jolt Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Almost time for frags!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuxx Posted July 9, 2015 Author Share Posted July 9, 2015 Almost time for frags!!!! Yeap I have two big pieces of rock that have been in my sump for 18 months or so, one all nice and gross with algae all over it in the fuge lol... Also have a new 8x8x4 MarinePure block in the sump I'm going to move over to the frag tank as well. Just ordered two 75 gallon bottles of BioSpira I'm going to dump in there too. Also have some other bacteria sitting around. Get this thing kicked off We're going to LA on the 21st, so going to pick some frags/coral while we're down there. There are some really interesting smaller wholesalers down there with nice stuff Not going too overboard though... not sure how the tank is going even mature/handle coral. We go to LA every few months, so the next trip I'll pick up a lot more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuxx Posted July 10, 2015 Author Share Posted July 10, 2015 Fired the tank up... No leaks and went ahead and added the salt. Haven't messed with the drains much so it's pretty noisy... Have the RW-15s set to Else mode on their lowest setting, still getting good water movement. Will sync and run wave mode after everything is mixed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuxx Posted July 14, 2015 Author Share Posted July 14, 2015 Just added two large pieces of rock that have been in the display's sump for 18 months and also the 8x8x4" MarinePure block. To also help kick off the cycle I added two very dirty filter pads from the display. Added some leftover nitrifying bacteria as well as 2 bottles of BioSpira. Hopefully the cycle goes nice and quick Also put in the ATO and 29 gallon ATO storage tank. Sorry pic from IP cam... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuxx Posted July 31, 2015 Author Share Posted July 31, 2015 Got our first coral in the tank Picked up the following:- Seasons Greetings Montipora- Australian Strawberry Shortcake- Green Birdsnest (Made a second frag from breaking in shipping)- BamBam Zoa- Mini Splatter Hammer- Rainbow Hammer- Red Mint Blasto- Hollywood Stunner Echinopora- Red Monti Cap- Reverse Superman Monti- Pereseid Cyphastrea- Pachyseris- Bright Green Favia- Bright Red Setosa- Gold Frogspawn / Hammer Hybrid- Two different colored Meteor Shower Cyphastrea- Two random Acros Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gig 'em @ NDstructible Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 ooooh pretty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Nice stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuxx Posted July 31, 2015 Author Share Posted July 31, 2015 Thanks Didn't want to get too crazy with harder to keep coral since it's a brand new tank. Chancing it with the acros... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuxx Posted August 3, 2015 Author Share Posted August 3, 2015 Decided to raise the lights a little bit... For the 3 watt cheap Chinese lights, I used a 2x4 cut to 4" long.For the Current Orbit Marine I used a 2x2 cut to 3.5" long. I then used Krylon Fusion to paint the wood black. Drilled three holes at the top of each block to attach the legs of each fixture with black zip ties. I then painted some metal tabs and screwed them into the bottom of the blocks to keep them from sliding off and into the tank. Here are some pictures: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuxx Posted September 3, 2015 Author Share Posted September 3, 2015 New lights in Getting much more spread with them mounted higher... Can add 3 more down the line as well... and break the bank! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuxx Posted November 9, 2015 Author Share Posted November 9, 2015 Added a bunch of new frags (Thanks Sam and Ty): Blue and Orange Linckias are doing well, so is the Sea Hare: Installed the UV sterilizer in the sump: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fusilier Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Nice build! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuxx Posted November 10, 2015 Author Share Posted November 10, 2015 Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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