Staticmoves reefer 170

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Have a startup journal for this tank.

and thought I’d start and ongoing, success and blunders.

things have gone well so far.

I cycled the tank with new Life Rock, and 2 year old live rock and ceramic media from my EVO 13.5.

I left the lights off for 1 1/2 months, added first fish (clown) around the three week mark.

now have lights on, corals from EVO 13.5 added, plus cleaner shrimp, six line wrasse, YWMG (James earl jones), and EVO’s cleanup crew. Only new addition was six line.

everything healthy and happy looking, and no algae blooms yet. Working on dialling in Dos system ( two part).

 

 

[farkwar]

Nice

 

That is some return pump

 

I always cheap out on that part. Lifegard 4000.  I can't figure out why I want to have speed control on that part of the system.

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16 hours ago, farkwar said:

Nice

 

That is some return pump

 

I always cheap out on that part. Lifegard 4000.  I can't figure out why I want to have speed control on that part of the system.

Syncra SDC has been awesome so far. I run it around 35%

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Currently running:

-RSR 300 skimmer

-Syncra SDC 6.0 RTN pump

-Nero 5 power head

-Ai hydra 32 HD

-Neptune ATK V2 (working like a charm) and I’ll keep you updated if that changes.

-Aqueon pro 150 heater 

-Neptune DOS ( 2 part )

-Neptune Apex

-hydor power head in RTN pump chamber to add flow for dosing drop point.

I’ll keep all posted on any equipment failures or blunders.

 

for now I just tossed my corals in from my EVO. Still have to sort. Pretty much all but the porities frag will stay at current height.

lights are just coming on, so corals are still asleep.

 

The clown and the 6 line surf together all day.

[debbeach13]

Wow that is a big upgrade. Happy for you. Good luck with this new tank.

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Once I’m happy with operating and maintenance positioning of all equipment, I will organize all wiring and tubing.

 

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Youngling out for a morning stroll.

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Added remainder of Marine pure Bio balls from EVO during the tear down yesterday.

black bag to the left.

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Just now, Staticmoves said:

Added remainder of Marine pure Bio balls from EVO during the tear down yesterday.

black bag to the left.

If I need to setup quarantine tank, could just pull a bag of balls.

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Running small single squares of filter floss for partial polishing. (One single square)

mesh filter catches large particles from bypass hole.  Working nice so far, swap floss every 5 days ish.

 

[mfield16]

Love the clean look of the scape. What's the long-term plan?

 

You mentioned the ATK specifically. Are there known issues with it? I have one sitting around that would eventually be used on a frag system I may set up. 

 

The pallet that was delivered looks like an old fat-back tv is under the plastic. 🤪

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On 12/21/2020 at 10:11 PM, mfield16 said:

Love the clean look of the scape. What's the long-term plan?

 

You mentioned the ATK specifically. Are there known issues with it? I have one sitting around that would eventually be used on a frag system I may set up. 

 

The pallet that was delivered looks like an old fat-back tv is under the plastic. 🤪

I know right, rear projection.

ATK V1 had sensor issues, and I’ve heard of pump issues, but most have been negated by fixing setup issues as far as I’ve seen. Mine has been wonderful thus far.

the lag you can set from sensor trip to pump on is a cool feature.

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On 12/21/2020 at 10:11 PM, mfield16 said:

Love the clean look of the scape. What's the long-term plan?

 

You mentioned the ATK specifically. Are there known issues with it? I have one sitting around that would eventually be used on a frag system I may set up. 

 

The pallet that was delivered looks like an old fat-back tv is under the plastic. 🤪

Long term plan, I’m looking at Current LPS, plus birds nest, monti digi. Maybe even a nice gorgonian for one of the back corners.

I may put an acro up top along with my porities. We’ll see. I’m in no rush. 
looking at two more small fish.

thinking a Royal Gramma and ?. Need to keep scale appropriate.

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It’s hammer time!

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Blasto is happy in its new home. Had this for about a year and a half.

[mfield16]

Nice looking froggy!