Minimalist Reefer 170

TbyZ · Feb 24, 2017

ARVERLY said:
Finally!!!

Hi;
I'm curious with the above set up?

You have a variable flow-rate return pump & a gravity fed ATO maintaining the level in that part of your sump.

If the pump is running at half speed, & you ramp it up, the water level in that part of the sump will fall significantly & level back up with an influx of RODI water via the ATO.

How do you get around this?

Do you have the pump running at full throttle permanently?

or, you don't change the setting?

or....?

ARVERLY · Feb 24, 2017

TbyZ said:
Hi;
I'm curious with the above set up?

You have a variable flow-rate return pump & a gravity fed ATO maintaining the level in that part of your sump.

If the pump is running at half speed, & you ramp it up, the water level in that part of the sump will fall significantly & level back up with an influx of RODI water via the ATO.

How do you get around this?

Do you have the pump running at full throttle permanently?

or, you don't change the setting?

or....?

Actually the flow rate on the Vectra is NOT variable.

TbyZ · Feb 24, 2017

ARVERLY said:
Actually the flow rate on the Vectra is NOT variable.

Ahhhh, problem solved

ARVERLY · Feb 25, 2017

A few photos I snapped today!

ARVERLY · Feb 25, 2017

2/25/17 FTS

Scurvy · Feb 26, 2017

Very Nice! Love the Dendro's.
I have had a single head i feed 2 or 3 times a week for a couple of months now. Still waiting for it to split. Any tips? I feed LPS pellets and/or Kikari fish pellets mostly.

Chrisfish · Feb 26, 2017

Beautiful tank, thanks for sharing it

ARVERLY · Feb 26, 2017

Scurvy said:
Very Nice! Love the Dendro's.
I have had a single head i feed 2 or 3 times a week for a couple of months now. Still waiting for it to split. Any tips? I feed LPS pellets and/or Kikari fish pellets mostly.

Thank you! Here's a picture of it in January 2016! I feed it large mysis and LRS Reef Frenzy 4-5 times/week. It's my wife's and my favorite coral, hence why it's the centerpiece coral!

ARVERLY · Feb 26, 2017

Chrisfish said:
Beautiful tank, thanks for sharing it

Thank you @Chrisfish!

Lilmatty5dimes · Feb 28, 2017

ARVERLY said:
2/25/17 FTS

That slimmer looks great. FTS looks great. I think you need some zoas. Lol

ARVERLY · Mar 4, 2017

A friend is shutting down his tank so I bought a few pieces from him including a nice strawberry shortcake and SC OP frags! Oh and this sweet Florida ricordea colony!

Sub-Z3ro · Mar 5, 2017

Very good looking set up and I may steal that T5 Radion combo idea. Did you ever add a fan?
I have two XR30 G4's over a 48in and wondering if I want to spend the money to upgrade to T5 LED combo.
How is the weight?

ARVERLY · Mar 10, 2017

Sub-Z3ro said:
Very good looking set up and I may steal that T5 Radion combo idea. Did you ever add a fan?
I have two XR30 G4's over a 48in and wondering if I want to spend the money to upgrade to T5 LED combo.
How is the weight?

Thanks! I haven't added the fans yet. You should definitely add T5s to supplement the radions! And the fixture is probably around 30lbs.

ARVERLY · Mar 10, 2017

A little update:
Coralline algae is starting to appear!! I added a baby lawnmower blenny a week ago and he's doing a great job keeping the hair algae in check. I also added 6 tiger sand conch and 12 trochus turbo snails.
Here's a recent FTS!

FTS 3/10/17

Sub-Z3ro · Mar 11, 2017

Those ricordeas are AWESOME! great look.
Do you think you need the fans or Do you think you can get away without them?

ARVERLY · Mar 11, 2017

I don't think I need the fans, but I'm gonna add two 4" or maybe larger fans just in case. Just doing more research which fans to get.

Here's a close-up pic of the ricordeas!

ARVERLY · Mar 11, 2017

I'm gonna transform that large bottom right rock into a zoa garden with the following zoas:
Rastas
Blondies
Blue hornets
Dancers royales
Mandarin orange
Gatorades
La lakers
Utter chaos
Pink kraks
Bowsers
Scarface
Oompa Loompas
Scrambled eggs
My clementines
Fruit loops
Super saiyans

Here are some of the zoas: