Holla_passer
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Strike up Date: March 2019
Display Tank: 60x45x45cm rimless
Display Lighting: Kessil 360W E-series Tuna Blue
Stand: Refurbished cabinet
Sump: Approximately 60x30x35cm tank (using tank from previous journal)
System Water: NSW
Display Water circulation: 2 x Coral Box QP-5
Return Pump: Jebao DC-Q 3000
Skimmer: Reef Octopus Octo BH-50
Evaporation Top Up: RO/DI via Tunze Osmolator Nano 3152
So decided to hit the reset button after returning home from a 2 year London adventure. Started planning this build before I had even bought my plane ticket home! After all I had learnt from my previous 2 tanks, I didn't want to make any more mistakes, or take any unnecessary shortcuts on this one. I'll let the pictures do the talking.
Trying to keep cords and controllers neat and accessible:
Tried my hand at hard plumbing this tank. Sprayed PVC pipes red to make it look a bit nicer. Included an extra ball valve on the return manifold in case I want to add anything in the future.
Using an Eshopps Eclipse overflow for this tank which meant I had to drill it myself. Was scary, but so glad I did it. It is a pretty quiet overflow using the herbie setup. Thanks must go out to Sam Parker for his tutorial on Youtube. Check out his channel!
Made a new mount for the Kessil. Looks much sleeker and cleaner than the gooseneck. Also, the original AUX cable that came with the Kessil wasn't long enough to reach from the controller to the light unit via the gooseneck mount. I tried using other longer AUX cables but they all had issues with displaying the wrong colours and intensities.
Display Tank: 60x45x45cm rimless
Display Lighting: Kessil 360W E-series Tuna Blue
Stand: Refurbished cabinet
Sump: Approximately 60x30x35cm tank (using tank from previous journal)
System Water: NSW
Display Water circulation: 2 x Coral Box QP-5
Return Pump: Jebao DC-Q 3000
Skimmer: Reef Octopus Octo BH-50
Evaporation Top Up: RO/DI via Tunze Osmolator Nano 3152
So decided to hit the reset button after returning home from a 2 year London adventure. Started planning this build before I had even bought my plane ticket home! After all I had learnt from my previous 2 tanks, I didn't want to make any more mistakes, or take any unnecessary shortcuts on this one. I'll let the pictures do the talking.
Trying to keep cords and controllers neat and accessible:
Tried my hand at hard plumbing this tank. Sprayed PVC pipes red to make it look a bit nicer. Included an extra ball valve on the return manifold in case I want to add anything in the future.
Using an Eshopps Eclipse overflow for this tank which meant I had to drill it myself. Was scary, but so glad I did it. It is a pretty quiet overflow using the herbie setup. Thanks must go out to Sam Parker for his tutorial on Youtube. Check out his channel!
Made a new mount for the Kessil. Looks much sleeker and cleaner than the gooseneck. Also, the original AUX cable that came with the Kessil wasn't long enough to reach from the controller to the light unit via the gooseneck mount. I tried using other longer AUX cables but they all had issues with displaying the wrong colours and intensities.
