My new 5x2.5x1.5 rebuild

[daveyy]

Nice! How many packs of sand u use?

[Blueberry22]

2 hours ago, daveyy said:

Nice! How many packs of sand u use?

Thanks bro! I used 8 packs of 20lb sand. It's around 1.5-2 inches sandbed I think

[Blueberry22]

Happy new year! Added some fishes, done with lighting, added a maxspect xf150 for better flow. Lights are 12" above water surface, running at about 60% power overall

[Blueberry22]

Temperature is now about constant at 27.3C, may add more marine pure spheres. Skimmer doing a great job too

[daveyy]

Got my new led lightings: aquanice (a jap brand I think) led for refugium. 2x white AI hydra 52 HD for dt. The reason I went for white was to minimise heat absorption. Now waiting for my rails to come 
also bought a few more accessories - accudrip for easy acclimation, and a siphon

Nice light! Does it grow chaeto well? How much did u pay for this light?

[Blueberry22]

 

2 hours ago, daveyy said:

Nice light! Does it grow chaeto well? How much did u pay for this light?

The retail price is $58. There are 3 modes so it's quite cool hahaha. One white, one blue and one mixed. Only 24W if I'm not wrong. Chaeto not very sure leh can't tell 

[daveyy]

 
The retail price is $58. There are 3 modes so it's quite cool hahaha. One white, one blue and one mixed. Only 24W if I'm not wrong. Chaeto not very sure leh can't tell 

Ahh. I see. Where did u buy it ah? Looking for similar lighting

I see u put at live rock section, U not using for ur refugium ah?

[Blueberry22]

On 01/01/2017 at 5:06 PM, daveyy said:

 

Ahh. I see. Where did u buy it ah? Looking for similar lighting

I see u put at live rock section, U not using for ur refugium ah?

 

I bought it at a fish shop in front of Pacific reef. The live rock section is actually my refugium hahaha. Not really sure what to do with it. Will consider selling/giving the rocks, then make it a full chaeto refugium 

[Blueberry22]

Bought these 2 to try out. Not sure how long the filter will last. The salifert additive seems to have all the necessary elements for nsw, so trying out an easier method  will have to add the specific elements to reach the specific levels needed of course

[Harlequinmania]

i think i have been missing out alot of updated on this awesome build..  

[Blueberry22]

3 hours ago, he said:

i think i have been missing out alot of updated on this awesome build..  

Hahaha couldn't have done it without your setup bro

[Blueberry22]

Happy Chinese New Year!! Added a couple of fishes since the last update. Was in Thailand for about a month tho, so the tank got a bit dirty  added a regal blue and a powder brown as my first tangs  all doing great too

[Blueberry22]

Oops it's actually a powder black not brown

[Blueberry22]

Selling some equipments from my previous 3 feet tank. 

Maxspect glaive marine - $50 (barely used)

Aquazonic light system, can put 4 tubes- $20

Fluval C4 HOB filter - $30

will upload pictures when i have more time

[boyington]

Will take the Maxspect Glaive & Fluval, have PM you. Thanks.


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[Blueberry22]

Brown algae on my sand that looks like this. Have tried algae removal (chemical and sand dollar) but it failed. Not sure how to get rid of it. It dies down when I turn off the lights, but my skimmer is always on

[reef tan]

Flow problem...

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[daveyy]

Bro 1year liao. How is that aquanice performing?

 

able to grow chaeto or coral in your sump?

[Blueberry22]

On 31/03/2018 at 10:50 PM, daveyy said:

Bro 1year liao. How is that aquanice performing?

 

able to grow chaeto or coral in your sump?

It is still working, but not able to grow chaeto  I think the chaeto got stuck under the live rock in my refugium then somehow died. or maybe the light is just not good? Wanted to get more chaeto to test out after moving my LR to DT. but these few months just too busy

[Blueberry22]

Hi all, does anybody know if coraline algae on the glass can be scraped off using the magnetic floating scraper with metal tip? Don't have it, so I'm asking before making the wrong choice. 

[SubzeroLT]

I'm using the DD magnetic glass cleaner. The metal blade is very effective for coralline.

[Blueberry22]

22 hours ago, SubzeroLT said:

I'm using the DD magnetic glass cleaner. The metal blade is very effective for coralline.

Ok will get something similar. I searched for it online, pricing is a bit high  thanks for the suggestion!

[Solo77]

The other way is get urchin. 

[Blueberry22]

On 4/15/2018 at 5:14 PM, Solo77 said:

The other way is get urchin. 

yeah i have a sand dollar, works well! its really active. Recently got a fire urchin from really kind fellow reefer as well, will upload it later. 

Regarding magnet cleaner, I bought a china brand magnet which works wonders, doesnt cost that much. hopefully the magnet can last. will take a pic later

[daveyy]

Im using the max flipper. Very effective.