Tank update

[colinr]

Hi thought need to update on my tank- now got around 26 corals & 2 fish a Madarin & Red spotted Blenny

loads of Zoa's , Green Favia, Turbinaria, Duncan, couple of Goniopora green & Pink Daisy, Lobiphylia, green star polyps, yellow polyps, Galaxea, several ricordia, xeinia pulse, red/purple muhrooms, Candy Cain, Large Zoa polyps (venus fly trap lookalike) all growing well.
shots taken during day so a bit reflection of glass.. once I get more in & built up will update shots..
temp 27c sg 1025-26 Mag 1350 , Calcium 450, dkh 11 ph 8.3

[Afcbob]

Looking good mate what kind of tank is that you got?

[colinr]

Looking good mate what kind of tank is that you got?

Thanks - difficult to show as a lot of the corals still small, may post some closer shots from various section later, similar to my macro samples.

Anyway tank is an old Rena 350 Classic Ive had for 7 years(48 x 20 x 24") INCL my sump is around 420l , I drilled it myself last Aug, built new stand & ordered custom sump. 34 x 17 x 17"
1 weir with 3 holes drain, backup & return. all 25mm coral culture grey pipe.
Newjet 3000 return , V2 800 skimmer , Detlec FR509, UV, 44kg LR split tank/sump. if you look at tank gallery youll see a better shot of full tank/sump setup.

So far only problem I've had was with skimmer see prev posts, looking long term upgrade to Deltec plus ozone system & a RDSB.. kept Fresh Tropical for years now hooked on Marine.
Got bad advice 20 years ago on marine, put me off until now.. never spent so much money tho!
its amazing how tank changes as you progress & add living corals.

[colinr]

latest update - having a new cyno attack do not know why as all parameters been good see changed salt thread - viewtopic.php?f=12&t=1550

I have started using DD salt - however i did read that when you change salts you get a bacteria bloom - no kidding - I changed lights /salt & flow all uprated

then I get a a cyno attack (does not make sense ) the only thing I can think is is with more flow its regenerated the cycling from months ago

new lights & skimmer plus also got ozone/mvmonitor & DD UV




new deltec tc2060

light in situ nice fit!

T5 place back ontop


still to drill sump lower & box in cabinet extension

lights attached to 20mm sq aluminium extrusion & sits nice in tank rim.

[Juls]

Looking really good Colin - wow that skimmer is a beast

[stumpy316uk]

nice tank m8. changing the lights might of cause the algae bloom

[Afcbob]

Great pics mate would love that LEDs for my nano.

[wullie]

cracking set-up m8 luv seeing ur tank & pics keep up the good work

[colinr]

Just a wee update - since adding LED's (Marine White) TMC tiles i have now added extra pair of Reef Blue TMC 500's one front one back from ELA

attached is update of tank with new layout (extra LR) + livestock

will add more detailed shots of how I attached new TMC 500's to the set later

[Afcbob]

Looks great mate well done