28 Gal LED MiniReef

[ds4x4]

This is my JBJ 28 Gal LED MiniReef on a JBJ stand, Courtesy of Dr Foster & Smith.
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For Salt I am using Tropic Marin Pro Bio-Actif at 1.025-1.026 spg and a temp of 79-80



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[SkullV]

Nice! How long has it been up and running? Not many reviews of the LED out there.

[ds4x4]

Nice! How long has it been up and running? Not many reviews of the LED out there.

just about a week. everything is acclimating well. my green slimer has great polyp extension and looks to be growing already and the sunset monti colored back up after the move.


the live stock

Orange Skunk Clown & GBTA
Hammer
Frogspawn
Bubble Coral
Green Slimer
Sunset Monti
Green Acro
Purple Firefish
scarlet cleaner shrimp
tiger stripe goby
green chromis
2 sexy shrimp
candy cane coral
green mushroom
green hairy mushroom
red mushroom
brown & Green Polyps
mean green zoas
red zoas
pink star polyps
Duncan
med size clam ( dont remember what kind)
and a Purple SPS rock.

[SkullV]

Wow, did you move the rock and sand over from an established tank? Thats a ton of stuff in a fresh tank but if you are seeing growth it cant be all bad!

[ds4x4]

Wow, did you move the rock and sand over from an established tank? Thats a ton of stuff in a fresh tank but if you are seeing growth it cant be all bad!
everything came from my 120g that i broke down. so plenty of life to start a new tank.

[ds4x4]

so i did what I NEVER do and that is use a heater that is rated for the size tank i have or above. well i used an old stealth heater i had in the 120 until i had gotten a second 15gal heater and it broke in the ON position. Heated the tank to 90 and killed a bunch of my corals and fish. so yay wth

[AEALOVESHERGIRLS]

Congrats on the tank, I will be ordering one shortly myself! My only question was what to use as a protein skimmer! What are you using?

[AEALOVESHERGIRLS]

I had the 24 gallon JBJ long before LED and I used an aqua C remora skimmer, do you think I could fir it on this tank as well? Here are pics(from 4 years ago) of how I set it up before, let me know if you think I could use the same skimmer on this tank.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=765322&highlight=short+and+sweet+24+gallon

[AEALOVESHERGIRLS]

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[ds4x4]

Sorry i didnt get back to you sooner. I know that some people have been using the Aqua C Skimmers on the tank. I think it was the Nano size though. I have a Remora i'll try for you tonight but i dont think you'll be able to use the proper pump.


I talked to JBJ today since my duck/dawn leds haven't been working. Apparently they were never designed for use all day and are covered under warranty with a upgraded version.

[ds4x4]

Sorry i didnt get back to you sooner. I know that some people have been using the Aqua C Skimmers on the tank. I think it was the Nano size though. I have a Remora i'll try for you tonight but i dont think you'll be able to use the proper pump.


I talked to JBJ today since my dusk/dawn leds haven't been working unless i tap on the lid and they will flicker. Apparently they were never designed for use all day and are covered under warranty with a upgraded version.

[corrado007]

so i did what I NEVER do and that is use a heater that is rated for the size tank i have or above. well i used an old stealth heater i had in the 120 until i had gotten a second 15gal heater and it broke in the ON position. Heated the tank to 90 and killed a bunch of my corals and fish. so yay wth
Ah man, I'm sorry to hear about that. What survived after being heated up to 90? Are you planning to restock and if so, with what?

[corrado007]

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