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Hello there!

I'm Jay from Lake Macquarie in Australia. I have only been into reef keeping for 2-3 years but can admit that I am an addict!

My previous tank was a Custom 2x1.5ft nano that was a mixed reef. I tried a few different methods over the 2 or so years of its life and have come to love the simplicity of bioplastics :-)

I have taken the learnings from this tank as well as lots of guidance from a few good friends to my new set up. Here's some details of the system;

800x800x500mm with cal flo style weir (which I don't really like)
1000mm high steel stand with painted wood panels held on with magnets
Simple two section sump with inbuilt ato reservoir
Royal Exclusive DC150 for skimming
Teco TC20 takes care of temps and UV when required
Bubble Magus Biopellet Reactor
Jebao Dc12000 return pump pushing through the teco
2 x Jebao RW15 on alternating pulse
Giesemann Infinity 250w + 4x24w
Dosing Fauna Marin Balling Recipe with thur trace elements
Dosing Prodibio bioptim and Biodigest

I started the tank with dried and cleaned rock with a little love rock in the sump to kick start it along
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About time you got here Jay :wave:

Tank is looking awesome mate :D

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Originally Posted by Scotty freddy (Post 23524884)

About time you got here Jay :wave:

Tank is looking awesome mate :D

Cheers!

Will get some more photos tomorrow to show all them awesome frags ;)

Looking good mate :) nice frags!! :P

Nice tank. It will look even better when it's all grown in

Subscribed. Cannot see later pics. Will have look when at home.

Nice tank. Updates on your tank are always appreciated! :thumbsup:

Looking very nice. I really like your coral placement and giving good space to the corals.

This looks very nice

I have the tank on track again after a 4 day power outage a couple of weeks ago.

Lost a lot of colour. But no casualties at least.

This is what I am doing if anyone is interested.

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Glad nothing died. Keep the updates coming.

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Originally Posted by sahin (Post 23715724)

Glad nothing died. Keep the updates coming.

+1 nice tank!

Very nice layout. As it grows in it's gonna look really good

Very nice and clean setup.

Still looking good mate, good to see no casualties either :)

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Originally Posted by Scotty freddy (Post 23716094)

Still looking good mate, good to see no casualties either :)

Yep, thanks to some special people :)

will try and do a photo update on the weekend long over due seeing the last photos are riddled with cyano!!!

Very nice aquascape and corals. Sorry to hear that your tank suffered a four-day power outage but good surprise that they made it.

Post more, please.

Looking good, love the lineatus

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Originally Posted by cFloor (Post 23732933)

Looking good, love the lineatus

thanks bud :)

The Leopard is my fave at the moment :P

Looking great matey. Love how everything looks so aesthetically pleasing. :beer:

I also like how the pumps are on the back glass and not obstructing the side panes.

Looking awesome bro, you've done an awesome job and it will look amazing once it all grows out ;)