfa072c8a.jpg.html'> http://s1264.photobucket.com/user/startechcs/media/WP_20140516_15_55_40_Pro__highres_zpsd74dd0a2.jpg.html'> http://s1264.photobucket.com/user/startechcs/media/WP_20140516_15_56_02_Pro__highres_zpsc3755452.jpg.html'> Still need to calibrate it for 'dry' skimming, the manual said it'd take up to 2 days to be broken in though. Still, impressive amount of bubbles happening!! http://s1264.photobucket.com/user/startechcs/media/WP_20140516_15_56_39_Pro__highres_zps1c933f45.jpg.html'> http://s1264.photobucket.com/user/startechcs/media/1ae9a971-d133-45da-ae24-83eedfe689c8_zps92478c2f.jpg.html'> Annnd this handsome devil Link to comment
Atheris Posted May 19, 2014 Author Share Posted May 19, 2014 Well it sure was fun posting my project here... lol Link to comment
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