Lockdown Tank

[Royden Church]

Ok, so I haven't posted something for some time now, during lockdown and being off work for 5 months with IOD, I decided to finally tackle and build one of my tanks I have been putting off, took a bit of time due to lockdown and injury but fianlly on 22 August 2020 its was up and running.

Details if build:

Display Tank1200mm: x 550 x 550 made from 10mm float glass, tank built using direct silicone injection method.
Sump : Std 3Ft tank with baffles
Return Pump : New Sobo 3000L/H with pulse function
Wave Makers: 2 x Jeaboa OW 25 8500l/h
Skimmer: Reef Octopus Classic fitted with BM SP2000
Reactor: BM Mini 60 with NP Pellets
Sump Light: DIY Full Spectrum
Display Light: 3 x Radion XR30W Gen 2 - set at SPS AB+, timing start at 5:30 and off at 22:00
Additional Filter - Seachem Tidal 75 or 110, not sure, only filter pad and matrix
Heater: New Sobo Ceramic 500w on STC1000
Dosing pump: Jeaboa 4 head, only 2 being used, dosing Seachem Fuel and Red Sea AB+
UV: Pond Medic 8w UV with 1600L/H pump
Cooling: Brand unknown 4 x 80mm fans

Tank Stock:

Aragonite: 6 or 8 bags of Caribbean 1.5mm
Rock work: Various collection with and without corals
Fish: Saddle Back Clowns, Blue Spotted puffer, Jumping Bean, Keyhole, Rusty Angels, Red Dragonet, Bicolour Blennie, Lawnmower Blennie, Convict, Cleanrer Wrasse, Elecgance Wrasse, Melanarus Wrasse, 2 x skunk shrimps, sand sifter
Corals: 3 x Rainbow Bubble tips, Hammers, Frog Sprawn, Zoas, Poly's Elkhorn, 2 x different GSP and so much other to mention

Some Photo's:

 

[scubaninja]

That looks lekker Are you running your lights at 100% for that whole photo period? Sounds like a long photo period unless they're underpowered?

I like the feather dusters growing all over, it got a bit too much on one of my tanks so I had to clean it back aggressively.

In your 3rd pic, on the left of the stick it looks like some zoas, or is that aiptasia?

 

[Royden Church]

That looks lekker Are you running your lights at 100% for that whole photo period? Sounds like a long photo period unless they're underpowered?

I like the feather dusters growing all over, it got a bit too much on one of my tanks so I had to clean it back aggressively.

In your 3rd pic, on the left of the stick it looks like some zoas, or is that aiptasia?

Lights running far from full power, I think at around 62%, Starts with royal blue and peaks at mid day with blues at 90%, red, green, white only at 25%.

3rd pic is some pallies I got and some zoas, no aptasia in this tank at all, made sure on this as battling with my 700L with aptasia and bubble algae.

 

[scubaninja]

Lights running far from full power, I think at around 62%, Starts with royal blue and peaks at mid day with blues at 90%, red, green, white only at 25%.

3rd pic is some pallies I got and some zoas, no aptasia in this tank at all, made sure on this as battling with my 700L with aptasia and bubble algae.

When you mentioned the SPS AB + it reminded me of the suggested 7 hour light time, with a fast (1 hour) ramp up and down. So was wondering if you were cooking corals Although your corals do look healthy in your pics Aiptasia was largely the reason that I shut down my last tank. Just could not get rid of it

 

[Ridwaan]

Looking good...well done.

 

[RiaanP]

wow , brand new tank and already packed with corals.

BTW, you need to put those Radion power supplies on a stand of some sort. One day you will flood.

 

[Royden Church]

Update:
Tank has been running perfect since start, no coral losses, no fish losses and only a few hammers and frogspawn added. have shoots on hammers already and frogspawn has 4 shoots already. Tamed the lighting down a bit so max at mid day is only 52%, think 3 Radions are a bit too much for this tank.

Bought another tank to add to collection, this tanks name is slowdown - 1200 x 550 x 450 rimless which I am planning on corals only.
2.5m x 0.6m x 0.6m design is complete and build will start on my return from out of town work in 2 weeks, just in time for Santa to bring me nice equipment cause I have been a good boy this year
There after its me and my 1.2m x 0.56m Cube. Got some rearranging to do to place tanks. My 500L corner tank with become a bathtube, my 2 x 4ft are going to be joined and this will be the sump for 2.5m and possible sell of 1.65m x 0.75m with sump, plumbing and stand.