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Current Full Tank Shot:

 

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January 29, 2024

 

Past Full Tank Shots:

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January 2024

 

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August 2-23

 

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February 2023

 

January 2022

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November 2021

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October 2020

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March 7 2019

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EQUIPMENT:

Tank: IM NUVO INT 75G

Sump: Synergy Reef Systems CL-34 (33g)
Skimmer: Skimz Monzter SM167

Lights: 2 Ecotech xr30 G4 Pro with RMS mounts

Flow: 2x MP40QD

Return: 1x Vectra M2

Heater: 150W IM Helios

RODI: BRS 150G

Controller: APEX A3 + Trident + FMM

Doser: APEX DOS

 

SUPPLEMENTS & ADDITIVES:

KZ Pohl's Extra

KZ Coral Vilatizer

KZ Coral Booster -

KZ Amino Acid LPS

KZ Pohl's Extra Special

ReefRoids

Reef Chili

Rod's Food

 

CHAPTERS:

The tank arrives 12.23.2020

The First Fish 4.8.2020

The First Corals 7.19.2020

New Fish 9.28.2020

Corals from Mitten 10.29.2020

Red Bugs! 10.17.2021

LPS Haul 11.3.2021

Mini Bar Goes In 11.10.2021

Sand Algae Problems 11.20.2021

SPS Color Improvements! 1.12.2022

Crash 2.16.2022

Reboot 3.13.2022

Reboot 2 1.1.2023

Trident 1.1.2023

Moving 8.9.2023

Cherry Corals SPS Haul 9.1.2023

Cultivated Reef SPS Haul 9.12.2023

Unique Coral SPS Haul 1.6.2024

CC Coral Haul 1.10.2024

 

FISH:

Potter's Angel

Yellow Eye Kole Tang

2x ORA Frostbite Clownfish

Melanarus Wrasse

Diamond Goby

 

CORAL LIST:

 

LARGE POLYP STONY CORALS:

Ultra Torch (CC)

Torch #1 (CC)

Dragon Soul Torch (ex-friend)

Toxic Green Hammer

Gold Hammer

ORA Red Goniopora (CC)

CC Bullet Proof Elegance (CC)

 

 

SOFT CORAL:

Eagle Eye Zoa

Orange Rhodactus Mushroom

Gold Plume Gorgonian

Orange Spiny Gorgonian

 

SMALL POLYP STONY CORALS:

Montipora Spongodes (CC)

Toxic Anacropora (CC)

Yellow Anacropora (TSA)

Teal Stag (TSA)

Green Slimer (UQ)

Red Slimer (UQ)

Myagi Tort (UQ)

Yellow Millepora (UQ)

CR Eternal Flame (CC)

CC Purple Tip Echinata (CC)

ATL Shades of Fall Nasuta (CC)
Copps Efflo (CC)

Blue Slimer (CR)

Telah Monster (CR)

RR Pink Cadillac CR)

Oregon Tort (CR)

Cali Tort (CR)

Green Ghost (UC)

Incredible Hulk (UC)

Slytherin stag  (UC)

Cherry blossom (UC)

ORA Skyline Granulosa (CC)

JF Fox Flame (CC)

CC Needle in a Haystack (CC)

TSA Bill Murray (CC)

 

 

 

INVERTS:

Emerald Crabs (WWC)

Assorted Snails (WWC)

 

 

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I wouldnt go with the deep blue tanks if your looking to do stags. Not enough height to scape and leave for vertical growth, I think they are only like 16" tall?. If your doing sps i vote NB hybrid, i love mine, its a definite must.


Also wouldnt do the AIO, id go with a sumped system.

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My vote is CADlights 45G Versa with Nano Box Hybrid.

The only thing holding me back with cadlights is I want a custom sump, and their tanks come with a sump. I wonder if they'd knock off the price of the sump for me.

I wouldnt go with the deep blue tanks if your looking to do stags. Not enough height to scape and leave for vertical growth, I think they are only like 16" tall?. If your doing sps i vote NB hybrid, i love mine, its a definite must.

Also wouldnt do the AIO, id go with a sumped system.

AIO is only on the list for my budget friendly option. Definitely not my first choice.

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Christopher Marks

Don't be afraid to get in touch with them, they may offer to remove the sump from the package for a discount. It never hurts to ask anyways :)

 

Or if you can only get it as a package, maybe you could resell the sump to another hobbyist to recoup some cost towards your custom sump?

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Don't be afraid to get in touch with them, they may offer to remove the sump from the package for a discount. It never hurts to ask anyways :)

 

Or if you can only get it as a package, maybe you could resell the sump to another hobbyist to recoup some cost towards your custom sump?

Ooooh I like that idea.

 

Now it just comes down to dimensions/size.

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After seeing those IM ext tanks, that's the tank I want to go with. Likely going to have a simple sump with a strong skimmer then plumb a frag tank into it. I'd rather grow out the frags from 1-2" in a seperate system before moving them to the display.

 

IM EXT 50G

custom stand

Deep Blue 30G shallow for the frag tank

Radion g4 x 2

MP40 x 2

Mp10 x 2 (frag)

vertex skimmer

ecotech vectra return

eheim jager heater

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28 minutes ago, TheKleinReef said:

After seeing those IM ext tanks, that's the tank I want to go with. Likely going to have a simple sump with a strong skimmer then plumb a frag tank into it. I'd rather grow out the frags from 1-2" in a seperate system before moving them to the display.

 

IM EXT 50G

custom stand

Deep Blue 30G shallow for the frag tank

Radion g4 x 2

MP40 x 2

Mp10 x 2 (frag)

vertex skimmer

ecotech vectra return

eheim jager heater

One hell of a list Roger, can’t wait to see it. 

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Got a house. Plan changed. In wall tank, with a fish room. Need a good 48x24x?? tank to fit a good section into the wall. 

It's either that or a peninsula tank but no fish room, and the frag tank would need to be combined with a sump (which I don't want to do).

 

I keep coming back to the deep blue tanks, but the overflow box worries me. 

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Planning is in full swing. 

Likely going to get @mpsti05‘s old tank. 30x20x16. Hella excited to plan this from scratch this time. 

 

I need ideas for a sump area though. Send me inspiration. Nothing has caught my eye this far. I might just make a huge custom sump and incorporate the frag tank as opposed to having a serperate tank. What are your thoughts NR?

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Christopher Marks
8 hours ago, TheKleinReef said:

Planning is in full swing. 

Likely going to get @mpsti05‘s old tank. 30x20x16. Hella excited to plan this from scratch this time. 

 

I need ideas for a sump area though. Send me inspiration. Nothing has caught my eye this far. I might just make a huge custom sump and incorporate the frag tank as opposed to having a serperate tank. What are your thoughts NR?

Ooh that’s awesome! Are you considering a display sump like side by side? Or a sump and a plumbed in frag tank too?

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3 hours ago, Christopher Marks said:

Ooh that’s awesome! Are you considering a display sump like side by side? Or a sump and a plumbed in frag tank too?

 

2 hours ago, micoastreefing said:

Look at @xiaoxiy‘s side-by-side setup. Display on the counter with look-down frag system. 

 

Definitely not a side by side. I don't want to keep the frag tank aesthetically pleasing. I want 100% attention on the display and have the frag tank for grow out/propagation only.

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Definitely not a side by side. I don't want to keep the frag tank aesthetically pleasing. I want 100% attention on the display and have the frag tank for grow out/propagation only.

just gonna leave this here for you.  

 

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6 minutes ago, micoastreefing said:

just gonna leave this here for you.  

 

cool idea, but I don't think I'll have the tank out in the room like that. There's a high chance it'll be in wall. or  at least the sump will be behind a wall and the tank's out in front. The Space available is about 48x21" unless I have a side panel in the main room and the front panel in the hallway, which isn't ideal for a beautiful rimless tank.

 

more concise point: I don't have room for a stand like that.

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The wall I wanted to put the tank in is load bearing. I’d rather not mess with a load bearing wall. 

 

probably going to have tank on one side and sump/frag tank on the other. 

Maybe reuse my old 48x24x10 frag tank. 

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