Little 2 feet tank

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Hi all,

Here's some updates on my new tank after my old tank gave way... Little intro of my tank:

Tank dimensions: 2 by 1.5 by 1.5 ft main tank with a slightly smaller sized sump.

Protein skimmer: AquaC Urchin with Sicce Idra

Lighting: 250w DE 10000k BLV supplements by 2 x 24w blue PL lights

Biological filtration: About 30kg of live rocks

Using plenum with about 4 inches of grade 5 sand over it

Circulation: Using a Dymax 1800 as return pump. In addition, using a rio seio 620

and a 900l/h power head to provide additional circulation. Total

turnover about 38 times

Supplements added: only using kalkwasser as top up every night

Misc info: sg = 1.025, temp = 26-28, dkh = 9, calcium = 420, , magnesium = 1420

[iewnehz]

cool..

into sps?

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my sump. By the way, these pics were taken in 23 July 2004.

[Mellow]

Yah, most prob 70% sps.... some teasers....my blue zoos

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some other zoos and brain

[lvcap]

250W of MH for a 2feet tank..i bet any SPS also will colour up...

i think you got the highest W of lights per litre of water in here?

all the best!!

very neat looking setup..

keep us posted!!

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pink birdnest bought end August 2004...showing about half a cm of growth already. But lost some intensity in its pink....

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Staghorn from Reef2...nice specimen...and really a fast grower as he said. Picture taken end August 2004 also.

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Thanks ivycap!!... Will update on the corals. So far all of them are frags from people except for the birdnest. Here's a mille frag from one of the farms.

[dradttg]

Are you going to cover 3 sides of the tank with Coralline Algae again??

Nice setup.

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Most prob not dradttg....takes up too much precious calcium and carbonates. Will try to keep dkh at 8 the most now... and i realised it's quite a pity not being able to view the tank from the side

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just to share..a DIY surge device...

[SharkBait]

I don't think there will be a substantial surge because the stored water will just flow into the maintank. Maybe you can incorporate some device that will allow a substantial surge into the maintank. Perhaps a toilet flush?

[DeepBlue]

Yah, most prob 70% sps.... some teasers....my blue zoos

love that saw it in person...

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hello sharkbait, surprisingly, the surge is pretty powerful...and i only need a small powerhead to channel water into the container.... i've tried it at my friend's swimming pool before...really impressive.... just leave the powerhead on and there will be a surge of water every couple of seconds...

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Some growth tips of my birdnest and green staghorn....the white parts on the tip are new growths. Picture taken as of today.

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cheap left over croceas from the forbidden shop

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Another pic

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A new monti cap frag that I collected yesterday. Hopefully it will colour up soon.

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Lucky find at Irwana. Bought it only a few days back though the shipment came 2 weeks ago... left over pink milli in the foreground

[DeepBlue]

love those baby blues

My tank is in, going to be ready for stocking real soon

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Another pic of the milli...sorry...most of my sps looks rather brown now...most of them are either frags or super late left overs which I got at really cheap prices.

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love those baby blues

My tank is in, going to be ready for stocking real soon

Another one for you DB bro. Let me know once your tank is up! Our little secret dealings. heh

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Most of the sps I have now...Thanks to Scarab, Reef2 and some of you guys for the frags....

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Copied idea from reef lovers aquascaping....a lone small rock with a plating sps on top, on the left corner of my tank