184g basement 8ft reef

[Roskoreef]

So I took the plunge... selling all my freshwater stuffs, bought a new house and a beautiful custom 92" x 21" x 22" 3-sided starphire peninsula tank from concept! here it is near end of construction.

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Also had them make me a custom U-Flow Sump to accomodate the drain and return on the same side of the sump. I am plumbing the sump into the furnace room about 6ft away.



I bought a reef octopus hy-10000w, with 1" output... they didnt have it in stock so i got a deal on the hy-12500w. Great i thought, totally spaced on output... now 1.25" return output, thus the quickly rigged plumbing coming out of the pump.

The basement is all finished and the bar is the new stand! Just need to reinforce it...



well that did it.... hope it holds water..

[Roskoreef]

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water in and 110lbs. pukani from fijireefrock.

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Apex, Skimmer and DOS set up, aswell as ATO

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Now time to cure and cycle

[Roskoreef]

wow that was a fast cycle, about 6 minutes... no im kidding i have wanted to make a tank journal for a while and now i have time, the tank is now cycled and i have set up some lights. Yes, some lights.. i wanted to go with radions as the didplay colours are fantastic (even if i have to have a bit of my tank unlit for a while). So at the moment i only have 1 radion g3 pro running and plans to have 4 in the end, but will slowly upgrade. I plan on keeping softies and LPS for at least a year so im not too worried.

Added 2 clownfish, and a golden rabbit fish with some soft corals

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[reefwars]

looking kien buddy

[kien]

Originally Posted by reefwars

looking kien buddy

HUH???

Great looking tank though !! That's going to be 8 feet of awesome to play with !

[mikellini]

This is almost the exact dream tank I want. Except I'd go for 30" wide, 90 long, and probably 24" tall.

Following, can't wait to see progress!

[Roskoreef]

Im going to add a radion freshwater tomorrow.... i looked into the difference, and without the green or red on either, the FW is about 70% of the xr15pro in terms of wattage. instead of cool white, there is neutral white. Should work out.

heres some new corals... i got an acro crab on this one









favourite starfish..

[Roskoreef]

ok, added a freshwater radion... what a pain in the ass. At first reeflink couldnt distinguish the saltwater lights from the FW in terms of programming...bunch of restarts later it now knows there is a new light.Next it wouldnt let me add a FW light to my aquarium with XR pros.. pfft.. lame. Had to make a separate aquarium and copy the schedule. To Match XR pros at 35% the best i could, i set the FW radion to 30% of the neutral and full of everything besides red and green, overall power 65%... looks similar... well see.

[Roskoreef]

new lieutenant tang..



made friends with the golden rabbit right away

[Roskoreef]

this stuff is quality! not even 15 minutes of dosing my polyps are like ive never seen them..