TMC reef habitat 90 build thread

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Hi, my name is Paul, aka Cornish_reefer on Instagram,

I thought I’d start a build thread to document my progress so far with my TMC Reef Habitat 90, along with an overview of the equipment and methodology I’m currently running.

Lighting

2 × AI Hydra 26HD

1 × Hydra 52HD (centre unit)

Running Luxdium Engine 4 (Blues & Cyan pucks on the Hydra 52)

Flow

2 × Maxspect Jump Gyres

1 × Jecod ALW-20

Filtration

Reef N Rolls custom fleece roller filter

Arka Core ACS 80 skimmer

Oceamo catalytic activated carbon

Dosing & Chemistry

Aquawiz testing and dosing oceamo duo KH

Oceamo Duo with Regulator A and O

ICP testing every 3 months (Oceamo MS), followed by ~100 days of custom element dosing

Livestock

2 × Ocellaris clownfish

Copperband butterflyfish

Carpenter’s flasher wrasse

Coris wrasse

Six-line wrasse

Banggai cardinalfish

Royal gramma

Scarlet hawkfish

Green chromis

Return Pump

Sicce Syncra SDC WiFi return pump

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WHEN REEFING GETS TOUGH, WHAT KEEPS YOU MOST INVESTED?

  • My livestock depends on me, so I keep showing up for them

    Votes: 14 56.0%
  • I look for small signs that things are improving

    Votes: 3 12.0%
  • I want to figure out what’s going wrong

    Votes: 1 4.0%
  • I remind myself that rough stretches will pass...just keep reefing

    Votes: 4 16.0%
  • I lean on other reefers for advice or encouragement

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • I simplify, step back from tinkering, and give the tank time

    Votes: 2 8.0%
  • Honestly, sometimes I wonder if I want to keep going

    Votes: 1 4.0%
  • Other (Post in the comments)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
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