jestep Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 So finally got moved into the 90 rimless from my 48 gallon tank. This was originally Bio^3's and another member's before that. Stand is a powder coated steel from offroaddodge. Current FTS 01-09-2014: Sump is a custom acrylic ~30 gallons. As of now I'm going to skip the mud refugium that I had before and do a ton of macros in the center chamber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted August 25, 2013 Author Share Posted August 25, 2013 Current Equipment: 90 Gallon Rimless tank Custom Acrylic Sump (~30 Gallons) Custom Steel Stand w/walnut panels 3 Ai SOL Blue LED Fixtures Par38 6500K - Refugium Kessil A150 - Refugium Maristar 2x250W MH Fixture Reefbrite 24" Actinic Fixture Apex Lite Controller Octopus CR140 Calcium Reactor Tunze ATO DIY Dosing Pumps SCA 302 Skimmer Cadlights Biopellet Reactor 4 BRS Media Reactor 1/4 HP JBJ Chiller 300W ViaAqua Titanium Heater Jebao WP40 - Tank Vortech MP10ESW - Refugium 2 Eheim Compact Pump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted August 25, 2013 Author Share Posted August 25, 2013 Livestock:1 Yellow Tang1 Giant One Spot Foxface1 Black ocellaris clown1 Two spot bristletooth tang1 Maroon clown who's been cast to the sump1 Royal Gramma Basslet 1 Yellow Assessor Basslet2 Springer's Damsel1 Fighting Conch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted August 25, 2013 Author Share Posted August 25, 2013 Did the tank move yesterday. Grossly underestimated the time it was going to take. Ended up taking about 8 hours total. House is still a bit of a disaster. Last shot of the old tank: Used 3/4" Plywood for the base of the stand. Glued a really nice bright pink yoga mat to the plywood for cushion and noise dampening. Dog thought she just got a nice new bed: Sorry dog: Apex and light ballast: Empty and ugly: 1 hour of rinsing dry sand isn't enough. Can finally see something. Needs a lot of work. Sump closeup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bige Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Looks awesome! You still gonna have that display fuge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Bio)³ Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Digging the pink! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted August 26, 2013 Author Share Posted August 26, 2013 Looks awesome! You still gonna have that display fuge? I have it for sale right now as I wasn't sure how to plumb it into the new tank. Still full of water with a pump in case I change my mind on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted September 10, 2013 Author Share Posted September 10, 2013 Just switched to a WP40 from the 3 vortechs all running at 100%. Absolutely no comparison in flow and noise. I wish the WP40 had a smaller footprint, but the amount of flow is nothing short of amazing. A few of the setting were rather scary as I was not expecting that size and frequency of wave in my tank. Have a gentle wave and every inch of my tank has back and forth flow. Dropped 25db of ambient noise from my living room. Just need to get my stand skinned but my MJ1200 going through my double reactor is now the loudest thing on the tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 just finished up 2 jebao-> apex cables. Testing them tonight. I'll let you know how it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Big fan of the WP40 myself. Victoly stole it from me but he promises it will play nice with my APEX once he's finished. Are you planning to run it only in wave mode only? Been playing with "else" mode the most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted September 10, 2013 Author Share Posted September 10, 2013 I'm in wave only right now but it's literally only been in for a few hours. Planning on trying the apex integration down the road. I have a apex lite so will need a VDM module if I decide to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 I'll let you know if its worth it after I get it back from Victoly. Tank is looking good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 I'm in wave only right now but it's literally only been in for a few hours. Planning on trying the apex integration down the road. I have a apex lite so will need a VDM module if I decide to do it. I know a guy who is looking to get rid of his.... ^^^^ RIGHT ABOVE ME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esacjack Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 i honestly couldnt believe how quiet the wp40 was. Im definitely getting an army of wp25s to replace my koralias. I wont have to listen to the CLICK-....CLICK......CLICK..... CLICK... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted December 15, 2013 Author Share Posted December 15, 2013 Added one of these back at the beginning of October: I'm was previously at about 15 lbs of rock to 110 gallons of total volume, which is no doubt on the lower side of being realistically able to adequately handle nitrification. Added a 8 x 8 x 4 ceramic block from marine pure which is duly serving as my skimmer stand. These blocks are crazy porous. Probably the most porous thing with structure I've ever seen. You can literally run water through one from the tap without it even spilling over the sides, but it feels and looks like a solid brick. Supposedly the block can support actual denitrification, although with biopellet's that's theoretically not a huge concern. It's rather expensive but I decided to stay true to my original plan in that no rock from the ocean will be added to this tank, less a few tiny pieces of rubble that some of my frags came attached to. With that being said, I just noticed my biopellet reactor pump was messed up and was not actually flowing through my bioepellets. I can only guess but I would say it's been at least a 4 weeks if not more like 8 weeks since I noticed more flow in my return chamber of my sump. I thought it was due to when I increased the return pump flow, during the same time, but noticed this morning that the nozzle of the reactor pump was completely outside of the reactor. My NO3 still tested undetectable so I have to assume that some serious denitirification is going on either in the ceramic block or somewhere else in the tank. I've been feeding much heavier in the past 2 months, and I added a huge foxface, which I'm still trying to catch to rehome, so the bioload has easily doubled since I added the block. Also added a beautiful and tiny gold maroon in September as my male clown went surfing. Really sad since we've had him for about 6 months and my daughter picked him out from another local reef keeper that was able to raise a batch from eggs. Unfortunately, he was subsequently cast to the sump because my female clown decided they're not compatible. I don't think he would have lasted more than an hour in the main tank. His fins are grown back, but she managed to make short work of his pectoral and tail fin in about 5 minutes. Pretty funny watching him though. He's a fearless pod destroyer even with some shredded fins. He will go in my office BTA build when we move locations. Best looking non-crazy maroon I've ever seen. Hopefully his color doesn't change too much as he ages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted December 15, 2013 Author Share Posted December 15, 2013 Here's the maroon clown. Was really hard to get a good picture with the low lighting and glare from the sump, but this one came out pretty cool even with the movement and weird glare.His pure black fins are what really sold me on him. He's also quite a bit more red than the brown here and his eye is bright red.Ceramic skimmer stand. This is a beast of a ceramic brick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted January 9, 2014 Author Share Posted January 9, 2014 Picked up a cadlights biopellet reactor on ebay to replace my beta CPR reactor, of which I'm not a fan at all. I was a little worried about the size but it still fit perfectly in the inlet/skimmer chamber of the sump.Started religiously dosing korallen zucht SPS amino acids about a month ago, 5 drops per day, and SPS growth and polyp extension have exploded. I am extremely skeptical of any miracle additive, especially at these dosages, but there's no doubt this makes a big difference. All of my SPS look better. Several coral which hadn't encrusted in more than a year have encrusted a half inch or more at the base. 2 of my valida have easily grown a quarter to half inch in 2 months. I would absolutely recommend this stuff to any SPS keeper. It's pretty much the only additive other than Ca and Alk dosing that I would recommend. Just based on cost, I'm going to give the TLF AcroPower a shot as I've heard good things in online blogs and from other reefers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted January 9, 2014 Author Share Posted January 9, 2014 A Bit disorganized but current FTS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Tank is looking good! I with you, not easily swayed by miracle potions and stuff for the tank but I did notice a increase in growth rate and coloration when I started dosing amino acids. I currently use thr Red Sea energy formula with aminos acids and vitamins but was thinking of trying acropower on the new tank once its setup. Reefbuilders has been talking that acropower stuff up like a storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Reefbuilders has been paid a bunch of money to talk talking that acropower stuff up like a storm. Fixed that for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted January 9, 2014 Author Share Posted January 9, 2014 It's so cheap it's worth a shot IMO. If it's anything close to the Korallen stuff I'll be switching. The smallest bottle of that stuff comes in at almost $50. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Yeah, the Korallen stuff is too rich for my blood. I can only afford the crackers and not the caviar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planeden Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 very nice jestep. that clown is really cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted January 9, 2014 Author Share Posted January 9, 2014 Cadlights biopellet reactor tumbling. Very impressed. Some still have some air stuck to them so there's a bit of clumping, but should settle down in a few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorien Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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