Jem's 2FT Cube

[jem]

Jem's 2FTTank

SPECIFICATIONS

• 24"L x 18"W x 22"H Main Display Tank
• Side Overflow To Sump
• Chenggai Wood Cabinet
• Hailea 6540 Return Pump

EQUIPMENTS

• Wavebox: Tunze Nano Wavebox
• Water Movements: Hydor Korallia Nano x 2
• Return Pump: Hailea 6540
• Skimmer: Undecided
• Calcium Reactor: Undecided
• Fluidise Reactor: Undecided
• Lightings: [Currently Using 2 x T5] --> Upgrading in the future
• Chiller: Resun CL300 --> Upgrading in the future

Story

I have been reefing for about close to 6 years for now.

It started when i felt that freshwater tanks are no more a challenge for me.

Thats when i visited an old LFS at Farmart and caught the reef bug.

As a newbie that time, i slowly upgraded my 2ft wrought iron with plastic tank to a few other systems that i can lay my hands on.

As the craving for upgrade widens, the deeper the hole in the pocket is.

To cut the story short,

I decom my tank before enlisting into NS and promised myself that once i passed out, i'll get the system that i want.

So i chance upon this 2feet tank selling at a steal price and i grab it as fast as i could.

I'll try my best to update on week to week basis and post a FTS every week to monitor the growth of the tank.

[teebs]

Wow...New tank...

[jem]

Already dead tired now..

Fixed up the tank when i reached home from work yesterday..

Added liverocks and salt..

Installed the equipments.

Plugged in the chiller..

When i went to work today, maid called up and said that theres a leak from somewhere..

need to rush home during lunchbreak to rectify the problem..

praying hard that the leak is most likely at the input and output of the chiller nozzle..

most suspected it from there..

Please let it not be the main tank or sump where it may be leaking.

Keeping my finger crossed

[jackywongto]

Yeah Hope its not the tank that is leaking.

good luck Bro!

Already dead tired now..

Fixed up the tank when i reached home from work yesterday..

Added liverocks and salt..

Installed the equipments.

Plugged in the chiller..

When i went to work today, maid called up and said that theres a leak from somewhere..

need to rush home during lunchbreak to rectify the problem..

praying hard that the leak is most likely at the input and output of the chiller nozzle..

most suspected it from there..

Please let it not be the main tank or sump where it may be leaking.

Keeping my finger crossed

[jem]

SneakPeaks

[teebs]

SneakPeaks

where??? where??? where???

[jem]

is the picture at the top loaded? ?

[jackywongto]

now it is

[jem]

About a month have passed..

Thanks to my itchy fingers, i bought a couple of livestock which 90% of them died in my tank.

It might be due to my negligence and me being stubborn to use back my dead rocks and reuse sand from another reefer's decommed tank..

The leak in toxic must be high.

The current livestock residing in my tank are

-1 Amphiron Occelaris

-1 Yellow Wrasse(Comes out in the afternoon when im not around zzzz)

-1 Sebae Anemone (Which hides at the back of my right rock structure and my clown refuses to host it)

-1 GSP

-2 Rocks of mushies

[jem]

UPGRADE!

My 2 Feet 2 Tube Retrofit T5 evolved into

(a man's best friend is always in the picture whenever its reefer friend is showing off their equips. )

[yikai]

UPGRADE!

My 2 Feet 2 Tube Retrofit T5 evolved into

patches is so big now! soo cute!

my doggy says hi to his fellow jack russel friend. btw very nice lights looks cool

[jem]

15/1/2010

Sump...

The sump area is rather cramp up due to the limited space.

Im gonna try growing chaeto in the middle of the sump compartment to help reduce nitrates.

But first i need to settle on my skimmer

As you can see, with such limited space, finding a skimmer was a super challenge for me.

The skimmer in the photo is totally useless and i'll be upgrading it soon.

Thought of the Deltec MCE600 and Deltec APF600 but both are still huge in size..

As i only have 6"length and 23" height to play with, it caused me big headache to source for a skimmer..

[jem]

patches is so big now! soo cute!

my doggy says hi to his fellow jack russel friend. btw very nice lights looks cool

FAT RUSTY!

[jem]

Think I'll settle for this

Picture credits from fish-street.com

Heard that our local distributor retails this rather pricey,

so i think im gonna order this online instead.

[peacemaker]

Do post some reviews!

[jem]

Good NEWS!

15 Jan 2010 5031 Bubble Magus BMQQ Protein Skimmer In Transit

Posting Date Posting Time Drop-off Point

16-Jan-2010 10:36 Wah Ming Post Office

Date # Location Delivery Status

16-Jan-2010 Hong Kong Item posted and is being processed.

16-Jan-2010 Hong Kong In transit.

16-Jan-2010 Hong Kong Processed for departure.

16-Jan-2010 Hong Kong The item left Hong Kong for its destination on 16-Jan-2010

[ReDDeviLs]

About a month have passed..

Thanks to my itchy fingers, i bought a couple of livestock which 90% of them died in my tank.

It might be due to my negligence and me being stubborn to use back my dead rocks and reuse sand from another reefer's decommed tank..

The leak in toxic must be high.

The current livestock residing in my tank are

-1 Amphiron Occelaris

-1 Yellow Wrasse(Comes out in the afternoon when im not around zzzz)

-1 Sebae Anemone (Which hides at the back of my right rock structure and my clown refuses to host it)

-1 GSP

-2 Rocks of mushies

the use of sand is actually a method to reduce no3. the so called DSB method.

since sandbed acts as a filter, it will have alot of toxics accumulated in there.

nowadays, the "Want to Give LIveSAND from the tank" is very misleading as reefers believe its really live and reused it without washing. infact its full of toxic after many mths or years which result in all the casualty reefers will have.

[jem]

the use of sand is actually a method to reduce no3. the so called DSB method.

since sandbed acts as a filter, it will have alot of toxics accumulated in there.

nowadays, the "Want to Give LIveSAND from the tank" is very misleading as reefers believe its really live and reused it without washing. infact its full of toxic after many mths or years which result in all the casualty reefers will have.

true..

but seems like everything is under control now..

will fixed up my skimmer asap once it arrives..

and let the tank cycle for another month more till i stock up..

My next upgrade will be changing all of the light tubes to ATI..

wallet is already feeling the pain

[teebs]

true..

but seems like everything is under control now..

will fixed up my skimmer asap once it arrives..

and let the tank cycle for another month more till i stock up..

My next upgrade will be changing all of the light tubes to ATI..

wallet is already feeling the pain

Hi bro,

U still got a zoa frag with me...

[qwertman321]

15/1/2010

Sump...

The sump area is rather cramp up due to the limited space.

Im gonna try growing chaeto in the middle of the sump compartment to help reduce nitrates.

But first i need to settle on my skimmer

As you can see, with such limited space, finding a skimmer was a super challenge for me.

The skimmer in the photo is totally useless and i'll be upgrading it soon.

Thought of the Deltec MCE600 and Deltec APF600 but both are still huge in size..

As i only have 6"length and 23" height to play with, it caused me big headache to source for a skimmer..

your liverock seem too full

[teebs]

your liverock seem too full

Most of what you see are just large pieces of rocks. He does not have much livestock in his tank currently.

[jem]

BMQQ landed!!

[teebs]

Your skimmer is finally in...

[peacemaker]

Show us some bubbles!

[jem]

no bubbles

didnt read up on the skimmer properly and wasted my mooleh ...

the skimmer requires a tall sump but mine is short and small.....

BUT........

upgraded to a bigger better skimmer...

Hints: Pasar Malam