Mr. D's slight upgrade??

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Well, I was able to get a hold of a 27 marineland cube and stand recently; cubes and bow fronts being my favorites among tank styles.

Most of all I had from my 20 long was transferred over (https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/nano-reefs/107188-my-20-long.html), although I decided to make a few changes with this build; wanted to keep it simple.

Equipment:
-Marineland 27 cube w/ stand
-Marineland 150 watt heater (hopefully investing in better quality soon enough)
-AquaClear 30 HOB for bonded pad and carbon (for the time being...)
-Aquamaxx HOB skimmer (very pleased with it)
-MP10wes
-Ocean Revive Arctic LED's

Livestock:
-One-eyed Wyoming White Clownfish (aka "Uno")
-4 Banggai Cardinals (1 sub-adult, 3 babies - babies eating very well)
-Tailspot Blenny
-Cryptic Wrasse
-Pom Pom Crab (aka "Fists of Fury")
-Harlequin Starfish (currently waiting on new home w/ friend)

Coral livestock:
(I probably will not remember them all.)
SPS:
-Blue Stag
-Bali Green Slimer
-Green Milli
-Pink Lemonade SPS
-Orange Pavona
-Tricolor
-Bonsai
-Smooth Skin I don't know the name of
-Another low light I don't know the name of
-Sunset Montipora
-Jedi Mind Trick - nursing back to health
-Superman Monti - nursing back to health

LPS:
I think I'll just let the pictures tell you.

I apologize for not having better pictures, these are spur of the minute and are a little over a month since I moved the tank. Without future adieu...






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Still have a lot of micro-bubbles since I have the vortech in the back with the skimmer and filter, but that's the best place for the vortech to get best flow.
 

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Nice setup! Gunna be amazing when those sticks grow out
 
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Looking good mane. Love the Pom Pom crabs name

Haha thanks. Thankfully having only 3 bug rocks helps when I want to find him. He is probably the coolest thing to ever be added to my set up.

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The new cube is looking pretty nice!

How do you like that LED fixture? I just went to their page to look at the details and whatnot.
 
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The new cube is looking pretty nice!

How do you like that LED fixture? I just went to their page to look at the details and whatnot.

Thank you.

When I bought this fixture it was between it and a MH/led combo from reefbrite. I'm happy I bought this fixture. For the price I paid, I'm very pleased with its quality, ease of use and par numbers. I like having the 3 different temperatures of white the most; You do have to bump up the blues a bit to get away from a purple look. Corals have responded very well. Some still acclimating, but all sps doing very well under and showing better color than my previous t5's could inspire.

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Here's an update!

So far everything is doing well. Tested my water over the past few days and sad news...I have to begin dosing. I was hoping to never have to, but I suppose I'll live. As long as it isn't constant every day dosing I'm sure it won't be that bad.

Everything is still doing a bit of coloring up under the LED's; they're still sitting at ~15% white and ~60% blue at the moment. Well, here's some pictures!

First pic is a new zoa I found recently & the 4th pic is the smoothskin acro I've had for a while.
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Haven't updated in a while, so here's some quick phone shots.


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I need to start doing some top down shots.

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