Dual lowboy frag tank build

[leepink23]

1st acro growing in my frag tank. Miyagi Tort. Waiting on snails and tangs Saturday

 

[User]

Update! Update! Update! Lol!

 

[leepink23]

Update! Update! Update! Lol!

The tank has been going through an ugly phase. My tester sps are doing good though so far. My yellow eye and tomini are doing great. Once I know it can sustain sps I will move the tsa coral to the lowboy. Not wanting to rush it though.

 

[Coastie Reefer]

I love lowboy builds! I have a couple myself What part of MS are you in?

 

[leepink23]

I love lowboy builds! I have a couple myself What part of MS are you in?

Wow, that’s a nice fish room!!!! Quitman, MS. You?

 

[Coastie Reefer]

Wow, that’s a nice fish room!!!! Quitman, MS. You?

Thanks! I'm from Tallulah, LA but live in West Monroe, LA now. I have family in Quitman and Meridian though.

 

[leepink23]

The frag tank is doing good. Acros are growing, had to start dosing earlier in the week. Just setup my dosers and moved my trident from the main tank to the frag tank. The main tank has been stable for 6+ months so it’s better used with the frag tank.

 

[leepink23]

Interstellar bounce from my main tank that I recently sold. Frag tanks are doing well. Acros are growing. I am up to 27 ml per day of 2 part dosing.

 

[leepink23]

Fragged several from my main tank. I will try to get some pictures of my grow out side.

 

[leepink23]

Acros looking good in the lowboys! These are under radium metal halide.

 

[leepink23]

Jason Foxflame starting to encrust. So far all the acros are doing great!

 

[Drobbin0608]

#goals

 

[KSReefing]

This is awesome. I just ordered my two low boys today!

 

[leepink23]

This is awesome. I just ordered my two low boys today!

Awesome! Definitely link a build thread so I can check it out!

 

[JohnnyK]

I also started a two frag tank build. They are 80 gal tanks with an 80 gal for a sump. Needing a return pump, skimmer and glass to make compartments for the sump. My biggest hold up is a RODI system. I am not able to make enough water currently to fill this system or water for this system and my main system for weekly water changes.

John in Halifax

 

[leepink23]

I also started a two frag tank build. They are 80 gal tanks with an 80 gal for a sump. Needing a return pump, skimmer and glass to make compartments for the sump. My biggest hold up is a RODI system. I am not able to make enough water currently to fill this system or water for this system and my main system for weekly water changes.

John in Halifax

Very nice! I use a spectrapure 90gpd to fill 2 separate 30 gallon brute containers

 

[vanpire]

I also started a two frag tank build. They are 80 gal tanks with an 80 gal for a sump. Needing a return pump, skimmer and glass to make compartments for the sump. My biggest hold up is a RODI system. I am not able to make enough water currently to fill this system or water for this system and my main system for weekly water changes.

John in Halifax

I believe you can just order the 90 gpd or higher membrane and the flow restrictor from Spectrapure to increase the your RO/DI capacity. Shouldn't cost you more than $50.

Nice looking build by the way.

 

[vanpire]

@leepink23 : What do you like about your LEDs frag tank and what do you like about the halides one? Curious to the opinion of one running both.

 

[leepink23]

@leepink23 : What do you like about your LEDs frag tank and what do you like about the halides one? Curious to the opinion of one running both.

The LEDS to me give much better fluorescence, but the halides give a huge blanket of coverage. I prefer the look of the Leds. I get a lot of heat from the halide but I definitely like that it’s just on an off.

 

[vanpire]

How are coral growth and health between the two?