Reefs of Space
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My reef addiction started with a 10 gallon full DIY nano. I had no idea what I was doing, but I was totally obsessed. All of the knowledge I have now came from years of trial and error through that little reef.
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This is the first picture of my 30 gallon and the last picture of the 10 gallon. The old light on the 10 gallon was four T8 bulbs I retrofitted with two 5w CREE royal blues. The new light on the 30 gallon is a Hamilton Technologies with two 175w mogul metal halides and two 96w power compacts bulbs. Big difference!
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This was the first aquascape when I set up the new tank. I don't use epoxy so that I can periodically change the scape. I really enjoy fitting the rocks together like puzzle pieces.
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Nice looking tank. Keep a close eye on your water temp. As a former user of MH lighting (75 & 140 gallons), I know how they heat up the water. You might end up having to get a chiller.
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Thanks! Yeah I did deal with temp swings at first. After adding more airflow on the water, it doesn't go above 78°F. I added some LEDs to the mix, so I only run the halides for about 3.5 hours a day.
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I love that little tank in the background!
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Thanks man! I've got a little pest jar too. Stocked with hydroids and aiptasia. I'll eventually get to that
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This was the first aquascape when I set up the new tank. I don't use epoxy so that I can periodically change the scape. I really enjoy fitting the rocks together like puzzle pieces.
Great scape.
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It's just crystal clear stagnant water lol. I blast around in there with a turkey baster, then change the water about once a month. There's actually A LOT of life in there. I started it August 2017
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It started with some bad hitchhikers I got with some frags and I just didn't want to throw them in the trash so.. And now every time I find something I put it in there. I put some 6500k leds that I already had in the lid. I think they were from a freshwater setup.
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AwesomeThanks man! I've got a little pest jar too. Stocked with hyroids and aptasia. I'll eventually get to that
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Here's a more recent full tank shot. Actinics are producing some nice fluorescence. I use Cree royal blue leds
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Changed the rock work a little just to open it up a bit. 1st pic 14k halides and 2nd is full spectrum. You can really see the difference on the sand bed.
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I run the lights through different stages through out the day. A few hours of halides, few hours of full spectrum, and a few hours of actinics. The cycle is 1 hour actinics, 3.5 hours halides, 4 hours full spectrum, 3 hours actinics.
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@Reefnik Thanks! Started with one, now I have six
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Finally got rid of my long spined sea urchin. Once the tank was clean it started eating clove polyps. Then moved on to blastos, acans, and montipora. I was feeding it strips of nori every other day, but it wasn't enough to keep it satisfied.
