2015 Dream Tank Giveaway

kuyatwo · Jul 30, 2016

Personally Chris I would try with out the t5's if you don't like the results then add them. I am getting great growth and color on my corals some are even growing faster than what I used before t5/mh setup.

olaggie01 · Jul 31, 2016

kuyatwo said:
Personally Chris I would try with out the t5's if you don't like the results then add them. I am getting great growth and color on my corals some are even growing faster than what I used before t5/mh setup.

Thanks Pampee. I'm going to hold off on them for now. The Radions will provide plenty of coverage and light for now. Once I get into SPS or at least corals that need more light, I'll add the T5. I've got them for now, but they may just sit in the closet

olaggie01 · Jul 31, 2016

I'm going to wash the sand and put it in this week.

By the way, this is the quietest tank I have ever owned. The overflow is dead silent, the pumps, skimmer and lights are so quiet.

So nice since its in my office

boostedvq · Aug 1, 2016

olaggie01 said:
What do you guys this of this Apex board?

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Any more photos of the Apex board? I"m intrigued by this idea.

olaggie01 · Aug 3, 2016

boostedvq said:
Any more photos of the Apex board? I"m intrigued by this idea.

Yup. Been working on it this week. I wanted something that would allow me to attach all the components without screwing 100 holes into the cabinet

I'll send a few more pics

olaggie01 · Aug 3, 2016

Not a bad view from my office chair

revhtree · Aug 3, 2016

Love it!!

olaggie01 · Aug 3, 2016

revhtree said:
Love it!!

Thanks Rev. Our decorator wants to wrap the tank in wall paper to match the other side of the room. Not sure I think that is a good idea

olaggie01 · Aug 3, 2016

Still need to clean up a few remaining wires and do the left side but here is the right side of the sump

josh.j.avila · Aug 3, 2016

olaggie01 said:
Thanks Rev. Our decorator wants to wrap the tank in wall paper to match the other side of the room. Not sure I think that is a good idea

That's bad bull Chris.

olaggie01 · Aug 4, 2016

josh.j.avila said:
That's bad bull Chris.

Trust me, I just shook my head and walked away when she said that.

ss95003 · Aug 6, 2016

Looks great!

olaggie01 · Aug 8, 2016

ss95003 said:
Looks great!

Thanks. Moving along. Thinking about adding sand...

olaggie01 · Aug 10, 2016

Added sand over the last 2 days. I'll take a pic tomorrow once the tank clears but I'm really digging the special floor grade sand from Carbisea.

Any recommendations on dosing pumps? I need one with at least 3 heads.

tom reilly · Aug 10, 2016

Way to go Texas!

Dropped · Aug 11, 2016

Ive been using the jebai DP4, it works well, bit of a prick to program.

My bubble Magus is better though, super easy to program, set the ML then set how many doses per day you want that spread across.

DP4 is half the price though and has 4 heads.

olaggie01 · Aug 12, 2016

Dropped said:
Ive been using the jebai DP4, it works well, bit of a ***** to program.

My bubble Magus is better though, super easy to program, set the ML then set how many doses per day you want that spread across.

DP4 is half the price though and has 4 heads.

Thanks for the info on the dosing pumps. I'll have to look at the BM. I do like the Koemer line as well.

olaggie01 · Aug 18, 2016

Well, murphy would strike when I'm out of town. Got a text last night at 3 AM local time that the aquarium had 1" of water in the stand. We had a power outage earlier in the day and the tank must have back siphoned from the returns, overflowing the sump. Thank goodness I had Chris Benner install an acrylic tray in the bottom of the sump. Saved my floors from a certain flood. Of course when the power came back on, the ATO drained trying to compensate so the Tunze osmolator was also going crazy. All in all, a good test of my tray but I'm upset I didn't make the returns siphon less from the main tank.

I'll check in today and see how everything looks.