UABsleeper Eshopps M130 build

[UABsleeper]

Hey Reefers just wanted a place to document my latest build thread!! I have been in the hobby for around 15 years now! Last tank a Red Sea reefer 350 g1 I had running almost 10 years learned a lot and had a beautiful sps for several years until I had my house painted while on vacation and it crashed my tank after years finally got the tank back to a point it was growing well and noticed a splitting seam!
Previous build
7/2017

5/2021

7/26

Tank finally growing but noticed this!

 

[UABsleeper]

With the latest eshopps 4th of July sale I decided to it was time for an upgrade pulled the trigger on the @ESHOPPS.INC M130

From @premiumaquatics!



Current equipment



-2 Radion g4 pro xr30 with a g5 blue xr15 in the middle running a modified ab+ schedule xr30’s at 60% and blue at 75% on a rms hanging mount

-Flow: AI Nero 5 and ecotech mp40 jeabo 10000 return pump

-skimmer Deltec 600i skimmer

-control Neptune apex

-tune osmolator



I ordered the tank on July 4th and it arrived on the 22nd. It’s a beast! I’m impressed with the quality, but there’s one thing that’s not: they shipped the wrong sump with the tank. All their online images show the sump as a 4-chamber sump with a refugium chamber, so I purchased a Kessil H80 with plans to have a refugium. My tank came with a 3-chamber sump and no refugium. I’m a little bummed about that.

I emailed @ESHOPPS.INC about the mix-up on the 23rd herd back from them today they are planning to send the newer sump asap hopefully they do!

Also did a little redesign
Working on a little redesign of my rock work

 

[UABsleeper]

I hate wires so I took some inspiration from @TankAndTurbines on the cabinet except instead of a sliding I did a mirror style hanging mount

The biggest headache was I didn’t have the right tools for the cut outs and it’s rather difficult to cut a oval with a jigsaw.. at least at my skill level

 

[UABsleeper]

After a headache of a tank transfer i learned mainly what not to do!!
1 I should never have kept my sand bed i probably wouldn’t have if I had not recently received a purchase from reef cleaners with a whole bunch of vibex nisarious snails and plitho crabs and tiger conchs.. but man I didn’t know their was so much crud in the sand bed
- also I should have paid more attention to how fast temps can drop even with heater and pumps I lost probably half of my frags so far from the stress

I am pleased with the result so far! Still have to run some cords but I have the tank up

 

[UABsleeper]

Getting my Par dialed in on the Mobius app and have to say I’m pretty happy with the results

 

[UABsleeper]

started back dosing decided on this tank to swap to tropic marine All-For-Reef! I have used Esv bionic for years and don’t have any complaints but would like to get more trace elements! And the afr seems easier and after a cost analysis price is almost the same.

I will probably dose until my requirement hits around 100ml/dah and add in avast kalkwasser for any alk requirement over that! According to my calculations my max dose for afr is around 150ml/day

But my thought is I have A Dos currently afr will require one head and then I can run the avast kalkwasser with the other head if it’s required

Also ordered a Top Lids luxury lid! And planning on ordering some Bimaculatus anthias before to long!

 

[UABsleeper]

Oh picked up a few frags from a buddy this past weekend and pretty excited to watch them grow! Already a lot bigger than most of the frags you get anywhere else!

Got this battle corals aquatic man table colony was real pale in his system(low Par I believe) but it has really started to color up even the last 3 days

Also got this cornbread OMG and Miyagi tort both look good

 

[Zyfreef]

Hey Reefers just wanted a place to document my latest build thread!! I have been in the hobby for around 15 years now! Last tank a Red Sea reefer 350 g1 I had running almost 10 years learned a lot and had a beautiful sps for several years until I had my house painted while on vacation and it crashed my tank after years finally got the tank back to a point it was growing well and noticed a splitting seam!
Previous build
7/2017

5/2021

7/26

Tank finally growing but noticed this!

Nice

 

[UABsleeper]

Haha I get one room in the house that’s all mine so it has all my favorite hobbies! Saltwater, Hunting, and leatherwork!

 

[UABsleeper]

Tank is doing great got an awesome BattleBox from @Battlecorals and probably my 4th battle box since starting the hobby! My first being back in 2018 and can’t lie Adam has some of the healthiest largest frags you in the hobby imo

Got these this fire mounted and cooking last week!
My box included
1Tink-ro Bell
2. BC Voodoo bath- most excited about thisnone
3. Miss scarlett
4.shockwave
5.Nero table
6.pc rainbow
7.orange crush
8.efflo 2.0

Can’t wait to see how they grow

 

[UABsleeper]

Also Just got in my @Top_Lids custom lid and have to say I’m very impressed with the finishing and fit with this lid!

Would highly reccomend I have 4 bimac and 8line flasher wrasse on order so got here just in time and a good bit sooner than u thought! Took about 3 weeks from the time I placed the order

Side note after some research and talking with ai I did go up on my light output on my lights a little bit to compensate for the loss of par.. 2 xr30’s went from 60% to 64% and xr15 went from 90% to 96% hoping that compensates for the loss of par without overdoing it