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Thanks so much AquaART.
I really appreciate the detail you went into.
Pics of your outside setup and wall plumbing would be super helpful.

I will definitely bug you more when it’s time for me to make it happen
 
Thanks so much AquaART.
I really appreciate the detail you went into.
Pics of your outside setup and wall plumbing would be super helpful.

I will definitely bug you more when it’s time for me to make it happen

My absolute pleasure. I'll get some of those pictures tomorrow...
 

Absolutely, thanks for asking!

To be honest this new experience has been causing me some hiccups, but nothing I couldn't handle. A few weeks back, for some strange reason, I had fish die unexpectedly. Parameters were all perfect so it bugged my mind for a while. During this entire time a had a minor Dino outbreak which I have began to get a grasp on early—most of it is gone and I have just started the DinoX treatment, just to be sure it never comes back. I concluded that this bloom was the most likely factor in of fish deaths. Thus far, everything has been okay.

Full Tank Shot: 2-25-2018 3pm
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Here are a few of 'nicer' corals that I have. Nothing too special, but I love em! Their colors are a little washed out because I decided to run growth specs for a while (Whiter spectrum, higher temperature, dosing amino acids). So far everything has been growing super well! This acropora below (a really dark purple/blue in person) grew that little branch on the left in just under two weeks.
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This acro is also looking awesome. When I first got it the body was fairly pale, since then it has turned into a darker brown with dark blue polyps, and bright blue tops—each stem has added 1/4" of growth since introduction in late January.
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A cool little Acan, a vibrant orange with splashes of green. Hard to photograph these suckers.
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No idea what this acro is, fairly pale when I got him a week ago, but it's slowly coloring up to a fluorescent green with purplish polyps.
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Here are all of my current fish, for some reason my school of chromis didn't work out, as a dominant male seemed to appear and just killed off the others one by one.
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To help color up the corals, I have started the Red Sea TraceColors program. No real progress to report currently, and I will have to delay additions until my Dinos are completely gone.
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That's all that I got humming thus far;however, I must commemorate Bob for his Spring cleaning efforts. My sand bed looks incredible.
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beautiful...

would you mind sharing the mixing station details with some additional pictures.
I am sure you got busy with other things on the tank... lol .. figured i would remind you of my request.
 
beautiful...

would you mind sharing the mixing station details with some additional pictures.
I am sure you got busy with other things on the tank... lol .. figured i would remind you of my request.

100%! I am so sorry, it flew out of my mind completely as I am hammered with school. I'll have some time on Wednesday to get some more details. It's actually a really simple system.
 
Updates!

So I got a frag pack from a reefer here on Reef2Reef about a week ago, and wow they are some amazing corals! Shoutout to Som1else
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I also had an issue where I had nearly undetectable nutrients and my corals began to turn very pale.
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I decided it was a great opportunity to get a few new Anthias to help bring up the bio load. So here are the new family members!
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Unfortunately, this caused my dinoflagellates to come back ;Blackeye
Man I hate this stuff. It doesn't seem to bother anything—at least not currently, but I am starting to cut back on feeding to find the right balance. I really am lost as to how to take care of it other than keeping nutrients low, but I'll keep siphoning it into the filter sock until it begins to die back down.
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That being said, we had a power outage last night, and wow it made me and my tank feel vulnerable. I decided that it was time to install the UPS backup I got on black friday. So today, I got it in the stand. I still have to prop it up so it never touches water in the event of a water spillage. With this setup, the tank can run for 45 minutes under all standard settings (only lighting turns off), and around 3 hours with just the return pump and VorTechs under their normal settings. I have yet to ever experience a power outage over 3 hours, so I think I should be adequately safe with this solution.
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With all the new changes going on, I also thought it maybe time to get my two part system installed. I decided to get the dosers pulled out and labeled them in my favorite color...
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And to wrap this post up, today's Full Tank Shot.
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That's all for now! Thanks for following everyone—I should have another update tomorrow.
 

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