KaduReef 280G Build

[kaduozores]

Hi guys
A little bit of my history in this hobby
Started in reef aquarium with a 55G cube, in 12/2009, then I upgraded to a 125G in 05/2011, and now upgraded to a 280G started in 11/2014.

Setup:
Tank: 75x31x28 280G
Sump: 43x21x18 68G
Lighting: 6 RapidLed Onyx Dimmable fixtures.
Flow: Tunze 6095 e 6105 + 2 Jebao RW-15
Controller: Apex
Ozonizer: Enaly 500 mg/l/h
Return Pump(1): Jebao DC-12000
Skimmer: SeaSide Aquatics DC300 (with Jebao DC-10000)
Heater: 500w
Chiller Resun 1/4hp
Return(2)/chiler pump: Jebao DC-3000
Substrate: 150kg
Rocks: 100kg
Calcium Reactor: SRO CR5000 + BM C120-2AT
Frag tank: 24x24x16 38G, with AI SOL Blue
Fuge: 18x16x12 21G with caulerpa
Quarentine Tank for hiposalinity: 18x24x18

Some pics from the beginning:

Started 11/2014

Hipo Quarentine Tank

Par readings right side

Par readings left side

Par readings middle

And now....

The things aren't 100%, the sps wasn't growing, and browning, in the last months I removed 2 biopellets reactors and now Sps is growing and the colors are a little better.

 

[iReef86]

Looks awesome! I may need more information on that CaRx, I am really looking at getting one for my tank.

 

[kaduozores]

This CaRx is awesome, I really recommend!

More pics from last week

Some new sps frags
Some new fishes
New Layout
Lighting upgrade, more 2 onyx added.

 

[kaduozores]

Hi, new pics!!!!

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[revhtree]

Wow looks great! Congrats!

 

[Chrisfish]

Your tank is absolutely beautiful, right now I'm starting a 30 gallon but hoping one day I'll have the nerve to have something like yours!

 

[Salty1962]

Awesome tank!

 

[kaduozores]

Wow looks great! Congrats!

Thaks Boss

Your tank is absolutely beautiful, right now I'm starting a 30 gallon but hoping one day I'll have the nerve to have something like yours!

I'm glad to hear that, good luck in the new project.

Awesome tank!

Thanks


One of my favorite - Torch

 

[revhtree]

Beautiful torches!

 

[kaduozores]

 

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[kaduozores]

New Layout

Some of my favorites

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Thats it for now

 

[kaduozores]

 

[Daniel@R2R]

This is an amazing reef!!

 

[Sandroni]

Wow crystal clear! nicely done

 

[kaduozores]

Hi Friends from Reef2Reef. I'll make a review off all problems I had since december 2016.

The first problem was White bugs!
I got a big infestation of white bugs, I did a treatment off tank, and as I knew, some survived and they come back, then I did another treatments 30 days after and they come back again.

The some pictures of december.

This pictures of Euphyllias was before the first bath

Then I start to lose some heads

The first bath

 

[kaduozores]

....
I went to Orlando on vacation on february. When I came back, in march, I did the treatment for White bugs in tank, and re treat after 15 days, and its gone !
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But I discover a new pest! :mad:

People call this s**t as EEFW - Eat Euphyllia Flat Worm!

Here some picture of them:

They eat the euphyllias and put some eggs, like EAFW.

I lost 3 heads only in this torch while I was in vacation

There is too few information about this flatworm, and a Friend told me to try baths with CoralRx Pro, and I did, once a week... on all euphyllias for 3 months!!! The last 3 baths I didn't find any more, then I stopped.
I notice that this EEFW loves too much the torches , because i found 1 or 2 in the hammers and frogs, and thousands and thousands in torches

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[kaduozores]

Another problem begins when I did many changes in the systems and the sps suffered too much.
1- I Changed the Lights
I was using Rapid Led Onyx, then I changed to Rapid Led Corona, when I changed I set the all leds, includin UV, too high.. them some sps burn and l lost many. I set the UV near to 80% (I was using 80% in Onyx before Coronas), but Corona have 2x more UV leds, and I didn't remembered.

2 - Start VSV to fight against the ciano.

3 - Calcium reactor
The calcium reactor was not full and I had trouble to set, my alkalinity goes up to 10dkh, and I had low nutrient in the system, becouse the fight againt ciano with vsv, and start some STN.

Here some picture of April.

The torch garden still disassembled, I was doing baths in april.

 

[kaduozores]

....

Now things like the cyclone/hurricane passed by my tank and the things start to getting better.
1 - Ciano gone and I stopped VSV
2 - Calcium reactor is full and set (stable).
3 - Coronas fixtures is set with lower power
4 - Changed macroalgae caulerpa to chaetomorpha

I changed some equipament, and ill post the here the updated setup
Tank: 75x31x28 280G
Sump: 43x21x18 68G
Lighting: 6 Rapidled Coronas
Flow: 3x Tunze 6095 and 1x 6105
Controller: Apex
Ozonizer: Enaly 500 mg/l/h
Ozone Reactor Reef Octopus
Return Pump: WaterBlaster 10.000
Skimmer: Regal 300SSSS
Heater: 2x Finnex 500w
Chiller Resun 1/4hp
Substrate: 150kg
Rocks: 100kg
Calcium Reactor: SRO CR5000 + BM C120-2AT
Frag tank: 24x24x16 38G, with Rapidled Corona
Fuge: 18x16x12 21G with Chaetomorpha
Quarentine Tank: 18x24x18

Some pictures since june:

This picture was taken the 1 month ago, some sps still burned and most of them doesn't have nice coloration.

I will post latest full tank photos soon...

Thanks