Mebigloser
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I am redoing my 75 gallon reef and had to find a place for my setup......thought I would post the steps...
Here's the tank in waiting....
MBL
Here's the tank in waiting....
MBL
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56 Cube Setup and 75 Rebuild..
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Plumbing the sump.
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Returns
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Testing the water movement and plumbing.
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50 pounds of live rock from Premium Aquatics.
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Just placed the rock..little cloudy huh....
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Moving the 75 into the 56....guys are a little upset....
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Lighting for the 56....
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The 56 is starting to come around, really had to push this setup.....so far so good.....
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Sump
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Everything is doing great, the parms are kicking butt. Will update the picture later today....this all took place in about a two week period.
Maxx
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Cheeks, I think thats a 56 gallon Oceanic.....
MBL,
Just a suggestion, might think about wrapping the flexible tubing connecting the scwd to the PVC returns w/ either black electrical tape or duct tape. This prevents light from hitting the insdies of the plumbing and allowing algae to grow and choke off the flow through there.
Looks good,
Nick
MBL,
Just a suggestion, might think about wrapping the flexible tubing connecting the scwd to the PVC returns w/ either black electrical tape or duct tape. This prevents light from hitting the insdies of the plumbing and allowing algae to grow and choke off the flow through there.
Looks good,
Nick
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Good idea Maxx...I will wrap them..
It is an 56 gallon Perfecto.....
It is an 56 gallon Perfecto.....
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75 emptied...
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Boiling liverock......
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Had a huge hair algae outbreak......had a couple of factors that caused the problem....live and learn.....
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Cheeks69,
1. Overfeeding, Had a Sun Coral that I was feeding.
2. Way too deep sandbed.
3. Used a Silicate based sand, was very pretty but.....
4. Was using tapwater when first setup tank......
Do I need to say anymore.....
I will say that the tank never had a Nitrate, Nitrite, or Ammonia problem.........I just loaded it full of Phosphates and Silicates...
The tank was very very healthy...except I was always fighting hair algae....would clear up and bam...outbreak...
1. Overfeeding, Had a Sun Coral that I was feeding.
2. Way too deep sandbed.
3. Used a Silicate based sand, was very pretty but.....
4. Was using tapwater when first setup tank......
Do I need to say anymore.....
I will say that the tank never had a Nitrate, Nitrite, or Ammonia problem.........I just loaded it full of Phosphates and Silicates...
The tank was very very healthy...except I was always fighting hair algae....would clear up and bam...outbreak...