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Tank: SeaClear System II 95g
Skimmer: Reef Octopus BH-2000
Lighting: Tek 6 Bulb T5 36"
Refugium lighting: DIY Cree LED 10 Bulb from my 10g nano, LEDENET LED strip
Chemical Filtration: Carbon, Purigen
Powerhead: Crappy Aqueon Powerhead (Replacing with RW-8)
Fish: Magnificent Foxface, 2 Fire Fish, 2 Clowns
CUC: 5 Scarlet(Red leg?) Hermits, 2 Narrissus Snails (I need more snails!), Cleaner Shrimp, Peppermint Shrimp
Corals/Inverts: Toadstool, Xenia, Hammer, GSP, Green Leather, Palys, Mushrooms
FTS: Nov 21, 2015
I have been putting off a tank thread for a while but I figured since I had trouble finding good information in the SeaClear System II being used as a reef other people might find it useful. My tank was used and must be over 10 years old and designed for a FLOWR tank utilizing bioballs.
This is a sumpless AIO but just big! Its essentially a giant biocube! There are a lot of these old SeaClear System II tanks floating around for cheap that can be easily modified as a reef tank. I was able to get the tank, stand and canopy for $150. I made a few modifications to the tank to bring it up to date. The tank had a bioball drip filter section in back that I replaced with a refugium.
The back essentially looked like this.
The overflow on the right has my hang on back Reef Octopus BH-2000 skimmer so that the return is going into the overflow so that the bubble trap stops the skimmer bubbles. The return pipe had to be angled to fit into the overflow area and some of the overflow teeth had to be broken to fit it. That goes to an LED lit refugium in the first bioball section. I have a combination of LEDENET LED strips taped to the back of the tank and my old DIY CREE LED array above with 10 leds. The refugium has a combination of Chateo, Grape Cap, and Fan Cap. I have rock rubble and a mean hermit in there too. There is a nice variety of microfauna in there since I got the macro from an established refugium. Second bioball chamber holds heaters, mechanical filtration clipped to the divider, more rock, Carbon and Purigen.
So now to the build evolution.
Here is my FTS on Sep 5, 2015, shortly after set up. Rock and sand was a CL buy and was actually basalt instead of limestone. Its pretty porus but I want to slowly replace it with real LR. I was using a single PC light that came with the tank from its flowr days. Its still cycling so no big deal.
Oct 13, 2015
Got 2 Fire Fish and a Magnificent Foxface after tank finished cycling.
Oct 15, 2015
Installed my Reef Octopus BH-2000 HOB Skimmer.
Oct 25, 2015
Two clownfish added
Nov 8, 2015
Live rock added with Sea Squirt, mollusks, feather dusters and some recovering stony corals of some kind. Refugium established with limited lighting.
Nov 14, 2015
Tek T5 6 bulb added to support new corals. Toadstool, Xenia, Hammer, GSP and Leather coral added
Nov 21, 2015
Hood modified to raise up T5s to increase their life and decrease heat in tank. I took the clam shell of the top of the hood and made a egg crate support for the lights. DIY Cree LED array added above refugium for increased light.
Skimmer: Reef Octopus BH-2000
Lighting: Tek 6 Bulb T5 36"
Refugium lighting: DIY Cree LED 10 Bulb from my 10g nano, LEDENET LED strip
Chemical Filtration: Carbon, Purigen
Powerhead: Crappy Aqueon Powerhead (Replacing with RW-8)
Fish: Magnificent Foxface, 2 Fire Fish, 2 Clowns
CUC: 5 Scarlet(Red leg?) Hermits, 2 Narrissus Snails (I need more snails!), Cleaner Shrimp, Peppermint Shrimp
Corals/Inverts: Toadstool, Xenia, Hammer, GSP, Green Leather, Palys, Mushrooms
FTS: Nov 21, 2015
I have been putting off a tank thread for a while but I figured since I had trouble finding good information in the SeaClear System II being used as a reef other people might find it useful. My tank was used and must be over 10 years old and designed for a FLOWR tank utilizing bioballs.
This is a sumpless AIO but just big! Its essentially a giant biocube! There are a lot of these old SeaClear System II tanks floating around for cheap that can be easily modified as a reef tank. I was able to get the tank, stand and canopy for $150. I made a few modifications to the tank to bring it up to date. The tank had a bioball drip filter section in back that I replaced with a refugium.
The back essentially looked like this.
The overflow on the right has my hang on back Reef Octopus BH-2000 skimmer so that the return is going into the overflow so that the bubble trap stops the skimmer bubbles. The return pipe had to be angled to fit into the overflow area and some of the overflow teeth had to be broken to fit it. That goes to an LED lit refugium in the first bioball section. I have a combination of LEDENET LED strips taped to the back of the tank and my old DIY CREE LED array above with 10 leds. The refugium has a combination of Chateo, Grape Cap, and Fan Cap. I have rock rubble and a mean hermit in there too. There is a nice variety of microfauna in there since I got the macro from an established refugium. Second bioball chamber holds heaters, mechanical filtration clipped to the divider, more rock, Carbon and Purigen.
So now to the build evolution.
Here is my FTS on Sep 5, 2015, shortly after set up. Rock and sand was a CL buy and was actually basalt instead of limestone. Its pretty porus but I want to slowly replace it with real LR. I was using a single PC light that came with the tank from its flowr days. Its still cycling so no big deal.
Oct 13, 2015
Got 2 Fire Fish and a Magnificent Foxface after tank finished cycling.
Oct 15, 2015
Installed my Reef Octopus BH-2000 HOB Skimmer.
Oct 25, 2015
Two clownfish added
Nov 8, 2015
Live rock added with Sea Squirt, mollusks, feather dusters and some recovering stony corals of some kind. Refugium established with limited lighting.
Nov 14, 2015
Tek T5 6 bulb added to support new corals. Toadstool, Xenia, Hammer, GSP and Leather coral added
Nov 21, 2015
Hood modified to raise up T5s to increase their life and decrease heat in tank. I took the clam shell of the top of the hood and made a egg crate support for the lights. DIY Cree LED array added above refugium for increased light.
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