Brisbane SPS Reef 525XL

[slavetonet]

Introduction:
After running a test experimental Aquareef 400 for 2 years. I am moving over to a Redsea Reefer 525XL.
Almost everything has been ordered so I now have to be patience and take my time setting it up as I will re-use just about every equipment from the test tank.

Display System:
Strike up Date: 01/07/2016
Display Tank: Red Sea REEFER 525XL
Display Lighting: Rapid Led Coronas x3 and 4 x T5s 54 watts Hagen kits
Stand: Red Sea REEFER 525XL Black
Sump: Red Sea REEFER 525XL Sump
Rock: Reused old rocks from the test experimental tank
Sand: Reuse old shallow sand bed from the test experimental tank

Support systems:
System Water: Artificial - Blue Treasure SPS salt
Display Water Circulation: 2x Jebao RW-15 Wavemaker + Jebao CP-40
Return Pump: Jebao DC 6000
Skimmer: Coralbox DC500
Evaporation Top Up: Coralbox ATO + 30L blue drum
Monitoring: Reefer's own judgement
Battery Backup: Coralbox battery backup
Chiller: Hailea HC-500A
Dosing system: 2x Jebao Auto Dosing Pump DP-4
Dosing: DIY amino acids, DIY 3 Parts, DIY TRACE ELEMENTS.

Current Water Chemistry:
Nitrates:
Phosphates:
Alkalinity:
Calcium:
Salinity / Specific Gravity:
Magnesium:

Photos:
* In thread *

Cheers,
Kevin

[reefmutt]

Cool! Looking forward to this getting set up.
Doesn't the Red Sea kit come with a 6 or 8 X t5 fixture?
What is Blue Treasure salt?
You won't be testing potassium?

[Fish Everywhere]

Originally Posted by slavetonet

Introduction:
After running a test experimental Aquareef 400 for 2 years. I am moving over to a Redsea Reefer 525XL.
Almost everything has been ordered so I now have to be patience and take my time setting it up as I will re-use just about every equipment from the test tank.

Display System:
Strike up Date: 01/07/2016
Display Tank: Red Sea REEFER 525XL
Display Lighting: Rapid Led Coronas x3 and 4 x T5s 54 watts Hagen kits
Stand: Red Sea REEFER 525XL Black
Sump: Red Sea REEFER 525XL Sump
Rock: Reused old rocks from the test experimental tank
Sand: Reuse old shallow sand bed from the test experimental tank

Support systems:
System Water: Artificial - Blue Treasure SPS salt
Display Water Circulation: 2x Jebao RW-15 Wavemaker + Jebao CP-40
Return Pump: Jebao DC 6000
Skimmer: Coralbox DC500
Evaporation Top Up: Coralbox ATO + 30L blue drum
Monitoring: Reefer's own judgement
Battery Backup: Coralbox battery backup
Chiller: Hailea HC-500A
Dosing system: 2x Jebao Auto Dosing Pump DP-4
Dosing: DIY amino acids, DIY 3 Parts, DIY TRACE ELEMENTS.

Current Water Chemistry:
Nitrates:
Phosphates:
Alkalinity:
Calcium:
Salinity / Specific Gravity:
Magnesium:

Photos:
* In thread *

Cheers,
Kevin

Looking good in the plan, good luck! Only thing I would consider changing would be the Jebao dosing pumps. I have heard horror stories of them nuking tanks after a year or so...

[steallife904]

or if you are sticking with them make sure you get version 2

[slavetonet]

Originally Posted by reefmutt

Cool! Looking forward to this getting set up.
Doesn't the Red Sea kit come with a 6 or 8 X t5 fixture?
What is Blue Treasure salt?
You won't be testing potassium?

Cheap Chinese brand salt - $50 per 20kg box of salt.
Been using it for 2 years now and its fine.
I will do an update on my old post - not like theres much to see.
Testing Potassium and Strontium as well.

Been dosing the DIY trace elements as well - concocted by myself.
I will post up photos of it - It follows Balling closely.

[slavetonet]

Update - I am alive and well.

Tank is going really slow - ASW is in - "People - the tank is moist"
10L Siporax is fully seeded
Protein Skimmer upsized to Coral Box C9
Return Pump upsized to Jebao DCS 7000
Lighting upsized to ATI Sun Power 8x80 watts non-dimable with 3 x Rapid Coronas on it as well - 1000 Watts of Kong Pow aura Lights.
Dosing - DIY Trace elements - upgraded to Pro version.

Rock scape will be done this weekend. The rocks have been soaked / rinse for 1 month now.

Picture will come after I have it all setup with the scapes.
Patience young joey - don't go hopping mad.

[biggles]

I didn't even know you had this going Kevin - i want pics now, i don't do patient. I think you have enough of the right lighting to get the job done from top to bottom and all over mate

[plyle02]

Looks like this tank is going to be fantastic! Looking forward to the progression

[slavetonet]

Sorry for the lack of update.
All the equipment and tank was wet and was about to start 2 months ago.
What luck I have and disaster struck, the ground floor was flooded and now the house is under renovation mode.
Tank is now empty of water and in waiting state.
Hopefully February 2017 start.

[slavetonet]

Its been dormant for 1 year.
It's alive - Started cycling on the 09/07/2017.
I will do a quick cycle in 7 days because I can.
Stay tune it's about to get really colourful in this thread.

[reefmutt]

Better late than never.

[Wiskey]

Was it the tank that caused the flood? Or a broken water pipe?

Whiskey

[slavetonet]

Originally Posted by Wiskey

Was it the tank that caused the flood? Or a broken water pipe?

Whiskey

Broken water pipe in the house. Nothing to do with the tank.

[Wiskey]

Originally Posted by slavetonet

Broken water pipe in the house. Nothing to do with the tank.

That's terrible! I've had a friend that had a house flood that way. I'm glad your getting everything back in order now! It's a long road to recover from something like that.

Whiskey

[slavetonet]

Quick update - 14 days cycle have finished on Sunday.
Diatoms was everywhere is how I know the cycle is done.
Found out the nutrients level is off the chart.
NO3 at 100ppm - hot pink colour on the salifert Nitrate test kit. Possible much higher reading.
PO4 at 0.68ppm - Hanna Phosphate Checker.

I took action to reduce it down.
Hooked up on dosing pump.
1) Channel 1 dosing Vitaglow - vitamins
2) Channel 2 dosing Lanthanum Chloride - into the protein skimmer chamber

Add bacteria that eats Nitrate - 20 grams.

Fast Forward - Tuesday night nutrients test.
NO3 at 0.5ppm
PO4 at 0.07ppm

The tank is ready for corals come Thursday - waiting for coral shipment.
Before I put my corals in on Thursday, I will be dosing 50ml of straight solution of trace elements to buffer the water what the cycle process took out.

[slavetonet]

[biggles]

Looking great Kevin, are you trying to keep everything so pastel or is it just the new system still bedding in mate. And please don't think i'm having a dig at you, it's just that you have the polar opposite in color saturation to me and i want to know the how and why

[slavetonet]

Thanks mate.
With 2 fish in the system right now.
The nutrients are low holding very easily.
But I am dosing coral nutrition back in to sustain the corals.
End of the day is fast growing tank and colours right?

[biggles]

Originally Posted by slavetonet

Thanks mate.
With 2 fish in the system right now.
The nutrients are low holding very easily.
But I am dosing coral nutrition back in to sustain the corals.
End of the day is fast growing tank and colours right?

Two fish - that'd do it lol.

At the end of the day all that matters is what gives you enjoyment from the hobby Kevin. Fast growing colorful SPS sounds pretty good to me mate

[slavetonet]

Originally Posted by biggles

Two fish - that'd do it lol.

At the end of the day all that matters is what gives you enjoyment from the hobby Kevin. Fast growing colorful SPS sounds pretty good to me mate

By the time I am finish with my fish list.
Once the IBC fish of 11 moved in, that will make 13 fish immediately.
Then I will QT a few more new fish say 7 to make up the remainder.
I think I will get 20 fish into the 5ft and there will be plenty of nutrients to make the coral colours saturate.

The tank is 2 months old, as you can see the brown age stage starting to peel back, but I want them to stay a bit longer for the snails and pods population to gear up and breed.

[ssgss gogeta]

How you going man? Where shouts in Brisbane are you? Another Aussie from bris!

Couple of things,
- how are you liking the jebao return pump?
- check your mag with that blue treasure it had my mag ridiculously high


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[slavetonet]

Originally Posted by ssgss gogeta

How you going man? Where shouts in Brisbane are you? Another Aussie from bris!

Couple of things,
- how are you liking the jebao return pump?
- check your mag with that blue treasure it had my mag ridiculously high


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Hey mate,
I am located in Inner city of Brisbane.
The jebao return pump is silent and I can't hear it. Very good price and it has been reliable so far. If it last 2 years, that is all I am asking of it. Usually something better will come along. I have a spare things such as return pump on stand-by.

Blue treasure sps salt I have been using since 2015 when it first came on the scene in Australia. Alot of reefer at the time was saying don't buy it because it is cheap quality Chinese made salt.
Only 1 box that I had was bad in that time of 2 years, told my supplier and they send me new box free of charge.
The magnesium is high on the 1450ppm but that is good in my eyes as I rarely dose magnesium solution...
Its not like I do water change anyway, so it doesn't really matter.

[ssgss gogeta]

Originally Posted by slavetonet

Hey mate,

I am located in Inner city of Brisbane.

The jebao return pump is silent and I can't hear it. Very good price and it has been reliable so far. If it last 2 years, that is all I am asking of it. Usually something better will come along. I have a spare things such as return pump on stand-by.



Blue treasure sps salt I have been using since 2015 when it first came on the scene in Australia. Alot of reefer at the time was saying don't buy it because it is cheap quality Chinese made salt.

Only 1 box that I had was bad in that time of 2 years, told my supplier and they send me new box free of charge.

The magnesium is high on the 1450ppm but that is good in my eyes as I rarely dose magnesium solution...

Its not like I do water change anyway, so it doesn't really matter.

Oh nice, I'm building a new house with a new tank to go in it at Everton park.

We sound a lot alike with our view of reefing. I like jebao and marine sources stuff everyone tells me to stay away from the Chinese equipment but when it hasn't failed me yet I keep doing it.

Yeah that's true with the blue treasure, I went to Red Sea coral pro but the alk was just way too high! When my new tank is up and running I'm going back to collecting my own NSW again


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[slavetonet]

Originally Posted by ssgss gogeta

Oh nice, I'm building a new house with a new tank to go in it at Everton park.

We sound a lot alike with our view of reefing. I like jebao and marine sources stuff everyone tells me to stay away from the Chinese equipment but when it hasn't failed me yet I keep doing it.

Yeah that's true with the blue treasure, I went to Red Sea coral pro but the alk was just way too high! When my new tank is up and running I'm going back to collecting my own NSW again


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Nice work on the new house and new tank. Everton Park isn't too far away 8km from the CBD. Falls right in the middle ring.
Make sure you post your photos / new thread up when you start it.

[ssgss gogeta]

Originally Posted by slavetonet

Nice work on the new house and new tank. Everton Park isn't too far away 8km from the CBD. Falls right in the middle ring.
Make sure you post your photos / new thread up when you start it.

Yeh man, I'm following your thread now I've noticed it. Always looking for local reefers can get in on group buys and frag swaps!

Not much happening on my thread while house build is still happening but this is its link

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=2645490


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