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Hi. This is Reef-RC. My 1st Reef2Reef tank thread!
I am slowly dipping myself back into reefing after 10 years or so away from the hobby. This nano was started, inspired and pushed by my oldest girl insisting I restart my 210G tank build. The 210G RR tank has been sitting dry for the past 10 years with all equipments ready (more about this on a separate thread).
As a preteen, my oldest girl has a growing interest in marine biology. So I decided to “help” her with the interest and at the same time give me an excuse to slowly dip myself back into this great interest I always had. Plus it's also a stall tactic as I know the 210G tank will take much longer to restart. Honestly I think I just needed an excuse .
So here are the specs:
Other equipment:
Location / Furniture:
I am slowly dipping myself back into reefing after 10 years or so away from the hobby. This nano was started, inspired and pushed by my oldest girl insisting I restart my 210G tank build. The 210G RR tank has been sitting dry for the past 10 years with all equipments ready (more about this on a separate thread).
As a preteen, my oldest girl has a growing interest in marine biology. So I decided to “help” her with the interest and at the same time give me an excuse to slowly dip myself back into this great interest I always had. Plus it's also a stall tactic as I know the 210G tank will take much longer to restart. Honestly I think I just needed an excuse .
So here are the specs:
- Tank - Fluval Evo 13G (AIO)
- Sand - CARIBSEA ARAG-ALIVE Fiji Pink Sand - 16 lbs. live sand used
- Rocks - Dry reef rocks from 10 yrs. back
- Protein skimmer - Fluval Sea Mini PS2
- Filtration - Fluval Evo foam block, BIOMAX, carbon (this is for right now)
- Heater - Fluval M50 heater (50w)
- Lighting – Fluval LED (came with tank)
- Circulation - IM SpinStream for return nozzle instead of the standard loc-line return nozzle
- Circulation - Tunze Turbelle Nanostream 6040 for circulation
Other equipment:
- Controller - Neptune APEX Jr for monitoring
- Neptune low-profile Leak Detector
- Neptune PH probe
- Nano glass scrubber/scrapper
- BRS refractometer (salinity test)
- Test Kits - Salifert (Ammonia, PH, Nitrate, Nitrite)
- Cobalt MJ-1200 pump for mixing salt
- Marine Pure Biofilter Media for extra bacteria growth
- Red Sea Reef Mature Pro Kit for tank cycling cycle
- Milwaukee PH solutions (4.01, 7.01, 10.01) for PH calibration
- Finnex External Refugium HOB - Fuge Ray LED (on order for refugium later)
- JBJ ATO controller for water refill
- ATO water reservoir – tbd
- Salt - Red Sea Coral Pro - 10+ yrs old salt just opened up and used
Location / Furniture:
- In the study
- Sitting on a mobile draw cabinet
- Tank sitting on top of Innovative Marine DIY AUQA Gadget Self-Leveling Aquarium Mat
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