74 gallon SPS Dominator

Streetdoc77 · Feb 3, 2016

Hello all , I am new here at R2R and would like to share my deep blue 74 gallon tower tank.

I'm looking forward to gaining more perspective into our awsome hobby , Im all about sustainability and responsible fish keeping.

Streetdoc77 · Feb 3, 2016

Heres an equipment list of my current set up .

Gen 3 radion
4T5
Neptune apex
Netune auto feeder
Mp10 , Mp40 qd
Battery backup
Reef octopus xs 160 skimmer
Octopus biopellet reactor
Sicce 3 return pump
3 brs dosing pumps
Tunze ato
Brs gfo carbon reactor.

This is a setup pic march of 14

Streetdoc77 · Feb 4, 2016

The tonga rock is three pieces welded together. Tricky stuff to work with I probably won't use it on my next project , but is an excellent medium for a tall tank.

favites · Feb 4, 2016

Welcome! Interesting tank dimensions and great aquascape! Will be following along...

Mark

Streetdoc77 · Feb 4, 2016

There were certain unique challenges that had to be overcome due to the dimensions the tank 24x24x30 and the fact that I wanted a sps dominant tank .

I thought in the beginning 1 radion gen 1 and a mp10 would suffice, this was nowhere near enough flow or lighting , so I added a mp40 to the back of the tank and moved the mp10 to the left side of the tank with the return pointed to the right side of the tank . Both mp's are on short pulse mode running on fusion . Lighting upgrades would come later.

Another problem I ran into was evaporation and had a serious need for an ATO . I Plumbed the ro unit to the water supply and ran it through the ceiling to a 10 gallon resovior . I wish I had planned this one from the beginning so the ro line and valve were plumbed straight into the sump instead of having a resovior it would have saved $200 lol lesson learned.

favites · Feb 4, 2016

Hey if that's the only lesson you learn moving forward, you got off cheap!!

Streetdoc77 · Feb 4, 2016

Lol sadly it's not .... Many lessons learned hahaha

revhtree · Feb 4, 2016

Cool tank!

GOSKN5 · Feb 6, 2016

Post that updated pic.. great tank

Streetdoc77 · Feb 6, 2016

Here are a couple of unedited fts , the tank will be three years old in March . Will give an updated coral and fish list ,dosing rigement ,lighting schedule and settings soon

Streetdoc77 · Feb 9, 2016

The heart of the beast !

Streetdoc77 · Feb 9, 2016

I currently run thru 28ml of alk a day keeps it around 8.4 dkh and 40ml of calcium and it hovers at around 460. I run 6 ml of reef plus a day and 8 ml of acropower. Dosing pumps run hourly to keep things somewhat consistent. Chems are adjusted once a month

Streetdoc77 · Feb 9, 2016

I run the radion for 10hr with max of 70 % on lunar cycle and tir lenses , the back t5 runs for 5hr and the front t5 runs for 4hr , both have true atanic and aqua blu special bulbs .

Streetdoc77 · Feb 9, 2016

revhtree · Feb 10, 2016

This is a great tank.

Streetdoc77 · Feb 10, 2016

revhtree said:
This is a great tank.

Thank you so much !

Streetdoc77 · Aug 23, 2016

Heres an updated fts.

Streetdoc77 · Aug 23, 2016

Pic

Streetdoc77 · Aug 23, 2016

Has anyoune had your ecotech battery backup up smoke and dump battery acid on the floor ? Mine did a month ago ...thank god ot was outside of my tank. I would suggest to everone who has one over there sump to put it on the outside of the tank. Ecotech was unwilling to do anything about it since it was out of warranty. ....