Fish finder 325 Gallon Peninsula Build

[MICU murse]

@MICU murse that's really funny. I had to let her get another dog for the OK on this build. It was a good deal.

Clearly a solid strategy, I’m definitely following along for the build, I could definitely learn a thing or two.

 

[Fishfinder]

Yesterday was a long day. I can't even remember what we did. I'm exhausted and about to get back at it. I painted the stand in the morning. I remember that.

 

[Fishfinder]

Then we added some more water, the tank is really dirty

 

[Fishfinder]

After that we put the sump in and got it plumbed.

 

[Fishfinder]

A little more plumbing and a little more water. We got it flowing.

 

[Fishfinder]

Now it's 12:30am. Set up the skimmer and some carbon in a reactor. Letting it run all night to see how the water clears up in the morning.

 

[Fishfinder]

This morning I got up and it was crystal clear. Some corals that were left in the rocks have polyps out

 

[litenyaup]

Never again lol......that tank is staying with the house hahahahaha

 

[Fishfinder]

Quick shout out to @Reef Breeders we got the light rack hung. Those are his 32V2+

 

[Fishfinder]

Slow going today. Finishing up some plumbing things. We are now fully plumbed and running. 2 current eflux returns, Skimmer, UV sterilizer, carbon reactor.

 

[Fishfinder]

Also can't forget 2 RFG on the returns

 

[Fishfinder]

Aquascape coming soon

 

[Vivid Creative Aquatics]

Also can't forget 2 RFG on the returns

Nice! - how are they working out so far?

looks like you have them plenty deep enough. You may even be able to bring them closer to the surface a bit. Keep in mind that the flow exiting the nozzle will sweep out in approx 30 degree angles, so if you raise them up just a bit you can cover more space and distance.

lighting looks awesome - is that LED with T5?

 

[Fishfinder]

@Vivid Creative Aquatics That is a homemade T5 combo. Old 4-bulbs cut down into single reflectors and put on each side and between the LEDs, total of 6 bulbs. Just to cut down shadowing and hopefully add more spectrum.


The returns can handle some water that's for sure. They need some adjusting nothing is set yet, I have them low because they keep sucking in air. Any reasons for that?

 

[Vivid Creative Aquatics]

@Vivid Creative Aquatics That is a homemade T5 combo. Old 4-bulbs cut down into single reflectors and put on each side and between the LEDs, total of 6 bulbs. Just to cut down shadowing and hopefully add more spectrum.

The returns can handle some water that's for sure. They need some adjusting nothing is set yet, I have them low because they keep sucking in air. Any reasons for that?

Yea - this can happen in higher flow scenarios. you can minimize this by doing a few things. What's the estimated GPH?

• Try rotating the nozzle so that one of the back fins is pointed straight up
• Make them more parallel with surface of the water, or even slight pointed up 3-5 degrees.

 

[Fishfinder]

@Vivid Creative Aquatics angling them parallel fixed it thank you

 

[litenyaup]

@Fishfinder did u get pics of the scape?

 

[Fishfinder]

Quitting early today. We got the water cleared up pretty good. Did the aquascaping. It looks pretty good, if anyone has any suggestions please feel free! The aqua spa in included a few tester corals that were encrusted. If they continue to look good then I'll all of it. It has to be added soon anyway. Tomorrow I'm going to start testing parameters. Here's the pics.

 

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[Fishfinder]

The tester corals look good lol. I think they were happier in the barrel than they were in my old tank hahahaha