d2mini's 200g Reeftastic Reef - Part Deux!

d2mini · Feb 1, 2015

Chaeto Death Star update vid!

2-3 weeks of growth since that first vid.

[video=youtube;vyc9fdCe244]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyc9fdCe244[/video]

gettaReef · Feb 1, 2015

That growth is just insane...very cool

Ginu · Feb 2, 2015

That ball is very cool... The growth on it is amazing...

143MPCo · Feb 9, 2015

Barber, Just a little off the top pls... lol

Dextereef · Feb 10, 2015

Biggest ball of cheato I've ever seen. Lol.

gtbarsi · Feb 11, 2015

With it that big is it still spinning? *Edit: NM, just saw the video!

d2mini · Feb 13, 2015

Here's an FTS.

I finally got the last of the bigger colonies cut down and attached to the rock.
Still have some coloring up to do on some of the SPS, still getting used to the new tank.

And this shows my current bulb combo with the three stages, written at the bottom of each pic.

rs1831 · Feb 13, 2015

Wow, looks amazing!

d2mini · Feb 14, 2015

Thanks!

kidtango · Feb 14, 2015

Looking awesome, Dennis.

Tstead_504 · Feb 18, 2015

That is an incredible set up!! I am in the process of putting together my own tank (60x30x27) I'd like to talk with you about your fish room if at all possible and some of the component you are curently using.

d2mini · Feb 18, 2015

Tstead_504 said:
That is an incredible set up!! I am in the process of putting together my own tank (60x30x27) I'd like to talk with you about your fish room if at all possible and some of the component you are curently using.

Thanks!
Sure, ask away. That's why my thread is here.

Tstead_504 · Feb 18, 2015

d2mini said:
Thanks!
Sure, ask away. That's why my thread is here.

What has your experience with Jeff from LifeReef been? As well as his equpiment and build quality?

d2mini · Feb 18, 2015

Tstead_504 said:
What has your experience with Jeff from LifeReef been? As well as his equpiment and build quality?

Jeff is a good guy. A little eccentric, but a good guy.
His build quality is great. Maybe not always as "polished" as some of the high end custom builders, but his stuff is meant to be used, not put on display, ya know?
Everything he builds is tried and true. He'll customize whatever you want. His stuff just works. No nonsense.
His skimmer rocks and is my favorite piece of equipment from him.

Tstead_504 · Feb 19, 2015

d2mini said:
Jeff is a good guy. A little eccentric, but a good guy.
His build quality is great. Maybe not always as "polished" as some of the high end custom builders, but his stuff is meant to be used, not put on display, ya know?
Everything he builds is tried and true. He'll customize whatever you want. His stuff just works. No nonsense.
His skimmer rocks and is my favorite piece of equipment from him.

Great, thats pretty much the same feeling I got from him when talking on the phone. Seems to know his product very well and is extremely confident about it. What are you running in your canisters in the sump? Also, who is the manufacturer of your calcium reactor? and what brand media are you running?

d2mini · Feb 19, 2015

Confident would be an understatement.

Right now i'm just running carbon. My nitrates are pretty much undetectable and po4 is still within reason.
So the other two are empty and I don't even have the biopellet reactor yet.

The CaRx is a LifeReef too.
If you go this route, definitely plan on either getting the Aquarium Plants Carbon Doser or look into building a high quality two stage regulator.
How to build a CO2 regulator for your calcium reactor. - Reef Central Online Community
I had issues with dialing in the regulator he sent me with the needle valve. Way too touchy.
And I had terrible time trying to get the Coarse ARM media to dissolve. Finally switched to Two Little Fishies REBORN media and this made all the difference.
Now I ditched the little RIO feed pump and run a Cole-Parmer Masterflex pump for ultimate control/consistent effluent flow.
This is a great thread on that.
Official: Masterflex Calcium Reactor Setup Thread - Reef Central Online Community

Here's my setup. The clear tubing on the right runs to the barbed fitting in the side of the sump. That's the effluent output line.
The Co2 tank is located outside the fish room, just on the other side of that left wall.

ReEfnWrX · Feb 19, 2015

Hey Dennis, have you ever thought about running ZEOvit?

PonySeaArt · Feb 21, 2015

Awesome tank!

Electrobes · Feb 21, 2015

d2mini said:
Confident would be an understatement.

Right now i'm just running carbon. My nitrates are pretty much undetectable and po4 is still within reason.
So the other two are empty and I don't even have the biopellet reactor yet.

The CaRx is a LifeReef too.
If you go this route, definitely plan on either getting the Aquarium Plants Carbon Doser or look into building a high quality two stage regulator.
How to build a CO2 regulator for your calcium reactor. - Reef Central Online Community
I had issues with dialing in the regulator he sent me with the needle valve. Way too touchy.
And I had terrible time trying to get the Coarse ARM media to dissolve. Finally switched to Two Little Fishies REBORN media and this made all the difference.
Now I ditched the little RIO feed pump and run a Cole-Parmer Masterflex pump for ultimate control/consistent effluent flow.
This is a great thread on that.
Official: Masterflex Calcium Reactor Setup Thread - Reef Central Online Community

Here's my setup. The clear tubing on the right runs to the barbed fitting in the side of the sump. That's the effluent output line.
The Co2 tank is located outside the fish room, just on the other side of that left wall.