30 Gallon rimless Budget sps reef build

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This reef is going to be running with an algae scrubber and activated carbon and a lot of flow about 15 lbs or less of dry rock with no sand bed no skimmer no bio pellets or anything else.

The tank is a used deep blue 30 gallon rimless non reef ready which I used an over flow and loc line from a small tank I had in the garage.

The stand is made of scrap wood from previous projects and all the pipping as well

I'm going to run this tank with no controller for now but planning on making and arduino controller just to measure ph,temp

For the ato I will be dripping kalk so I will be manually doing it

For lighting I have a reef radiance full spec led

And for flow using 2 wp10s and ecoplus 1054 for return.

For salt mix I collected NSW from Florida and will be doing my 10 gallon bi weekly nutri or Catalina NSW changes.

Here is the progress so far

Next step vinegar fresh water bath for the whole system

 

[Pete polyp]

Following to see how this works out

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Following!

 

[bknapp]

Good start Luis. When you planning on filling it up?

 

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Good start Luis. When you planning on filling it up?

Maybe mid next month

 

[Dowtish]

Maybe mid next month

Slacker!:bigsmile:

 

[6272862829]

Slacker!:bigsmile:

Lol it would be sooner but I'm leaving out of town Thursdays for 2 weeks like always they keep me busy. But as soon as I get back I will start it. I still need a heater

 

[Rhino]

What type of corals are you going to be keeping? Looking forward to seeing this progress. I have always liked the dimensions of this tank.

 

[6272862829]

What type of corals are you going to be keeping? Looking forward to seeing this progress. I have always liked the dimensions of this tank.

Thinking of growing a single huge red planet of if I change my mind only acros and millis

 

[6272862829]

Vinegar bath complete now aqua scape thinking on going with less rock. If I end up doing a single red planet and grow it to a full colony I will just do the middle rock with the right side rock combine as one and put the red planet in the middle. What I really want to find is flat rock instead of this ones cause I want the rock to come up only about and inch from the bottom glass. You guys input would be appreciated. Also need input on what you guys think on doing the single colony of red planet or doing a few more sticks

 

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This is what I wanted to do with the red planet

 

[bknapp]

If you want it to look like that picture I think you'll need to make on boomie as opposed to the three smaller ones.

 

[6272862829]

If you want it to look like that picture I think you'll need to make on boomie as opposed to the three smaller ones.

What you think. Should I do the single colony or multiple sticks

 

[bknapp]

What you think. Should I do the single colony or multiple sticks

Personally, I would do multiple. But it would probably be pretty cool to just have one big colony. But I also think that you could become somewhat bored with only one coral.

 

[Pete polyp]

Single colony gets my vote. It will grow with time :-)

 

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Does any body knows were does red planet acro origin is from ?

 

[Aqua fire/medic]

Does any body knows were does red planet acro origin is from ?

It's an ORA coral

 

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It's an ORA coral

Yea I know but we're is the origin of the coral were did it came from Fiji,marshal islands ects

 

[fishroomlady]

I vote for several sticks - have them all growing together and intertwined into one large colony - you get the effect of the picture - I'm sorry I can't help on the origin question :(

 

[Rhino]

What are your thoughts on the build quality of this tank? I am considering one of their 80 gallon frag tanks. I have read a few post where people said the silicone was sloppy and the tanks scratched easy but those were all from 2011.