pumarjr Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 I'll be updating this thread frequently as it comes along, i'll post more details later on the setup and equipment. Link to comment
TKG Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 Looking good, I'm jealous, you're further than I am with mine and I've had mine for over a month. What are you using for return plumbing? Link to comment
pumarjr Posted December 15, 2010 Author Share Posted December 15, 2010 I'm using the return bulkhead I was sent and thats all. All the rest is new, I'm waiting for thursday to recieve my Y fitting from marinedepot to complete the return, I raised the standpipe on the internal durso to eliminate what I thought would be niagra falls and also added a reverse durso in the sump so that the water could be introduced under water without the flushing sounds. I found the stand to be sound, just retarded in the fact that I was not sent any directions on assembly. I'll be using the fixture I was sent with the tank which is the combo light from cadlights, 150W HQI, 2x24" T5HO Actinics and the led moon lights. So, in short, when I get the few fittings needed to complete the. Return I'll be able to clean her out and do a quick fill to test the system for leaks, then I'll dump the tank and sump and add some fresh mixed salt water. I have 50 lbs of Marco rocks and the Motor kit to make the scape and 80lbs of aroginate bahama sand for the substrate. I'll seed the tank with some LR I've had in my other reef setup. Link to comment
pumarjr Posted December 18, 2010 Author Share Posted December 18, 2010 Now all I have to do is mount my MP10, fill with sand and make an aquascape. Link to comment
pumarjr Posted January 11, 2011 Author Share Posted January 11, 2011 Sorry that I've neglected this thread in a bit. So here's some new pics. Current FTS Sump setup with a calcium reactor and phosban reactor. Link to comment
pumarjr Posted January 12, 2011 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 I have one fish in the tank now, now it's time to start the cycle. Link to comment
Chyendra Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Oh! Very nice! What are your stocking plans? Link to comment
pumarjr Posted January 12, 2011 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 A mandarin, Aussie black clown, a seabae clown, and a watchman goby. Shrimp: skunk, peppermint, porcelain, coral banded and possibly a coral beauty. 2 scarlets, 20 blue legs, 5 turbos. Corals: a few plates, favias, acans, some frog span and whatever else looks great. Most of my stocking needs are already in my inventory and in my holding tank patiently waiting for the new home to become available. Also as soon as I can, I'll either be purchasing a maxspect G2 230, or the Eco lamps K2 led fixture. Or I may just build my own. It depends on how much stuff I have going on. Link to comment
pumarjr Posted January 12, 2011 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 here is the maxspect g2 230w http://reefbuilders.com/2010/01/22/maxspec...rium-led-light/ And the Eco Lights fixture. http://www.eco-lamps.com/led_aquarium_light.htm Link to comment
pumarjr Posted January 12, 2011 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 Thank you. I'll be doing some water testing tonight. Link to comment
pumarjr Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 These are my parameters as of 1/12/11 Nitrite=0.1 Nitrate=5.0 Ammonia=.10 PH=7.8-8.0 Salinty=1.025 Link to comment
pumarjr Posted January 14, 2011 Author Share Posted January 14, 2011 1/13/11 Nitrite=0.07 PH=8.0 Nitrate=5.0 Ammonia=.05 Link to comment
woowee Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 such a nice looking tank! Link to comment
pumarjr Posted January 15, 2011 Author Share Posted January 15, 2011 I'm working on something right now. I just happened to have a driver and two led cards containing 10 10k LEDs each, for a total of 20 LEDs. I also had an 8x8" heatsink and a thin piece of polished stainless steel to use as a reflector. Talk about an overkill job for a fugue light. Lol. All I need to do is cut the stainless onto smaller strips, thermal the led cards to the heatsink and wire them up. Link to comment
gutterguy Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Tank looks great puma, must be nice to have all that LED stuff just layin around. Link to comment
pumarjr Posted January 16, 2011 Author Share Posted January 16, 2011 I'm wiring up the light now. I'll post some more shots of it on. Soon I'm considering building my own led fixture or I'll be buying one. Not sure yet. Building them is definately fun. Buying a complete ready to go fixture like the ones in my previous post would be much cleaner and prettier. Link to comment
pumarjr Posted January 16, 2011 Author Share Posted January 16, 2011 New fuge light wired up and running. Old flouresent fuge light. New led fuge light running. Link to comment
pumarjr Posted August 19, 2011 Author Share Posted August 19, 2011 I just took some photos, I'll post them up soon. Looking back just a few months, I've seen awesome growth from some of my corals. Link to comment
pumarjr Posted August 21, 2011 Author Share Posted August 21, 2011 A couple of growth shots. these images are all about 3 months apart. my lighting is still the sunbrite led fixture running 4 led tubes a 14k, 10k, 470nm, 22k. 3 months later 3 months later 3 months old FTS Current FTS Link to comment
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