Pezking182 Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 So after being out of the hobby for about 5 years, I've finally started a new tank. This time a 29gal with 10gal sump. Enter the great crash of 2013 (appropriately named blizzard Nemo) Reeked havoc on the north east with mountains of snow and wind. We lost power for 5 days. And with an infant, once house Temps dropped too low we had to leave. We tried everything to keep the tank warm. Towels, bags of hot water, even a power inverter to my car. But with no power for that long there was also not much gas in our area. So that didn't last long. Eventually total tank collapse. May 19th 2018 I brought everything out of storage and salvaged what I could. Plumbed over the weekend and filled with water. It's been up for 3 days. Light and WaveMaker on order. I plan on keeping a mixed reef with a few sps eventually. My kids want a Clown of course I like the Picasso clowns. Would like goby shrimp combo. I think the watchman goby looks like Walter from Jeff Dunham. Open to suggestions. For corals I'd like a Rbta, frogs spawn or hammer, zoas, leathers, Monti cap, birds nest. Also open to suggestions. Equipment: 29gal tank Ai prime HD Aqamai KPS Eschopps overflow 10gal diy sump Aqueon 1700 return pump Hard pvc plumbing Jbj ATO 100w heater Skimmer TBD 25lbs dry (previously live) rock 20lbs caribsea special grade sand Wishlist Apex controller I'm so stoked to be back to reefing! 2 Quote Link to comment
NanoTrav Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 The plumbing and lid looks slick. Wish I had the ability to do that. Quote Link to comment
VictoryBell Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Nice setup! Loving the rockscape. Quote Link to comment
banasophia Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Wow that is niiice! How did you make that cover? Quote Link to comment
Clown79 Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Looks great. the Ai and the kps are great. Both nicely controlled via your phone/tablet. Quote Link to comment
Pezking182 Posted May 23, 2018 Author Share Posted May 23, 2018 9 hours ago, banasophia said: Wow that is niiice! How did you make that cover? Thanks! It's a lighting diffuser from home depot. 12 bucks. Measure lip of rim and take some snips and cut each square to fit. Super easy! Trying to keep a pesky kitten out! 1 Quote Link to comment
Pezking182 Posted May 23, 2018 Author Share Posted May 23, 2018 10 hours ago, NanoTrav said: The plumbing and lid looks slick. Wish I had the ability to do that. Thanks! It's not as hard as you think. Just draw it out first. 7 hours ago, Clown79 said: Looks great. the Ai and the kps are great. Both nicely controlled via your phone/tablet. Thanks! Yes I CANT wait! Quote Link to comment
Pezking182 Posted May 23, 2018 Author Share Posted May 23, 2018 10 hours ago, VictoryBell said: Nice setup! Loving the rockscape. Thanks! Quote Link to comment
banasophia Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 29 minutes ago, Pezking182 said: Thanks! It's a lighting diffuser from home depot. 12 bucks. Measure lip of rim and take some snips and cut each square to fit. Super easy! Trying to keep a pesky kitten out! Yes that’s how I decided on a biocube - curious cat! What did you use to snip it? Quote Link to comment
Pezking182 Posted May 23, 2018 Author Share Posted May 23, 2018 1 hour ago, banasophia said: Yes that’s how I decided on a biocube - curious cat! What did you use to snip it? 1 Quote Link to comment
Pezking182 Posted May 29, 2018 Author Share Posted May 29, 2018 Got the Ai Prime HD and Aqamai setup! These things are cool! I love that i can control them over wifi. And the aqamai is damn silent. 1 Quote Link to comment
Pezking182 Posted June 26, 2018 Author Share Posted June 26, 2018 TANK UPDATE:Added 2 misbar clownfish. Absolutely love them. They are always together. I cant wait to get a nem and see if theyll host. Picked up a piece of live rock from petco and surprize! A brittle starfish came slinking out! So cool!I got my cuc a while back from reefcleaners and some cheato. The cheato came loaded with pods. They are all over my glass. I also got a piece of flame algae. But i think the hermits are going to lunch. Do they have a taste for macros? Now to get some corals in there! Quote Link to comment
Pezking182 Posted July 23, 2018 Author Share Posted July 23, 2018 Just a few tank update pics. Added Zoas Gsp Green stylo Acan Palys Hammer coral Xenia Flame algae macro 1 Quote Link to comment
Pezking182 Posted July 23, 2018 Author Share Posted July 23, 2018 And some more... 2 Quote Link to comment
Toxic enigma Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 It will be interesting to see how this one progresses. Particularly since we sort of have some equipment in common. Both of us have a standard 29 with 10 gallon diy sump. Looks like your using a hang on back overflow while I drilled mine. I'm also using a quietflow pump but the 2300 instead of the 1700. Both of us have the same light and lid aswell. Quote Link to comment
Pezking182 Posted February 6, 2020 Author Share Posted February 6, 2020 Haven't updated the tank journal in a while. I've added a bunch of coral and fine tuned the flow and the fuge. Added a tunze 9001dc skimmer and a green machine uv sterilizer after I had a bit of a dino outbreak. A few months later everything is mostly back on track. 2 1 Quote Link to comment
Smurf Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Wow! Looking like some really great growth: I love the gsp on the back wall. Miss my old 29g, I had fun with the dimensions and didn’t mind putting my arm into the tank. Quote Link to comment
Seadragon Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 By the way, you have one of the coolest looking lids that I've ever seen! I love the GSP as well. 🙂 2 hours ago, Pezking182 said: green machine uv sterilizer Nice, I got one of those in December of last year and it cleared my algae bloom right up! I've never seen the water in my tank so clear. How many hours a day do you run your UV Sterilizer? After my tank cleared up, I put mine on a timer and run it for 12 hours a day when the LED lights are on. 2 Quote Link to comment
Pezking182 Posted February 6, 2020 Author Share Posted February 6, 2020 3 minutes ago, Seadragon said: By the way, you have one of the coolest looking lids that I've ever seen! I love the GSP as well. 🙂 Nice, I got one of those in December of last year and it cleared my algae bloom right up! I've never seen the water in my tank so clear. How many hours a day do you run your UV Sterilizer? After my tank cleared up, I put mine on a timer and run it for 12 hours a day when the LED lights are on. It runs on a timer as well about 8 hours a day at night time. I ran it 24/7 while I was trying to clear up the algae bloom. The lid is just light diffuser from Lowe's. It comes in big sheets. And it cheap. It does cut back on par a tiny bit but I don't seem to notice any I'll effects. 2 hours ago, Clown79 said: Looking good! Thanks! 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Pezking182 Posted February 6, 2020 Author Share Posted February 6, 2020 2 hours ago, Smurf said: Wow! Looking like some really great growth: I love the gsp on the back wall. Miss my old 29g, I had fun with the dimensions and didn’t mind putting my arm into the tank. That gsp loves growing up the wall. It's definitely coming along nicely. 1 Quote Link to comment
Pezking182 Posted February 7, 2020 Author Share Posted February 7, 2020 Just a picture dump from the last couple days. 1 Quote Link to comment
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