Nick's 345G Build

[Everything Aquatics]

You have such a nice tank, one of the best on Boston reefers society

 

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Thanks.
There’s really a lot of sleeper reefers who have amazing tank. They just don’t post or care to share.

 

[Super Fly]

anything new to update?

 

[this is me]

I’ve been busy flying a 747 Dreamliner with my new PC build. Let me go downstairs and take some pictures of the tank.

 

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I actually haven’t done much with the tank. It has been on auto pilot for the last 3 weeks. Everytime I test, I feel like I just wasted my time so I haven’t been testing the water for two weeks now.
With the CWC, I don’t have to spend hours heating up the water before the water change. I clean the skimmer cup and body once every two weeks.
RODI has been set up with float sensors from GHL and electric solenoid from ElectronicWaterValve. This has save me a ton of time and headache. I often forget the water is on and flood the basement. With the float and solenoid, there hasn’t been a drop of water on the floor. This is my best accomplishment so far in my reefing career.
With the additional float sensors, I was able to
-Prevent CWC pump from running dry. Pump shuts off when fresh mixed saltwater bucket is low. Since I use a dual channel peristaltic, water drawn and water pumping into the system ceases.
-Prevent my now gigantea tank(more on this later) from overflowing if one of the giganteas decide to clog the overflow.
-Prevent my skimmer cup from overflowing. Skimmer pump shuts off when skimmer cup is full
-Prevent RODI bucket from overflowing. Solenoid turns off main water supply to RODI unit
-Prevent RODI ATO reservoir from overflowing. Solenoid turns off main water supply to RODI unit
-Prevent main tank from overflowing. Return pump shuts off when water level in the main tank fills up in an even of clogged overflow.
Any of these events will trigger the controller to send me an alert email.

A box of GHL float sensors and accessories was delivered awhile back.

Adding the card for additional level sensors to the controller was a breeze. Remember, I bought this controller almost a decade ago. Nice to see that I can still expand its capability.

Electronic solenoids.

Float sensor in RODI bucket implementation

Float sensor in CWC bucket implementation

Float sensor in skimmer cup implementation. The main tank and anemone tank is being implemented the same way.

GHL programing for the float sensors.

If any of the above event is triggered, the controller will send me an alert email immediately. Below is an example when my RODI is full. See, if I didn't have this, my RODI would be overflowing for 16minutes or more by the time I get to it.

 

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I was notified by my friend a couple weeks ago that the green gigantea is coming back to me. It has grown too large in his tank. I always knew one day, the green gigantea would be coming back.
The purple gigantea in my main tank is also getting too large and a little out of place. And I really want to get more room for for SPS. So, there's only one thing to do. Scrap the macro algae display and turn it into gigantea tank. Macro algaes been transffered to the sump fuge(where it used to be and belong).

Gigantea tank. I'm hoping to pick up the green gigantea this weekend. For reference of size, the tank is 48"x24"x13". Picture was taking the day after it was moved. It has expanded more.

 

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Like I said, not much has changed. The gigantea was moved to its own tank and more sps frags were placed in from BattleCorals during the Black Friday sales event.
I did lose some hammer corals(always have issues with these) and hence the empty void on the sandbed. I will revisit this later when I think my LPS are thriving rather than surviving.
SPS frags are growing and seeing from improvement in colors. Fish are growing also. I added a Whitetail Bristle Tang that is doing spectacular with algae grazing. My favorite tang for sure.
Most important of all, rocks are now covered with coralines to make the tank looks like a reef tank rather than a santitized tank with rocks.
I will let this coast and update later.

 

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That's it for reef. I will now go fly my 747-8 double decker.

 

[TexAgReefer]

I was notified by my friend a couple weeks ago that the green gigantea is coming back to me. It has grown too large in his tank. I always knew one day, the green gigantea would be coming back.
The purple gigantea in my main tank is also getting too large and a little out of place. And I really want to get more room for for SPS. So, there's only one thing to do. Scrap the macro algae display and turn it into gigantea tank. Macro algaes been transffered to the sump fuge(where it used to be and belong).

Gigantea tank. I'm hoping to pick up the green gigantea this weekend. For reference of size, the tank is 48"x24"x13". Picture was taking the day after it was moved. It has expanded more.

That Gigantea tank is going to be awesome. Are you going to do a clown harem?

Like I said, not much has changed. The gigantea was moved to its own tank and more sps frags were placed in from BattleCorals during the Black Friday sales event.
I did lose some hammer corals(always have issues with these) and hence the empty void on the sandbed. I will revisit this later when I think my LPS are thriving rather than surviving.
SPS frags are growing and seeing from improvement in colors. Fish are growing also. I added a Whitetail Bristle Tang that is doing spectacular with algae grazing. My favorite tang for sure.
Most important of all, rocks are now covered with coralines to make the tank looks like a reef tank rather than a santitized tank with rocks.
I will let this coast and update later.

A really stunning system. I love your variety of fish. I especially love the clear back glass against the wall. I’m sure it’s a lot to keep clean, but it looks great.

 

[panic]

looks great! The spacing on the SPS is good too - not so close so that they will be growing on top of each other

 

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That Gigantea tank is going to be awesome. Are you going to do a clown harem?

A really stunning system. I love your variety of fish. I especially love the clear back glass against the wall. I’m sure it’s a lot to keep clean, but it looks great.

I currently have 4 Perculas(yeah, I know. Where are they). I was thinking a harem of 20-24 but that’s a lot of mouths to feed and I’m not sure if I’m system is ready for that. I’m holding off on maturing the system a bit more before I do that craziness.

 

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looks great! The spacing on the SPS is good too - not so close so that they will be growing on top of each other

Thanks Doug,
I the sps pack I got from you are doing great.

 

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Picked up the bad boy green gigantea today. These guys have been with me since 2015 but were in my friends tank last year when I broke down the old tank. The green was wreaking havoc in his tank.
This is about an hour into the tank. The size should double that when it’s all settled.

 

[Gablami]

Man, whoever called them carpet anemones didn’t have much imagination. Really looks like a carpet when they get huge like yours are.

 

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Quick video of giganteas this morning.

 

[Poseidon's snail]

following - beautiful aquarium!

 

[TexAgReefer]

Picked up the bad boy green gigantea today. These guys have been with me since 2015 but were in my friends tank last year when I broke down the old tank. The green was wreaking havoc in his tank.
This is about an hour into the tank. The size should double that when it’s all settled.

Quick video of giganteas this morning.

Just... Wow! Both of them are huge! I assume they're pretty heavy when you pull them out of water during the move...

 

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Just... Wow! Both of them are huge! I assume they're pretty heavy when you pull them out of water during the move...

To get the giganteas out, we had to put the 5G bucket into the tank and slowly find the rock the anemone’s foot is attached to and maneuver that into the bucket and lift the bucket out. Do the reverse to put the anemone in.
It would be too risky to try to get the anemone out of the tank this size by itself. The weight will collapse on it and causes unseen and fatal injuries to the anemone. You will also have a higher chance of getting stunk.

 

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Finding Waldo anyone?
Placing a large order of clownfish has been on my mind. But I really should wait until at least February to see how the tank has progressed after 6 months of existence.

 

[TexAgReefer]

To get the giganteas out, we had to put the 5G bucket into the tank and slowly find the rock the anemone’s foot is attached to and maneuver that into the bucket and lift the bucket out. Do the reverse to put the anemone in.
It would be too risky to try to get the anemone out of the tank this size by itself. The weight will collapse on it and causes unseen and fatal injuries to the anemone. You will also have a higher chance of getting stunk.

Makes sense and not surprising.

Finding Waldo anyone?
Placing a large order of clownfish has been on my mind. But I really should wait until at least February to see how the tank has progressed after 6 months of existence.

I bet! I would have a hard time holding off with those 2 in there! Even if they're small, 20+ clowns at once would be heck of a bioload.

I've never really considered a harem tank, but this gig may change that! I know they can be difficult, but this REALLY makes me want to have a gig/harem tank.