39g to 57g Rimless

[Gitsoe]

Fixed

I'll start this post off with my CAD 39g Signature. I only had it for about 3 months before i upgraded to the 57g. I really regret getting the AIO system. before i was scared with whole "sump" idea but now i cant see myself ever buying an AIO ever again. Anyhoo ...lets get started.

WARNING REALLY BAD IPHONE PICS BELOW

Just Cycled.

Was happy with their LED fixture but not super about it.

Highly regret putting sand in the fuge chamber, due to a leak it caused the water to be very cloudy.

Got Some Frags in

Found this teddy bear looking crab and took him out cause i didnt know if he was the good or evil kind.

Some Unknown Panamanian Zoas from DD

Green Goniopora, With some weird Anemone i guess on the bottom.

Mushroom actinodiscus i think.

Some Really brown Duncans But they colored up in the 57.

 

[Gitsoe]

It Sucked working on the tank when it was in my closet so my dad and my wicked carpentry skills created this ultra cheap awesome Designer Stand!!!

Peep The SICK Gold STUDS!!

Got Some Frags From YourReef, good service from them

New Rockscape

 

[Gitsoe]

Infared Goni

Yuma

 

[Gitsoe]

This sifter was the only fish i had in there and i hated him! he always irritated my corals with sand but i guess hes just doing him! G

 

[Gitsoe]

Then i got this 57g Oceanic Illuminata and a Custom Stand From Neptunes in Milpitas

I also Bought their Custom Sump and i love it

Painted the back glass 2 coats on the inside and two on the outside.....jk

Got Two 15k Kessils drilled the canopy also got a 50/50 reefbrite but i wish i got the all blue model,
i don't think i have seen any other LED with as much shimmer as the Kessils and i even got the AI SOL

Dumped some LR in their and some Dr.Tims One and Only

OH yeah this was the first set up of the sump then changed to hard pipes took out the reactor pump and tapped into to the return pump and connected it to the reactor, one less pump more quieter.
When i first ran this setup it kept make this gargling noise like a toilet flushing but then i accidentally fixed the problem when i extended the drain and gave it an elbow now its super quiet and the loudest things are the 2 MP-40s .

Reef Octopus Skimmer
dual BRS Reactors
300w Heater
some crappy desk light which i swapped out for a nice LED

in the fuge got DSB,rock rubble and a handful of chaeto which now totally grew out so much its coming out of the water .

 

[Gitsoe]

after my cycle was done which was only like 2 weeks i put a pair of clown and 2 MP-40s also got an Apex from Neptune Systems which i love and don't know how i could run a tank without it haha

New Led for fuge i got from Home Depot and no heat at all

 

[Gitsoe]

Moved all the corals from my 39 into the new 57 and gave the 39 to my cousin,
horrible iphone pic...


These Pics don't do any of the corals justice ...they are all super bright ill take new pics but for now-

Jokers , gonis, pink nebs and unknown AC bright orange palys

can anyone ID these?

 

[Gitsoe]

Fire and ice, pink and yellow goni, grey and neon yuma and uknown green zoos any id?

FTS of the tank about a month and a half ago


Overstocked animals are
2-clowns
2-randall gobies paired with pistol shrimp which i never see
midas blenny
started with 6 geen cromis then 5 now 4 but i wish ZERO
a blue tang
yellow coris
cleaner wrasse

fire shrimp
2 pepermint shrimp now taken out cause they ate my hammer
2 skunk shrimp to replace peppermints
load of blue lag and scarlet hermits
and some tonga snails and turbo snails

still want a leopard wrasse a possum wrasse or a mystery but dont know if the coris will fight it.

got a new awesome Blue and Purple Striped chalice but sadly yesterday he was destroyed by the big guy behind him

he actually grew to edge of the frag disk .

Here are some more of up to date-ish pics about a month ago..
got some new things

new frags-

SPS
rainbow monti
tyree blue polyp cap
neon green monti
purple and neon green monti
sunset monti
ATL Ultra Purple and green Garf Bonsai
a bunch of unknown sticks not really into sps

Softies
blue, green and orange shrooms
Pumpkin spice yuma
unknown grey and green yuma
purple and green ric
blueish colt
neon green finger coral
GSP
pulsating xenias
start poplyps

Zoos
Nuke Greens
purple deaths
captain Americas
happy people eater colony
magicians
ATL Massacres
Candy apple reds
Tropical Skittles
Speckled Mary Janes
Ding Dangs
fire and ice
kiwi limes
over easies
orange palys unknown
armor of gods
devils armor
Tyree Armageddon II
Blue eye Blonde *****
Purple hornets
Green Kush
Utter chaos
purple people eaters
red galaxies
pink nebulas
pink zippers
sum unknown green and purple zoas
unknown colonies
Unknown Cherry Charm looking palys but better looking IMO
Desert Storm
Poseidon
eagle eyes
brown and orange unknowns
lunars
EZs
clementines

LPS
Elegance
pipe organ
red and rainbow trachy
green and bue wellsi (o)?
red and grey acan lord
orange and yellow acan lord
green and red acan echanta
blue and red acan enchanta
neon green favia
rainbow favia
christmas favia
war coral
white goni
red and blue tip goni
neon goni
pink and yellow goni
yellow tip green based Torch
Galaxea
Frogspawn
green and blue Maze coral
Duncans

chalices
Unknown red and orange ATL chalice
Mummy eye
purple and blue banded chalice
green and rend striped unknown chalice
alien eye
unknown green and grey chalice.
and a new AI SOL

 

[Sugo]

Nice build! Love the pumpkin spice Yuma. 2 kessils, 1 reefbrite, and an AI sol? I think your lighting needs are more then met lol. Keep us updated!

 

[Gitsoe]

Nice build! Love the pumpkin spice Yuma. 2 kessils, 1 reefbrite, and an AI sol? I think your lighting needs are more then met lol. Keep us updated!

thanks I got the pumpkin spice in horrible condition, the previous owner's tank really was neglected, I'm talking about GHA forest with aptasia everywhere! took a while to come back

 

[Gitsoe]

I'll try to post some new pics tomorrow with my new canon 7d no macro lens yet any suggestions on a cheap decent macro lens?
also got some new pieces in so watch for that!

 

[Sugo]

I'll try to post some new pics tomorrow with my new canon 7d

Why?

 

[Gitsoe]

Why?

why what? why take pictures?

 

[skinz78]

Looking good! That nem at the base of the Goni looks like a baby Ricordea to me?

 

[hddtran]

Your tank came along pretty well.
there are quite a few 57g setup in the forum.

 

[LILBUDDHA]

Nicely done .
. So ur just using the 2 Kessils and a RB ?
I am still trying to figure out how do you get inside the work on the tank ?
BTW I think Sugo meant why wait ... Take some pic's now ..

 

[Gitsoe]

Your tank came along pretty well.
there are quite a few 57g setup in the forum.

Thanks!

 

[Gitsoe]

Nicely done .
. So ur just using the 2 Kessils and a RB ?
I am still trying to figure out how do you get inside the work on the tank ?
BTW I think Sugo meant why wait ... Take some pic's now ..

YUUP!!! (sorry been watching a lot of storage wars) Just 2 kessils and a 5050 reefbrite, I also have an AI SOL blue but I don't use it So I'm planning on a new tank for that,

This thread is pretty old I need to UPDATE this but yeah the canopy has two hinges on the back so I can lift it up to work on it.

 

[endy0430]

looking good

 

[FishSticks05]

Very nice tank!!!! Im stealing that led refugium idea from you! I like it a lot.