Post by ryansweatt2004 on Aug 15, 2015 20:35:59 GMT -5
The stand is built from maple and maple plywood coated in high gloss white enamel paint. The total setup without rock sand and livestock is close to $3000 but obviously I already had some of the equipment. Just the cadlights tank and stand kit with sump, plumbing, skimmer and pump was $1600 plus another $105 for the ecotec RMS light bracket all from easy aquariums. I could have gotten it for as low as $1200 had I ordered it online but I paid for the majority of this setup with store credit so it worked out really well.
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Post by ryansweatt2004 on Aug 15, 2015 20:49:25 GMT -5
Tomorrows plan is to build and paint some aluminum mounts to hang one of my radion LEDs over my sump for growing bubble tips and zoas. Got a bunch of corals to glue in place as well. Tank is coming along nicely though for only being 24 hours old.
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Post by ryansweatt2004 on Aug 15, 2015 20:50:42 GMT -5
Don't mind the blue lights, the lights are going through evening mode. Sold off a few of the gorgs in the forgoing as well so it's not so clustered now.
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Post by ryansweatt2004 on Aug 16, 2015 19:30:06 GMT -5
Finished aquascaping today. Photo doesn't do it justice since most of the corals are still closed but it's going to be one heck of a rainbow in here when all the zoanthids and palys grow in.
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Post by ryansweatt2004 on Aug 20, 2015 19:58:30 GMT -5
Thanks, not a lot of time went into the aquascape. It sort or fell together. So far the only livestock in the display tank are a yellow tang, a blue hippo tang, my pair of clowns, a skunk cleaner shrimp and clean up crew. Surprisingly the tank is super calm even with the tangs in there. I figured they would be darting around a bunch but it's actually the opposite. These two were the only laid back ones from the 125 that I kept. There's no way either of the naso tangs could have been put in there and even the orange shoulder tang I had wouldn't have been happy. I'm really tempted to just keep these 4 fish and not add any more.
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are you using the wp-25 looks like you have good flow
Yup I'm using the WP-25 I got from you along side the tank return. Eventually I hope to try an mp10 quiet drive but I've got other upgrades to do first.
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Thanks, not a lot of time went into the aquascape. It sort or fell together. So far the only livestock in the display tank are a yellow tang, a blue hippo tang, my pair of clowns, a skunk cleaner shrimp and clean up crew. Surprisingly the tank is super calm even with the tangs in there. I figured they would be darting around a bunch but it's actually the opposite. These two were the only laid back ones from the 125 that I kept. There's no way either of the naso tangs could have been put in there and even the orange shoulder tang I had wouldn't have been happy. I'm really tempted to just keep these 4 fish and not add any more.
Haha no more fish? Wanna bet? Jk
75 gallon Sps dominant Reef, Vertex Omega 150 Protein skimmer,eshops overflow, 40 breeder diy sump, Jebao DC9000 return pump, Maxspect gyre xf-150, Jeabo wp-40 and 2 Radion gen3 pro's (Ran at 65%)
are you using the wp-25 looks like you have good flow
Yup I'm using the WP-25 I got from you along side the tank return. Eventually I hope to try an mp10 quiet drive but I've got other upgrades to do first.
I've got a MP10QD but haven't set it up yet. Think it's gonna be to small bit we'll see.
75 gallon Sps dominant Reef, Vertex Omega 150 Protein skimmer,eshops overflow, 40 breeder diy sump, Jebao DC9000 return pump, Maxspect gyre xf-150, Jeabo wp-40 and 2 Radion gen3 pro's (Ran at 65%)
Post by ryansweatt2004 on Sept 8, 2015 7:34:54 GMT -5
So far I'm finding that one radion is just barely enough to light the whole tank. It works but I want more lol. Once I can afford it I plan to order another ecotech radion tank mounting bracket so I can add a second radion led to my tank.
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