not so much the typical build thread, its already built but are we ever really done w/ our systems?
So...
Tanks/reactors:
-180g DSA/Oceanic w/ corner overflows (build type screams DSA, quality screams Oceanic... this might be the last build the DSA guys did before they split off to DSA...or first at DSA... who knows)
-50g Oceanic Sump
-30g converted oceanic sump for refugium
-20g frag tank
-~1/5g marine life aquatics CR-500 calcium reactor
-4.5g Deltec AP851 recirc skimmer
-~2g in calcium reactor
-~2g in anaerobic coil
-~1g in whole house filter converted for nitrate sponge -~1/3g GFO reactor decommissioned for algae scrubber -~1/3g carbon reactor decommissioned for algae scrubber
-~2g algae scrubber -5g fluidized sand bed home depot bucket. decommissioned due to space
-plus whatever is in the plumbing (main/fuge inside, rest in garage)
-55g barrel w/ salt mix (on ready for emergencies or water changes)
-55g barrel w/ RO/DI (on ready for salt mixing and ATO)
-20g RO tank w/ bladder (after RO, before DI)
-small effluent box for calc reactor (probe in reactor now, ignore probe in old picts!)
(thats ~280g total "holding," guesstimate 250ish operating)
Pumps/powerheads: -mag9 (FSB + nitrate sponge + UV) decommissioned, new pump manifold -CA 2200 (fuge) decommissioned, new pump manifold -bubble magus sp4000 (skimmer) decommissioned, new skimmer -small harbor freight pond pump (for phosban reactor) decommissioned, new pump manifold -eheim1262 (main return) decommissioned, new pump manifold
-jeabo DC-9000 and manifold (UV+nitrate sponge, gfo/carbon, fuge, main display, frag, UV2+algae scrubber)
-eheim1262 (water changes and backup for tank)
-eheim1260 (skimmer recirculation)
-rio1100 (anaerobic coil + calcium reactor)
-medium harbor fright pump (feed skimmer, rio that came w/ broke its shaft, pending new shaft!)
-medical PCA pump (everclear dosing)
-BRS 2part doser (vinegar.. now only used in case pH goes over 8.4)
-permeate pump (for RO/DI system) -tunze wavebox (synced w/ turbelle)
-2x tunze turbelle (synced)
-koralia 4 -precisionmarine redtop skimmer
Controls:
-Apex+EB8+EB8+PM2+ALD+VDM+DIY breakout box+jaebo controller
-various 0-10v dimmers (cabinet fan, DIY LEDs, backup heater relay, powersave relay)
-various 12v relays
-DIY temp control box powered by stc-1000 w/ opensource stc1000p firmware
-main pump manifold for controlling flows to UV/UV2, nitrate sponge, gfo/carbon, fuge, main display, frag and algae scrubber
-a lot of magnetic floats (used by Apex i/o ports and ATO)
-24v sprinkler valve (for ATO to sump)
-12v ball valve (for RO/DI to barrel)
-120v industrial ball valve (for chiller loop)
-tunze osmolator pump (for ATO)
-24hr timer EB8 socket (for ATO)
-7day count down timer (for RO/DI barrel)
Lighting:
-4 refurbed AI Sol (2xwhite, 1x blue)
-1 refurbed AI Sol Blue (2x blue, 1x white)
-~60 DIY blue leds (from old DIY LED, still provides decent spectrum w/ the Sol's)
-~25 DIY white leds (from old DIY LED that wasnt up to PAR, but good backlighting)
-2 aluminum 6063-T52 Bare Rectangle Tube 1.5" x 2" x 0.125" as rails (thermo-epoxy'd LEDs on these as support and heat sync. Sol's supported in between)
-1 t8 "daylight" light CF from biocube (for fuge, on reverse cycle)
-1 t8 50/50 light actinic CF from biocube (for fuge, on reverse cycle)
-36w UV Clarifier
-40w UV Clarifier
-1 strand of led lighting for under cabinet use
Chiller system:
-One-off construction from chillking chillers. (manufactured as a proof of concept "remote" aquarium chiller. ping me if interested, wont say more beyond that because I know the rules! although if there is enough interest, I'm sure I can get them to swing a sponsored account for this!)
-2-ton titanium coil in aquarium sump
-25g chiller tank
-1.5ton condenser on chiller outside
-2-ton evaporator coil in chiller sump
-also cools my server closet and garage evaporator unit if i turn it on
Stand/hood:
-DSA quality stand w/ side doors (which i cant open as its flush w/ the wall) and 4 front doors. (I say DSA, because I dont recall Oceanic having the side doors, I may be wrong)
-DIY hood. 8x1 oak, stained, epoxy sealed. opens upwards from the front for feeding & access to lighting)
-DIY upper tank brace (powder coated steel stock, removed inner glass crossbracing)
Typical water:
-I prefer Red Sea pro Instant Ocean salt 200g bags when I can get them. In a crunch, I use Instant ocean reef 200g box
-NO3: 5-10
-NO2: 0
-NH4: 0
-PO4(3-): 0
-C: 440-480
-KH: 10 +/1 1
-Mg: 1450 +/- 50
-Salinity 34.5-35/1.026 (depends on how clogged the sump gets w/ stuff in between cleanings)
-Temp: 77 78 +/- .3 (i love this temp controller)
-pH: 8.15 (end of night cycle) - 8.35 (end of day cycle)
Feeding/Dosing:
-I prepare 8 days worth ahead of time in old 110ml breastmilk bottles
-1 2 3 cubes of mysis (bulk from brineshrimpdirect)
-1 2 3 cubes of brine (bulk from brineshrimpdirect)
-1 2 cubes of krill (bulk from brineshrimpdirect)
-6 8 10 12 16 drops of garlic (per bottle)
-1 2 3 tiny spoons (reef chili spoon/chemiclean) polyplab reef roids
-1 2 3 tiny spoons (reef chili spoon/chemiclean) BRS reef chili
-10ml 20ml kent microvert
-10ml 20ml kent chromaplex
-10ml 20ml kent phytoplex
-10ml 20ml kent zoe
-20ml brightwell zooplanktos-M
-20ml rightwell zooplantos-L
-20ml real sea reef energy A
-20ml real sea reef energy B
-20ml 30ml brightwell coral kolor
-10ml brightwell potassium
-40ml 90ml 120ml kent coral accel
-all liquids mixed (320ml) and split evenly between the 8 bottles (40ml), topped off w/ ro/di, put in fridge
-2 1x1 square of green Julian Sprung`s SeaVeggies every other day occasionally
-2 1x1 square of purple Julian Sprung`s SeaVeggies every other day occasionally (folded in between green)
-Vinegar/RO on ready if pH goes above 8.39 -PCA bump holds 100ml. dosing 0.1ml/hr. Everclear/RODI ratio at 10% everclear right now (so 4ml/day everclear. I lower ratio as the white slime creeps back and liverock/nitrate sponge/FSB/nitrate coil kick in. When I started in 1/2ml increments, i ended up at 7ml on the high end, its now going down about every other week). Holding steady at 10% (as of Dec 2015) disabled.. algae scrubber
Livestock:
-5 31 1mangroves
-too much chaeto
-maroon clown
-Ocellaris clown
-Ocellaris clown in frag tank
-skunk clown
-bi-color angel
-flame angel
-multicolor angel -koran angel -potters angel -imperator angel
-sixline wrasse
-mysteri wrasse
-melanurus wrasse
-blue sided fairy wrasse -solorensis (solar/clown) fairy wrasse -square anthias (male- popeye, comes out rarely)
-square anthias (female- RIP, on order RCA) -sailfin tang
-blue hippo tang
-kupang damsel
-2x blue sapphire damsel
-black bar damsel
-neon dottyback
-bicolor psuedochromis
-green mandarin goby
-bicolor goby
-strawberry psuedochromis (although he's more purple he's strawberry now)
-2x pajama cardinal
-sailfin blenny (frag tank)
-aiptasia eating filefish in left overflow (maybe, havnt seen aiptasia in there for a while) -ruby red cardinal (I call him tomato cardinal) -midas blenny (RIP.. i really liked him) -engineer goby (classic straight lines down body)
-engineer goby (striped like a banded pipefish, on the body of an engineer?.. this @$#%^@ is wrecking havoc) -3x sand sifting starfish -red marble fromia starfish (RIP)
-lots of snails and crabs (from reefcleaners)
-emerald crab (frag tank)
-2x (scarlet) skunk cleaner shrimp
-1x fire shrimp (frag tank)
-4x peppermint shrimp in display (i think, never see them)
-2x peppermint shrimp in left overflow (aiptasia control)
-3x harlequin shrimp (i've only seen two out at once lately)
-a bunch of liverock
-green star polys everywhere
-green/purple condi anemone
-large green bubbletip anemone, recently split into two! (Dec 2015 & Oct 2017) clone now lives in frag's overflow
-smaller accidentally fragged carpet anemone (i see him occasionally) -larger accidentally fragged carpet anemone -pompom xenia
-green/beige torch colony (6 many many heads)
-green frogspawn (2 many many heads each) -gold highlighter tip torch
-toxic splatter green hammerhead (6 many heads)
-a bunch of zoas
-3x green candycane colonies (many heads, not looking hot) -cyan/teal candycane, 4 heads (doing great.. under palys) -darth maul convict
-various favia frags
-large favia colony -war skin bower (not doing great)
-various encrusting monti
-large galaxia colony
-2x large red monti
-large green monti
-large grape monti
-smaller green monti one w/ blue polyps
-3 large green chalice colinies (many more frags to sell/swap)
-1 small pink fuzzy birdsnest
-1 larger red birdsnest (RTN event, just have a small frag now)
-large green & light green paly colony (ugh)
-mushroom leather
-ty's bottlebrush acro
-some dark purple w/ green tone acro (real name?)
-lighter purple acro (real name?)
-i need help identifying most of these *lol*
-i KNOW i missed some too
PICTURES! (kinda old w/ cameraphone, need to pull out the SLR)
System: https://goo.gl/photos/GXXbCDkC4s1JbtVi8
Livestock: https://goo.gl/photos/JdhivvED3cfPvh6J7
...that was a bit longer than I anticipated, good thing this is a hobby and I'm not keeping a running cost sheet... ouch.