Rsm 130 project

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My RSM build over the last few months. Tank was setup for two years prior to the move

. The tank setup at our old house

 

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I was getting good growth from my seriatopora at the time. And the monti cap frag was on and off for color

I broke down the entire tank. Fish and coral in buckets with koralias running off and inverter from my truck. Break down and setup took about 2 hours total. So the animals weren't out of wack for too long

 

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Just after I got the tank setup in the new house. Wasn't drilled at this point and was still running as an all in one style tank

 

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The seriatopora colony didn't survive the move. Only a few tiny frags of it are still alive and I'm not sure how haha. They haven't grown at all in the last year but they are alive

 

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Just a couple coral pics from that time frame

You can see the stress of the move on them. Took most a couple months to recover.

 

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I decided to add the biggest easily available sump I could. A craigslist 75!!!!

I decided to use a HOB overflow and went with the life reef. It was great but because of the bends in my tubing air got trapped and caused a couple 2 am overflows. So I took the plunged and drilled a bean animal style in the rear compartment of my rsm130

 

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This was the sump setup in the garage. Once I drilled I build a enclosed sump and changed lighting

 

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I rebuilt the aquascape on a pvc skeleton. I don't really like it but for now I'm getting some growth so the corals like it. The zip ties were cut off after the epoxy Hardened

 

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Wiring still wasn't ....and still isn't organized. But this is pretty close to the current sump box in the garage

 

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DT aquascape after a year. I keep adding more digi frags to the pvc elbow up top. I really want that 90* elbow to be a giant colony

 

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I added a pavona top right
Moved the rbta to the sump and started fragging them to get credit at the local store. The digi was added in the last 6 months as well as the stunner chalice

 

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I bought a SCA skimmer for the tank
It's undersized but honestly I don't wanna skim everything out.
I like using the macro for nutrient export.
So at this point the sump has a skimmer chamber
Fuge with 10w Amazon led
Open frag area with 55wt5 above it
Then a reactor for carbon/Gfo in the return pump chamber

The rbta always get into the macro algae. It's good that way makes them easy to pluck and frag once they grow large

 

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Once the tax $$$ comes in the pvc will be chopped and the sump is getting rebuilt and moved into the house. I think it will solve all of my thermal issues.
The challenge will be organizing the small space to work efficiently

 

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Removed all the caleurpa??? Put in chaetomorpha

 

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From the post before Christmas time to now I was using a 55 watt 50/50 bulb and a 30 watt actinic Yesterday I put the full 2x55w 50/50 bulbs back in. And put the 30 w actinic over the frag tank

 

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Recovered the stand recently as well