Choff
Well-Known Member
Hi All,
Yes, I am starting a new tank thread. My first thread was a build thread and really the focus of my first 2 years back in the hobby has been all about the build and the system itself with really the coral and fish taking a back seat. Only very recently has my focus shifted to the corals and their actual growth. With that I decided to start a new thread as I kind of view this point as almost my new starting point. My old thread will remain in my signature, but will be locked shortly. I'm going to do a quick recap of my build here as a consolidation of sorts.
Key Dates:
03/19/12 - Tank Ordered
04/24/12 - Tank Delivered
06/01/12 - Tank begins cycle
07/01/12 - First fish purchased (2 ebony ocellaris still with me)
07/29/12 - First coral purchase (a candy cane still with me)
09/30/13 - Tank wipeout due to CFL bulb cracking in sump
11/10/13 - Back to back knee injuries - little tank work for 6 months
06/04/14 - Vidarock transition begins
08/01/14 - The new beginning
I am considering 8/1 as the new beginning with the primary trigger being the custom aquascape I purchased from Cermeco (Vidarock). For the first time ever I was really happy with my scape and the build out of the sump room was essentially complete. It was also the first time I locked in my corals with super glue as I used to move them around far too much. They were constantly being re-positioned due to a rescape or simply just because and of course them falling to their doom behind rocks or in the sand bed.
System (est 310 gallons total water volume):
On to some Picts:
Sump room Design:
Actual:
Sump:
FT:
Fuge:
Genesis:
Display as of 8/1
Thanks for reading!
Yes, I am starting a new tank thread. My first thread was a build thread and really the focus of my first 2 years back in the hobby has been all about the build and the system itself with really the coral and fish taking a back seat. Only very recently has my focus shifted to the corals and their actual growth. With that I decided to start a new thread as I kind of view this point as almost my new starting point. My old thread will remain in my signature, but will be locked shortly. I'm going to do a quick recap of my build here as a consolidation of sorts.
Key Dates:
03/19/12 - Tank Ordered
04/24/12 - Tank Delivered
06/01/12 - Tank begins cycle
07/01/12 - First fish purchased (2 ebony ocellaris still with me)
07/29/12 - First coral purchase (a candy cane still with me)
09/30/13 - Tank wipeout due to CFL bulb cracking in sump
11/10/13 - Back to back knee injuries - little tank work for 6 months
06/04/14 - Vidarock transition begins
08/01/14 - The new beginning
I am considering 8/1 as the new beginning with the primary trigger being the custom aquascape I purchased from Cermeco (Vidarock). For the first time ever I was really happy with my scape and the build out of the sump room was essentially complete. It was also the first time I locked in my corals with super glue as I used to move them around far too much. They were constantly being re-positioned due to a rescape or simply just because and of course them falling to their doom behind rocks or in the sand bed.
System (est 310 gallons total water volume):
- Display
- Tank: RSM650 - 150 gallons (Tank and Cabinet are the only OEM pieces left)
- Lights:
- 4 x Kessil 360w supplemented with
- 4 x 80w t5's (2 x ATI blu+, ATI Actinic, ATI Coral+ and GE 6500)
- 5 x Apex Moonlights
- Flow: 4 stock RSM power heads + 2 MP40's
- Bottom: DSB + Vidarock Scape
- Sump
- Tank: 125 gal show w/custom DIY baffles
- Light: GE 6500 CFL for Chaeto ball
- Flow:
- Eheim 1252 utility pump
- Reeflo Gold Hammerhead return pump
- Bottom: Bare
- Other:
- SRO XP 3000i Skimmer w/Auto neck cleaner and waste collector
- SRO 3000D calcium reactor w/aquarium plants regulator
- Tunze Osmolator 3155 ATO
- JBJ 1/3hp Chiller
- 3 x 250w Eheim Jaeger heaters
- NextReef SMR1 XL media reactor running Seachem Matrix
- BRS Canister reactor running Seachem Seagel
- BRS Canister reactor running BRS ROX carbon
- Frag Tank
- Tank: 40 gal Breeder w/bean animal overflow
- Lights: Radion XR30 gen2
- Flow: 2 x MP10
- Bottom: Bare
- Refugium
- Tank: 40 gal Breeder
- Lights: 2x 6500 GE CFL
- Flow: 2 x Jebao RW-4
- Bottom: DSB + 30# of live rock
- Other:
- Santa Monica Surf2 algae skimmer
- Misc
- Genesis Reef automated water change system
- Apex controller
- 2 x pH, 2 x Temp, ORP and Salinity probes
- LSM, VDM, WXM and water sensors
- Foscam F19826P Sump room camera
- BRS 7 stage 150 gpd RODI (extra pre filter and dual DI chambers)
On to some Picts:
Sump room Design:
Actual:
Sump:
FT:
Fuge:
Genesis:
Display as of 8/1
Thanks for reading!
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it's already starting to look like it's been there for ages with the growth it's getting 
