ReeferMadness80G’s Shallow SPS Reef

[tsav87]

I did the tiles on a little nano I had and eventually took them out because I got a load of detritus between them.
Not sure what you could do to fix it

Thats what I thought would happen. When BB first became a big thing we used custom cut cutting boards (starboard) on the bottom of our tanks. Eventually detritus would build up and reek all sorts of havoc.

People started to silicone the starboard in place so that nothing could get underneath it. That worked much better.

 

[Mebeknob]

Thats what I thought would happen. When BB first became a big thing we used custom cut cutting boards (starboard) on the bottom of our tanks. Eventually detritus would build up and reek all sorts of havoc.

People started to silicone the starboard in place so that nothing could get underneath it. That worked much better.

That makes sense. What about just gluing sand to the bottom of the tank or to a piece of acrylic that is the exact shape of the bottom of your tank.?

 

[tsav87]

That would be fine as long as you siliconed the edges to the tank.

 

[ReeferMadness80G]

I did the tiles on a little nano I had and eventually took them out because I got a load of detritus between them.
Not sure what you could do to fix it

I was thinking of adding a bag of live sand, just enough to get down in the cracks

 

[ReeferMadness80G]

Great build thread. Have you decided what bulb combo you are going with?

I think I'm going to try
B+
B+
Actinic
C+
C+
Actinic
B+
B+

 

[ReeferMadness80G]

Eventually detritus would build up and reek all sorts of havoc.

Aw man, now I'm nervous

 

[Ponraj A]

Nice tanks and one of the nice clean built i have seen !!!

 

[sromero287]

I did the tiles on a little nano I had and eventually took them out because I got a load of detritus between them.
Not sure what you could do to fix it

One of the SPS dominant tanks conditions is the high and random currents, same ones that will help you to avoid detritus accumulations, in my personal experience i have MP-40's and during the 24hrs cycle they are three times in nutrients transport mode approx 2hours each time just to move the detritus and send them to the sump. Main reason we don't use sand, cause it will be a mess every time the sandstorm all over the tank.

Another solution for detritus even better is to seal in between tiles with silicon, so there's no space for accumulations and with the high currents and water agitation from two wave makers really low or close to the bottom everything will end in the filter socks at sump or skimmer. My 0.02!!! [emoji106][emoji225][emoji886]

 

[ReeferMadness80G]

One of the SPS dominant tanks conditions is the high and random currents, same ones that will help you to avoid detritus accumulations, in my personal experience i have MP-40's and during the 24hrs cycle they are three times in nutrients transport mode approx 2hours each time just to move the detritus and send them to the sump. Main reason we don't use sand, cause it will be a mess every time the sandstorm all over the tank.

Another solution for detritus even better is to seal in between tiles with silicon, so there's no space for accumulations and with the high currents and water agitation from two wave makers really low or close to the bottom everything will end in the filter socks at sump or skimmer. My 0.02!!! [emoji106][emoji225][emoji886]

What happens in nutrient transport mode? I'm not familiar with VorTechs

 

[ReeferMadness80G]

Nice tanks and one of the nice clean built i have seen !!!

Thank you Ponraj [emoji4]

 

[ReeferMadness80G]

workin on the scape, whatcha think so far!?

 

[ReeferMadness80G]

The tip of the shelf, fell apart and that's when I called it quits and took these pics. Lol so it's not exactly how it'll be but you get the idea

 

[ReeferMadness80G]

Emarco 400 cement is on its way! Then I'll get to stickin!

 

[brett_schn]

Nice scape. Any stocking plans yet? Can’t wait till u start cycling and adding fish and coral. This build should be even better than ur nano and your nano was amazing

 

[ReeferMadness80G]

Nice scape. Any stocking plans yet? Can’t wait till u start cycling and adding fish and coral. This build should be even better than ur nano and your nano was amazing

Thanks for the compliments, keep watching the nano, it ain't gone yet, just bough 5 more pieces!

I'm not real huge on fish so I'll let my wife pick out what she likes, she fell in love with the blue-green bird wrasse so after some research we may get one and then rehome it when it gets too big. But as far as coral goes, it'll definitely be SPS dominated, with a colorful acan/zoa garden.

 

[ReeferMadness80G]

Ok, let me just praise BRS real quick. I've been going back and forth on buying my dry rock online for months now! I knew I wanted Tonga branch but really the only place that had it was Bulk Reef Supply. But it's scary buying rock online, I mean, you can't really choose your pieces, you're basically paying top dollar and you really don't know what you're gonna get, it's scary! However, I put my trust in the crew at BRS and a very small amount of info on what I was trying to create and the dims of my tank, I bought 20 lbs of complex multi branch Tonga and 10 lbs of simple multi branch Tonga and then waited for it to arrive, anxiously. I picked it up today and whoa! I opened the box and it was like every piece I pulled out was a show piece, everything was unique and had so much character, and BRS was let's just say,very generous! So @randyBRS, please extend my thanks to the whole team, I'm very appreciative, you guys did not disappoint and my dream build just got a lot better!

 

[Reef man 89]

Definitely digging the scape! Wish I did something along these lines but I guess the next tank will have something along those lines. Can't wait to see it all grown out!

 

[ReeferMadness80G]

Definitely digging the scape! Wish I did something along these lines but I guess the next tank will have something along those lines. Can't wait to see it all grown out!

Thanks! Emarco 400 cement comes in today so the final draft will be today, hopefully I can remember how I had it. Because of the floating shelf I'll have to do one piece at a time, but the stuff sets up in 20 minutes so maybe I'll get it in the tank today!

 

[Katrina71]

You do very nice work!

 

[ReeferMadness80G]

patience is key. Which is weird bc I have the least amount of patience possible, but for some reason, when I'm working on this tank I go really slow.