Jdm18’s sps build

[Jdm18honda]

Hello I am Chris i live in St Aug FL I have been out of reefing for about 10 years.
I recently came across a really good deal on a tank and decided to get back in.

My previous last tank was a reef savvy 110 rimless that was set up for about 5 years.

The new to me tank is a deep blue 80 gallon rimless that I found on marketplace

I will be doing a ATI 48x8 build t5
The sump is a eshopps R200 3 gen
The skimmer is a red sea RSK 300

I will be setting up a Sps QT tank and fish QT also and I have about 50 pounds of live rock cycling for the next month or so ( family trip in April so no real rush to set up the tank )

Over the sps qt tank I have a 24x6 build ATI sunpower dimmable

And will be using the 40 breeder as the fish QT when I get to that point

That’s about as far as I have gotten in about 2 weeks

My main display light should be here by the end of the week

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Following along!

 

[Jdm18honda]

Small update today
The ABS sheet came in last night I trimmed it and cut out the corner overflow
Lights will be here tomorrow and working on plumbing this weekend

 

[Jdm18honda]

Got most of the plumbing knocked out today and the light came in

 

[esquare]

Looks like you have got a good start. That light looks great over the tank.

 

[Jdm18honda]

Looks like you have got a good start. That light looks great over the tank.

Was ever it’s up and running the light will be about 8 -10” from the water and could adjust it higher or par readings are to high

 

[esquare]

Was ever it’s up and running the light will be about 8 -10” from the water and could adjust it higher or par readings are to high

Good thinking.

 

[Jdm18honda]

Tank has been up for about a week. I do some ammonia to start the fishless cycle put a little bit too much in a 10 gallon water change and started my frag tank QT set up.

Went out of town last week for Legoland for the kids birthday. Stop by worldwide corals had a pretty good time.

 

[Jdm18honda]

We LL it been a bit busy here the tank is cycled and ready for fish, so is the SPS quarantine tank
I installed a apex a3 on my main tank I ordered a controller board from adaptive reef, but it came in damaged, so waiting for the replacement. Should be here tomorrow.

started my light cycles on both tanks starting to see a little bit of algae forming on the rocks

We are going on the cruise in two or three weeks more than likely to wait for fish.

I ordered some rock and sand from Tampa Bay live rock for the display and the refugium will not be here until may

 

[Jdm18honda]

One month update no to much going on
Got the apex a3 hooked up and running definitely a step up from the digital aquatics. I had back in the day.

Started the lighting cycle about 2-3 weeks ago
Some alge on the glass and rock work
Still have not turned on the skimmer
And currently no refugium running

 

[esquare]

Wow, nice PH right off the bat.

 

[Jdm18honda]

Wow, nice PH right off the bat.

it has about a .20 to .25 swing
At night it’s usually 8.0 to 8.1
Hopefully once I get the refuium up it will be more steady

 

[esquare]

it has about a .20 to .25 swing
At night it’s usually 8.0 to 8.1
Hopefully once I get the refuium up it will be more steady

I'm in the process of setting up a refugium now as well. One thing that helped my nightly ph swing was dosing Kalk at night. I dose Kalk at night and 2 part during the day. That has me at 8.2 during the day down to 8.17 at night and another drop to 8.15 just after it switches from kalk to 2 part in the morning.

 

[Jdm18honda]

I definitely think it’s going to be different. Once I get fish and other items into the tank pH was a factor on my last Aquarium idid two part then we will see how the tank progresses