50g Acropora Cube

[Acroporaaddict]

SC Aquariums 50g Starfire cube

SC Aquariums American Grey stand

Seaside Aquatics 15" cube sump

Giesemann Spectra 250w 4x24w t5
*250w Radium
*Hamilton M80 ballast
* 2 ATI Blue+, 1 ATI Purple+ 1 ATI Actinic
* 2 Reefbrite XHO Actinic

Deltec 1351 skimmer with brs co2 scrubber

Avast Kalk stirrer with 50 ml/ min brs dosing pump

Kamoer 3 channel Doser with ATI Essentials

Maxspect Gyre 250s with advanced controller

1/4hp chiller

Octopus Varios 6 return pump

Neptune ApexEl with second eb832

Brs biopellet reactor


Aquascape is Ceramic Bonsai rock and Reefflakes

Currently

 

[NY_Caveman]

SC Aquariums 50g Starfire cube

SC Aquariums American Grey stand

Seaside Aquatics 15" cube sump

Giesemann Spectra 250w 4x24w t5
*250w Radium
*Hamilton M80 ballast
* 2 ATI Blue+, 1 ATI Purple+ 1 ATI Actinic
* 2 Reefbrite XHO Actinic

Schuran Jetstream Calcium Reactor
*Carbondoser
*Kamoer peristaltic pump

2 Coralbox QP-9 flow pump

1/4hp chiller

Simplicity DC return pump

Did the aquascape with Stax rocks. I think it looks good, lots of overhangs and depth. Will hopefully look like one rock once covered in Coralline instead of individual piece. Will be using Reefflakes as the substrate.

Very nice start! You made great use of the Stax, working with the straight edges which often look too straight.

 

[Just_Pete]

SC Aquariums 50g Starfire cube

SC Aquariums American Grey stand

Seaside Aquatics 15" cube sump

Giesemann Spectra 250w 4x24w t5
*250w Radium
*Hamilton M80 ballast
* 2 ATI Blue+, 1 ATI Purple+ 1 ATI Actinic
* 2 Reefbrite XHO Actinic

Schuran Jetstream Calcium Reactor
*Carbondoser
*Kamoer peristaltic pump

2 Coralbox QP-9 flow pump

1/4hp chiller

Simplicity DC return pump

Did the aquascape with Stax rocks. I think it looks good, lots of overhangs and depth. Will hopefully look like one rock once covered in Coralline instead of individual piece. Will be using Reefflakes as the substrate.

Very nice start!

 

[Acroporaaddict]

Very nice start! You made great use of the Stax, working with the straight edges which often look too straight.

Very nice start!

Thanks! Took me almost 5 hours to come up with the scape I wanted. One thing I will mention about the Stax rocks is they are not all the same thickness. This made aquascaping somewhat difficult. I had hoped they would all be cut at 1" thickness but this isn't the case. They all range from 7/8" to 1 1/4" thick so each layer of rock had to be selected based on thickness. My boxs had quite a bit of rubble in them, I will most likely use them to mount new frags instead of using plugs.

 

[SPR1968]

Very nice start up and I love the aquascaping, very nice.

 

[abzReeF]

Good luck w your build!!

 

[Chrisfish]

Very nice, looking forward to seeing more

 

[Acroporaaddict]

Finally got it plumbed. Waiting on some vidarock cermaic rocks to arrive before I fill with water. Also decided to go with a octopus Varios 6 as the return since it will be feeding a chiller and also a biopellet reactor.

 

[Acroporaaddict]

Finished my 8020 light mount

 

[Acroporaaddict]

Spectra mounted!

 

[Acroporaaddict]

Here's pictures of the new aquascape with reefflakes added

 

[Acroporaaddict]

Got my ApexEl today with extra eb832. Excited to learn how to use it. Excuse the wiring still have alot of work to do. Also mounted my Reefbrite XHO. Picture is of t5s and Reefbrite.

 

[Acroporaaddict]

So the ambient temperature in my apartment is 87 via Apex. Our complex does not have ac units so I am planning on running a chiller. Realistically, if I added some small fans what kind of temp drop could I expect? Possibly 1 fan on the sump and maybe a 2 fan unit blowing across the surface of the display.

 

[Acroporaaddict]

 

[Nelson Vargas]

So cool ! Specially with the new apex EL ! Can’t wait for the next update !

 

[Acroporaaddict]

RODI added. Mixed in a 55g bucket of Red Sea Blue Bucket salt. Started cycle using Dr. Tims One and Only and Dr. Tims Ammonium Chloride. Lots of waiting and testing coming up

 

[Sumo Reef]

Following because cube and stax [emoji16]

 

[60CubeReefer]

You should drop 3-4 degrees with a fan blowing.

 

[Acroporaaddict]

Following because cube and stax [emoji16]

You're gunna be sad because I didn't end up using the Stax. Thanks for following though!

You should drop 3-4 degrees with a fan blowing.

The temp in the apartment swung from 79-89 in 24 hours. Once the water was added and I started monitoring it, I realize it's not as big a deal as I thought. Current swing is 80- 83. That is very manageable with fans and a chiller for backup

 

[Sumo Reef]

You're gunna be sad because I didn't end up using the Stax. Thanks for following though!

Yeah I noticed lol. Oh well. Sticking to my word and still following [emoji41]

May I ask why no STAX?