Hello, R2R!
New to here, but semi-new to the reef aquaria game! This looks like a mighty fine place to conspire and cohort with fellow zany brains - people, not the corals.
I started keeping reef tanks in 09, and had one up until 2014, when I bought my first house. Taking apart the old tank was sad, but I found some really good homes for everything except my lil True Perc, Merlin (now Merlene, obv). I kept Merly with me in a FOWLR setup in a spare bedroom, but just did the bare-minimum with water changes only. I started feeling bad for Merly, and was about to rehome her, when I got the itch in to reef again.
It hit me HARD.
So now, I'm knee-deep into a Reefer 170 with the intention of keeping a mixed reef.
The notable equipment:
NanoBox Duo Plus M
24" AquaticLife T5 Hybrid
2x Kessil a160we
Kessil Spectral Controller X
Neptune ApexEL
2 MP40wQDs via wxm module
RO Varios-2
Aquamaxx WS1
Smart ATO Micro
DD Acrylics 5gal reservoir
Kessil H80
2 Kamoer X1 dosing pumps
Clearview Pisces EXO
Current Pic (2/18/20):
Livestock:
1 true perc (Merlin, now Leela)
1 fancy oc (Fry)
2 Exquisite Firefish (Amy and Kif)
1 White-Banded Possum Wrasse (Nibbler)
1 skunk cleaner (Scruffy, The Janitor)
1 halloween hermit (Zoidberg)
Misc CUC from @reefcleaners
LPS:
Lime Ultra Branching Hammer
The Vault Rainbow Lord Acan
Acid Spill Space Trip Duncans
Rose Bomb Micro Favia
Miami Hurricane Chalice
ASD Alveopora
SPS:
Dragon Child Acro
ASD Voldimort (looks like Acropora horrida)
Candlelight Acro
Flame Tips Acro
Blue Vampire Acro
ORA Purple Stylo
ASD Futurama
ORA Setosa
PC Rainbow
Red Robin Acro
ASD Sunrise Mille
Forrest Fire Digi
Tapioberry
Jesus Acro
Blue Storm Acro
ASD Show Tank Christmas Table
How it started: DOB 6/7/19
Wired and wet:
After Apex:
After refugium conversion:
So far, my custom "flume" for the skimmer output is working well for the little refugium. I can slide it along the refugium's glass to adjust how much flow it receives from the skimmer's output. Seeing the chaeto finally start to float has given me hope!
I'm pretty happy with it all, even though the tank is going through the mega uglies right now. I do see some coralline starting to take hold on the rock, so I'm pretty stoked on that. Holding off on corals till the uglies subside and coralline takes over. The huge shelf-ish rock on top will hopefully be home to a healthy anemone when the tank is mature enough.
Thanks for reading!!
PS: my first all-HOB tank from back in the day:
New to here, but semi-new to the reef aquaria game! This looks like a mighty fine place to conspire and cohort with fellow zany brains - people, not the corals.
I started keeping reef tanks in 09, and had one up until 2014, when I bought my first house. Taking apart the old tank was sad, but I found some really good homes for everything except my lil True Perc, Merlin (now Merlene, obv). I kept Merly with me in a FOWLR setup in a spare bedroom, but just did the bare-minimum with water changes only. I started feeling bad for Merly, and was about to rehome her, when I got the itch in to reef again.
It hit me HARD.
So now, I'm knee-deep into a Reefer 170 with the intention of keeping a mixed reef.
The notable equipment:
NanoBox Duo Plus M
24" AquaticLife T5 Hybrid
2x Kessil a160we
Kessil Spectral Controller X
Neptune ApexEL
2 MP40wQDs via wxm module
RO Varios-2
Aquamaxx WS1
Smart ATO Micro
DD Acrylics 5gal reservoir
Kessil H80
2 Kamoer X1 dosing pumps
Clearview Pisces EXO
Current Pic (2/18/20):
Livestock:
1 true perc (Merlin, now Leela)
1 fancy oc (Fry)
2 Exquisite Firefish (Amy and Kif)
1 White-Banded Possum Wrasse (Nibbler)
1 skunk cleaner (Scruffy, The Janitor)
1 halloween hermit (Zoidberg)
Misc CUC from @reefcleaners
LPS:
Lime Ultra Branching Hammer
The Vault Rainbow Lord Acan
Acid Spill Space Trip Duncans
Rose Bomb Micro Favia
Miami Hurricane Chalice
ASD Alveopora
SPS:
Dragon Child Acro
ASD Voldimort (looks like Acropora horrida)
Candlelight Acro
Flame Tips Acro
Blue Vampire Acro
ORA Purple Stylo
ASD Futurama
ORA Setosa
PC Rainbow
Red Robin Acro
ASD Sunrise Mille
Forrest Fire Digi
Tapioberry
Jesus Acro
Blue Storm Acro
ASD Show Tank Christmas Table
How it started: DOB 6/7/19
Wired and wet:
After Apex:
After refugium conversion:
So far, my custom "flume" for the skimmer output is working well for the little refugium. I can slide it along the refugium's glass to adjust how much flow it receives from the skimmer's output. Seeing the chaeto finally start to float has given me hope!
I'm pretty happy with it all, even though the tank is going through the mega uglies right now. I do see some coralline starting to take hold on the rock, so I'm pretty stoked on that. Holding off on corals till the uglies subside and coralline takes over. The huge shelf-ish rock on top will hopefully be home to a healthy anemone when the tank is mature enough.
Thanks for reading!!
PS: my first all-HOB tank from back in the day:
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