Newbie 3 x 2 x 2

[Duranx]

3 x 2 x 2  15mm crystal glass 

Edited March 7, 2021 by Duranx

[Duranx]

[Duranx]

[Duranx]

[MichelReef]

Good show man! The tank set is nice. May I know from where you bought if from? The sump too.

[Duranx]

Ec aquatic

alvin Teo 

can find them on carousel 

990 sgd for 100x 60x 60 

with sump and cabinet. Including delivery and the piping. 
The piping you must assemble yourself 

[Duranx]

Just a few pics of all the equipment 

[Anchorman]

The tank should place away from the window to avoid the direct sunlight and tank temperature fluctuations. Anyway it is a nice setup. 

 

[Anchorman]

Hi bro,

Where you bought the top up reservoir tank?

[Duranx]

You are right about the sunlight. 
getting a fair bit of algae growth on the sunny side!!! 
 

anyway got the ato reservoir custom made from a person in carousel 

username : petiterainbow 

 

[Duranx]

On a slightly positive side, the coralline and coral growth on the sunny side is much better too! 

[Duranx]

My corner 

[Duranx]

A few more pics for the weekend ! 

[Noobie Reefer]

nice

[Mochi]

Very nice scape!

[Luenny]

Nice unique scape. How long do you have to cycle the tank before putting in fishes?

Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app

[Duranx]

Hi, thanks for the kind words. 
 

I put in fish only about 2-3 months after I started the tank in October 2020. 
 

Having said that, I think the tank only somewhat matured / stabilised around 5-6 months after starting. 
 

have managed to overcome algae /diatom issues..now the next goal is to achieve a powdery white sand ....which I somewhat don’t think I can achieve. 
 

along the way I was tempted with dosing bacteria numerous times...but was always reluctant as I had felt that they were not long term sustainable options. 
 

one of the reasons why I chose a pillar reef type of scape was to maximise the amount of rock I can place into the tank without making the tank look crowded. I believe one of the most important biological filter mechanisms is via the porous rock. This is evidenced by the numerous 2-3 year old tanks I have visited at other reefers whom sometimes have broken down Skimmers / ats and all they have is simple rocks and pumps running. 

[dtdream]

On 3/7/2021 at 9:49 PM, Duranx said:

Hi @Duranx, spotted an ATS here. Looks like waterfall version. May I ask where did you get it?

[Duranx]

Got it off one of the reefers here 

 

think they are available online from

taobao 

[dtdream]

4 minutes ago, Duranx said:

Got it off one of the reefers here 

 

think they are available online from

taobao 

ah ok thanks!

[Duranx]

[Duranx]

After weeks of reading decided to replace my deltec 1500 to a skimmer that is actually rated for my tank volume (approx 500l with sump). 
 

Everything was going great with the deltec 1500 until about 1 month ago. Kept overflowing no matter what adjustment I did. After researching a fair bit about oversizing of skimmers (contentious) decided that this could be the reason. 
 

clearly the deltec 1500 was oversized for my tank vol. however initially with the higher amount of die off / bio load, I managed to tune the skimmer adequately. Now that things are somewhat stable and perhaps the amount of DOC is not sufficient for a constant skim. Well it’s just my theory...let’s see. 

[Duranx]

On a side note I have an used deltec 1500 ( non adjustable pump) for sale. 
let me know if anyone is keen. 

[Duranx]

As a newbie, was very cautious about sps. 
 

am very happy that I managed to get them to encrust and get some reasonable growth over the last 4-5 months. 
 

[Duranx]

New skimmer much better. Much easier to tune for my needs! Hope it remains that way