Here are some SLR photos of the rimless setup. The system has been running for one month and everything is still quite stable. However I have had trouble keeping Calcium and dKH up as the larger volume of water volume necessitated an increase in routine doses. I have noticed wisps of algae on the glass and a bit of diatom algae on the sand bed which leads me to believe the aquarium is already producing nitrate again. Because I kept all of the rock 100% submerged in the transfer from the old tank the bacteria survived the move which may have minimized the cycle period. Not sure yet but due to the algae showing up but I think the system may be in the clear as far as re-cycles go.
I will post pics soon of the sump details. Also I just bought a Two Little Fishies Phosban Reactor and am running ROWA this should help keep the system at extremely low nutrient levels.
I have also recently begun dosing tiny amounts of Vodka started at 0.3ml and am up to (0.9 ml) daily as per reccomendation from
this article. This will be combined with MB7 for an Ultra Low Nutrient System. However this means I will most likely have to turn of the ROWAphos and get rid of the cheato in my fuge.
Equipment
Protien Skimmer: Vertex IN-100
Lighting: 250 watt Double Ended Metal Halide Lamp
Ballast: Ice Cap 250 Watt Electronic Ballast
Bulb: 250 Geissman 20k DE Megachrome Blue
Fuge Lighting: Jebo T5 Bulbs
Heater: 2x Eheim JAGER 150 Watt Heater
Water Motion: Eco-Tech Vortech MP10, Nano Koralia, Mag 9.5 Return Pump (7 ft. lift)
Filter Media: ROWAphos and Carbon/Zeolite Mix in a Two Little Fishies Phosban Reactor, 1 Unit Chemi-Pure Elite, Filter Floss
ATO: D.I.Y. auto top of using a TOM Aqua lifter, a float valve and a 40g Rubbermaid bin.
Parameters
Salinity Level: 1.025
pH: 8.2
Calcium Level: 440
Alkalinity: 9 dKh
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite Levels: 0
Nitrate Levels: <5
Phosphate: 0
Sandbed Depth: 3-4 in.
Liverock: 43 lbs
Livestock
Fish: 2 Black Ocellaris Clownfish (Paired)
SPS: True Bali Tricolor Acropora, Acropora Tenius, Neon Green/Blue Acropora, Purple Millipora, Green Millipora, Blue/Green Tipped Acropora, Pink Birdsnest, Purple/Green Acropora, Orange Acropora, Red Montipora Cap, Hydnophora Rigida, Green/Yellow Digitata, Orange/Red Montipora Cap, Blue/Green Tortusa, Purple Polyp Green Digitata, Red Polyp Digitata, Aussi Delicate
LPS: LA Lakers Scroll Coral, Red Blastomussa, Diploria Brain, White, Red and Green Acan, Pink and White Acan, Purple and Green Favia, Echinophyllia, Caulastrea Candy Cane, Torch Coral
Softies: Yellow Tonga Leather, Assorted Zoanthids, Purple Mushrooms, Green Star Polyps, Yellow Yuma, Orange Ricordia, Blue Ricordia, Kenya Tree, Pulsing Xenia
Invertebrates: Emerald Crab, Squamosa Clam, 12 Blue Legged Hermit Crabs, Several Astreas and Nassarius Snails, True Peppermint Shrimp, Red Starfish
As always thanks for reading and feel free to leave comments or feedback.