184g basement 8ft reef

[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]

i got another radion xr15 pro which came with 120 degree lenses, and i already have them on the 30. im trying to squeeze as much light out of these as possible.

[Roskoreef]

i came home today to find the spots of brown algae had turned into covering a bunch of the rocks... reduced light by an hour and some intensity, mad big water change and some more snails should do..




The Coral Beautys seem to eat some of it, they try at least..



Snails are pretty quick, should be a different story tomorrow.

[Roskoreef]

ok algae/diatom bloom is over, parameters are good, tank looks awesome.... exept one of my radions (xr15pro) seems to be dimmer than the others... probably need to calibrate it, anybody know how to calibrate from apex?



it almost seems dark on one side, even tho apex says they are all the same power level

[trilinearmipmap]

How was it moving that tank, maneuvering it through doorways etc? How many people to carry it?

[Roskoreef]

It wasnt so bad with the help i had, we had 4 guys: 2 large, 1 old and me (not large). Used a flat dolly for across mainfloor, then slid it down the stairs on the plywood base. I was lucky to have a tall enough staircase to stand it on end and no tight turns.

[Roskoreef]

Well i thought i was going to hold off on sps for a while, but i think ive got my flow dialed in to accomodate high flow areas and low flow areas aswell as low light areas. Im using gyres to have a vertical top to bottom flow around the outside and a jebao 15 to break it up in the middle on one end. So the end of the peninsula is a bit calmer, less light but still nothing settling on the bottom.

right, darker calm side


left, brighter and more flow

[Roskoreef]

Here is how i have decided to skin my cat:

Display 184G

Sump 47G, 3/4 full w/live rock and equip - 20G


Total Volume - 204G best guess
Skimmer - Reef Octopus 225INT 8"
RODI - aquasafecanada 200gpd w/ 3g reserve and ATO
Return Pump - Reef Octopus hy-12500 2595gph w/3ft head
ZeoVit 3.0
2 Maxspect Gyre
Jebao RW-15
Jebao RW-20 (Not Used)
100lbs Pukani dry rock(cured by spraying with hot water, followed by 1 day freshwater soak in display, 100% water change, then cycled with live sand for 10 days - done with no issues)
few lbs live for sport