4x4 Reefing

[slip66]

great tank, out of curiosity how do you work in the tank with the lights in that configuration? do they easily raise up?

 

[Fin]

That is just stunning! When thinking about dream tanks, this one will always come to my mind.

 

[WilRams]

Stunning.

 

[rboutin111]

Amazing tank. What is your T-5 bulb combination and light schedule? I just ordered an ATI 8x39w fixture for my 36" tank. I hope it helps me get results like your tank.

 

[anthonywesty]

Beautiful tank!!

 

[Scotty Freddy]

This is a stunning tank. It is one of the best I have ever seen posted. Do you have a write up anywhere on your husbandry? What you are dosing, how you run the system etc? I would love to read and learn from you.

Thank you. I have a bit of info on the tank on the first page of this thread, if there's anything else you would like to know then just ask

My jaw drops everytime I see your tank Scotty. Hope one day my new cube can grow up to be like yours one day.

Thanks Brandon and I'm sure it will mate

 

[Scotty Freddy]

What's your sump look like?

Back on Page 1 of the thread you will find some photos of the sump.

great tank, out of curiosity how do you work in the tank with the lights in that configuration? do they easily raise up?

Thank you, the tank is extremely easy to work on. The lights lift all the way up to the ceiling so it leaves plenty of room

That is just stunning! When thinking about dream tanks, this one will always come to my mind.

Thank you Fin

 

[Scotty Freddy]

Stunning.

Thank you

Amazing tank. What is your T-5 bulb combination and light schedule? I just ordered an ATI 8x39w fixture for my 36" tank. I hope it helps me get results like your tank.

Thank you, I run my lights for 11 hours in total and 9 hours on full. My bulb combo is indentical in each light and is as follows from front to back.
All ATI tubes
Coral+
Blue+
Actinic
Aquablue Special
Purple+
Blue+
Coral+
Blue+

Beautiful tank!!

Thank you

 

[Daniel@R2R]

@Scotty Freddy any new pics of this gorgeous reef? I'm sure we'd all love to see an update!

 

[Scotty Freddy]

Hi guys, been a long while between posts so thought I'd do a quick update. Life's been pretty crazy lately and the tank doesn't get as much attention as it used to but luckily it doesn't need it anymore. I've made some fairly big changes also, I removed 2 big stags from the back right, trimmed and relocated the blue stag from the front left and rescaped the front left of the tank. My reasons for making these changes were that you couldn't see what was behind the big blue stag at the front left and it was also blocking a lot of flow towards the front of the tank. The plan was to rescape ledges down towards the front so I could layer tabling acropora all the way down towards the sandbed. Here's some pics so you can see what I've done

 

[pfoxgrover]

Your tank looks amazing!

 

[Stylo328]

Always look forward you your updates and photos.

 

[tyler1503]

What is this fish? I don't think I've seen it before.

Beautiful tank!!

 

[Scotty Freddy]

Your tank looks amazing!

Thank you

Always look forward you your updates and photos.

Thanks Stylo

What is this fish? I don't think I've seen it before.

Beautiful tank!!

Cheers Tyler

That is a Genicanthus Semifasciatus

 

[Chrisfish]

Beautiful tank!!

 

[Scotty Freddy]

Beautiful tank!!

Thanks Chris

 

[revhtree]

Hi guys, been a long while between posts so thought I'd do a quick update. Life's been pretty crazy lately and the tank doesn't get as much attention as it used to but luckily it doesn't need it anymore. I've made some fairly big changes also, I removed 2 big stags from the back right, trimmed and relocated the blue stag from the front left and rescaped the front left of the tank. My reasons for making these changes were that you couldn't see what was behind the big blue stag at the front left and it was also blocking a lot of flow towards the front of the tank. The plan was to rescape ledges down towards the front so I could layer tabling acropora all the way down towards the sandbed. Here's some pics so you can see what I've done

Good gosh this is awesome!

 

[RocketCowboy]

Every week I siphon out any detritus and that seems to do the trick. I WC weekly (200L), hand scrub the whole tank during WC and siphon detritus like I said earlier

I'll be cutting back WC to 140L a week due to building another smaller SPS tank, I've found the corals use up nutrient pretty well due to their size so the full 200L WC weekly is a bit unnecessary

What type of light set up are you running? Lighting schedule? Are you using RO water?

 

[bubblemytip]

Amazing aquarium. I am curious about how you have connected the skimmer pump up. Have you modified the plumbing slightly to allow it to fit your available footprint? Thanks.

 

[Scotty Freddy]

Good gosh this is awesome!

Thank you David

What type of light set up are you running? Lighting schedule? Are you using RO water?

I run 2 8x54w ATI powermodules, they run for 9 hours on full and an hour either side for actinics.
Yes I use RODI

Amazing aquarium. I am curious about how you have connected the skimmer pump up. Have you modified the plumbing slightly to allow it to fit your available footprint? Thanks.

Thank you

My skimmer has not been modified at all, the sump was built around the skimmer