Brand Spankin New 130g DT w/ 40g sump

crankbait09 · 01/14/2016, 12:40 PM

Brand new to saltwater tanks. Had freshwater for years.......figured its time to upgrade! Heres what I currently have.......Tank has been running with livestock since December 20th
Heres what I have at the moment in each tank:

DT
130 gallon display tank (18" deep x 23" high x 6ft long)
(4) 1500gph Hydor Koralia powerheads
dry rock (now live)
dry sand (2" deep) (now live)
jump screens installed

Sump
40 gallon breeder for sump
SWC 250A skimmer
(2) 300watt Eheim heaters
(1) 1262 Eheim return pump
BRS reactor for GFO
BRS reactor for Carbon
dry rock
live rock
Grow light for chaeto algae, red gracilaria algae, and caulerpa algae
(1) dedicated 20a circuit with a GFCI outlet
12 plug surge protector
(1) Hydra 26 HD light. (eventually will have 3)
(ignore bucket on the left of sump......there just in case

)

As of right now, the stocking list:
(2) Percula Clownfish

QT
20 gallon QT tank
150w heater
HOB biowheel filter
425gph Hydor Koralia powerhead

Parameters as of 1/13/2016 (using Salifert test kits)
Ammonia: 0
Nitrites: 0
ph: 8.1ish
Nitrates: 20-30
Salinity: 1.026
Temperature: 80
Phosphate: 0

Bogue Chitto · 01/14/2016, 08:08 PM

Nice looking setup.

crankbait09 · 01/14/2016, 08:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bogue Chitto

Nice looking setup.

thank you

Lilmatty5dimes · 01/15/2016, 10:12 AM

great looking set up. can't wait to see it fill up with coral.

crankbait09 · 01/15/2016, 10:45 AM

makes two of us.......gotta get all 3 hydras first

crankbait09 · 01/15/2016, 10:49 AM

here is a picture with one hydra running

crankbait09 · 01/16/2016, 09:59 PM

After the cincy frag swap today, I decided to venture over to Aquarium Artisans and picked up a few cleaner employees. I picked up 2 cerith snails as well as 2 nassi snails. Hopefully I have enough food throughout the tank for them to eat. As well as algae. If these 4 members survive, I'll look in to a few more, including a scarlet red hermit.

crankbait09 · 01/27/2016, 04:10 PM

Added (3) Red Scarlet hermits to the tank today. Let's see how they do.

As of last night, a few spots of my brown algae have now sprouted Green Hair Algae. Only a few small patches. Nothing outrageous at this point

james30ct · 01/27/2016, 06:15 PM

Looks good.

crankbait09 · 02/04/2016, 08:53 PM

My brown algae has kicked in big time now. All over the rocks, sand, and glass.

oh boy.........time to ride it out........let's strap on our seat belts and hold on tight

http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...psiyxoflqn.jpg

Lilmatty5dimes · 02/05/2016, 01:20 PM

lol. i think its about cycled now. time for some more cleaners from reef cleaners.

crankbait09 · 02/08/2016, 06:18 PM

Finally got my two remaining hydra 26's in. Right now, I have dark corners where the over flows are. I tried taking the lights higher but the tank braces are blocking that beam spread needed to fill those voids with light.
Any suggestions?

http://s804.photobucket.com/user/cra.../tank%20lights

Right now the light settings are as follows:

UV - 100
V - 100
B - 116
RB - 140
G - 18
R - 18
W - 19

Let me add to this. I was running one light for a few weeks. In that time, I got an outbreak of diatoms, which you see on the back wall and I have a bunch on the center part of the tank. On the sand and on the rock. So the center light is being lost to a lot of brown. The left and right are still nice and shiny white. I think once you see the diatoms spread outwards, it will all look the same. Those tank braces are a PITA though

BigEZ77 · 03/04/2016, 09:40 PM

Hope to someday have a tank long enough to do separate rock formations like that, nice work.

crankbait09 · 03/05/2016, 09:53 AM

Thank you. I have modified slightly.
I have sine placed a very low profile rock in the center of the two rock formations. My plan is to grow a colony of acans, different colors.

02/04/2016, 08:53 PM	#10
crankbait09 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 932	My brown algae has kicked in big time now. All over the rocks, sand, and glass. oh boy.........time to ride it out........let's strap on our seat belts and hold on tight http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...psiyxoflqn.jpg Last edited by crankbait09; 02/04/2016 at 08:59 PM.

02/08/2016, 06:18 PM	#12
crankbait09 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 932	Finally got my two remaining hydra 26's in. Right now, I have dark corners where the over flows are. I tried taking the lights higher but the tank braces are blocking that beam spread needed to fill those voids with light. Any suggestions? http://s804.photobucket.com/user/cra.../tank%20lights Right now the light settings are as follows: UV - 100 V - 100 B - 116 RB - 140 G - 18 R - 18 W - 19 Let me add to this. I was running one light for a few weeks. In that time, I got an outbreak of diatoms, which you see on the back wall and I have a bunch on the center part of the tank. On the sand and on the rock. So the center light is being lost to a lot of brown. The left and right are still nice and shiny white. I think once you see the diatoms spread outwards, it will all look the same. Those tank braces are a PITA though Last edited by crankbait09; 02/08/2016 at 07:01 PM.

01/14/2016, 08:08 PM	#2
Bogue Chitto Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 960	Nice looking setup.

01/15/2016, 10:12 AM	#4
Lilmatty5dimes Moved On Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: PSJ, FL Posts: 2,235	great looking set up. can't wait to see it fill up with coral.

01/15/2016, 10:45 AM	#5
crankbait09 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 932	makes two of us.......gotta get all 3 hydras first

01/16/2016, 09:59 PM	#7
crankbait09 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 932	After the cincy frag swap today, I decided to venture over to Aquarium Artisans and picked up a few cleaner employees. I picked up 2 cerith snails as well as 2 nassi snails. Hopefully I have enough food throughout the tank for them to eat. As well as algae. If these 4 members survive, I'll look in to a few more, including a scarlet red hermit.

01/27/2016, 04:10 PM	#8
crankbait09 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 932	Added (3) Red Scarlet hermits to the tank today. Let's see how they do. As of last night, a few spots of my brown algae have now sprouted Green Hair Algae. Only a few small patches. Nothing outrageous at this point

01/27/2016, 06:15 PM	#9
james30ct Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Groton, Ct Posts: 1,218	Looks good.

02/05/2016, 01:20 PM	#11
Lilmatty5dimes Moved On Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: PSJ, FL Posts: 2,235	lol. i think its about cycled now. time for some more cleaners from reef cleaners.

03/04/2016, 09:40 PM	#13
BigEZ77 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Ottawa ON Canada Posts: 797	Hope to someday have a tank long enough to do separate rock formations like that, nice work.

03/05/2016, 09:53 AM	#14
crankbait09 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 932	Thank you. I have modified slightly. I have sine placed a very low profile rock in the center of the two rock formations. My plan is to grow a colony of acans, different colors.