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06/09/2012, 10:56 PM
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Location: Grinnell, Iowa
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Vinny's 90 gallon reef startup!
Hey everyone! Just joined the forum today! I just purchased a 90 gallon tank with stand from my lfs yesterday, and got it all situated where it's going to go in my living room. Got a few things left over from my last tank I had (46 bow front reef) that I'm gonna try and reuse. Any advice, comments or questions would be greatly appreciated! Great to be here and great to be back into the hobby!
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90 gallon reef project started on June 8, 2012. Current Tank Info: 90 gallon reef |
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06/10/2012, 04:30 AM
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Welcome back to the most addicting hobby ever!
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Matt Don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining. Current Tank Info: 190 |
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06/10/2012, 08:42 AM
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Thanks!!!
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06/10/2012, 08:47 AM
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Good luck, I look forward to seeing your progress. Post pictures and lots of them.
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06/10/2012, 09:12 AM
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Thanks! Will do!
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06/10/2012, 03:12 PM
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welcome back to reefing's beautiful world ,really interested in your progress wanting to upgrade from 30 to 90 my self
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06/13/2012, 10:29 PM
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Here's my plans for my sump/reactor set up. Sorry, I'm no artist. I'm gonna get a 30 gallon long for the sump. I'm gonna use the "bean-animal" overflow setup with the emergency going directly to the sump, the secondary hooked up to one 4" filter sock, and the main T'd so the left goes into another 4" filter sock and the right goes into another T and then there's two gate valves. One for the refugium and one for the reactor. The return pump will be in a center chamber fed by the skimmer and refugium. Is this a good setup? Any comments or ideas would be greatly appreciated.
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90 gallon reef project started on June 8, 2012. Current Tank Info: 90 gallon reef |
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06/14/2012, 05:31 AM
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Feed the fuge and reactors of the return and put some gate valves on them so u can dial them in to exact flow that u desire
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06/26/2012, 08:14 PM
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Got some more work done on the tank! Got the holes drilled in the back for the bean animal overflow and return. Got my overflow box installed and the background in place. Thought I would throw in the pic of my cat in the tank. :P I've got a 30 gallon long that I found used for my sump and have it installed in the bottom of the stand for now. Hopefully I'll be able to get my protein skimmer on Friday!
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90 gallon reef project started on June 8, 2012. Current Tank Info: 90 gallon reef |
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06/26/2012, 08:43 PM
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I have a correction for mal7843, addicting and expensive haha
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BioCube 29 -AquaticLife 115, MP10ES, BioCube UV Light, InTank Media Basket, MJ1200, CRP Nano Reactor, AI Sol Blue -Occ. Clown, Yellowtail Damsel, PJ Cardinal, Yellow Coris Wrasse -Corals: LPS Domin |
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06/27/2012, 01:32 AM
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The cat looks so confused lol
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06/27/2012, 06:59 AM
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The cat kept walking into the glass. It was entertaining to say the least.
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06/27/2012, 07:47 AM
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Gotta love the reflection on this one!
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125RR in-wall, 40B Sump, CS180 BM Skimmer, ATI 4x80 watt, eheim 1262, custom wrap around rock wall, ReefKeeper Elite 120g in-wall, 40B Sump, PC 54wx4, Jabao DC-6000 (full siphon), future seahorse t Current Tank Info: 125g, 120g, 2x40b sumps, ATI 4x80 T5HO |
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