Dsnakes IM Fusion 20

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I set this system up in February 2017 as a barebottom frag tank. It has since been moved to our new house (May 2017) and is now on its way to a little reef.

IM fusion 20g AIO
Ghost desktop skimmer
IM hydrofill ATO
Current USA Orbit loop system with
1 x 18" strip and 1 x 24" strip LEDs
3 x 660 gph powerheads
Arag alive sand and some general dryrock from LFS

Lots of Acans, a few Zoas, and a couple SPS. Pair of Snowflake Clowns and a Bangaii Cardinal

 

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My first attempt at taking decent pictures of a few corals. My only camera is my iPhone 5.

 

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I had a return pump failure and ran a week on just powerheads. I finally replaced it with a Sicce 1.5, it was a pain trying to siphon all the stagnant water from the back chambers. However all inhabitants are still happy

 

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Waterchange day...but a few pictures first!

 

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So water change is complied with... However, my hammer coral fell victim to my distracted siphoning. I'm hopefully he will recover ;Nailbiting

 

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I think he is going to make it. This morning it seemed to be expanding a bit more.

 

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The hammer is pretty much recovered I believe. I'm glad it was a quick recovery. Also I took a few pictures of some jawbreakers from my colony.

 

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We went to MAMAX today in Chesapeake. Picked up my first Scoly and Plate corals, along with 2 more Rock Flower Anemones! Very excited.

 

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My new corals from yesterday have puffed back up and seem happy. Here is an up to date full tank shot. It's a bit crowded with frags. I need to make my mind up on mounting locations!

 

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Side view and front view. I like the orbit lights, however the mount could use some improvement.

 

[TheWB]

How do you like the Loop system so far? I have the eFlux return pump and two of the 1090 gal per hr flow pumps ready to go with my Laggon 50 but I haven't purchased lighting yet. I've been planning on a Hydra 26 but I'm kind of intrigued by the idea of using the ic pro lights and having everything working together. The Lagoon is only 16" deep so I'm thinking two of the pro lights would work for zoas and lps. Hard to know because they are never on display anywhere so I can see them in action. Even the stores that stock them don't run them on anything.

 

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How do you like the Loop system so far? I have the eFlux return pump and two of the 1090 gal per hr flow pumps ready to go with my Laggon 50 but I haven't purchased lighting yet. I've been planning on a Hydra 26 but I'm kind of intrigued by the idea of using the ic pro lights and having everything working together. The Lagoon is only 16" deep so I'm thinking two of the pro lights would work for zoas and lps. Hard to know because they are never on display anywhere so I can see them in action. Even the stores that stock them don't run them on anything.

It's very convenient to control it all together. The lights have grown everything well so far. There is a fair amount of shadowing. The light mount isn't the best, however it may work better with 2 of them for support. You can see from my pictures how they lean crooked.

 

[TheWB]

It's very convenient to control it all together. The lights have grown everything well so far. There is a fair amount of shadowing. The light mount isn't the best, however it may work better with 2 of them for support. You can see from my pictures how they lean crooked.

Thanks for responding. Adding a second mount is probably a good idea. Do you have the pros or the regular ic lights? Disappointing to hear about the shadowing if you've got two of them over a relatively small tank. I saw the Hydra 26 over a Red Sea e260 at a local lfs recently that had two really large rbta's in it and they looked like they were doing great. Owner said he'd had them in there for about a year and he wasn't running the Hydra anywhere near full intensity. Being able to see that has pretty much convinced me that the Hydra 26 is the way to go but I keep coming back to the Currents just because of the other matching equipment and I like the way they sit lower over the tank with those mounts. I really don't expect to make many changes with the lights once it's programmed and dialed in so maybe matching them all up with the pumps isn't that big of a deal. I don't care about the weather features either so that's not a consideration. Can always add another Hydra if a single isn't working the way I expect. Not going to be keeping any sps so a second one probably won't be needed anyway.

 

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One of my new rock flowers is looking off tonight. Hopefully he is just acclimating still, or excreting waste. Shriveled and expelling some gunk.

 

[Katrina71]

Very nice plate coral. My 9 year old wants your orange mushroom.

 

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Very nice plate coral. My 9 year old wants your orange mushroom.

Thanks! He has good taste

 

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So...not what I wanted to wake up and see this morning I'm not sure what happened, maybe it didn't fully heal after the siphon accident. Although that was the other head. It may follow this one. Looked fine lastnight.

 

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Should I remove the hanging piece?
My bangaii is ultimate photo bomber

 

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Not much different going on today for an update, but I need to cut up this jawbreaker mess on eggcrate piece so I can see how they look. There are like 4 on this little piece..

 

[DSC reef]

Sweet tank and acan combos. Looking great