Chronicles of Soul's 3x2x2.5

[Soul]

Hi everyone and Happy CNY. Well its been a long and costly 3 yrs reefing for me with mixed results. My previous setup crashed 3 times to be frank over the years but everytime i would learn from mistakes plus good advice from fellow reefers helped bring me back on track.

A few weeks back i aquired a bigger setup from a fellow reefer who had to give up the hobby due to moving of house. Heres sime pics of my new setup which i am slowly sourcing and stocking up on the right equipment which semi-cycling the tank.

[sky107line]

Nice tank bro!....So wats it gonna be this time round bro?......Lps or sps? Or both?

[Soul]

Heres more updated pics on my setup which i worked on during the first few days during CNY whenever i had time. Rockscaping was a backbreaking and frustrating ordeal for me as the tank was tall and i had decided to go sandless thus stacking the rocks in a stable position was difficult. I love the center piece rock i picked up from my work place island. Good for placing SPS. More rocks will be transfered from my current tank once the water paremeters for this new setup is stable enuf.

[Soul]

Nice tank bro!....So wats it gonna be this time round bro?......Lps or sps? Or both?

Hey bro hoseibo? I'll be going top half SPS and bottom half LPS. Something like this >

[Soul]

Heres a pic of my sump now running on macro skimmer, was FOC with the tank so running it til my new skimmer from the states comes in. My old beckett was too tall to go into the cabinet sadly so i had to get a new skimmer. The macro does its job without fuss i should say, not bad for a Taiwan skimmer.

[Soul]

Pic of my conversion of the Korallin C-1501 CR into a S-1501 Bio-Denitrator. Conversion was really simple, just disabled the CO2 inlet and poured 50% sulphur beads 50% ARM calcium media with a sponge in between them. Its currently in the run in stage so i cant give u guys and results yet. Just got it running an hr ago. Will posts results a week or so from now.

[Soul]

Some pics of inspiration

[sky107line]

Some pics of inspiration

Hosei laa bro!!!......May the force be with you.....

[Soul]

Hosei laa bro!!!......May the force be with you.....

So when can we go SPS shopping together? 1 more week the water should be ready liao ... hiak hiak hiak

[STORM TROPPER]

welcome to the club bro !!!

[LaW]

wow, another good one in the making.

is ur denitrator having a diameter of 15cm?

how many kg of sulphur you put in there?

Gong xi fa cai and reef on mate

[jervismun]

So when can we go SPS shopping together? 1 more week the water should be ready liao ... hiak hiak hiak

So fast wanna add SPS? :eyebrow:

[sky107line]

So when can we go SPS shopping together? 1 more week the water should be ready liao ... hiak hiak hiak

Wah bro! Not so fast lei....Mai kanciong lei ....Let it run first @ least for 2 mth to get ur parameter stablize ....I'm sure you don't want to go wrong after putting on so much effort on it right?......Relax....

[sky107line]

Bro, Try not to have this kind of micro bubbles in ur sump.....You might wanna do something about it to stop those bubbles....

[Soul]

Yah the bubbles will go away when i add more water to raise the water lvl , tank cycling stage so more water aggitation plus oxygen is good i guess.

[godzillaliu88]

Bro, Try not to have this kind of micro bubbles in ur sump.....You might wanna do something about it to stop those bubbles....

what harm will the bubbles cause?

[Soul]

what harm will the bubbles cause?

Its harmful to SPS i believe as the microbubbles stick to the extended polyps. Plus it makes the main tank look cloudy hehe

[barnacle]

So when can we go SPS shopping together? 1 more week the water should be ready liao ... hiak hiak hiak

no need shopping lah....just call mr sky and say the magic words....I want sps FRAG!!!!

[Soul]

no need shopping lah....just call mr sky and say the magic words....I want sps FRAG!!!!

Dowan to make his chrismas trees botak lol

[sky107line]

no need shopping lah....just call mr sky and say the magic words....I want sps FRAG!!!!

You don't sibuk2 laa.....Unless you want to frag some of ur babyblue stag for us??

Bro Soul, Fyi...barnacle have lotsa healthy sps in his tank.....So next time you know what to do right??

[Soul]

You don't sibuk2 laa.....Unless you want to frag some of ur babyblue stag for us??

Bro Soul, Fyi...barnacle have lotsa healthy sps in his tank.....So next time you know what to do right??

Yes i know, empty container plus clippers to tarpau wahahahaha

[Soul]

wow, another good one in the making.

is ur denitrator having a diameter of 15cm?

how many kg of sulphur you put in there?

Gong xi fa cai and reef on mate

Sorry bro forgot to answer ur questions. Yes the footprint about 15cm. Approx. 1.2kg of sulphur beads was used. And from what i can see now the bubbles trapped inside the denitrator r getting lesser and lesser by day which means the bacteria is starting to colonize inside and eat off the oxygen as intended. NO3 still remains at 20ppm with no livestock introduced so far.

[sky107line]

Yes i know, empty container plus clippers to tarpau wahahahaha

Don't forget to bring ur own cutter...Or else he will give you a thousand and 1 reason....hehee

[Soul]

Don't forget to bring ur own cutter...Or else he will give you a thousand and 1 reason....hehee

I BRING CHAINSAW!

[wilsontantw]

Hey Soul...

Here's the 250w Giesemann MH. Super neat alright!

see pix for reference.

The ballast (think it's magnetic ballast) - white colour, clean. Doesn't even look yellowish

Close up of the ballast - showing proof of Germany product.

Ah... now, the pair! Pendant + ballast, even the connector is of super quality.

Pendant comes with a pair of metal chain (rust-free). They're adjustable as well.

You can view first, not fully satisfied, you can reject! Made in Germany, at this price... it's a steal liao!