Steve's 228G ... my reeftank 2.0

[Buccaneer]

Shot of the camouflaged doorway

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Sink and RO unit

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Fold down ramp behind tank





Can see the returns for the closed loops more clearly here

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QT tank cycling

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Sump

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In the above pic the green garbage bin is my RO water storage with a float valve, pump and heater ... the bucket in front of that is circulating salt for water change.

Going through the usual cycles ... first was diatoms and a few days ago a spot or 2 of cyano so I have cut back from 3 X 400W MH to just the center MH on a reduced light cycle and so far it has held it back to one small spot down low that I blow off each night before lights out

Need to add a auto top off from the RO storage to the sump next

[Myka]

Looks good! Love the hidden doorway - I didn't even understand how it worked until you showed the pic of it open. I really like the idea of your boardwalk too, no ladders. Of course the Bob Marley banner is sweet too.

Originally Posted by Buccaneer

Going through the usual cycles ... first was diatoms and a few days ago a spot or 2 of cyano so I have cut back from 3 X 400W MH to just the center MH on a reduced light cycle and so far it has held it back to one small spot down low that I blow off each night before lights out

IME, tanks do better at the beginning if you just run your actinics/blues for the first month, then slowly introduce the halides increasing by an hour a week or so. It really makes a big difference, and the blues seem to really get the coralline growing.