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December 2020
One Year
Two Years Old
Three years old
Since 2015, I've been keeping a 60 cube tank. I used dry rock and the system took some time to mature and eventually evolved into an acropora dominant mixed reef. I enjoy seeing larger colonies, but space was getting tight and with my wife's encouragement decided it was time for a larger system.
Here are the basics for the new set up.
Tank
Crystal Dynamics 84x34x27
Modular Marine External Overflow
1" Returns
Lighting
Halides, T5, and LED
Giesmann Spectra 72".
- 250 Watt Radiums x3 powered by IceCap Selectable Ballast running at 250 HQI
- Year 0-1 ATI Blue Plus x 4, Year 1-2 ATI blue plus x 3, purple plus x 1, Year 2-3 ATI B+ x 3, KZ Fiji Purple x 1
- Current T5s 3x ATI Blue Plus, 1x ATI coral plus
- Reef Brite XHO Blue 72" x 2
Photoperiod: Halides: 6 hrs, T5 10 hrs, LED 12 hrs
Sump
Geo 66x20x15
Drain | Mechanical Filtration | Skimmer | Dual Return | Refugium
Filtration
Dual Clarisea SK-5000
Skimmer: Bubble King Deluxe 200
Geo Media reactors x 2, RowaPhos changed every two weeks, ROX Carbon 2/3 cup x 1 week/ month
UV: Lifegard Promax 90 Watt (Offline January 2024)
Refugium: Lit by Reefbrite Lumilite Plantlyte 18", Added Tunze Eco Chic December 2022
Flow
MP40 x 2
MP60 x 4
Controller
- Neptune Apex
Chemistry
-Calcium Reactor: Deltec Twin Tech 1500 (Running TBD)
-Red Sea Dosing pump (Red Sea Foundation Alkalinity, Calcium, Magnesium)
-Avast K1 Kalk Stirrer (added August 2021, Offline September 2022)
Neptune Trident
Water
- Accounting for displacement approximately 260 gallons of water in system
- Salt: TM Pro, Changed to Aqua Forest Reef Salt September 2022
-Daily AWC with Neptune DOS, Volume 2021 10 L / day Increased to 20 L / day 2022 (2% / day).
- Mixing Station located in Garage
- ATO reservoir located in garage 90 feet from Tank
- ATO Tunze Osmolator with Spectrapure WXM Pump (Gen 7) located under tank by sump
I never did a build thread for my prior tank so I'll post some progression shots
2015
2016
2017
2019
2020
One Year
Two Years Old
Three years old
Since 2015, I've been keeping a 60 cube tank. I used dry rock and the system took some time to mature and eventually evolved into an acropora dominant mixed reef. I enjoy seeing larger colonies, but space was getting tight and with my wife's encouragement decided it was time for a larger system.
Here are the basics for the new set up.
Tank
Crystal Dynamics 84x34x27
Modular Marine External Overflow
1" Returns
Lighting
Halides, T5, and LED
Giesmann Spectra 72".
- 250 Watt Radiums x3 powered by IceCap Selectable Ballast running at 250 HQI
- Year 0-1 ATI Blue Plus x 4, Year 1-2 ATI blue plus x 3, purple plus x 1, Year 2-3 ATI B+ x 3, KZ Fiji Purple x 1
- Current T5s 3x ATI Blue Plus, 1x ATI coral plus
- Reef Brite XHO Blue 72" x 2
Photoperiod: Halides: 6 hrs, T5 10 hrs, LED 12 hrs
Sump
Geo 66x20x15
Drain | Mechanical Filtration | Skimmer | Dual Return | Refugium
Filtration
Dual Clarisea SK-5000
Skimmer: Bubble King Deluxe 200
Geo Media reactors x 2, RowaPhos changed every two weeks, ROX Carbon 2/3 cup x 1 week/ month
UV: Lifegard Promax 90 Watt (Offline January 2024)
Refugium: Lit by Reefbrite Lumilite Plantlyte 18", Added Tunze Eco Chic December 2022
Flow
MP40 x 2
MP60 x 4
Controller
- Neptune Apex
Chemistry
-Calcium Reactor: Deltec Twin Tech 1500 (Running TBD)
-Red Sea Dosing pump (Red Sea Foundation Alkalinity, Calcium, Magnesium)
-Avast K1 Kalk Stirrer (added August 2021, Offline September 2022)
Neptune Trident
Water
- Accounting for displacement approximately 260 gallons of water in system
- Salt: TM Pro, Changed to Aqua Forest Reef Salt September 2022
-Daily AWC with Neptune DOS, Volume 2021 10 L / day Increased to 20 L / day 2022 (2% / day).
- Mixing Station located in Garage
- ATO reservoir located in garage 90 feet from Tank
- ATO Tunze Osmolator with Spectrapure WXM Pump (Gen 7) located under tank by sump
I never did a build thread for my prior tank so I'll post some progression shots
2015
2016
2017
2019
2020
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