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12/11/2014, 09:22 PM
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ydkm sps reef
Hi all ! , decided to create a tank thread of mine here as a journal to keep track on my reef.
It Will be a sps dominated tank (: Here are the specs: Dimension: 48x30x22" 12mm, front crystal, bottom & top brace. Stand: Hot dip galvanised steel with epoxy paint. bean animal coast to coast overflow 36x5x6" sump : 30x24x18" 2 compartments. Lighting: ATI sunpower 8x54w + 48cree xte royal blue led. Flow: 2x Rw-15 , 1x Rw-8 Skimmer: Skimz SM-201 Cooling: 1hp mitsubishi compressor with titanium drop in coil. Substrate: caribsea special grade reef sand. Return pump: jebao dc-6000 split into 2 returns in dt. Method of dosing: dosing pump 2 part. Here are some of the pictures !      Preparation of rocks : 1) Soaked in clorox for a day 2) soak in rodi + prime 3) sundried 4) vinegar soak for a few hours 5) soak in rodi + prime. Rocks are white and shiny! And most importanyly, "Free of pests"  
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12/11/2014, 10:54 PM
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Ati hooked , rockscape done.
the right scape is fully made up of tonga branches. epoxy + TLF glue to join them together.  had a rw8 at the back to rid of any potential dead spots.  Also added a spear gatevalve at the back of main drain pipe to allow fine tuning of water level in the overflow. this gatevalve is huge!  Those are trackbacks to oct 2014. Now, some pics of the sps      The fastest grower i have noticed is my caroliniana. 23 days earlier  Now 
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12/12/2014, 03:20 AM
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Beautiful tank! The specs are wonderful. May I ask the builder?
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12/12/2014, 06:18 AM
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this is how i hang/position the rapidled strip of mine. 80deg lens , 44x cree xte royal blue , running at 3w/led. was 48x initially , but i removed 1 leds from each end as it was a waste to power due to light spillage. 
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12/19/2014, 08:30 PM
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Royal blue millie
 ssc island 9days later. Can you spot the little teeny growth ? (:  Blue dragon ( A. Speciosa ) front. Candlelight back.  Fibre optic. No idea why the top part is brownish  Red dragon. Kept having growth tips simce the past month. Its growing its growing!  Banana lokani  Bought it as pink lemonade. Was completely brown. Yellow tips started to show  Any id on this one ?  Some kind of tort ??  Suharsoni. With ab+ and coral+ lighting on ! Loving the structure. 
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12/19/2014, 09:14 PM
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Beautiful system and even more beautiful stories! I'm jealous!
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12/20/2014, 02:24 AM
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12/21/2014, 07:25 AM
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Time for top down shots!
desawii  Royalblue millie  Red dragon  Bali shortcake  2 month 8 days ago !  Red millie  Red planet  The same red planet in my previous tank which has decommed.  Id??  
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12/21/2014, 07:28 AM
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Ssc !
  2month 8 days ago. color improved.  To  Indo echinata.  Got to shift it higher lighting and hopefully it will turn out to look like this 
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01/09/2015, 11:59 PM
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Fts as of now
 
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01/10/2015, 12:09 AM
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Nicest tank and build ever! Following this!!!!!
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01/10/2015, 12:53 AM
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Beautiful...congratulations!
how many ml are you adding every day of Ca and KH ? Which brand are you using? And are you thinking in setting a reactor? Thanks! |
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01/10/2015, 01:33 AM
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Awesome tank!!
May I ask what you use to fix your frags to the rocks??? |
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01/10/2015, 12:59 PM
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Fantastic!!!!
I really like your tonga branch aquascape. Your corals have great PE! The black glass with the Beananimal overflow attached is painted or with the black inside? |
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01/10/2015, 03:39 PM
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Dude awesome start! Really nice build, excellent sump space and plumbing, nice job man!
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01/10/2015, 07:17 PM
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Beautiful reef. Are you using any phosphate remover or activated carbon/charcoal? Or bio pellets? Thanks.
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01/10/2015, 10:12 PM
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for the kh mix , im dosing 213ml/day with concentration of 1g/8.5ml . I dont think i will be setting up a cr as i prefer the flexibility of dosing pump and its much cheaper 😁 Quote:
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Only AIO pellet in a modded fr-45 enductor reactor to recirculating , skimmer , and seachem matrix carbon. Nothing else 😁 My new addition 😍  
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01/10/2015, 10:22 PM
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Great looking tank !
Very nice angel ! Can I see pictures of your sump  Also did you get a skin for the metal sand?
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01/10/2015, 11:03 PM
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Great looking setup. Like the rockscape!
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01/11/2015, 01:12 AM
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Here it is  Every week/biweekly i will siphon all the detritus in the sump. Incase you guys are wondering where i place my carbon , i took it out to replace it. I put it in a meshbag. Nope , i didnt skin it as it already epoxy painted Quote:
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01/11/2015, 03:23 AM
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Beautiful nice and clean
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01/11/2015, 03:55 AM
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Very nice aquascape, and love your coral selections!
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01/11/2015, 10:14 AM
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Thanks looks awesome ! I just love to see what under the hood
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Arlin- Take your time and do it right. Current Tank Info: 120g Apex controller, (2) mp40w Es ,(3) Mp10W Es, Alfa vertex 170, 8 bulb ATI Dimable Sunpower,REEFOCTOPUS-BB-10000, Tunze Ato . 21G MINI-Reef, 250w MH, Mp10Wes |
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01/25/2015, 05:52 AM
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Somemore macroshots Any id on this?  A. Aculeus  A. Aculeus  Monti spongodes.  Royal blue millie  Bubblegum millie 
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01/25/2015, 05:54 AM
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Amazing SPS collection! !
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