southpaw23's reef

[southpaw23]

Random piping shots..dual overflow with split for the gravity feed of the skimmer

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another piping shot...

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And after months of waiting...the tank finally gets some water....

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It was a pretty slow process with the Crystal Plus DI unit....whew...took me a couple of days....

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After a whole night....half the tank was filled.

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Salt added....

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Filling up the skimmer

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Firing it up for the first time.

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And after 3 hours....i get some...latte....not kopi i'm afraid...haha

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So i went out about a week ago to get some livesand and rocks and dumped it into the tank. Here's how murky the water was after adding both stuff in.

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cleared up a lil in the morning...

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Well...that's all from me for tonight. Was away in HK all of last week and the tank has cleared up significantly. Will post up more shots of the tank after i've fiddled around with the scaping a lil more...

g'night!

[fishtalk1517]

the sump compartment are very well design with very careful planning for many possible mishap. Very impress with the acrlic bottom holding the sump and all equipments, esp. with the drainage pipes to the balcony. Never thought of tat idea

[Bio528]

Impressive planning

[southpaw23]

Thanks guys....as the tank is only accessible in the bedroom, i had to take the extra precautions to ensure no undesired disasters could take place.

[colinsoon]

nice!!

[Underwater]

The detailed planning, equipment used and piping works...

Now, i know what pple meant by using aircon compressor instead of usual chiller...

A thread worth following through...

[godzillaliu88]

cant wait for the next update!

[BFG]

Hat's off to you! Really an impressive setup. You've got all the basic equipment ( as far as I can see ) from the start. A few more essentials and you're good to go.

[jervismun]

And after 3 hours....i get some...latte....not kopi i'm afraid...haha

Have you added any sand? That could explain the milky skimmate

[tazperlin]

nice setup cant wait for the next update!

[southpaw23]

Hat's off to you! Really an impressive setup. You've got all the basic equipment ( as far as I can see ) from the start. A few more essentials and you're good to go.

Yeah...i believe most of my crucial equipment are in. I'm getting a second hand 6045 from Iceman n am currently awaiting my FR fr Joe. Then when the chiller gets hooked up...i'll be good to go. I will wait and see how the tank matures before i decide on a CR.

What other essentials were you refering to? Did i miss anything out?

[southpaw23]

Have you added any sand? That could explain the milky skimmate

Yeah...i added a couple of bags of livesand...does that explain the milky skimmate? Oh well...the skimmer is starting to pull out some gunk now. Will have to get a shot of it soon

[BFG]

Yeah...i believe most of my crucial equipment are in. I'm getting a second hand 6045 from Iceman n am currently awaiting my FR fr Joe. Then when the chiller gets hooked up...i'll be good to go. I will wait and see how the tank matures before i decide on a CR.

What other essentials were you refering to? Did i miss anything out?

Hmm, I was thinking that you would go for a Tunze TS24, a kalkwasser reactor and a top-up device?

[southpaw23]

Hmm, I was thinking that you would go for a Tunze TS24, a kalkwasser reactor and a top-up device?

Thanks for the input...the only reason i haven't considered a TS24 is due to the bulky nature of the unit...kinda unsightly IMO. Besides, i don't intend to go to SPS at the moment so i'm thinking i can do without the heavy wave makers.

Currrently considering maybe 2 Nano 6045 and a wavebox in the near future. I'll gradually look into the wavemakers in the tank and see what is really needed as time goes along i guess.

As for the topup. I have a tubby lying around somewhere...hopefully it's still working. if so, i'll hook it up soon. As for the kalkreactor, am gonna hold off on that right now too cos i don't see a dire need for it. It would ultimately boil down to the calcium consumption in my tank etc so i'll wait for the tank to stock up and mature a lil.

Thanks for the input tho...anything else for me to consider?