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Hey y’all figured I’d post an update. My marine x 35.1 is just a few weeks old and I am already loving the set up. The ATO has made it possible to have an incredibly consistent salinity.
Here is a full
tank photo
As you can see the tank is pretty well seeded with Coral frags for being so new- I do have some cycling going on evidenced by what I believe are diatoms, I wouldn’t have added so much coral during this period if I didn’t have my brother helping me out with frags/colonies. The monti and the Duncan as well as many other coral frags were free to me- pulled from his 270 gallon mixed reef.
Here is what I am doing.
-I have two filter socks on most the time, I put course filter pad on top so I can clean the pad daily(easy) and the socks weekly(pain in the rear). Sometimes I don’t run them after dosing bacteria
hyto
r adding copepods.
-I am doing daily 1-3% water changes for the most part.
-Flow is fairly high with an oversized return pump that turns over the sump 5-10 times an hour. Also an oversized power head(wish I would have gone with two smaller ones) huge increase in flow in display.
-I am running the kessil a360 with a narrow field
-in sump I have a big filter sponge before the return pump. I have a egg crate divider with bioballs on the side that is constantly being aerated and cheto/calerpa on the other side with a FluvalSmart freshwater plant light I already had.
-I have two titanium 100w heaters set up to the ink bird thermostat and also have a duetto ato.
-ill post fuge shots when I stop adjusting everything daily and get my cords organized so I am not totally embarrassed lol
-Rn I am basically obsessed with my tank and feed the fish tiny amounts many times a day
-Total daily feeding/dosing
Approx .5-1 “cube” rods
Tiny pinch of flakes
5ml phyto
Tiny amount reef roids.
5ml microbacter 7
clean up crew
25+ Hermits blue leg and one other variety that’s dark and a bit bigger
1 arrow crab
Two emerald green crabs
Two peppermint shrimp
A few tiny dime sized serpent stars from my brothers tank where they multiply.
I’m definitely looking for feedback/advice from the community. Am I being stupid not running a protein skimmer? I feel my fuge is going to be less than ideal for really growing the macros. There is not a ton of space they are not moving stuck in place by the eggcrate. I am thinking I am gonna add carbon and gfo this weekend to the mechanical filtration in the sump after the water passes the macros.
Thanks for taking the time to look/read.
-Keiffer
Here is a full
As you can see the tank is pretty well seeded with Coral frags for being so new- I do have some cycling going on evidenced by what I believe are diatoms, I wouldn’t have added so much coral during this period if I didn’t have my brother helping me out with frags/colonies. The monti and the Duncan as well as many other coral frags were free to me- pulled from his 270 gallon mixed reef.
Here is what I am doing.
-I have two filter socks on most the time, I put course filter pad on top so I can clean the pad daily(easy) and the socks weekly(pain in the rear). Sometimes I don’t run them after dosing bacteria
hytor adding copepods.-I am doing daily 1-3% water changes for the most part.
-Flow is fairly high with an oversized return pump that turns over the sump 5-10 times an hour. Also an oversized power head(wish I would have gone with two smaller ones) huge increase in flow in display.
-I am running the kessil a360 with a narrow field
-in sump I have a big filter sponge before the return pump. I have a egg crate divider with bioballs on the side that is constantly being aerated and cheto/calerpa on the other side with a FluvalSmart freshwater plant light I already had.
-I have two titanium 100w heaters set up to the ink bird thermostat and also have a duetto ato.
-ill post fuge shots when I stop adjusting everything daily and get my cords organized so I am not totally embarrassed lol
-Rn I am basically obsessed with my tank and feed the fish tiny amounts many times a day
-Total daily feeding/dosing
Approx .5-1 “cube” rods
Tiny pinch of flakes
5ml phyto
Tiny amount reef roids.
5ml microbacter 7
clean up crew
25+ Hermits blue leg and one other variety that’s dark and a bit bigger
1 arrow crab
Two emerald green crabs
Two peppermint shrimp
A few tiny dime sized serpent stars from my brothers tank where they multiply.
I’m definitely looking for feedback/advice from the community. Am I being stupid not running a protein skimmer? I feel my fuge is going to be less than ideal for really growing the macros. There is not a ton of space they are not moving stuck in place by the eggcrate. I am thinking I am gonna add carbon and gfo this weekend to the mechanical filtration in the sump after the water passes the macros.
Thanks for taking the time to look/read.
-Keiffer
keifferhubbell
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Update!! Moved the Duncan out this past weekend it was to the point I was needing to move an acro for the third time so i decided to bite the bullet and do the inevitable. I moved it to my brother @Zhubbell larger system in Ohio! I think he would sell it super cheap if anyone is interested (15 plus large heads) dm him.
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keifferhubbell
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I have to admit I am pretty smitten with the wb although idk if I would have bought it myself it was a gift from my brother who was the realtor who sold me my house!
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