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Hello everyone, I’ve been keeping marine fish since the early 2000s, but only got into reefing proper in 2015. Thought I’d share some of my aquarium projects over the past few years. In the beginning, I got a secondhand tank from Iwarna. I wanted to go for a bigger display with initial plans for a FOWLR on a budget so this option seemed best at the time. Its basic specs were: - 58” x 24” x 24” - Skimmer: Bubble Magus Curve-9 - Wavemakers: Jebao RW-20 & subsequently x2 Jebao RW-8s. - Return Pump: Sicce Syncra Silent 5.0 Here’s a photo of the tank in its early stages: I was keeping mostly fish in the beginning with a few anemones, but developed a newfound interest in corals when I noticed some stray GSP and goniopora on live rock I’d gotten from FreshnMarine growing unexpectedly. Eventually, I got better lighting, ran a few reactors and converted to a mixed reef-tank for a year or so. Regrettably, the tank ultimately crashed due to a thermal fracture(the tank was running at 25 degrees on a chiller but was located in my front porch which was generally hot most of the time) causing the already more prone curved glass on its sides to crack and I had to decommission the system immediately. While deciding what to do with the unfortunate situation, I experimented with a cube tank plumbed to the sump of my old 5footer and grew mangroves and some simple corals. Not too long after, I got a brand new system that was even bigger than the previous one from and couldn’t quite decide what I wanted to do with it at first- Fish-only or full-blown reeftank. I even messed around with cuttlefish and octopus at one point. This newer system went through a lot of changes in a couple of years but its initial specs were: - Dimensions: 72” x 36 “ x 30” - Skimmer: SkimZ Monzter SM207 DC - Wavemaker: Jebao RW-20 & x2 RW-8s from my previous system, and subsequently + x2 Maxspect Gyre xf-330s. - Lighting: x3 Maxspect R4z0r 160w and subsequently a Maxspect RSX R5-300 to go with the icv6 Ultimately(and quite recently) I decided to settle with a softie tank with a large fish stocking and plumbed a UV sterilizer for good measure. I kept the Mangrove system running for about a year and a half before it also had to be decommissioned due to renovation works next door. Couldn’t bear to see my mangroves go entirely so I managed to get some of them into another semi-outdoor 4ft system I had for while running on with leftover equipment from previous systems on a very tight budget(i more or less got that system for free from a reefer who decommissioned their tank and refurbished it myself) I hope everyone has been taking the time to care for and appreciate their tanks even more this circuitbreaker! Cheers & stay safe. Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app

3D printing is getting more popular in the past years. And there are quite a few reefers here who have 3D printers at home. Starting a thread to share some mini projects. My full tank project can be seen here : http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/topic/142862-my-slice-of-nature-part-3/ Comments, feedback & new ideas are welcome. Kicking off with a reactor adapter for Nyos skimmer. Using this with biopellet reactor will ensure all the slime & bacteria from the biopellet reactor goes directly to the skimmer instead of going to the display tank where there may be a risk of causing cyano. Assembling it onto the Nyos skimmer inlet

Est. August 2019 The guiding principles behind my tank design and build were simplicity and ease of maintenance. Another aim was also to establish and maintain an ultra low nutrient environment for SPS to thrive. Managing the bio-load and promoting the growth of beneficial bacteria were key to achieving this. Some basic information: TANK: 50g main + 30g lagoon + 20g sump LIGHTING: AI Hydra 52HD (x2) + Orphek OR60 light bar; lagoon tank Kessil A360X FILTRATION & CIRCULATION: Skimz skimmer, return pumps (X2) and wavemakers, Prodibio Biodigest & Bioptim, FM Bacto Reef Balls, coral chips and live rock OTHER EQUIPMENT: Coralbox auto-doser and battery backup, RODI, Haliea HS-66A chiller SALT & SUPPLEMENTS: Red Sea Salt and Foundation (CA+/KH/Mg), Tropic Marin Pro-Reef, and Fauna Marin Color Elements

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This is a simple adapter for the Skimz calcium reactor. #supportlocal I found that topping up the calcium reactor to be quite a trouble some process. Often getting bits of rocks around the O-ring, leading to improper seal & leaks. A funnel is ideal but its hard to find one that fits the 40mm fill hole size. Hence i printed this adapter for this wide mouth funnel (common used for pickling jars).

Very beautiful and mature tank! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Very nice What camera are you using for the recent photos?

Superb colouration!

The millepora was stunted and colours muted for several months, then from January, it blossomed into a rainbow! Tank had finally matured and water parameters ideal...

I did not do a complete restart after keeping a FOWLR coppered (Cupramine) tank for the past 6 years. What I did was used plenty of Cuprisorb and Polyfilters for around 5 months before I got some soft corals to try out. It has been about 5 months since then (Nov 2019), GSP, Zoas, Xenia and Clove corals are growing. Elegance, Bubble, Frogspawn, Torch and Blasto LPS are doing well. Added 1 clam 1 month ago and it's also doing well, so i guess it is possible.

Personal experience with some copper brand seem to be safe to introduce coral after some time without changing bio media and doing a complete restart. Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app

Hi I have had my tank for over a year already I think . Corals seem to be doing fine for first few months, only started to see these problems perhaps 4-5 months back after I came back from overseas . But I’ll look into the biomedia part . Thanks Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app