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isaiahwittingslow

Hello everyone, 

 

Ever since I began in this hobby I have always enjoy setting up and planning the system. I find the mixture of DIY and hands-on aspect very fulfilling so here we are with a new tank to transfer my current livestock (GLASSBOX60) into. And believe it or not, the new aquarium is smaller!

 

Current FTS

 

ADA 60P Reef FTS 6x4

 

System:

 

Tank: ADA 60P - 60 x 30 x 36 cm w/ AIO Compartment

Stand: Extruded Aluminium Sketelon

 

Equipment:

 

Lighting: Ecotech Radion Gen 5 Pro

Flow: Ecotech Marine Vortech MP10w QD w/ Battery Backup

Return Pump: Sicce Syncra 1.0

Skimmer: Tunze 9001

Heating: Hydor Inline 200w

Cooling: Teco TK500 R290

Dosing: eKoral 4 Channel

Controller: eKoral Lite

ATO: Ripple Nano ATO

 

Nutrient Control:

 

Aquaforest Bio S

Aquaforest Pro Bio S

Aquaforest -NP Pro

Aquaforest Activated Carbon

Korallen Zucht ZEOvit Stones

500ml Siporax

 

Element Supplementation:

 

ATI Essentials Pro

 

Nutrition:

 

Aquaforest Amino Mix

Aquaforest Vitality

Aquaforest Energy

Aquaforest Build

 

Now some pictures to tease...

 

ADA 60P Packaging

 

ADA 60P Logo

 

ADA 60P Silicone

 

I'll do my best to keep this journal updated, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

 

Isaiah

 

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Update 14.06.21

  • Custom AIO Acrylic box arrived and has been silicone into the aquarium. 
  • Translucent blue film applied to the back glass - I really love the colour on this, not as stark as the white one that is popular
  • 'Plumbing' has been done. Silicone hose was used for all connections.
  • Water flow as follows; Filter media -> Skimmer -> Return pump -> Chiller -> Heater -> Glass lilypipe outflow (Waiting on the PETG Aquario Neo Flow to arrive)

The plan is to do the transfer this coming weekend. Wish me luck!

 

Time for some photos. The room I took these photos in doesn't have the best lighting, so please forgive me.

 

AIO Reef Tank

 

AIO Reef Tank 2

 

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ADA 60P Reef Tank

 

ADA Reef Tank

 

Thanks for looking. 

 

Isaiah

 

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9 hours ago, isaiahwittingslow said:

Update 14.06.21

  • Custom AIO Acrylic box arrived and has been silicone into the aquarium. 
  • Translucent blue film applied to the back glass - I really love the colour on this, not as stark as the white one that is popular
  • 'Plumbing' has been done. Silicone hose was used for all connections.
  • Water flow as follows; Filter media -> Skimmer -> Return pump -> Chiller -> Heater -> Glass lilypipe outflow (Waiting on the PETG Aquario Neo Flow to arrive)

The plan is to do the transfer this coming weekend. Wish me luck!

 

Time for some photos. The room I took these photos in doesn't have the best lighting, so please forgive me.

 

AIO Reef Tank

 

AIO Reef Tank 2

 

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ADA 60P Reef Tank

 

ADA Reef Tank

 

Thanks for looking. 

 

Isaiah

 

Really really nice, This is what my Dream reef tank looks like! 😃 Definitely following this

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5 hours ago, Matteo said:

Is this going to be a Coldwater biotope then?

No, SPS dominated. All colonies from my exisiting system are being transferred over.

 

4 hours ago, Nathans_Reef said:

Really really nice, This is what my Dream reef tank looks like! 😃 Definitely following this

Thank you!

 

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Update 24.06.21

  • All stock has been transferred from my existing tank. This was done on 19.06.21
  • Removed protein skimmer (not needed on a tank this small)
  • Add 500ml Siporax to media chamber in the AIO compartment
  • Stopped dosing Aquaforest -NP Pro
  • Still using zeolite media 50ml
  • Still dosing Aquaforest Bio S and Pro Bio S for now along with Amino Mix, Vitality, Energy and Build 2x a week (I plan to simplify this)
  • The plan is to run Zeolite, Phosphate minus and carbon in a filter bag as the primary filtration along with 20% weekly water changes (10L)
  • I'm occasionally running filter floss to polish the water
  • Also, need to replace the Sicce 1.0 return as it is so loud! 

Now time for the good part! Photos!

 

 

ADA 60P Reef FTS 6x4

 

ADA 60P Reef Angle

 

ADA 60P Reef Top

 

Percula Clownfish

 

Royal Gramma and Acropora

 

Tiger Blenny

 

Royal Gramma

 

Isaiah

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Update 05.07.21

  • Had to rehome the Tiger Blenny due his taste for Acropora and my new Homophyllia australis
  • Added some additional sand as the bottom glass was showing in some spaces
  • Fixed the air that was getting into the dosing lines

Current Parameters 

 

Salinity: 35ppt

Nitrate: 0.20ppm 

Phosphate: 0.05ppm

Alkalinity: 8.6 dKH

Calcium: 450ppm

Magnesium: 1280ppm

 

Some photos I took after the weekly maintenance...

 

SPS Garden Nano Reef Tank

 

Percula Clownfish

 

Acropora Sp

 

Thanks for looking, 

 

Isaiah

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Update 07.08.21

  • Unfortunately the tank took a turn for the worst. Due to a faulty heater the tanks temp dropped considerably a few days in a row and I lost most of my SPS. I was also tinkering a-lot with the system which was probably already stressing them out.
  • I've always enjoyed the look of soft corals so I'm switching gears and going soft coral dominated.
  • With the heater failure (inline heater) I also took the chiller off like and and now the tank is a-lot simpler and a true AIO. I'll add some fans in summer to combat the heat.

Now for a couple of photos...

 

 

FTS

 

Semi FTS

 

Green Hammer Coral

 

Soft Corals

 

Capnella Coral

 

Thanks for looking,

Isaiah

 

 

 

 

 

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