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Hey everybody new here and from VA (NoVA) and getting back into a reef tank after about a decade or more. Decided to get back into reefing when my wife decided she wanted a 55g fw tank and after getting that setup remembered how much fun my old tank was. So I jumped right into a 40g AIO cube which I absolutely hated within about 6 months and quickly upgraded to a red sea reefer 525xl which has been running for about 6 months. It is amazing just how far the hobby has progressed since I was last into it. R2R has been a great resource for me building out this tank, the mixing station, and reading experiences with various gear so thanks for sharing all the knowledge!

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hi welcome to the reef going to love it here
open 24-7 lots,info,fun,advice,fun..

pics required..lol...we all love pics
 
Thanks everybody! Unfortunately I didn't really do any "build pics". Couple pics of the mixing station in my basement (not up to date as I have a second bulkhead / spout on the left brute as well as a second DOS pump) and a pic of the manifold I did for this one. Overall the tank is driven by apex with trident, dos pumps, leak detectors, flow meters, optical sensors, ATK, and 2x cor20 pumps (one for manifold / backup and one for return). I went with reefer 600 skimmer, aqua 25w UV, brs carbon reactor, 2x mp40's, 1x maxspect 350, and 3x radion xr15 g4's. The graphs on the monitor in the mixing station pic is a python script I wrote that scrapes the status.xml page on the apex and feeds that into prometheus (https://prometheus.io) which is queried from grafana (https://grafana.com) so I get better looking and more useful graphing. I like nearly everything about the apex when it comes to the rules and coding but I really dislike the trending / graphing side of things in the interface. Also if I could just have one thing it'd be a rest api instead of xml to get the information. :)

My plan is for left side of tank to be mostly a euphyllia garden with the ledge in the middle being a zoa / paly garden and right side maybe sps. Still thinking that side out. Also the right side of the stand where the apex and drivers are is way too embarrassing for me to take a pic of. Just imagine a rats nest of cables with a touch of orange.

Livestock:
Mated pair Ocellaris clowns
1x foxface
1x pintail fairy wrasse
2x firefish
1x green clown goby
1x scooter blenny
1x starry blenny
3x banggai cardinalfish (male currently holding eggs, 3rd attempt we'll see if he eats them like the previous attempts)
Usual CuC
Torches
Frogspawns
Blastos
Mushrooms
Alveoporas
Acans
Trachys
Goniastrea
Ricordeas
Zoas / Palys
Little piece of some digitata

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IF YOU HAD TO TAKE A REEFING EXAM, WOULD YOU PASS?

  • Yes!

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  • Not yet, but I have one that I want to buy in mind!

    Votes: 9 12.9%
  • No.

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  • Other (please explain).

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