lpsreefer
New Member
Where to start.
I have been reefing for quite a few years.
My display tank is 120 inches by 40 inches by 36 inches.
This system has been running for many years. About a year and a half ago I had a crushing blow to the system that resulted in me just unplugging everything but a return pump and the ato.
At the time, i was working out of town and only really got to see the system once a week for a couple of hours.
I had the great idea of taking my rodi system down to clean it and forgot to put it back up. This was January 2018. So later in the month I came home to hear a pump sucking air from lack of water. So in a panic I attach a hose to my sink and start filling. With the return chamber missing roughly 25 to 30 gallons on empty normally when doing a water change.
So I hop in the shower and get ready to go out of town again.
Few days going by and I wake up in the middle of the night horrified. As I just realized I left the cold water from the sink running into my system.
I could call any one until morning to go check.
6 days of cold tap water running into the system.
I came home to find the display just cover in condensation. Water alarms going off. 4 inches of water on the floor in the fish room.
Everything in the system died. I was heart broken.
Up to about 3 days ago i havent touched the system.
I focus on work since then having a 120 by 16 by 30 system at worked helped to forget my pains, but its only a fish only tank.
I now have the excitement back again for my system
So my display is roughly 750 gallons.
Sump is 260 gallons
My 2 cryptic refugium are about 300ish gallon i havent decide to connect back into the system yet.
I'll be doing aquascaping in the next couple of days.
I plan on taking all the sand out and going bare bottom this time. As i want to go pretty much 90% sps.
For flow I havent decided what I am going to use yet. I have a bunch of different ones I am going to use until I figure that one out.
For lighting
I am using 3 x 400 watts radium. They won't be on until after my cycle is done. I plan on running them 5 to 8 hours a day
I also have 8 x 48 true actinic xho reefbrites that well be on 8 to 12 hours
I plan on adding radions into the mix once I have the system established.
For return pumps I have 4 jebao 15000dcs
2 mag 18s and 2 jebao 12000 as back ups and a mag 24.
Heaters are Jager 300 watt. I have 6 in the sump.
I have an extrenal lifereef skimmer. Ill probably end up replacing or add in a nyos 300.
There was about 1900 pounds of rock in the system
My new aquascape well only be 1/3 of the rock of what was in there.
My two things i can't decide and need help with is.
Fish list so I can plan on what to put in and when
What size qt I want to use.
I have 2 40 gallon frag style systems for qt new corals. That have 250 watt radiums and a reefbrite.
I am really looking forward to everyone's input of fish.
Here is what I have so far for my wish list.
Black storms clownfish x 3 pairs
Vlamingii tang x 1
Tamarin wrasses x 4
I am open to everything else.
I have been reefing for quite a few years.
My display tank is 120 inches by 40 inches by 36 inches.
This system has been running for many years. About a year and a half ago I had a crushing blow to the system that resulted in me just unplugging everything but a return pump and the ato.
At the time, i was working out of town and only really got to see the system once a week for a couple of hours.
I had the great idea of taking my rodi system down to clean it and forgot to put it back up. This was January 2018. So later in the month I came home to hear a pump sucking air from lack of water. So in a panic I attach a hose to my sink and start filling. With the return chamber missing roughly 25 to 30 gallons on empty normally when doing a water change.
So I hop in the shower and get ready to go out of town again.
Few days going by and I wake up in the middle of the night horrified. As I just realized I left the cold water from the sink running into my system.
I could call any one until morning to go check.
6 days of cold tap water running into the system.
I came home to find the display just cover in condensation. Water alarms going off. 4 inches of water on the floor in the fish room.
Everything in the system died. I was heart broken.
Up to about 3 days ago i havent touched the system.
I focus on work since then having a 120 by 16 by 30 system at worked helped to forget my pains, but its only a fish only tank.
I now have the excitement back again for my system
So my display is roughly 750 gallons.
Sump is 260 gallons
My 2 cryptic refugium are about 300ish gallon i havent decide to connect back into the system yet.
I'll be doing aquascaping in the next couple of days.
I plan on taking all the sand out and going bare bottom this time. As i want to go pretty much 90% sps.
For flow I havent decided what I am going to use yet. I have a bunch of different ones I am going to use until I figure that one out.
For lighting
I am using 3 x 400 watts radium. They won't be on until after my cycle is done. I plan on running them 5 to 8 hours a day
I also have 8 x 48 true actinic xho reefbrites that well be on 8 to 12 hours
I plan on adding radions into the mix once I have the system established.
For return pumps I have 4 jebao 15000dcs
2 mag 18s and 2 jebao 12000 as back ups and a mag 24.
Heaters are Jager 300 watt. I have 6 in the sump.
I have an extrenal lifereef skimmer. Ill probably end up replacing or add in a nyos 300.
There was about 1900 pounds of rock in the system
My new aquascape well only be 1/3 of the rock of what was in there.
My two things i can't decide and need help with is.
Fish list so I can plan on what to put in and when
What size qt I want to use.
I have 2 40 gallon frag style systems for qt new corals. That have 250 watt radiums and a reefbrite.
I am really looking forward to everyone's input of fish.
Here is what I have so far for my wish list.
Black storms clownfish x 3 pairs
Vlamingii tang x 1
Tamarin wrasses x 4
I am open to everything else.
