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this is my sw tank. it has been running since 6/12

29 gallon tank
coralife superskimmer 65
eheim 2215 with hydor eth inline heater
3 koralia evo 600
3 65 watt pc lights with miro 4 individual reflectors
1 12k actinic white, 1 420nm super actinic, 1 12k/420nm dual


currently building a sump to replace the eheim. i have a marineland 15 gallon long and a reef octopus nwb 110. going with an eshopps pf300 overflow, 200 micron filter sock (with a spare to be cleaned and switched out as needed), danner mag 5, scwd, and 2 u tube outflows.

after the sump is complete ill be upgrading to led lighting (rapidled onyx dimmable with a rkl with alc). the pcs will be mounted under my stand to put a frag rack in the sump. ill also move one of the koralias to it. i also want to put the two koralias that will be in the display on a wavemaker.

my old stand and canopy are diy, as is my new stand.

i have tons of pictures to post, but for now i'm just going to put up some full tank shots. ill add the rest when i wake up (working overnights makes for weird sleep schedules lol)

questions, comments, criticism, and advice are all welcome. i'm pretty new to reefing but kept high tech planted tanks before this. i'm learning, but feel pretty knowledgeable so far, still have lots to learn.

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new stand build

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Great job! How long have you been in the hobby?
 
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I kept freshwater for 6 years and have had this tank running for almost 10 months.
 
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a friend of mine has a mag 5 im getting for 30 bucks. my lfs just asked me to help them out a few dats a week cleaning tanks. i almost want to tell them to pay me in store credit lol.

im going to look through my photobucket and post some more pics i have of my tank.

duncan i rescued

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Looks like you are proud of your tank. Have fun with it and enjoy.
 
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Thank you I am very proud especially being my first attempt at saltwater. I just cleaned all my powerheads, my eheim, and my protein skimmer. I have some saltwater mixing for a 20% wc. Gettung ready to glue down a mystery zoa (hope that its a zoa) and frag some green bay packers for a couple friends. I should have a few polyps of magicians here on tuesday. Its also time ti epoxy the rock with my toadstool leather into a spot.

I cant wait to get my sump done and transfer the tank to the new stand. Im tired of taking apart the eheim once a week to clean it.

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Just picked up a mag 5 and some magicians zoas. Acclimating the zoas now. Just need an overflow, plumbing, baffles, and a filter sock holder and my sump will be ready to go.

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I'm thinking I can set up a 10 gallon tank in the room behind my tank on a cabinet and run a 1/4 inch airline tube through the wall to a small plastic float valve for a gravity fed ato. Gotta build my sump first though...

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Looking good! Thanks for sharing!


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i was playing with the settings on my phones camera after reading a post on here and went nut with pictures of my tank.

under just actinics

green bay packers
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lunar eclipse
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ricordea
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radioactive dragon eyes
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little 3 head duncan
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big 5 head duncan
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green star polyps
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