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90 Gallon Mixed Reef Tank Newbie
Going to start a separate thread for my new 90g tank build.
tank and stand built. Currently building sump.... https://i.imgur.com/WEwkSQol.jpg |
the start of plumbing
pic of the filter sock workings and full setup before plumbing.
https://i.imgur.com/AP7x0zKl.jpg Tried 5% auto window tint instead of black paint this time. https://i.imgur.com/bZ7zKwIl.jpg |
Looking good. I will keep my eyes on this one for the progression.
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Let the RO drizzle
All plumbed & Level. I forgot how time consuming plumbing is when your very particular/OCD.
https://i.imgur.com/jt87PEcl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/EUgJDZLl.jpg And now the fill...... or slow drizzle I should say 75GPD RO with new DI resin running 0 tds for now. see what its doing in 40hrs lol :bathbaby: https://i.imgur.com/TiWQcVFl.jpg |
Got salt....?
Finally tank is full & sump is half full. Dumping 3/4 bucket of salt in the tank felt good. Salt storm!
https://i.imgur.com/6phNOizl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/e0O9sd5l.jpg |
Nice build this far, what are your stocking plans for this tank and will you be adding sand or going bb?
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Let the cycle begin. It will be nice when you can get the first additions added.
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cycle,cycle,cycle
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Ill be adding seaflor special grade reef sand 60lbs. I couldent go without my monster 2+" tiger pistol shrimp(lobster) hes almost dinner size |
Aquascape
Holy crap this aquascape is going to take some serious work! pretty good mix of different rock I just have no clue where to go...... this scape may take longer than the cycle.
https://i.imgur.com/aTp9pKKl.jpg |
Scape
well many hrs later and this is what I came up with...... All the piece that touch the glass are cut flat. There are 5pcs glued with JB waterwweld and cyano superglue. and a few island rocks just placed on bottom.
The water is very cloudy still and the crappy freshwater LED isint helping any. Any advice before sand? too much rock..... looks good.....I dunno https://i.imgur.com/vMmhTFqh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/jNLX3Oml.jpg https://i.imgur.com/EhjtDVYl.jpg |
Looks neat! Aquascaping is that of personal touch. As last by as you have good flow throughout it shouldn’t be an issue. IME all the ledges you have as well the flat rock will make perfect places for coral additions. :smile:
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Finished scape pic
I was really unsure about how the scape looked but after I added the sand and the water cleared I really like it.2 Jebao SW-8 powerheads added today, These things are pretty powerfull for there new smaller size.
Currently lit with 2x 48" t8 5600k shop lights lol. https://i.imgur.com/JnAmdfIh.jpg |
Copepod bloom
My tank is still cycling and I added some copepods a few days ago just to see how they would handle the ammonia. There are now loads of them all over the glass and rockwork. I'm having a hard time finding some info on pod blooms, what causes them how long do they last, what are they eating(only dosed phyto after I noticed the bloom), will they disappear?
I wonder if I keep dosing phyto every day or two, can keep the population... https://i.imgur.com/GvpMhO1h.jpg |
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From what I've read, they'll go as long as food lasts. Adding food every few days will certainly help. At some point the population will balance to the amount of food they have available to eat. They'll eat loads of stuff, phyto, food scraps, etc. |
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Best luck dude! and keep us updated |
supplemental lighting
For the lighting on this tank I plan on using 2x 165w china black box led's. And I just got a great deal on a 48" sunblaster T5HO fixture that came with a broken 6400k bulb(not a reef bulb anyway).
So what would be the BEST choice for a bulb to add some pop and coral growth to the tank? I feel that the black box led's keep coral healthy & alive but growing quite slow. With all the different brands and each one having many flavors I really don't have a clue what would be best. I can only pick 1 From reading online I'm leaning towards ATI Coral Plus, but I would like to hear from some long term T5HO users. Thanks |
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Love my YWG / shrimp buddies. I see you have 2 gobies - did they come as a bonded pair? I have no idea how to sex them but It would be nice to get my goby a mate. My goby was the first fish in the tank. JL told me it would change from grey to yellow & I was sceptical but lo and behold, they told the truth:)
In the 2 years I've had the tank, it went thru a few ebbs and flows. I took the advice of riding it out and it worked for me. I had a crazy amount of bristle worms, started thinking about traps, wrasses etc etc. Then over time they disappeared and now I see them occasionally which is perfect. Same thing with pineapple sponges. First they were cute, next thing I'm googling what will eat them. I had a huge number of pods too. At night, amphipods were swarming the rock like cockroaches. They only came out at night after my puffers went in the tank. Now with my mandarin, I think I need to boost my population. My budget has made it necessary to add things slowly but I think that has its benefits as well. |
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As for the mandarin you should get it eating frozen food, I have 2 spotted mandarins eating mysis daily from a Gatorade bottle. Its a lot easier than people make it sound. The yellow tang tries very hard to get its flat self inside but has not succeeded.:biggrin: https://i.imgur.com/7RdeyZ6h.jpg |
I've tried to feed my mandarin everything (except nutramar ova, couldn't source it). I just tried live baby brine & think he might've eaten some. He runs away from offered food lol. He's been living off the pods for over a year now. I added some tisbe pods & think I'll try Algae Barn's mix as the Apocyclops pods sound good & will add diversity. I read the spotted are less picky - should've gone with those instead haha.
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Tank update
Been a while since I updated
This is what the tank looks like today. 1 48" ATI Coral Plus & 1 china black box on sps side. Will add my other one after I empty my 38g tank. https://i.imgur.com/HJt4VsWh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/bxSukwWh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/75DEkW9h.jpg Current fish list 4 percula clowns 1 yellow corris wrasse 2 bangaii cardinal 1 yellow watchman goby 1 tiger pistol shrimp 2 green spotted mandarin 2 skunk cleaner shrimp 1 lawnmower blenny Planning to add 6 line wrasse, leopard wrasse, blue tang |
Coming along nicely. Enjoy the grow out phase. :biggrin:
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I like how you have divided the tank for sps grow out and have a lot of corals that display flow movement on the other side.
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Update!
Been about 10mo since an update so heres a pile of pictures.
https://i.imgur.com/dgUm1fch.jpg Left side https://i.imgur.com/PSxnB0hh.jpg Right side https://i.imgur.com/kzqDavmh.jpg Needle in haystack/Pacman https://i.imgur.com/Pof1Bpwh.jpg Rainbow Acan https://i.imgur.com/GuQsRowh.jpg Green/Gold tip milli https://i.imgur.com/VR4rgqfh.jpg Purple Valida https://i.imgur.com/Nrgxc2Oh.jpg Miami hurricane chalice https://i.imgur.com/FxO3lDsh.jpg Dragon soul favia https://i.imgur.com/knKY0Q9h.jpg Berserko cyphastrea https://i.imgur.com/GZCxtnUh.jpg Superman chalice https://i.imgur.com/m8plGy7h.jpg Enchanted forest birdnest https://i.imgur.com/ccOOvcIh.jpg Blasto merletti https://i.imgur.com/zWkAgBMh.jpg Rainbow loom https://i.imgur.com/NM9DgsSh.jpg Purple/green favia https://i.imgur.com/adCWyPhh.jpg Booty bounce shroom https://i.imgur.com/invLoOph.jpg Lava lord favia https://i.imgur.com/Fn8bkSEh.jpg |
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