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Well primarily I'm a predator guy, but I have always had a fascination for nps corals. Most of the equipment is recycled from previous tanks, and it is in my fish room.
An outline of the build; it's a 40B with a 20L sump, will have a refrigerated food dosing system and an automated water exchange system.
Here's what I have so far;
40B drilled and using GlassHoles 700 overflow with a 3/4" return, sitting on an Edsel utility rack from Home Depot, painted black with black pressed board background.
The refugium/sump built with a kit from JaxRacks on eBay, n Eheim Compact Plus 3000 return pump, and the refugium light is a 50w red and blue grow light.
The tank light is an old Marineland metal halide/t5, I'm using a single 24w ATI Blue Plus and an 18w actinic blue led reefbar from 21LEDS.
A diy STC-1000 heater controller with 2 heater outlets and 2 cooling outlets.
A JBJ ATO.
The feeding system will consist of an Avanti ThermoElectric 1.7 cubic fridge, a Jebao 3 channel doser plumbed with a venturi valve and a Sicce pump. More on this later.
The water exchange system will consist of 2 x 20g Brute containers, 2 small adjustable water pumps connected to a dual outlet digital timer. More on this later.
I should be getting some macro from Gulf tomorrow and some amphipods and copepods from Aquarium Depot.
Some corals should be going in this weekend, I'm picking up a Spider Sponge, red and yellow gorg, blue seafan, and maybe a couple of orange tubastreas. I'll be adding other color tubastreas, dendros, and maybe even be bold and try a blueberry gorg.
The predator has been a challenge to decide, the flow will be substantial.
I'm waiting for Black Friday to purchase The Eshopps Axium 120 protein skimmer and the Current eflux wavemakers.
An outline of the build; it's a 40B with a 20L sump, will have a refrigerated food dosing system and an automated water exchange system.
Here's what I have so far;
40B drilled and using GlassHoles 700 overflow with a 3/4" return, sitting on an Edsel utility rack from Home Depot, painted black with black pressed board background.
The refugium/sump built with a kit from JaxRacks on eBay, n Eheim Compact Plus 3000 return pump, and the refugium light is a 50w red and blue grow light.
The tank light is an old Marineland metal halide/t5, I'm using a single 24w ATI Blue Plus and an 18w actinic blue led reefbar from 21LEDS.
A diy STC-1000 heater controller with 2 heater outlets and 2 cooling outlets.
A JBJ ATO.
The feeding system will consist of an Avanti ThermoElectric 1.7 cubic fridge, a Jebao 3 channel doser plumbed with a venturi valve and a Sicce pump. More on this later.
The water exchange system will consist of 2 x 20g Brute containers, 2 small adjustable water pumps connected to a dual outlet digital timer. More on this later.
I should be getting some macro from Gulf tomorrow and some amphipods and copepods from Aquarium Depot.
Some corals should be going in this weekend, I'm picking up a Spider Sponge, red and yellow gorg, blue seafan, and maybe a couple of orange tubastreas. I'll be adding other color tubastreas, dendros, and maybe even be bold and try a blueberry gorg.
The predator has been a challenge to decide, the flow will be substantial.
I'm waiting for Black Friday to purchase The Eshopps Axium 120 protein skimmer and the Current eflux wavemakers.