FishinBobs 90 gallon reef journey!

[Sstanley223]

Outstanding!

 

[FishinBob]

Outstanding!

Beautiful tank!

-Paola

Thanks everyone, luckily me and the tank survived the storm and just got back to real life again. Somehow out of the 4.5 million people in south florida, about 1 hr away from irma's landfall we got a direct hit and still never lost power! The reefing gods were in my favor, but some of my fellow reef club members wernt so lucky. Helped with some rodi water and frozen ice blocks for people who lost it. Did make a vortech battery backup with a 9 day runtime for the "next one" though so I'm ready kinda!!

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[FishinBob]

Well little update got a great deal on some nice drags today I'm pretty stoked about. Bizzaro, afterburn monti, Skittles cyphstra, green and pink millies and a beautiful gold and blue tipped torch(top of my list) and checked out a 180 ellos rimless 60'x30x23" beautiful tank but a bit out of my price range!

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[FishinBob]

I am quickly running out of space and the upgrade bug calls..oh and a couple nps gorgonians I picked up this weekend beautiful white polyps!

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[FishinBob]

Got some motivation today and worked on the sump. Got a 24"x24" sheet of 1/4" acrylic and made a hanging rack for the phyto and copepod cultures(no more falling in and emptying) also took some left over starboard and made a simple frag lights out of some exotic strips. Moved some mummy eyes down and finally have some room for frags and light!

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[SPR]

I like the lights in your sump, it's something I need to sort out on my system as I have a very bright led torch, but your coloured lights make it look much nicer and less dingy.

Will go and have a look online.

Nice system by the way.

 

[saintsreturn]

Glad to hear your faired well through the storm.and beautiful tank!

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[FishinBob]

I like the lights in your sump, it's something I need to sort out on my system as I have a very bright led torch, but your coloured lights make it look much nicer and less dingy.

Will go and have a look online.

Nice system by the way.

Thanks the white is a outdoor led light from lower extremely bright. I like the contrast of the white and blue though.

Well picked up some more goodies and added to my acan/zoa garden.
Sps are coloring up nicely and some of the new monti' s are crawling up the plugs!

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[FishinBob]

Well noticed my colors fading and PH dropping, remembered I adjusted my doser and forgot to reset it(only days but still 350 ml over the span). So decent water change and monthly trimming. Got a good bunch of frags for the store. Added a nice green acan I traded for some trimmings [emoji41]

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[FishinBob]

Well doser mishap threw me off buy finally back in action! The misses got me some black Friday goodies some frags and a new powder blue... before the words... yes it's a 90 gallon but Wil be upgrading in the next month.. picked up an elos 160xl!!! HERE'S where we are and where it's going next!!!

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[Oxylebius]

Did make a vortech battery backup with a 9 day runtime for the "next one" though so I'm ready kinda!!

Can you tell me more about this Vortech battery backup?

 

[FishinBob]

Can you tell me more about this Vortech battery backup?

Hey oxylebius, very simple design it's put away I'll get some pictures but it's just 3 (kind of 4) simple parts. First

1 deep cycle battery (sealed if inside vented if outside) anywhere from 35 amp hours-120ah I use 120ah.
1 1.8mm male barrel plug with wires... (try to get largest wires possible 16ga)
Inside of barrel is positive and outside is negative.
1 5amp inline fuse on the positive lead to the battery.

Last item is a battery tender/charger, hook all together and then have days of power survivability... tested for 17 hours at 20 percent on 1 mp40.
Vortech battery backup is 35 amp hours... I believe it lists 1 pump for 36-72 hrs run time, at 120 amp hours we can run for almost a 1-1.5 weeks.

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[Oxylebius]

Hey oxylebius, very simple design it's put away I'll get some pictures but it's just 3 (kind of 4) simple parts. First

1 deep cycle battery (sealed if inside vented if outside) anywhere from 35 amp hours-120ah I use 120ah.
1 1.8mm male barrel plug with wires... (try to get largest wires possible 16ga)
Inside of barrel is positive and outside is negative.
1 5amp inline fuse on the positive lead to the battery.

Last item is a battery tender/charger, hook all together and then have days of power survivability... tested for 17 hours at 20 percent on 1 mp40.
Vortech battery backup is 35 amp hours... I believe it lists 1 pump for 36-72 hrs run time, at 120 amp hours we can run for almost a 1-1.5 weeks.

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Pics would be great.

I've used the old car battery and converter for power outages that we get in the winter. Looking into a small generator for this year (for charging cell phones and keep the tank running), it would run on gas and would have to be outside (other issues to plan for). Saw your post on this and was intrigued. The car battery doesn't do well just sitting in the garage and I have to trade it in each year at Costco days before the storms arrive, kinda a hassle. And I've had the batteries die from just sitting around when not in use.

 

[FishinBob]

Pics would be great.

I've used the old car battery and converter for power outages that we get in the winter. Looking into a small generator for this year (for charging cell phones and keep the tank running), it would run on gas and would have to be outside (other issues to plan for). Saw your post on this and was intrigued. The car battery doesn't do well just sitting in the garage and I have to trade it in each year at Costco days before the storms arrive, kinda a hassle. And I've had the batteries die from just sitting around when not in use.

The key is a battery tender, but even with that batteries do tend to die.. these are for my boat so they were "laying around" the direct dc connection uses significantly less power than a converter due to power loss from conversion. And runs the vortech on 50 percent of set flow at constant. Keeping the battery on a wood rack off the concrete and connected to a battery tender will help prolong the life of the battery but maintaining and discharging the battery will go a long way aswell. If you have the batteries you can build one for less than 10$ each and a battery tender 1.5-3amp will run you about 50$. Generators are essential for prolonged periods and the inverter type honda/yamaha/power horse will protect the electronics from surges and start current that's the best bet. I would still use a battery backup for the instance of power going out and your not home to fire up the Benny. Solid piece of mind for the investment we have into these semi delicate biosphere!

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[FishinBob]

Well found a great deal on a used elos 160xl absolutley beautiful tank dimsions of 63x31.5x23.5"tall 200gallon rimless. Excited about the extra width coming from a 18" wide 90 gallon. Have to modify the stand and build a floating canopy for my diy leds. Tank is looking good but definitely need the space as the tank has leveled out and growth has accelerated .

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