Lorenzo's Humble Reef

[LoReNsIa]

Hello Brother and Sister!!!

I'm back to reefing after 6 years with the help from my buddy Jem and Iceman. 

Reefing is so much more easier now as compare to 14 years ago when i first started.

Due to my work commitment, i have to fly overseas every month for at least 8-14 days, i have to convince myself to have a small tank at home which runs almost half automatically with minimal maintenance for my dad to understand if there is anything happens with my tank.

For my equipment, i have slowly upgrade along the way, and most of my equipment (including my tank) is 2nd hand.

Equipment

Tank Spec : Innovative Marine 40 (7 Months Old)
Light : Radion XR30 G4 Pro
Wave Maker : Ecotech MP10
Skimmer : Tunze 9004
Chiller : Artica 1/4
Dosing : Kamoer 4Channel Dosing Pump

Parameter 

Po4 : 0.05
No3 : 10
Ca : 520
Kh : 7.2
Mg : 1490

Mixed Reef 

SPS - Staghorn , Digitata , Montipora, Tenius , Milliepora and etc
LPS - Hammer , True Octo , Frogspawn , Torch , Acans , Blasto , Supersun and etc
Softies - Yumas , Rics , Mushrooms , Zoas and Palys

Fishes

1 x African Flameback Angel
1 x French Angel
1 x Mystery Wrasse
1 x Yellow Tang
1 x Midas Blenny
1 x Spotted Mandarin Fish
2 x Frostbite Clown Fish
2 x Purple Fire Goby
2 x Bangai Cardinal 

So sorry for my messy tank, please leave a comments on where i should improve on. 

FTS : 14/02/2018 (7 Months old)

 

This will be a page for me to record the progress of my little ocean at home, from the day i first started to where it become today! 

 

Gong Hei Fatt Choy Everyone!!!! HUAT AH!!!!

 

Reefing is like a Relationship, Once you fall in Love with it, You will Love it for Life... 

[Clement Chen]

Thats an awesome looking tank. Do share how u maintain such stable parameters without a sump

[LoReNsIa]

14 minutes ago, Clement Chen said:

Thats an awesome looking tank. Do share how u maintain such stable parameters without a sump

Thanks for your compliment bro. 

It's rather challenging when i'm controlling my parameter with the help of my dosing pump. i will share more information in awhile.

[soggycookies]

Awesome colours. Cheers bro


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[LoReNsIa]

1 hour ago, soggycookies said:

Awesome colours. Cheers bro


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Thank you Bro.. 

[LoReNsIa]

After weeks of consideration if i should start a Marine tank at home, i start to source for my equipment.

Manage to get my first Equipment which is a 2nd hand 1/4 Artica Chiller, was lucky that it sit nicely between my TV console and Balcony door.



2nd things that i've gotten is Live rock from Iwarna. i wash and scrub the rocks, soak it in fresh water to kill any unwanted pest and sun dry it while looking for my tank.




With the dimension of my TV Console, i am so bless that IM40 is having the exact dimension that i want. 

Helps from all my reefing buddies to ask around if anyone is letting go of the tank, i manage to get my tank from a friendly reefer on National Day(9th of August 2017), which is also the date that i have started my tank.

Leonard is a very humble and nice reefer that passes me lots of information about the tank and things that i should look out for the maintenance of this tank. He even made the effort of wrapping the tank with newspaper to prevent the clumsy me of damaging the tank.

With the help of my buddy Jeremy, we have shifted the tank and let it sit nicely on top of my TV Console.

[Solo77]

Very nice. 

[LoReNsIa]

Started running my tank with AF Probiotic Reef salt, and started my cycling.




After 3 weeks, added in some fishes and corals...



with the help from my buddy, i have manage to get a K7 LED light set for my tank.



closer look of my tank...

FTS - 03/09/2017

[LoReNsIa]

6 minutes ago, Solo77 said:

Very nice. 

Hi Brother!

when are we going LFS-shopping tgt with han ping? haha

[LoReNsIa]

Next is to get a dosing pump, and i've manage to get a kamoer 4channel dosing pump for myself.

Apparently the dosing pump is white in color, and it doesnt blend in with my setup, i have decided to sticker it to matt black instead. 

Removed the dosing pump head, paste the sticker on it...







Back on rack...



Got my buddy Iceman to help me DIY my acrylic box for my solution. Each Box is aproximately 2liter.



FTS : 15/09/2017

[Nooblenny]

Beautiful tank!

Nice equipment setup too!

[LoReNsIa]

FTS : 20/09/2017



FTS : 25/10/2017 - Loss all of my fishes due to velvet outbreak from my African Flameback.


FTS : 12/11/2017 After 1.5 months without fishes,  SPS seems to be more healthy and color slowly coming back.
 

FTS : 04/01/2018 - Corals have grown alot within the past 2 months.. And i have upgraded my lights from K7 to Radion XR30

For my 4 Channel Dosing pump, i used it as below : 

1 Channel for CA
1 Channel for KH
1 Channel for MG 
and my last channel i use it as my ATO. I've measure the water evaporated from my tank everyday, and used the last channel to top up the water, and for this, i have one lesser equipment to run for my tank.

 

 

[LoReNsIa]

10 minutes ago, Nooblenny said:

Beautiful tank!

Nice equipment setup too!

Thanks bro.. haha.. Trying to keep it simple...

[LoReNsIa]

Ever since i started marine, i have fall in love with yuma. 

For now, is the progress of my collection of different yuma... 









Here is some of  my favorite Yumas (Pic taken with my Iphone X): 

Blue and Green Yuma


Hot Pink Center with Green rim Yuma (aka Watermelon Yuma)
 

Red and Blue Center with Green Rim Yuma

Jade Green Yuma with Pink Mouth

 

Big Bubble Blue Yuma


Rainbow Yuma

Red and Blue Center Yuma

Hot Red Yuma , Mandarin Orange Yuma and Pinkish Orange Yuma


That's all for today, and i hope that everyone enjoy my picture.. 

[soggycookies]

Ever since i started marine, i have fall in love with yuma. 

For now, is the progress of my collection of different yuma... 









Here is some of  my favorite Yumas (Pic taken with my Iphone X): 

Blue and Green Yuma


Hot Pink Center with Green rim Yuma (aka Watermelon Yuma)
 
Red and Blue Center with Green Rim Yuma

Jade Green Yuma with Pink Mouth

 
Big Bubble Blue Yuma


Rainbow Yuma

Red and Blue Center Yuma

Hot Red Yuma , Mandarin Orange Yuma and Pinkish Orange Yuma


That's all for today, and i hope that everyone enjoy my picture.. 

These are really lovely. You’re inspiring me to get more Yumas for my tank hahahaha. Easier to propagate than many hard corals and can be just, if not more colourful.

Just wondering though, how much did you get them per piece? They don’t look cheap and it’s rare that I find such brightly-coloured ones


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[SubzeroLT]

1 hour ago, LoReNsIa said:

Ever since i started marine, i have fall in love with yuma. 

For now, is the progress of my collection of different yuma... 









Here is some of  my favorite Yumas (Pic taken with my Iphone X): 

Blue and Green Yuma


Hot Pink Center with Green rim Yuma (aka Watermelon Yuma)
 

Red and Blue Center with Green Rim Yuma

Jade Green Yuma with Pink Mouth

 

Big Bubble Blue Yuma


Rainbow Yuma

Red and Blue Center Yuma

Hot Red Yuma , Mandarin Orange Yuma and Pinkish Orange Yuma


That's all for today, and i hope that everyone enjoy my picture.. 

Lovely!! Thanks for sharing.

[iceman]

[LoReNsIa]

1 hour ago, soggycookies said:

These are really lovely. You’re inspiring me to get more Yumas for my tank hahahaha. Easier to propagate than many hard corals and can be just, if not more colourful.

Just wondering though, how much did you get them per piece? They don’t look cheap and it’s rare that I find such brightly-coloured ones


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Oh yes, I wish I can built the community bigger with more reefer keeping Yumas after looking at my collection! Hahaha... 

My Yumas price ranging from $45-$150 per polyps.. depends on the colors of the Yuma.. 

[LoReNsIa]

1 hour ago, SubzeroLT said:

Lovely!! Thanks for sharing.

Hello Brother Leon! Your tank and dedication is an inspiration to me! Haha..

[LoReNsIa]

29 minutes ago, iceman said:

[Ashtrax]

On 2/18/2018 at 11:18 PM, LoReNsIa said:

Thanks for your compliment bro. 

It's rather challenging when i'm controlling my parameter with the help of my dosing pump. i will share more information in awhile.

 

22 hours ago, LoReNsIa said:

FTS : 20/09/2017



FTS : 25/10/2017 - Loss all of my fishes due to velvet outbreak from my African Flameback.


FTS : 12/11/2017 After 1.5 months without fishes,  SPS seems to be more healthy and color slowly coming back.
 

FTS : 04/01/2018 - Corals have grown alot within the past 2 months.. And i have upgraded my lights from K7 to Radion XR30

For my 4 Channel Dosing pump, i used it as below : 

1 Channel for CA
1 Channel for KH
1 Channel for MG 
and my last channel i use it as my ATO. I've measure the water evaporated from my tank everyday, and used the last channel to top up the water, and for this, i have one lesser equipment to run for my tank.

 

 

Awesome looking tank and very detail write up..

1. May I know for your dosing schedule,how many ml did you dose from each bottle per day?

2. Can checked with you what your tank evaporated rate per day? Where do you place your ATO?

3. Is your solution premix from powder form?

Would you want to wrap your outlet piping too?

[LoReNsIa]

7 hours ago, Ashtrax said:

 

Awesome looking tank and very detail write up..

1. May I know for your dosing schedule,how many ml did you dose from each bottle per day?

2. Can checked with you what your tank evaporated rate per day? Where do you place your ATO?

3. Is your solution premix from powder form?

Would you want to wrap your outlet piping too?

Good Morning Bro.. 

Here is my answer for your question.

1. May I know for your dosing schedule,how many ml did you dose from each bottle per day?

How many ml a day depends on the number of SPS and the consumption that they take in a day. Different tank have different dosage. For my tank, CA i'm dosing 30ml daily with 2 separate dosing, my KH is around 60ml daily with 3 separate dosing, and my mg is also 30ml daily with 2 separate dosing.

2. Can checked with you what your tank evaporated rate per day? Where do you place your ATO?

my tank is evaporating approximately 120ml a day, which i dose it in 4 different dosage as not to overwork on my dosing pump.

3. Is your solution premix from powder form?

Yes, i'm currently trying NYOS CA, KH and MG after trying AF component 1+2+3 when i first started the tank.

I hope that i have answer your question.

Cheers,
Lorenzo Lee

[Ashtrax]

Morning to you,

Woah that a lot your corals are definitely very happy.

May I know where you place your dosing container?

May I know what your radion light preset setting?


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[LoReNsIa]

17 minutes ago, Ashtrax said:

Morning to you,

Woah that a lot your corals are definitely very happy.

May I know where you place your dosing container?

May I know what your radion light preset setting?


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my dosing container is juse below my dosing pump.

i'm using AB+ for my light setting.. using 70% intensity for my lights.

[Ashtrax]

That is sleek, may i know where you get the stand for your dosing container and dosing pump?