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My Little Fluval Spec V Desktop Reef


Mirepa

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Hello! I used to be pretty active around here years ago but things happen and I had to get rid of all my tanks. December (2019) last year I found some time in my life to get back in. Never ran anything this small before. Some of the gear was left over from my old tanks except the Hydra32. Hope you all enjoy the ride!

 

Schedule

  • Started cycling in December 2019 and put in livestock around the end of January 2020. Tank has been steady and pretty simple to maintain with the ATO. 
  • Feed the tank w/ Reefroids every 2 weeks just before the weekly water change.
  • Recently got Red Sea Reef Energy and will introduce that into my rotation.

 

Tank

  • Fluval Spec V 
  • MJ 606 Pump upgrade
  • Visitherm Stealth heater in the back chamber
  • Duetto ATO
  • Vortech MP10qd
  • Coarse crushed coral for the bottom
  • Few pounds of dry rock from BRS

 

Lighting

  • AI Hydra 32HD. Mounted 12" from water line. Set at roughly 31W (according to the app).
  • PAR meter tuned lights to roughly 200PAR in the middle of the tank
  • 3d printed mounting legs I quickly through together in TinkerCAD.

 

Filtration

  • 3d printed overflow strainer w/ blue filter foam
  • Weekly 20~30% water changes w/ Red Sea Coral Pro

 

Critters

  • 2x Scarlet hermits
  • 2x Trocus snails (that have recently spawned and I can now see tiny baby snails)

 

Corals (will update this later with more details)

  • Various Zoas and Palys
  • Green Trumpet
  • Rainbow Favia
  • Neon Toadstool 
  • Rainbow Ricordea
  • Seahawk Acro
  • Few Montis
  • Few Digis
  • Pink/Green Pocillopora

 

Due to the location of my tank it's really hard to get good photos.

 

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debbeach13

Welcome back to reefing and NR. There are some other members with this tank including mine. What is the other tank in view? Good luck with your set up. I just added fish today. Mine has been a lot of fun. I hope yours is also.

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10 minutes ago, debbeach13 said:

Welcome back to reefing and NR. There are some other members with this tank including mine. What is the other tank in view? Good luck with your set up. I just added fish today. Mine has been a lot of fun. I hope yours is also.

 

Thanks! I've had this tank for a while. Won it in a raffle at Barrier Reef here in WA state. My biggest gripe is I wish there was just a little more room in the back. Maybe an extra cm or 2.

 

 The tank on the other desk is my wife's 2.5G she started at the same time as mine. I've been trying to get her to post and maybe after she sees this she will 🙂

Some quick details on her setup:

  • 2.5g
  • AC HOB
  • XR15w G4 Pro PAR tuned to ~150. Bit overkill 😄
  • Many kinds of Zoa and Palys 

 

 

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