xiaoxiy Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Some of you guys may recognize my old build thread, and remember that I was contemplating changing my system to a Reefer 170. I ended up going a different route, settling on a Ultum Nature Systems 60U. I've spent the past few weeks assembling a stand, building a new sump (with a frag compartment), and figuring out how to incorporate a doser system into my tank. I unfortunately suffered some coral STN/die-off after a huge bacterial bloom halfway into working on my new stand, but fortunately the bloom resolved and the corals are slowly recovering. Accidentally broke Mame, picked up ELOS MIDI as current tank. Stand: (45Lx24Wx30H) Assembled from 2x Ikea SEKTION Cabinets (Veddinge White) with Birch-White Washed Butcher Block Tank: Ultum Nature System 60U (~24x14x14) with frosted background ELOS MIDI Flow: -2 MP10s on Long Pulse Mode Sump: Repurposed Mr. Aqua 11.4G -Ice-Cap K250 -Sicce 2.0 Return Pump -Innovative Marine Desktop Reactor (80ml Carbon) -Tunze Nano ATO Frag Tank: De-rimmed 6Gallon Fluval Edge -El cheapo return pump and powerhead Lighting: -ATI 4x24W Powermodule: 2C+, 1B+, 1 Giesemann Super Purple -Nanobox Duo for Frag Tank (100% Blue, 33% White) -Nanobox Mini for Chaeto/Refugium (100% Blue, 30% White) Dosing: -Marine Magic Doser CoralBox Wifi Doser with Aquaforest Component 1, 2, 3 Tank: Reefer 170 Sump: Reefer 170 Sump Flow: 4 MP10s Filtration: Ice-Cap K250 Skimmer: Only on 8 hours a day Skimz Chaeto Reactor MBR127: 12 hour photoperiod Purigen Bag - Passive Filtration Live Rock Seachem Matrix Rubble Lighting: Nanobox-ATI Hybrid. 4x T5 bulbs and 4x NBR Arrays Doser: Coralbox Wifi 4 Headed Doser with the following liquids dosed throughout the day ATI Essentials Pro 1 & 2 EasyBooster Phyto NYOS Goldpods and NYOS Chromys Maintenance: Thanks to the NYOS Goldpods and NYOS Chromys, I no longer manually feed my tank. I've been autofeeding the tank with calanus and mysis for the past 3 months without issue. My main maintenance is to clean off the glass (every 1-2 days), empty the skimmer cup (every 1-2 weeks) and trim chaeto (every month or so). Otherwise, I just have to refill the ATO and replace the dosing solutions when they get low. The system is super low maintenance. Without further ado, here are the pictures: 5/11/2019 3/13/2018 1/21/2018 11/25/2017 Untitled by Xiaoxi Yang, on Flickr 11/8/2017 10/29/2017 Untitled by Xiaoxi Yang, on Flickr 10/24/2017 Untitled by Xiaoxi Yang, on Flickr 10/15/2017 IMG_1284 by Xiaoxi Yang, on Flickr IMG_1283 by Xiaoxi Yang, on Flickr IMG_1288 by Xiaoxi Yang, on Flickr 10 Quote Link to comment
xiaoxiy Posted April 5, 2017 Author Share Posted April 5, 2017 22 minutes ago, JR! said: pretty. i like Thanks JR. All I want right now is for things to recovery and start growing/coloring back up again. Quote Link to comment
tanacharison Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Looks great! Such a fun list of equipment, I can't wait to see it grow. 1 Quote Link to comment
1891Bro Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Man, that is one clean-n-sexy setup! ? 1 Quote Link to comment
J-Ranko Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Love this minimal branching/pillar scape! So much open volume in the display tank and still lots of surface area to attach corals. The MAME overflow with the clear back glass really adds to the open feel. 1 Quote Link to comment
xiaoxiy Posted April 5, 2017 Author Share Posted April 5, 2017 5 hours ago, tanacharison said: Looks great! Such a fun list of equipment, I can't wait to see it grow. Me neither. This has been a hectic half-year with parameter swings, contamination from fumes, and coral die-off. I'm praying that large feedings and keeping my hands out of the tank will facilitate the recovery of my corals back to their former glories. 5 hours ago, 1891Bro said: Man, that is one clean-n-sexy setup! ? Thanks! 5 hours ago, J-Ranko said: Love this minimal branching/pillar scape! So much open volume in the display tank and still lots of surface area to attach corals. The MAME overflow with the clear back glass really adds to the open feel. The MAME+Frosted/Clear Background is definitely one of the best combos I've experienced. I've experimented with a black background with the MAME in the past but it just felt "off". 4 hours ago, tam said: Very nice setup! Thanks Tam! Quote Link to comment
xiaoxiy Posted April 7, 2017 Author Share Posted April 7, 2017 If you guys are ever in Omaha, you HAVE to check out the Omaha Zoo and Aquariums. I went recently and was blown away by their reef tank. Omaha Zoo by Xiaoxi Yang, on Flickr Omaha Zoo by Xiaoxi Yang, on Flickr Omaha Zoo by Xiaoxi Yang, on Flickr Omaha Zoo by Xiaoxi Yang, on Flickr 5 Quote Link to comment
JoeR Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 23 minutes ago, xiaoxiy said: If you guys are ever in Omaha, you HAVE to check out the Omaha Zoo and Aquariums. I went recently and was blown away by their reef tank. Omaha Zoo by Xiaoxi Yang, on Flickr Omaha Zoo by Xiaoxi Yang, on Flickr Omaha Zoo by Xiaoxi Yang, on Flickr Omaha Zoo by Xiaoxi Yang, on Flickr WOW!! That's unbelievable! Quote Link to comment
xiaoxiy Posted April 7, 2017 Author Share Posted April 7, 2017 10 minutes ago, JoeR said: WOW!! That's unbelievable! That's how I felt when I saw the tank. It blew a lot of the public aquariums I have seen out of the water (no pun intended). The fish were fat and happy; impressively the SPS corals were huge and had amazing coloration! 1 Quote Link to comment
xiaoxiy Posted April 19, 2017 Author Share Posted April 19, 2017 Please excuse the egg-crate dinos. They appeared within 3 days of adding the eggcrate into my system. I've ordered some acrylic frag racks to replace these dino magnets, and they should be in either later this week or early next week. I also picked up some cool sps frags. Can anyone help me ID the green deepwater one and the blue one? IMG_1339 by Xiaoxi Yang, on Flickr IMG_1337 by Xiaoxi Yang, on Flickr IMG_1335 by Xiaoxi Yang, on Flickr IMG_1336 by Xiaoxi Yang, on Flickr IMG_1333 by Xiaoxi Yang, on Flickr 4 Quote Link to comment
xiaoxiy Posted April 21, 2017 Author Share Posted April 21, 2017 Got some new acrylic frag racks. Hopefully these won't lead to the snot algae. image by Xiaoxi Yang, on Flickr Sunlit Tank image by Xiaoxi Yang, on Flickr 5 Quote Link to comment
xiaoxiy Posted June 2, 2017 Author Share Posted June 2, 2017 Well I basically crashed the system on May 13th, after a 5 gallon water change. I woke up the following day to all of my SPS bleached and some were also peeling. Later, I found out that I had dropped the plug end (live) of my ATO into the tank, and it was all oxidized up. This picture was taken 5 days before the crash: After the crash occurred, I lost some of my SPS pieces, but most of my other corals and all of my fish pulled through. I took the opportunity to rescape my tank, in a way to maximize surface area for SPS mounting. Here are some current shots, a lot of the SPS are still browned/paled out. Fortunately, everything looks like they are recovering, and are coloring back up/growing. 3 Quote Link to comment
xiaoxiy Posted August 3, 2017 Author Share Posted August 3, 2017 Things in the display have been slowly recovering, and I've been filling up my frag section with Aquaculture minicolonies. Hopefully they will do well in the long run. IMG_0027 by Xiaoxi Yang, on Flickr IMG_0025 by Xiaoxi Yang, on Flickr 5 Quote Link to comment
Rehype Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Incredible setup xiao.. Love the minimalistic approach and aquascape. Not sure how I missed this but great job and I'm glad to see everything is on the mend. Quote Link to comment
MockandRoll Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Nice system. Looks like you have some good size replacement frags in the rack. When are you moving them into the display? Do you dose, kalk, or combination? Sorry about the SPS loss. Quote Link to comment
4x5 Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Beautiful tank, sorry to hear about the losses. Unfortunately these things happen. Some of those mini colonies in your frag tank look amazing. Quote Link to comment
xiaoxiy Posted August 3, 2017 Author Share Posted August 3, 2017 7 hours ago, Rehype said: Incredible setup xiao.. Love the minimalistic approach and aquascape. Not sure how I missed this but great job and I'm glad to see everything is on the mend. Thanks Rehype! 6 hours ago, MockandRoll said: Nice system. Looks like you have some good size replacement frags in the rack. When are you moving them into the display? Do you dose, kalk, or combination? Sorry about the SPS loss. I don't think I'm going to move these mini colonies into the display system. I already have duplicates/replacement SPS placed in the display tank. I plan on growing the mini colonies in the frag system out, without the harassment of inverts and fish. I used to dose AF Component 1,2,3, however dosing is on pause currently. My dkH consumption dropped significantly after the crash, and dkH consumption/coral growth hasn't picked up to the point where I have needed to resume dosing. I'm testing dkH twice a week, and plan on resume dosing when dkH drops by ~1 dkH a week. I got a little trigger happy 4-5 weeks back with dosing, and unintentionally bumped dkH up to 10 from 7, over the course of 2 weeks. While my dkH is slowly coming back down, I definitely don't want to make that mistake again. 3 hours ago, 4x5 said: Beautiful tank, sorry to hear about the losses. Unfortunately these things happen. Some of those mini colonies in your frag tank look amazing. I'm excited to watch the mini colonies encrust. I am slightly worried because these are Maricultured colonies, which have a reputation for RTN/STNing during the transition to aquarium-life. 2 Quote Link to comment
4x5 Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 48 minutes ago, xiaoxiy said: I'm excited to watch the mini colonies encrust. I am slightly worried because these are Maricultured colonies, which have a reputation for RTN/STNing during the transition to aquarium-life. The vast majority of SPS we get here are maricultured and IME they are pretty hardy. Keep things stable and try not to frag them for a while and I'm sure they will be just fine. Quote Link to comment
hinnenkm Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Sorry to hear about some of the mishaps, but it's great to see an update. This system looks beautiful and it's great to see that things are on the upswing! Quote Link to comment
tanacharison Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 How are the Ternate Damsels mine are really aggressive now that they are almost fully grown. Every time I move corals around I get attacked. Quote Link to comment
xiaoxiy Posted August 3, 2017 Author Share Posted August 3, 2017 4 hours ago, 4x5 said: The vast majority of SPS we get here are maricultured and IME they are pretty hardy. Keep things stable and try not to frag them for a while and I'm sure they will be just fine. That's good to hear. I plan on keeping my hands out of the tank, and letting things do their own thing. 3 hours ago, hinnenkm said: Sorry to hear about some of the mishaps, but it's great to see an update. This system looks beautiful and it's great to see that things are on the upswing! Thanks! Mishaps are discouraging, but rebuilding is fun. I'm just praying that the mishaps are over. 15 minutes ago, tanacharison said: How are the Ternate Damsels mine are really aggressive now that they are almost fully grown. Every time I move corals around I get attacked. Cake (the yellow damsel) is super chill. The only things that go after my hand my clownfish, named Asshole 1 and Asshole 2. 2 Quote Link to comment
xiaoxiy Posted August 3, 2017 Author Share Posted August 3, 2017 Jesus, I can't catch a break. I had a scare today when I got home. My display lights were completely off when I got back home from work, which is odd given that they were still supposed to be on at that point during the day. Panic set in, and I checked the power supply unit. The indicator light was off, so I chalked it to a burn out PSU. Luckily, I had a replacement PSU (from a previous light) of the same voltage and amplitude and swapped it out. Well, the light remained off after swapping PSUs. By this point, I'm really freaking out because I'm worried that I will be without a light. I took apart the driver box, and found a loose wiring and fixed it. I'm proud to say that the lights are back on again. Hope that never happens again.... 2 Quote Link to comment
xiaoxiy Posted August 14, 2017 Author Share Posted August 14, 2017 I lied previously about not mounting the SPS into the display. 6 days ago, I cut frags off of them (to keep in the sump fragtank) and mounted the mother colonies in my display tank. I also grabbed some Polybio PolyFilter to run in my tank, in case of heavy metal leaching from my semi-rusty MP10 wetsides. Also woops, loaded these images into the wrong flickr account LOL. image by Xiaoxi Yang, on Flickr image by Xiaoxi Yang, on Flickr image by Xiaoxi Yang, on Flickr image by Xiaoxi Yang, on Flickr image by Xiaoxi Yang, on Flickr image by Xiaoxi Yang, on Flickr image by Xiaoxi Yang, on Flickr image by Xiaoxi Yang, on Flickr image by Xiaoxi Yang, on Flickr image by Xiaoxi Yang, on Flickr image by Xiaoxi Yang, on Flickr image by Xiaoxi Yang, on Flickr image by Xiaoxi Yang, on Flickr 2 1 Quote Link to comment
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