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I did the basement sump last weekend. It took 2 days and a total of 20+ hours. It was a nightmare and I was so sore afterwards. It's super nice to not have to bend underneath a cramped stand to do maintenance though. I love it, but will never do it again on a running tank.

 

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Tank had a brief and mild bacterial bloom, but stabilized quickly afterwards. Seems to be doing well.

 

 

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Elizabeth94

Wow looks fantastic. Love the openness of your scape. I planed a minimal scape with my current tank but it didn’t end up that way lol! 

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2 hours ago, xiaoxiy said:

I did the basement sump last weekend. It took 2 days and a total of 20+ hours. It was a nightmare and I was so sore afterwards. It's super nice to not have to bend underneath a cramped stand to do maintenance though. I love it, but will never do it again on a running tank.

 

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Tank had a brief and mild bacterial bloom, but stabilized quickly afterwards. Seems to be doing well.

 

 

Looks great! T u running alkatronic for full alk automation?

1 hour ago, Matteo said:

Looks like you have room for a Giant sump... 

Kinda what I thought too. 

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On 7/11/2020 at 5:30 PM, Elizabeth94 said:

Wow looks fantastic. Love the openness of your scape. I planed a minimal scape with my current tank but it didn’t end up that way lol! 

Thank you so much for the compliment. It’s so hard to not fill the tank up with rocks initially and to let corals grow in. I took a chance by keeping the rock work minimal and the structures small, but it’s starting to pay off. Tank definitely looked empty for the first few months....

On 7/11/2020 at 6:09 PM, Matteo said:

Looks like you have room for a Giant sump... 

Shush! Don’t tempt me. I’m gonna use that extra space for a frag tank and a fragging station!

On 7/11/2020 at 7:28 PM, mitten_reef said:

Looks great! T u running alkatronic for full alk automation?

I’m only using the alkatronic for its automated testing abilities. It’s not controlling any of my dosers. 

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On 4/11/2020 at 9:16 PM, xiaoxiy said:

I've also scraped the back glass and the water has cleared up some. Really glad I scraped the glass; now the scape really stands out.

 

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Beatifull! Congratulations! 

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Frag tank installed and running! It's 20x20x8. I plan on using my old ATI powermodule with BML actinic strip to light it. I'm going to also try and run it without a powerhead, instead using a 1/2 inch RFG with a Sicce 2.0 return (~4-500gph).

 

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7 minutes ago, xiaoxiy said:

Frag tank installed and running! It's 20x20x8. I plan on using my old ATI powermodule with BML actinic strip to light it. I'm going to also try and run it without a powerhead, instead using a 1/2 inch RFG with a Sicce 2.0 return (~4-500gph).

 

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your fish room looks like a fun place to be 😄.  you're sharing the sump with the display, I'm guessing, seeing that you raised the tank up off of the main table.  hey, that must be the ATI PM that I wanted a while back 😜, glad you could use it again.

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50 minutes ago, mitten_reef said:

your fish room looks like a fun place to be 😄.  you're sharing the sump with the display, I'm guessing, seeing that you raised the tank up off of the main table.  hey, that must be the ATI PM that I wanted a while back 😜, glad you could use it again.

Exactly! Now that the frag tank is set up, my problem biggest problem is I don't have any frags to put into it! 🤣

 

5 minutes ago, Matteo said:

I wanna fish room.... 

 

My office has two tanks in it but not the reef nor the fun tools and equipment for fish keeping 😛

I had always wanted a fish room. It's definitely nice to have the sump and equipment in a completely different room from the tank. No more contorting into odd body shapes to fit myself underneath the stand to do maintenance. 

 

I highly recommend doing a fish tank room if you ever get the chance!

 

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2 minutes ago, xiaoxiy said:

Exactly! Now that the frag tank is set up, my problem biggest problem is I don't have any frags to put into it! 🤣

 

I had always wanted a fish room. It's definitely nice to have the sump and equipment in a completely different room from the tank. No more contorting into odd body shapes to fit myself underneath the stand to do maintenance. 

 

I highly recommend doing a fish tank room if you ever get the chance!

 

Remote sump is the goal someday for sure! 

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Just now, Matteo said:

Remote sump is the goal someday for sure! 

Freaking PITA to set up on a pre-existing system though. I recommend setting up a remote sump from the git-go if you decide on getting one. 

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Just now, xiaoxiy said:

Freaking PITA to set up on a pre-existing system though. I recommend setting up a remote sump from the git-go if you decide on getting one. 

I need a house first 🤣

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On 7/11/2020 at 3:01 PM, xiaoxiy said:

I did the basement sump last weekend. It took 2 days and a total of 20+ hours. It was a nightmare and I was so sore afterwards. It's super nice to not have to bend underneath a cramped stand to do maintenance though. I love it, but will never do it again on a running tank.

 

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Tank had a brief and mild bacterial bloom, but stabilized quickly afterwards. Seems to be doing well.

 

 

I love that you have damsels. Super underrated reef fish for large tanks. 

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It's been about a month since I last posted. In the interim, I've added a frag tank to my system. It's 20x20x8, and runs off of a Radion Gen 3 XR30 and a Sicce 2.0 with RFG. I've cut several frags in the interim as well, and gave a couple packs away to my local reefer friends as back up, in case of a stormy day. 

 

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Playing around with the Radion.

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I ended up cutting a number of frags to grow out in the basement: Here are a select number of them.

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I tried my best at taking a top down of the two front structures. Sorry for the glare, distortion and graininess. I think I need a porthole...

 

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Here's a quick obligatory growth gif. Last week to yesterday.

 

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A couple updates.

 

The Bad:

I found these buggers and bite marks on two acro colonies. I’ve removed, scraped, dipped and reglued every single acro colony in my tank now...
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The Good
I picked up this pretty nem. Bonus points if you can guess which it is!

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I don't know if anyone is still following my thread, but a friend came over and took some awesome shots of my tank. I'll slowly upload them over the course of the next month.

 

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25 minutes ago, xiaoxiy said:

I don't know if anyone is still following my thread, but a friend came over and took some awesome shots of my tank. I'll slowly upload them over the course of the next month.

 

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That fish shot is crisp!!! Wow 😲. Well done by your friend. 

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4 hours ago, mitten_reef said:

That fish shot is crisp!!! Wow 😲. Well done by your friend. 

Right? His shots are insane. Here are a couple more. I think he sent me over 50 pictures.

 

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