New to reefing 210gal

Richard01

Richard01

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Hi to all

I have a reef tank it is 800l in total
It's 1520× 800×600 custom built. Bubble magus over flow box into a sock. With a standard 4foot 200l sump running at half. In the sump I have a bubble magus curve 5 and bouy skimmer 2 pellet reactors one with all in one and the other with normal biopellets. 6000L return pump that also runs the reactors. Inside the tank I have a dsb120kg in for a month now, 60kg live rock. 2 wave makers dymax Rex led+ odyssey t5 light.
Inhabitants
1 fox face one spot
1 naso tang
1 hippo tang
1 scopaz tang
1 leopard wrasse
1 bicoloure blenny
1 coral beauty
1 anthia
2 cardinals pajama
3 yellow damsels
2 clowns
2 yellow tail damsels
3 cleaner shrimp
6 hermit crabs
Corals
1 trumpet
2 hammer
1 clove polyp
4 mushroom
1 Green polyp leather
Green button polyp
Colt
Green open brain
cup coral
3 plate corals
Cabbage coral
Some polyps I don't know.
The tank has been running for just over a year now.
It all started with a nano then four foot now this one and still not big enough. I've been reading a lot on this forum and have found lots of my info from here thumbs up for that
 
masahello

Your tank sounds awesome, please upload some pics for us to see :)
 
Will do as soon as I collect all the pics from the beginning of the build. Thanks for the warm welcome.
 
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Thanks dark mold!
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this is my best friend helping me build our tank. He was the reason we started the tanks. We walked past a freshwater tank setup and it took us an hour to get him away from it. That weekend I bought the nano
 
Nice looking tank!
The nano is a great tank to keep as can be used as a temporary holding tank/quarantine etc incase a fish or coral does not look well. I have lost count the number of times I relied on my little startup nano to help me in this regards :)
 
Thanks.That is what I use it for "hospital tank" my son knows it as his☺
 
Richard01 said:
He was the reason we started the tanks. We walked past a freshwater tank setup and it took us an hour to get him away from it.
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And now he sits in the tank and watches the TV, lol. :p

Welcome to the forum. :)
 
Thanks a lot we feel part of the family already. Just a quick one, every time I add new all in one biopellets I get a cyano outbreak will this happen every time?
 
Not at all. I added 500g last week. This was the first outbreak about 6 months ago that I fixed with chemi clean, not a big fan of chemicals.
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and this is now
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What would be the best amount of biopellets to add at a time? And how long to wait between adding?
 
Got rid of the alge by leaving the lights on actinic for a few days. After 1.5 years of biopellets I'm going a different route.
 
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