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Hi All,
So I never posted my tank here on r2r before, so this will be my first tank build thread for this site. I currently have 3 tanks: 1 29Biocube, 1 15G frag tank, and 1 40B DT due to my locations limit. So, I started this 40B back last year around July because of petco dollar sale. I have it on 2 Ikea $12 dollar coffee table, and with 10 Gallon sump. Tank is not drilled, since I'm using CPR Overflow Box. I had moved the rock from my 29G Biocube to the 40B, and it was not enough to cover. So after a few month, saw another petco sale, and had to went and buy another 40B for sump. Since the sump won't fit under the Ikea table, I went ahead and DIY a stand.
Here is the thread for my first attempt for this tank, from socalreef forum.
My Tank 40B with 40B Sump
After few week I have it setup on the stand, I accidentally overfeed x 10, since the tank does not have skimmer, carbon, gfo, and only about 20LBS of live rock for filtration. The very next day, I went to buy some dry reef rock, which feel like limestone instead and added to the tank. After 2-3 days with the overfeeding and without water change, I start to notice dinoflagellates. I have tried 3 Days black out, and also H2O2 to battle with the dino. I fail miserably, so I choose to start fresh again. While I do need to restart the tank, I do not have a place to put all my frag, and the biocub just starting to feel like major PITA to take care while need to redo things. So I went ahead and bought a frag tank to hold all my things. Around Dec, I took out all the Rocks, into a 15G bucket, and dumped 1 bottle of bleach and let them soak for few days. I rinse them in my bathtub few time before sun drying them for few days. I then decided to dump another bottle of bleach into the tank and let it soak for about half a week, before pumping the water out of it. So, after washing the sands, bleaching the rocks, letting the tank air dry for a day or 2. I'm starting to put them back together. I bought extra 100 LBS of dry rock from Marindepot (so I learn my lesson of more live rock = better.) I was able to put in around 30-40 Lbs in the top 40B, and around 20LBS in the bottom. Oh, some of the rock I had put in a trashcan to cycle a while =D. So I bought Red Sea Reef Mature kite to speed up the cycle, but I give up half way and dump pretty much half of everything except the No3 reducer into the tank.
So the only Equipment I have for the tank right now is Over flow box, a pump, and return pump. So here is my building list.
Display Tank: 40 Breeder
Circulation Pump : MP10 (I'm thinking of getting another one)
Lighting: None ( I'm currently still cycling, I return my Ecoxotic Par 24")
Over flow Box: CPR CS102
40 LBS of Carbsea Bahama OoLite
30-40 LBS of AquaMaxx Dry Reef Rock
Sump: 40 Breeder
3 Chambers
[Overflow into / Skimmer] [ Refugium] [ Return Chamber / GFO - Carbon]
Skimmer: None (I had move my NAC5 to the Frag Tank)
20-25 LBS of Live / Dry Rocks
Refugium Light: None
Return pump: Eheim Compact 2000 +
Reactors: None (I had move my BRS 2 Single Reactor to the Frag Tank)
So I never posted my tank here on r2r before, so this will be my first tank build thread for this site. I currently have 3 tanks: 1 29Biocube, 1 15G frag tank, and 1 40B DT due to my locations limit. So, I started this 40B back last year around July because of petco dollar sale. I have it on 2 Ikea $12 dollar coffee table, and with 10 Gallon sump. Tank is not drilled, since I'm using CPR Overflow Box. I had moved the rock from my 29G Biocube to the 40B, and it was not enough to cover. So after a few month, saw another petco sale, and had to went and buy another 40B for sump. Since the sump won't fit under the Ikea table, I went ahead and DIY a stand.
Here is the thread for my first attempt for this tank, from socalreef forum.
My Tank 40B with 40B Sump
After few week I have it setup on the stand, I accidentally overfeed x 10, since the tank does not have skimmer, carbon, gfo, and only about 20LBS of live rock for filtration. The very next day, I went to buy some dry reef rock, which feel like limestone instead and added to the tank. After 2-3 days with the overfeeding and without water change, I start to notice dinoflagellates. I have tried 3 Days black out, and also H2O2 to battle with the dino. I fail miserably, so I choose to start fresh again. While I do need to restart the tank, I do not have a place to put all my frag, and the biocub just starting to feel like major PITA to take care while need to redo things. So I went ahead and bought a frag tank to hold all my things. Around Dec, I took out all the Rocks, into a 15G bucket, and dumped 1 bottle of bleach and let them soak for few days. I rinse them in my bathtub few time before sun drying them for few days. I then decided to dump another bottle of bleach into the tank and let it soak for about half a week, before pumping the water out of it. So, after washing the sands, bleaching the rocks, letting the tank air dry for a day or 2. I'm starting to put them back together. I bought extra 100 LBS of dry rock from Marindepot (so I learn my lesson of more live rock = better.) I was able to put in around 30-40 Lbs in the top 40B, and around 20LBS in the bottom. Oh, some of the rock I had put in a trashcan to cycle a while =D. So I bought Red Sea Reef Mature kite to speed up the cycle, but I give up half way and dump pretty much half of everything except the No3 reducer into the tank.
So the only Equipment I have for the tank right now is Over flow box, a pump, and return pump. So here is my building list.
Display Tank: 40 Breeder
Circulation Pump : MP10 (I'm thinking of getting another one)
Lighting: None ( I'm currently still cycling, I return my Ecoxotic Par 24")
Over flow Box: CPR CS102
40 LBS of Carbsea Bahama OoLite
30-40 LBS of AquaMaxx Dry Reef Rock
Sump: 40 Breeder
3 Chambers
[Overflow into / Skimmer] [ Refugium] [ Return Chamber / GFO - Carbon]
Skimmer: None (I had move my NAC5 to the Frag Tank)
20-25 LBS of Live / Dry Rocks
Refugium Light: None
Return pump: Eheim Compact 2000 +
Reactors: None (I had move my BRS 2 Single Reactor to the Frag Tank)
