Justin's 75 gallon mixed reef build thread....

[Justin....#JAMAS]

So a little update since i havent updated my build thread in a little while......ever since winning that frag pack on a live sale and letting them settle in, i thought id post s ome pics of some new growth....seems to be growing slowly at times than growth spurts will hit and grow like crazy for a bout a week than repeat...dunno but also trying to get the flow down better so algae wong keep setting in....any suggestions on where anyone positions their powerheads?

 

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Build thread updated again!

 

[Justin....#JAMAS]

Everything is popping out heads like crazy lately and no matter what I do , there always seems to be brown algae on the sand! But have gotten to the point where I just stir it up and ignore it bc of how fast these corals are growing!!

 

[Justin....#JAMAS]

So im updating my build thread bc last week i was walking by the tank and happened to look over and catch my ultra rbt anemone starting splitting! So i was able to capture it on video and pretty much frame by frame on pics!!!! So awesome to watch this process take place!!!!

 

[Justin....#JAMAS]

I got a new kessil ap700 the other day! Very excited to hang this above my 75 gallon!!! Has anyone had any problems from switching to led from t5s ? I was thinking of running both with the kessil on very low for the first few weeks also a very beautiful rock flower nem!! Pictures coming soon!!

 

[Justin....#JAMAS]

just got this kessil ap700 and promised pictures! built this wodden structure for it to be mounted to at about 15'' up! my corals have really taken off since adding this light! also run a 2 bulb coralife t5 fixture with ATI blue plus bulbs!!

 

[Justin....#JAMAS]

sorry for the bad pics, crappy camera!

 

[Justin....#JAMAS]

Been working on my 20 gallon diy custom sump! Finally got the baffles in and another protein skimmer! So now i have a classic octo hob skimmer and this in sump octo bh50! Always down for more filtration!!! Hope i did alright! Leetting it cure for a solid week!! Sorry for the bad pics! Crappy camera!

 

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[Justin....#JAMAS]

Decided to finally update my build thread bc i have done alot since i last updated!!! I installed the sump i made finally and its running very smoothly!!! In fact with the extra skimmer, and big refugium the tank is doing twenty times better!!!! Pics of that coming soon!! Buuuuut i made my own piece to hang my Kessil AP700 a little while ago and the other day i decided to break down my 4 bulb wave point light and use two of the reflectors and wire up two of the HO bulbs with two ATI blue plus bulbs that kick on at high noon for a few hours! Man ive seen a tremendous spike in growth in my corals since upgrading my lighting! Pics coming of the corals tomorrow!!!! Going to tighten up all the wiring tomorrow as well!!!

 

[Justin....#JAMAS]

I was trying to wait just a couple months just to try and document but wanted myself to actually see the growth and that my corals are growing! I mean, we see our tanks and corals every day, if not almost every hour and just always think iur corals are growing so slow but wow its on ly been a couple months and all my corals have doubled in size! Love it! Anyone whos reading my build youll see the before of all the corals i took ***** of before! Annd this is proudly a few months later

 

[Justin....#JAMAS]

So im updating my build thread fto document a few things that have happened lately! My Octo 100 classic HOB skimmer broke where i screw the actual pump into the intake so i used a whole thing of superglue and to my luck and surprise it actually started to hold and skim again!! I just made my own DIY sump and thankfully bought a small octo bh50 skimmer that runs down there as well so luckily i have that just in case but good for now! I really need to save some money and get another skimmer or just one monster skimmer! I actually have been very impressed with the HOB octo skimmer! It has lasted two years and has skimmed so well i dont want to be without it now!! I also have a Tidal 110 that has really held up since day one but really need to get muh better filtration soon in the very near future!! Heres pics of my filtration! Thread oficially updated!

 

[Justin....#JAMAS]

Id love to win the Tunze skimmer because my HOB octo skimmer is just barely hanging on, the bh 50 octo is way too small and cant keep up by itself and just need an overall better skimmer badly!!!!!

 

[Justin....#JAMAS]

Tank is running smoothly still, corals are growing nicely and spaces are filling in with wonderful zoanthids!!

 

[Justin....#JAMAS]

added this new zoanthid and a white dwarf zoanthid and also my first acropora! pics coming soon but heres the first zoanthid!

 

[Justin....#JAMAS]

So I really wanted to change my aquascape to a minimalistic Japanese style where there are only 3,4 or 5 places that actually touch the bottom of the tank and the rest of my rock work epoxied off the glass! So I'm not finished yet bc I still have some more new rock to add and epoxy, plus a lot of little rocks still on the bottom to epoxy or put in the sump but overall I think it's looking how I want it to and when I'm actually finished its really going to look great and corals I think will be a lot happier too!! Build thread officially updated


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