72x30x18 DIY build thread

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Some new trees to get going here.

ginko + 2 maples

New frags have survived 3 days post ship some acros goni aevopra monti and stylo
 

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Lots of razor blade scraping , a siphon hose water change, and a refill.

will keep working at it, give it a break for a day or so.
 

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About 20% of the actual photos taken with the camera, Im good at taking blurry pictures.

Taken with our Fuji Film X-A5 , Tiffen 85B
 

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Sold to me as a NY Knicks, doesnt have the green mouth yet, but its looking more Golden, has the stripes like a knicks hot purple tips.

Getting closer to being able to frag it, never fragged a coral yet. Might need to borrow a band saw.
You definitely want to use a saw on torches. Cutters can fracture the skeleton, not necessarily fatal to the frag but certainly not good.
 

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Sold to me as a NY Knicks, doesnt have the green mouth yet, but its looking more Golden, has the stripes like a knicks hot purple tips.

Getting closer to being able to frag it, never fragged a coral yet. Might need to borrow a band saw.
Hand held cordless dremel is what I use... cheap and effective.
 
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I keep forgetting to update my own thread just sending things to the cafe lol.

installed tension wires, getting rid of the kessil a arms and adding 2 more orphek blue sky or3

total lighting:
2x or3 150 blue plus
2x or3 150 blue sky
3x kessil 360ax blue tuna
1x nicrew 15w led bar above mangroves
 

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Orphek or3 blue skys are in, kessils added to the same set up.

colors much better , spread better, par roughly the same. Im officially out of outlets.

really happy with how it turned out. Thanks @Orphek ! Team now i just need a controller that i can plug 4 bars into and consolidate everything on a timer.

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Some with the lights on , think i uploaded in order

fts 1x
hts 2x
Qts 4x
 

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Update after some algae scraping

installed a reactor

Planning a sump build soon 60x20x13.5 tall upgrading sump water volume from 26 to72g
 

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