Stewchis max e-170 rebuild

[Stewchi16]

Made thread in wrong group, reposting here!
Just thought I’d make a build thread. Due to circumstances out of my control I had to tear down my tank. It is now up and running again. Have fish from the old tank, but not much of the coral. Going to let things stabilize before
Softie/lps mixed reef
Tank: Red Sea Max E-170 AIO (no sump) 45 gallon
Lights: RS LED90
Skimmer:RSK 900
ATO: Tunze Osmolator
Powerhead: AI Nero 3
Rock: rock from the old tank already cycled
heater: 2 100w Eheim jaegers on an inkbird controller
Salt: Natural sea water
InTank media basket
Filter floss
Red Sea carbon

Livestock
2 o. Clownfish
1 hosting Rose BTA
1 Six line Wrasse
1 Lawnmower Blenny
Many trochus snails
Tiger conch
Hermit
GSP and Xenia on island
Red mushrooms

Will get initial measurements up soon.

 

[SaltyT]

Welcome to R2R!

That's pretty sweet that you have access to natural SW and don't have to mix your own, I'm jealous!

 

[brendanwilson94]

Made thread in wrong group, reposting here!
Just thought I’d make a build thread. Due to circumstances out of my control I had to tear down my tank. It is now up and running again. Have fish from the old tank, but not much of the coral. Going to let things stabilize before
Softie/lps mixed reef
Tank: Red Sea Max E-170 AIO (no sump) 45 gallon
Lights: RS LED90
Skimmer:RSK 900
ATO: Tunze Osmolator
Powerhead: AI Nero 3
Rock: rock from the old tank already cycled
heater: 2 100w Eheim jaegers on an inkbird controller
Salt: Natural sea water
InTank media basket
Filter floss
Red Sea carbon

Livestock
2 o. Clownfish
1 hosting Rose BTA
1 Six line Wrasse
1 Lawnmower Blenny
Many trochus snails
Tiger conch
Hermit
GSP and Xenia on island
Red mushrooms

Will get initial measurements up soon.

Looks awesome! Best of luck on this run!

 

[Stewchi16]

Parameters:
Temp:78
Salinity: 1.025
Nitrates 7.5
Phos: 0.3
Alk 8.3
Mg/cal pending

nitrates a little lower than i prefer.
phos too high since the tank move.

massed some rowa phos to bring down slowly. I like nitrates 10 and phos 0.1.

 

[dstockwell]

Welcome to the Reef

 

[Stewchi16]

I have an apex coming in. Any recommendations on mounting in the stand? I don’t want to have a separate cabinet for it and I’d imagine it’s probably not a good idea to drill a hole on the weight bearing wall.

 

[Stewchi16]

Hey all, had a question regarding acclimating corals. I have some lps. (Candy cane, Duncan) sps (monti that i have sitting on the sand with acclimation mode at 50% lights. Everything is open and healthy so far. When can i start placing them higher in tank (mid tank level)? Don’t have a par meter.

 

[brendanwilson94]

I have an apex coming in. Any recommendations on mounting in the stand? I don’t want to have a separate cabinet for it and I’d imagine it’s probably not a good idea to drill a hole on the weight bearing wall.

I’ll be using 3m industrial Velcro strips so secure mine.

 

[Stewchi16]

Had a question. My nitrates have slowly been lowering. Phos is stable at 0.4. Nitrates went from 10 to 5 to 1 over past 2 months. I’ve had a small bit of bubble algae and bryopsis that is improving or stable. Corals are happy. Fish are fed flakes in morning and rods food in pm. I don’t rinse the rods food. Not really any gha. Just small green coloration to rocks. Coralline showing up on pumps and frags. Water change every 2 weeks. 10-15%
Had Dino’s a year ago. Should i stay the course or try to raise nitrates?