Innovative Marine 150 EXT with a 8 Foot Frag Tank

[xiaoxiy]

It's been several months. Here's a photo dump of some corals:

Acros

Other:

 

[KevinC]

I like the 1st one!

 

[ilyad]

This is a great write up, and progress pictures are so fun to see! Hope to get my build stabilized so I can start some SPS. Following along!

 

[FMF0331]

 

[xiaoxiy]

I like the 1st one!

The original mother colony my friend had was a grafted granulosa. Sadly mine never took the graft .

This is a great write up, and progress pictures are so fun to see! Hope to get my build stabilized so I can start some SPS. Following along!

Thanks for tagging along! Can't wait to see you slowly tumble into an SPS dominant system

Here's the SPS grow out section in my frag tank.

On a side note, here's a little 3 gallon Pico I've been working on!

 

[KevinC]

Did you pump the 3g into sump? I'm looking to try something similar if you did lol

 

[ilyad]

Thanks for tagging along! Can't wait to see you slowly tumble into an SPS dominant system

I noticed you are using Radions on the frag tank, do you mind sharing your schedule? I have radions/T5 over my tank and have been trying to find a good schedule.

 

[xiaoxiy]

Did you pump the 3g into sump? I'm looking to try something similar if you did lol

The 3G gets 100% AWC from the main system on a daily basis.

I noticed you are using Radions on the frag tank, do you mind sharing your schedule? I have radions/T5 over my tank and have been trying to find a good schedule.

The lights are old Radion Gen 3s (non pro). Lights are on for 13 hours. 1 hour blue only ramp at sunset and sunrise. 8 hours of AB+ at 80%, and 1 hour ofAB+ at 100% around 3PM. Acros get about 280-330 PAR for majority of day with a 350-450 PAR peak for 1 hour.

 

[xiaoxiy]

I just pulled the trigger on an IM 150 EXT tank as an upgrade for my current one. Here's the footprint upgrade....

 

[xiaoxiy]

I cut some acro frags to maybe recoup a bit of the new tank costs...

 

[xiaoxiy]

Been trying to get better with the DSLR.

 

[xiaoxiy]

Maybe I should start a new build thread now that I took the Fiji Cube down and moved everything over to a IM 150:

Here's the layout plan for the rest of the office. Eames comes in on 10/10.

 

[xiaoxiy]

 

[swampcruiser]

Wow! That 150 is stunning - what do you think of the IM tank and stand quality vs the Fiji? How long did it take to get the 150 as now they are built to order? I love the look of their 112 but 12-16 weeks is.. well I’m impatient lol.

 

[xiaoxiy]

Wow! That 150 is stunning - what do you think of the IM tank and stand quality vs the Fiji? How long did it take to get the 150 as now they are built to order? I love the look of their 112 but 12-16 weeks is.. well I’m impatient lol.

I really like the IM tank. Both tanks are high quality, but have got to hand it to IM's euro brace and extra thick glass. I thought I would hate the IM stand aesthetically, but I surprisingly don't.

I ordered my 150 before they released the "built to order". In fact, they released it day after my tank arrived at my house!

 

[xiaoxiy]

 

[xiaoxiy]

Showing the frag tank some attention too.

 

[bizarro124]

Do you run the Tunze Streams independently? Also what is that deep red SPS in the third picture?

 

[xiaoxiy]

Do you run the Tunze Streams independently? Also what is that deep red SPS in the third picture?

I run the Tunze Stream 3s through the Apex 0-10V port.

The deep red SPS is a pink/red millepora!

 

[Maxx]

Are still just using Kalk to keep up with demands?

Would it be possible to get a list of equipment you use for this system?