Custom Miracles Rimless

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Set up progression:

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The setup was acquired by a fellow local reefer (slovan). He cut no corners in the build. The attention to detail is amazing!

Tank Specs: 30x24x14T Custom Miracles Rimless glass tank
Sump Specs: 22x20x15T Custom Miracles Rimless glass sump
Skimmer: Royal Exclusiv Alpha 170 w/ Red Dragon 1000 pump
Return Pump: Eheim 1262
Chiller: JBJ 1/4hp chiller

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More pictures of the Set up:

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More attention to detail:

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More random shots of setup

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[cbort]

And putting the plumbing puzzle together:

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[cbort]

Fillin' her up!

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[cbort]

Money Shots!

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Going to put two of these little Jebo pumps in the bottom of my sump chambers. One in the skimmer section and one in the return pump area. The purpose will be to make sure nothing settles at the bottom of my sump.

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Few new shots and a new fish!

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Hung the icecap 24“ Reef Illumination from the fixed light bar:

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And some pics of the corals:

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[cbort]

Well my beautiful yellow coris wrasse did not last long. She managed to carpet surf before i could get this project finished.

Anyway...Enjoy :angry:

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[cbort]

New Update!!

My Elos Digital Osmocontroller came today!

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I plan to drip Kalk and will be routing this through a Kalk Reactor.

More pics to come when everything is installed!

[cbort]

Another Update!

Received my Media Reactors! I went with 2 Vertex UF-20 Universal Media Reactors.

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww226/40gcube/43g%20rimless%20miracles%20reef/DSC_0067-4.jpg

Here is a shot of the Vertex UF-20 Reactor compared to a TLF 150 Reactor that I was going to use.
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More Random shots.
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Currently they are hard plumbed together keeping the Grey PVC theme going, but more than likely they will be plumbed independently in order to take advantage of the ball valves on each unit.
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Another update!

First off some pics of the upgraded gadgets and my temporary mounting...
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Some updated tank photos. A few are from a few months ago and some are from last night.
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And some shots of the Icecap T5/LED fixture that will hopefully be replaced with a pair of Vegas!

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Today's Update! Will let the pics do the talking...

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Contemplated purchasing the Ecotech Radion Hanging Kit, but figured for 45.00 i could probably make one on my own. So here is what I've got so far:
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Didn't really like the look of the bare wire, and my electric connections looked a bit on the redneck side, so i spruced it up a little with some rubber casings that shrink when you put your wife's hair dryer over them on high! :)

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Don't mind the wires, still trying to get everything level before finishing touches.
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And finally my favorite part so far about the Radion is the open top of the tank, better view from top down, and more working room for me!

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww226/40gcube/Radion21.jpg

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Was playing around late last night, so here is the infamous Storm Mode:

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww226/4...be/affd8006.mp4 (http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww226/40gcube/affd8006.mp4)

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Time to start Dosing!!!!

Picked up a Litermeter III w/remote pump from a fellow local reefer

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The fellow reefer also included 7 Jugs of white stuff!!
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3 Jugs of High Purity Calcium Chloride
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2 Jugs of High Purity Soda Ash
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2 Jugs of High Purity Magnesium Sulfate (gonna have to track down a second remote pump for this one tho)
http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww226/40gcube/Litermeter7.jpg

Quick shot of the package!
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Now to read the manual and figure this thing out! Any suggestions on starting out dosing on a 43g?

Thanks for tagging along!

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Well, after doing some research today here is my plan for dosing:
1.) Raise Magnesium to 1300 slowly testing 2 hours after each dose. 1200-1300 is the safe zone.
2.) Test Mangnesium every other week from that point on not allowing it to drop out of the safe zone ever.
3.) Raise Alk to about 9.3 slowly.
4) Raise Calcium levels to around 420ppm
5.) Monitor pH constantly.

Am I leaving anything out? My tank currently is LPS/SPS heavy and only getting heavier. Thanks in advance for your help!

[tpallas]

Very well done! How do you like the Radion vs the T5s?

[cbort]

Very well done! How do you like the Radion vs the T5s?

Loved the T5's, but the Radion is way better. I love the ramping up in the morning to full sun in the noon hour to ramping down. Also, something you don't really think about, but in the mornings, I used actinic for my early lights, and i would use actinic for my evening lights. It makes more sense to have more of a 10k light in the early AM, and then get your actinic look more at night time. Helps with getting your corals a vast array of spectrum this way.

I think that the Radion is only going to get better with the new TIR lenses. Also, I just saw where the Vega actually took out some of their red, green, deep red LEds and replaced them with more blue LEDs. I think this is due to the fact that 2 of each of these per unit is plenty, and I can see the new Lenses maybe following suit for the Radion. When you have the red only on, it'a so bright, you'd think there were only red LEDs in your fixture. It's amazing how bright each channel is. When all lights are powered full blast it's super bright. When I went from MH to T5s that is the main thing I liked was how bright everything was. Putting on the Radion just stepped it up again!

In fewer words....I'm in love with it! Oh ya and it controls my MP10s :)

[cbort]

Bump for a fellow iowan! Looks great!!!

Thanks Travis! Where ya from?

[cbort]

With all the new electronics, i decided to create a “control panel” to keep everything organized. Here is what i've got so far. Room still available for the controller that will be coming soon.


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Used bulkheads to run the wires

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Final Product next to the tank

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[cbort]

Picked up 29 frags within last few weeks! Pics to come.....

[epon]

wow, update?

[cbort]

Ok, so it's been a few moons since my last post. But here it goes...

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