SRC Member hijackng Posted September 14, 2016 SRC Member Share Posted September 14, 2016 Hello reefers, Starting this thread to document the progress of my new marine tank and growth of my livestock. Fish tank is custom made from CRA. Display tank size is 3x3x2ft with bean animal overflow at the back. My simple design sump tank is 2.5x2x1ft which consist of refugium, skimmer/filtration chamber and return/chiller coil chamber. Kapor wood cabinet is about 38"x38"x32". The height of cabinet is restricted by my main door (33"). What unexpected to me is the total height of my tank set (52") allow me to reach down into my tank without using a stool . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member hijackng Posted September 14, 2016 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 14, 2016 Tank arrived on 7th Aug 2016. Tap water was used to fill up the tank and filtered by charcoal/DI unit. This filtration take about 3days to down tds value 78 to 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member yukok.lim08 Posted September 14, 2016 SRC Member Share Posted September 14, 2016 Nice, do you mean u fill water first only do filtration? No sand?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member vincentwangz Posted September 14, 2016 SRC Member Share Posted September 14, 2016 Woah that is a huge cube! Looking forward to updates! Sofishticated Friend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member hijackng Posted September 14, 2016 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 14, 2016 Nice, do you mean u fill water first only do filtration? No sand?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Yes. This process is to filter the tap water into ultra clean freshwater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member yukok.lim08 Posted September 14, 2016 SRC Member Share Posted September 14, 2016 Thanks learning new thing everyday. I always think RO/DI unit.m always install in bathroom or kitchen to filter one time water before mix reef salt and put into tank.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member yukok.lim08 Posted September 14, 2016 SRC Member Share Posted September 14, 2016 Thanks learning new thing everyday. I always think RO/DI unit.m always install in bathroom or kitchen to filter one time water before mix reef salt and put into tank.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member vincentwangz Posted September 14, 2016 SRC Member Share Posted September 14, 2016 Bro may I ask if it is possible to just buy an RO/DI unit like urs and run the saltwater from the sump thru the filter even when it is already hosting livestock in the main tank? Sofishticated Friend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member hijackng Posted September 14, 2016 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 14, 2016 DE Replica rock is use for my first stage of scaping. The rock was bought and soak for a month in advance by SA. My experience on the rock is It is easy to stack, porous (add a lot of weight after soak in water) and beautiful. Fritz RPM salt was added to raised salinity of 1.025. Then no. 3 coral sand added to reached 2" thickness. Lastly, some liverock (bought from reefer) was added to the scaping and one bottle of Fritz zyme 9 was added to seed my tank with bb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member hijackng Posted September 14, 2016 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 14, 2016 The equipments use to run the tank :Return pump - Vectra L1Wavemaket - Tunze 6100, 6101, Jepao CP40Lighting - Orphek Altlantik V3+Chiller - Daikin compressor Skimmer - Skimz SM201 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member hijackng Posted September 14, 2016 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 14, 2016 Roughly two weeks of cycle, water perimeter is good with Ca, Mg on slightly low. Mg and Ca was then raised to 1410 and 430ppm. My first tank residents, a Derasa Clam and a rock of zoas. Follow by sps frags from reefers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davissim Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Looking forward for more coming update! Happy Reefing 🤗 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites
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