My Aussie SPS Reef #the Reef Box

chrisneill1987 · 03/12/2014, 03:43 AM

ntroduction:
Hello everybody!
Well, new year, new aquarium. . i picked the new tank this week (01/20/2013), and we are in the process of tidying up the transfer tank, which will be on 26/01.

System Objectives: to create a well balanced open scaped tank with plenty of swimming room and lots of places for sps
System Type: Mixed Reef but mainly SPS

DISPLAY SYSTEM & SUMP

Strike up Date: 26/01/2013
Display Tank: 5ftx2ftx2ft eurobraced with external rear overflow in starphire
Display Lighting: ATI hybrid Powermodule 8x80w
Stand: solid wood cabinet stained dark
Hood: Hood-less
Sump: 3ftx 1.5.1.5 3 sections
Refugium: cryptic refuge
Refugium Lighting: cryptic fuge (no light).

SUPPORT SYSTEMS

Chiller: Hailea 300a
Dosing pumps : Bubble Magus BM- T01
Bio Pellets Reactor: JNS Alpha 2

System Water: redsea blue bucket
Display Water circulation: 3 MP40 WES
Return Pump: laguna 1400
Skimmer: JNS cone-S 3
Evaporation Top Up: Tunze ATU
Chemical Support: Randy's recipe - Calcium Addition: 100% reef safe
Alkalinity Addition: 100% reef safe
Other Chemical Maintenance: Magnesium
Sand: Caribsea Seaflor Special Grade Reef Sand 30 kg

FISH LIST
2 percula clownfish
1 Kole Tang (Ctenochaetus strigosus)
1 Yellow Tang (Zebrasoma flavescens)
1 red spot blenny
1 Melanurus Wrasse (Halichoeres melanurus)

1 Royal Gramma (Gramma loreto)

chrisneill1987 · 03/12/2014, 03:48 AM

that is a small bit of backgrownd info, as the tank journal is on another site i will not transfer all the info i have put on there as its a lot, i will start using this forum instead of the other as its a better community. I will now include some pictures from over the last few months .
thanks chris

chrisneill1987 · 03/12/2014, 03:51 AM

chrisneill1987 · 03/12/2014, 03:53 AM

chrisneill1987 · 03/12/2014, 03:54 AM

chrisneill1987 · 03/12/2014, 03:55 AM

chrisneill1987 · 03/12/2014, 03:57 AM

chrisneill1987 · 03/12/2014, 03:59 AM

hope you guys enjoy any questions ask i love talking about my tank

Scotty freddy · 03/12/2014, 04:02 AM

Awesome Chris! Everything is coming along so well, I can't wait to see it all grow out, it will look amazing I think

Scotty

chrisneill1987 · 03/12/2014, 04:05 AM

thanks mate

Benar · 03/12/2014, 04:27 AM

Awesome mate that is a tank to be proud of, like over the ditch here, I'm guessing that's mostly wild stuff? Rock work is very pleasing too!

chrisneill1987 · 03/12/2014, 04:44 AM

all from frags bar one or two bits

glaukos · 03/12/2014, 05:07 AM

Awesome aquascaping chris.

When the corals grow,it will be even better as a general picture!

Corals look very healty and you have a very nice mixed collection.
Welldone and thanks for sharing

250G · 03/12/2014, 05:34 AM

I wanna see your sump...

chrisneill1987 · 03/12/2014, 06:04 AM

cdmurphy · 03/12/2014, 07:48 AM

G'day Chris, awesome looking tank mate. Looking forward to the new build. How do you like the LED powermodule? I have two 4 foot non LED powermodules over my tank, great light but I've been thinking of making the plunge into LED's again, just got to save up the coin.

ptreef · 03/12/2014, 08:56 AM

Tank looks great!

what is that little pump in your ato? brand??

chrisneill1987 · 03/13/2014, 02:57 AM

It's just an old Tunze Osmolator

sahin · 03/13/2014, 02:57 PM

Wow Chris, beautiful tank mate. I bumped your thread for your old tank a week or so back.

This is a nice surprise mate. Tank looks superb. Got a load of questions for you:

1. Do you use GFO? What is your PO4 level if known?

2. How much Liverock do you roughly have in the whole system?

3. Do you have more Liverock in the cryptic refuge or are you using something like artificial filter media like Siporax?

4. What is the flow through the Cryptic refuges like, fast or slow?

5. I have the same light as you, the 24inch version, but 8 tube. Whats your T5 combo?

6. Can you post a photo of your cryptic fuge?

Well, thats all I got for now. Keep the thread updated, this is a beautiful mixed reef; would be nice to learn as much as possible about your tank and see it progress.

chrisneill1987 · 03/13/2014, 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sahin

Wow Chris, beautiful tank mate. I bumped your thread for your old tank a week or so back.

This is a nice surprise mate. Tank looks superb. Got a load of questions for you:

1. Do you use GFO? What is your PO4 level if known?

2. How much Liverock do you roughly have in the whole system?

3. Do you have more Liverock in the cryptic refuge or are you using something like artificial filter media like Siporax?

4. What is the flow through the Cryptic refuges like, fast or slow?

5. I have the same light as you, the 24inch version, but 8 tube. Whats your T5 combo?

6. Can you post a photo of your cryptic fuge?

Well, thats all I got for now. Keep the thread updated, this is a beautiful mixed reef; would be nice to learn as much as possible about your tank and see it progress.

1)i do use po4 media as needed, but try to rely on carbon dosing. the last test of po4 was .o2 but its usually not even detectable

2) the live rock would be around40kg but cant be to sure as rock has been removed and added so many times

3) that was a typo i used to have one its not on this tank as i needed room for my skimmer

4) when it was up it was fairly fast it was just where i kept it dark and used sponge growth to help filter water
tubes are frount to back blue +, actinic,coral+,coral+,led,,coral+coral+ puruple +,blue+

thanks for reading guys

sahin · 03/13/2014, 06:48 PM

Thanks for all the info mate.

chrisneill1987 · 03/14/2014, 12:17 AM

chrisneill1987 · 03/14/2014, 01:30 AM

i have started dosing K today as k levels where down to 360ppm

milsaltnewbie07 · 03/14/2014, 10:54 AM

Subscribed. Wow your tank is gorgeous. What are you carbon dosing, vinager, vodka, or something else.

chrisneill1987 · 03/15/2014, 12:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by milsaltnewbie07

Subscribed. Wow your tank is gorgeous. What are you carbon dosing, vinager, vodka, or something else.

i am using red sea nopox but thinking about using bio pellets instead shortly

03/12/2014, 03:43 AM	#1
chrisneill1987 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 123	My Aussie SPS Reef #the Reef Box ntroduction: Hello everybody! Well, new year, new aquarium. . i picked the new tank this week (01/20/2013), and we are in the process of tidying up the transfer tank, which will be on 26/01. System Objectives: to create a well balanced open scaped tank with plenty of swimming room and lots of places for sps System Type: Mixed Reef but mainly SPS DISPLAY SYSTEM & SUMP Strike up Date: 26/01/2013 Display Tank: 5ftx2ftx2ft eurobraced with external rear overflow in starphire Display Lighting: ATI hybrid Powermodule 8x80w Stand: solid wood cabinet stained dark Hood: Hood-less Sump: 3ftx 1.5.1.5 3 sections Refugium: cryptic refuge Refugium Lighting: cryptic fuge (no light). SUPPORT SYSTEMS Chiller: Hailea 300a Dosing pumps : Bubble Magus BM- T01 Bio Pellets Reactor: JNS Alpha 2 System Water: redsea blue bucket Display Water circulation: 3 MP40 WES Return Pump: laguna 1400 Skimmer: JNS cone-S 3 Evaporation Top Up: Tunze ATU Chemical Support: Randy's recipe - Calcium Addition: 100% reef safe Alkalinity Addition: 100% reef safe Other Chemical Maintenance: Magnesium Sand: Caribsea Seaflor Special Grade Reef Sand 30 kg FISH LIST 2 percula clownfish 1 Kole Tang (Ctenochaetus strigosus) 1 Yellow Tang (Zebrasoma flavescens) 1 red spot blenny 1 Melanurus Wrasse (Halichoeres melanurus) 1 Royal Gramma (Gramma loreto)

03/12/2014, 05:07 AM	#13
glaukos Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 2,106	Awesome aquascaping chris. When the corals grow,it will be even better as a general picture! Corals look very healty and you have a very nice mixed collection. Welldone and thanks for sharing __________________ Mike Just doing my hobby and having great fun with it....no room/need for drama:) the only way to win with a toxic person, is not to play

03/12/2014, 05:34 AM	#14
250G Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,177	I wanna see your sump... __________________ May 2007 TOTM Current Tank Info: 90G SPS Starphire peninsula

03/12/2014, 03:48 AM	#2
chrisneill1987 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 123	that is a small bit of backgrownd info, as the tank journal is on another site i will not transfer all the info i have put on there as its a lot, i will start using this forum instead of the other as its a better community. I will now include some pictures from over the last few months . thanks chris

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03/12/2014, 03:59 AM	#8
chrisneill1987 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 123	hope you guys enjoy any questions ask i love talking about my tank

03/12/2014, 04:02 AM	#9
Scotty freddy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Australia Posts: 1,056	Awesome Chris! Everything is coming along so well, I can't wait to see it all grow out, it will look amazing I think Scotty

03/12/2014, 04:05 AM	#10
chrisneill1987 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 123	thanks mate

03/12/2014, 04:27 AM	#11
Benar Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Auckland, NZ Posts: 335	Awesome mate that is a tank to be proud of, like over the ditch here, I'm guessing that's mostly wild stuff? Rock work is very pleasing too!

03/12/2014, 04:44 AM	#12
chrisneill1987 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 123	all from frags bar one or two bits

03/12/2014, 06:04 AM	#15
chrisneill1987 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 123

03/12/2014, 07:48 AM	#16
cdmurphy Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Posts: 154	G'day Chris, awesome looking tank mate. Looking forward to the new build. How do you like the LED powermodule? I have two 4 foot non LED powermodules over my tank, great light but I've been thinking of making the plunge into LED's again, just got to save up the coin.

03/12/2014, 08:56 AM	#17
ptreef Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 746	Tank looks great! what is that little pump in your ato? brand??

03/13/2014, 02:57 AM	#18
chrisneill1987 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 123	It's just an old Tunze Osmolator

03/13/2014, 02:57 PM	#19
sahin Ultimate Reefer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 8,540	Wow Chris, beautiful tank mate. I bumped your thread for your old tank a week or so back. This is a nice surprise mate. Tank looks superb. Got a load of questions for you: 1. Do you use GFO? What is your PO4 level if known? 2. How much Liverock do you roughly have in the whole system? 3. Do you have more Liverock in the cryptic refuge or are you using something like artificial filter media like Siporax? 4. What is the flow through the Cryptic refuges like, fast or slow? 5. I have the same light as you, the 24inch version, but 8 tube. Whats your T5 combo? 6. Can you post a photo of your cryptic fuge? Well, thats all I got for now. Keep the thread updated, this is a beautiful mixed reef; would be nice to learn as much as possible about your tank and see it progress.

03/13/2014, 06:48 PM	#21
sahin Ultimate Reefer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 8,540	Thanks for all the info mate.

03/14/2014, 12:17 AM	#22
chrisneill1987 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 123

03/14/2014, 01:30 AM	#23
chrisneill1987 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 123	i have started dosing K today as k levels where down to 360ppm

03/14/2014, 10:54 AM	#24
milsaltnewbie07 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Miami, Fl Posts: 1,354	Subscribed. Wow your tank is gorgeous. What are you carbon dosing, vinager, vodka, or something else.