ccejka Posted December 23, 2018 Author Share Posted December 23, 2018 Brought this little guy home along with a pulsing xenia and Bangi Cardinal fish 1 Quote Link to comment
ccejka Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share Posted December 27, 2018 Wrapping up the move going to let the water flow over night check things in the morning then start wrapping cords up and putting it against the wall. 3 Quote Link to comment
ccejka Posted December 28, 2018 Author Share Posted December 28, 2018 Short lived... 5.5 gallon is leaking from the bottom going to try and seal the cracks... On the plus side it is able to run on the on drain at the same pump speed. Quote Link to comment
ccejka Posted December 30, 2018 Author Share Posted December 30, 2018 Lots of planning and work have gotten this build this far..... 6 Quote Link to comment
ccejka Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share Posted December 31, 2018 Live Facebook sale got out of control for me but at least its free shipping. 5 1 Quote Link to comment
Daniel91 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 46 minutes ago, ccejka said: Live Facebook sale got out of control for me but at least its free shipping. Wow what a bunch of nice additions! 5 Quote Link to comment
ccejka Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share Posted December 31, 2018 25 minutes ago, Daniel91 said: Wow what a bunch of nice additions! Thanks research and ID ing all them the sale just had pictures and prices. Quote Link to comment
ccejka Posted January 4, 2019 Author Share Posted January 4, 2019 Freshwater change and tank is looking happy.... 3 Quote Link to comment
teenyreef Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Nice build! What overflow did you use? It looks really good. And I like the stacked 5g/10g approach. Quote Link to comment
ccejka Posted January 4, 2019 Author Share Posted January 4, 2019 49 minutes ago, teenyreef said: Nice build! What overflow did you use? It looks really good. And I like the stacked 5g/10g approach. I used the eshopps eclipse l drilled overflow. That was the best way for me to get everything I wanted into this system and not have a stand bigger than it needed to be. 1 Quote Link to comment
teenyreef Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 49 minutes ago, ccejka said: I used the eshopps eclipse l drilled overflow. That was the best way for me to get everything I wanted into this system and not have a stand bigger than it needed to be. Thanks! I've been thinking of using that overflow for a future build 🙂 Quote Link to comment
Ladytank Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Your gsp will take over that rock and anything that rock is touching besides the sand. Quote Link to comment
ccejka Posted January 4, 2019 Author Share Posted January 4, 2019 1 hour ago, Ladytank said: Your gsp will take over that rock and anything that rock is touching besides the sand. My goal this weekend is to free it off that rock and move it to the back wall of thr aquarium. 1 Quote Link to comment
Slim64684 Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Wow you've been busy. Digging the new additions. 1 Quote Link to comment
ccejka Posted January 12, 2019 Author Share Posted January 12, 2019 Just a quick update will post pictures next week. Received all my coral and they are looking happy in the sand bed for now. Give them a week or so then plan to place them on the aquascape. Also got a custom ato reservoir that fits all tucked in my stand. Was thinking about changing lights but figured with a mainly LPS tank I would just add a 2nd light and run them a bit lower. Also adding a 3rd wave pump. Going to run 2 660 gph opposite of each other in a surge pattern and then a 1050 gph pump turned down towards the surface of the water. 4 Quote Link to comment
andrewmedic08 Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Amazing build 1 Quote Link to comment
Slim64684 Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 On 1/11/2019 at 11:05 PM, ccejka said: Just a quick update will post pictures next week. Received all my coral and they are looking happy in the sand bed for now. Give them a week or so then plan to place them on the aquascape. Also got a custom ato reservoir that fits all tucked in my stand. Was thinking about changing lights but figured with a mainly LPS tank I would just add a 2nd light and run them a bit lower. Also adding a 3rd wave pump. Going to run 2 660 gph opposite of each other in a surge pattern and then a 1050 gph pump turned down towards the surface of the water. Thats really close to what I'm doing. Just got my second light in today and I have two of the 1050gph pumps in a surge/gyre configuration. And just an fyi, dim your light settings before hooking up the second light. I didnt and my zoas immediately closed. Quote Link to comment
ccejka Posted January 16, 2019 Author Share Posted January 16, 2019 1 hour ago, Slim64684 said: Thats really close to what I'm doing. Just got my second light in today and I have two of the 1050gph pumps in a surge/gyre configuration. And just an fyi, dim your light settings before hooking up the second light. I didnt and my zoas immediately closed. I cut the slot tonight for the light deeper tonight so I could slide it the back of the tank. Going to sandblast it and cerakote them black tomorrow to prevent it from rusting. What are you running them at right now I was planning to turn them down but just wasn't sure what I was going to run them. Quote Link to comment
Slim64684 Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 40 minutes ago, ccejka said: I cut the slot tonight for the light deeper tonight so I could slide it the back of the tank. Going to sandblast it and cerakote them black tomorrow to prevent it from rusting. What are you running them at right now I was planning to turn them down but just wasn't sure what I was going to run them. I just cut my single light levels in half. A little more on the white channel. I'd have to check my notes to give you specific levels, but I will get those to you. 1 Quote Link to comment
Slim64684 Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Current settings in red,green,blue,white Daylight: 10,10,50,15 Sunrise/set: 10,10,20,5 Night: 0,0,5,0 1 Quote Link to comment
ccejka Posted January 16, 2019 Author Share Posted January 16, 2019 4 hours ago, Slim64684 said: Current settings in red,green,blue,white Daylight: 10,10,50,15 Sunrise/set: 10,10,20,5 Night: 0,0,5,0 Thanks just waiting on the UPS man to bring my light then I will but throwing it on. Might have to sell the 1050 for a 660 can't seem to find a spot that it doesn't case to much flow for how the coral are placed right now. Quote Link to comment
Slim64684 Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 I have my 1050 in the middle back of either end panel pointed towards the top opposite front corner. Running 70% surge/gyre but cycling pretts quick. 1 Quote Link to comment
ccejka Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 Just got my Kessil H80 Tuna Flora on a 12 your reverse cycle. Had a cheap finnex that i had to manually turn on and off. Found a lot of good reviews about this light so figured I would give it a try. Let's see this ball of chaeto grow baby grow! 3 Quote Link to comment
ccejka Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 Doing the weekly water change and testing notice my calcium levels are sitting pretty low going to test through out the week and possibly do a second water change during the week. Parameters to night At 2030 before the water change Temp 76.6 Salinity 1.024 PH 8 NO2 0.00 PPM NO3 0.00 PPM NH3/NH4 0.00 PPM PO3-4 0.00 PPM CA2 340 PPM KH 8 dKH Mixed water 3-3.5 gallons of Red Sea Coral Pro salt mixed per their instructions. PH 8.4 CA2 380 PPM KH 8.4 dKH At 2146 after the water change tank cycling water for 30 - 45 min. PH 8.2 CA2 360 PPM KH 8.2 dKH Last week my CA2 was 340 PPM before the water change and then 360-380 PPM after the water change. Quote Link to comment
btmedic04 Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 What's your magnesium at? From what I've read, that has a stabilizing effect on calcium and alk. Also would it be possible to take a sample to a LFS to confirm that your test kit is reading correctly? Quote Link to comment
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