evan127 Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Eco-E.52 Equipment 40g display 14g sump 5g gravity fed ATO Eheim Jager 150w EcoTech Radion Gen2 EcoTech Vortech MP10 Danner Mag 5 Bubble Magus 3.5 Fish Tank raised Amphirprion Ocellaris Tank raised Pterapogon Kauderni Tank Raised Pseudocheilinus hexataenia SPS Montipora digitata Montipora capricornis Seriatopora Acropora secale LPS Acanthastrea lordhowensis Euphyllia glabrescens Euphyllia parancora Caulastrea curvata Blastomussa merleti Echinophyllia aspera Actinodiscus sp. Zoanthus sp. Xeina sp. Palythoa sp. Invertebrates Entacmaea quadricolor Alpheus bellulus Margarites pupillus Nassarius sp. Cerithium sp. Nerita sp. Turbo fluctuosa Engina sp. Parameters SG: 1.026 Ca: 450ppm Mg: 1400ppm KH: 12.6 pH: 8.4 Temperature: 79F Feeding 1/2 cube of mysis shrimp every other day 1/4 cube blended mix, coral target feeding every other day Ocean Nutrition Prime Reef Flakes every other day Dosing Still experimenting with daily dosing As some of you know, I had a 20 gallon long. The goal of it was to be as environmentally conscience as it could be. I tore that down earlier this year and started my 40. Everyone knows how this hobby goes, you can't go too long without upgrading! I transferred everything from my 20 long to my 40. During the transition I applied some knowledge taken from my 20 experience to make the 40 run better. I plan to update this thread as a personal journal. I want to look back and see how far my reef has come. I promise to update this thread as much as I can. (Unlike my 20 long thread which went without an update for months) Light Program I always like to see what other people's light programs are like, whatever fixture they have. I have had my Radion (gen 2) since it was available at my LFS. I love it! I have used a few different schedules, some preprogrammed and some other user's programs. This is my own that I created and I have been seeing some outstanding results! Link to comment
evan127 Posted December 5, 2013 Author Share Posted December 5, 2013 Here is a FLRS (full living room shot ), if you will. Complete with CORAL COUCH! Link to comment
evo_2679 Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Evan127 - The tank is looking good !!! Link to comment
evan127 Posted December 5, 2013 Author Share Posted December 5, 2013 Hey thanks Evo! I wish I had started the thread from the upgrade process though. I'm having problems uploading pictures. Link to comment
skyscraper2290 Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 The easiest way to put pictures up here is to upload to photobucket and then view the links for the image and copy and paste trip img link directly into your post. And the tank is looking good! Link to comment
evan127 Posted December 5, 2013 Author Share Posted December 5, 2013 Thanks for the compliment! I'm trying to upload some better pictures Link to comment
evan127 Posted December 5, 2013 Author Share Posted December 5, 2013 HaHA! I figured out how to post larger photos! My thanks to Gramophone! Link to comment
evan127 Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 Trippy side view of my reef. I thought it looked cool, though you can't see many of my corals very well. This is my daily supply shelf. It also has my router and modem. I wanted to keep my super sweet Milwaukee refracometer, supplements, my Radion sync cable and test kits handy. Please excuse the mess of wires. Link to comment
Gramophone Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Gorgeous! How long have you had this running? Link to comment
evan127 Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 Thanks! It means a lot coming from you. Your tank is amazing! Mine has been running since July, I think? But everything came from my 20 long which was established in January 2012. Link to comment
evan127 Posted December 7, 2013 Author Share Posted December 7, 2013 Oh man, I just tested my water and my alkalinity is super low! Like in the 6s. What is going on? Link to comment
evan127 Posted December 8, 2013 Author Share Posted December 8, 2013 So I adjusted my alkalinity. I raised it to 11.2 dhK by dosing 110mL of Aquavitro EightFour. Calcium is 490. Magnesium is 1400. I think I'm back in the green. I don't know how the dhK fell so drastically so quickly, I haven't changed anything in my system. Some of my chalices are showing a bit of skeleton. Same with my blastomussas. Link to comment
evan127 Posted December 9, 2013 Author Share Posted December 9, 2013 It's testing time And here is a terrible FTS Link to comment
Icanhazcheeseburger Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Great simple setup! Loving the lightning! Link to comment
evan127 Posted December 9, 2013 Author Share Posted December 9, 2013 Thanks! I appreciate it! Link to comment
evo_2679 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Nice - how do you like your Radions ? I love mine been running the G2 for a little over 2 weeks !!! Would love to try out your light schedule can you send it to me by exporting the file ? Link to comment
evan127 Posted December 9, 2013 Author Share Posted December 9, 2013 I love my Radion! It's absolutely amazing and makes my reef feel so natural. I'm getting some great growth from it too! I came downstairs yesterday and caught a thunderstorm! I also love the lunar phases. I really like to see all the critters at night scurrying about. I'll try to figure out how to export my schedule tomorrow. It's a fairly basic program though. I've had it running this program for a few weeks now and I really like it. So do my corals Link to comment
evan127 Posted December 9, 2013 Author Share Posted December 9, 2013 For sure! I've been thinking about taking out my corals on top of the middle piece and putting in some more SPS frags centered on the little platforms like you have in your tank. Link to comment
evan127 Posted December 10, 2013 Author Share Posted December 10, 2013 Hey Evo, I can't figure out how to export my schedule to an .etg or whatever since I'm on a Mac. I can write it out for you though. Link to comment
evan127 Posted December 11, 2013 Author Share Posted December 11, 2013 I ordered a bunch of glass from a local glass place. I am going to build a new sump. Its going to be my first build. It will be 25" long, 14" tall, and 18" wide. I thought it was time to replace the Tupperware sump and make something nice. The sump will be made out of 1/4" thick glass. I plan to have a refugium with a deep sand bed. I have always wanted mangroves. So I plan to just stock the refugium with red mangroves, chaeto and my mean banggai cardinal fish. Seriously, the meanest fish ever. I'll post pictures of my design as soon as I can. Link to comment
evan127 Posted December 11, 2013 Author Share Posted December 11, 2013 So, as promised here are some (bad) sketches of my sump design. http://s1335.photobucket.com/user/EvanTFunke/media/image_zps74555113.jpg.html'>http://s1335.photobucket.com/user/EvanTFunke/media/image_zps6d86c7d4.jpg.html'> And I thought this shot was pretty good if I do say so myself. http://s1335.photobucket.com/user/EvanTFunke/media/image_zpsfe0334c9.jpg.html'> Link to comment
evan127 Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 No input on the design? Link to comment
evan127 Posted December 13, 2013 Author Share Posted December 13, 2013 I received all my glass today. I'm going to start putting it together tomorrow! Link to comment
migs671 Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 are you building your own sump or are you using a aquarium? also how many gallons is your sump going to hold? Link to comment
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