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A little back story. After a 4 or 5 years keeping a small aio tank. I decide it was time to upgrade to something larger. So I made the leap, purchased a 85 gallon tank/sump and all the new goodies to for for a an all out build. (Right before Covid) so I had plenty of time to
Make it right. After a year of research and building, everything was done and going great. Til one day, a Saturday morning, ready to do my normal routine.. I go to open up the stand and it’s jammed to the floor. This obviously freaked me out and immediately drain and torn down the tank. Not sure what happen. Maybe the stand is the issue. Maybe the floor. Didn’t want to chance it. So off to the storage unit it goes until another day, place, or home. Didn’t really want to sell it and take a loss. Especially since I really didn’t want to give up.
so that leads me to now. After a year break And a sad aio holding a few pieces of coral, fish, and a starfish that has been with me for a handful of years. It’s time to start a new smaller/ lighter tank that would feed my need.
the plan for the new tank is to focus on corals collection. To focus on growth and husbandry of coral. It’s not going to be a display. Basically a frag/grow out.
Here is a description. Of the tank, equipment, and plan.
tank: 24” x 24” x 10” with an internal overflow/sump
Stand: aluminum framing
light: xr15
Return: vectors s2
Flow: 2 gryo
Skimmer: bubble magus z series
dosing: thinking of giving “all for reef” a try.
the goal is to keep this somewhat automated and simple.
here is a shot of the start, will update as progress goes
Make it right. After a year of research and building, everything was done and going great. Til one day, a Saturday morning, ready to do my normal routine.. I go to open up the stand and it’s jammed to the floor. This obviously freaked me out and immediately drain and torn down the tank. Not sure what happen. Maybe the stand is the issue. Maybe the floor. Didn’t want to chance it. So off to the storage unit it goes until another day, place, or home. Didn’t really want to sell it and take a loss. Especially since I really didn’t want to give up.
so that leads me to now. After a year break And a sad aio holding a few pieces of coral, fish, and a starfish that has been with me for a handful of years. It’s time to start a new smaller/ lighter tank that would feed my need.
the plan for the new tank is to focus on corals collection. To focus on growth and husbandry of coral. It’s not going to be a display. Basically a frag/grow out.
Here is a description. Of the tank, equipment, and plan.
tank: 24” x 24” x 10” with an internal overflow/sump
Stand: aluminum framing
light: xr15
Return: vectors s2
Flow: 2 gryo
Skimmer: bubble magus z series
dosing: thinking of giving “all for reef” a try.
the goal is to keep this somewhat automated and simple.
here is a shot of the start, will update as progress goes