Friday night tank pictures!
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Bob Escher
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Well I only have probably a year or so when my tank will look that good. Just beautiful
Thanks so much for sharing
Thanks so much for sharing
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eric.battani
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Thanks Bob! This tank is my favorite of all my tanks I've ever had. Its been running for a few years now. I'm currently giving it a complete overhaul with a new rock scape and I'm adding a sump, algae scrubber, dosing pump, rock reactor, and refugium for macro algae. Also I just recently switched from a kessil A150 to a 150watt metal halide!
My main secret to success is I do weekly one gallon water changes with real ocean water. But with all my corals growing so well, water changes are no longer able to keep up with my Alk/Cal needs. So that's why I'm adding a dosing pump.
Here's a link to my overhaul build thread
http://reef2reef.com/threads/overhaul-of-my-24g-cardiff-nano-reef.233911/
Bob Escher
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Wow I know the 150 isn't really "tune able" why wouldn't you go with a kessell 360 unless you had halides already
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eric.battani
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Well even though kessils are nice, it was turning some of my acros green. And after some research,I found others had the same issues. So I decided I wanted growth over just popping colors, and went with a 150 watt halide. Yes I have a slight temp issue. But I run a fan and it keeps me about 78-80* but after I install my new cabinet, it has a cooling over the sump. So I will be able to get rid of the cooling fan hanging on the side of my tank.
Now the current bulb in my halide is a older bulb. I chose to run the older bulb so I didn't shock my corals with a bright new 20k bulb. This way they have a transition period from led to halide. At the end of this month I will replace the bulb with a new 20k Phoenix bulb
Bob Escher
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Cool, I'm waiting for my QT to cycle then for a bonus check ( and a disability check) I'll be upgrading to a 65 gal tank from a freshwater 37 gal tank. I have most things for it already. Started with Vortech MP 10 pumps, full apex controller system ( the $545.00 but have add one) a floating sand bed filter, Current USA reef lights, innovative marine reactor. I have freshwater stuff that I need to sell, two aquatop CF 500 canister filters, a CPR XL HOB refugium, marineland light and so on but I will probably give them away to a school and a friend that needs them more than me
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