Reef Diaries: 56G Reef Savvy

ReeferEric · May 7, 2014

PristineWaters said:
great build and awesome pictures... you are definitely the king of DIY.... Nice Job!!

King, nahhh. Just ideas that have been done or are floating around and pulled it together. Still need to organize my wires. It's a mess!

Fishlee · May 7, 2014

Nice sps. I can't seem to keep mine alive

rovster · May 7, 2014

Lol, chopping is always good insurance, even though yours looks so much nicer. At least I don't have cucarachas anymore, LOL!

ReeferEric · May 8, 2014

Fishlee said:
Nice sps. I can't seem to keep mine alive

Feel free to ask any questions. I haven't killed much, lucky me I guess.

rovster said:
Lol, chopping is always good insurance, even though yours looks so much nicer. At least I don't have cucarachas anymore, LOL!

I agree, but imagine if they died on both of us. Refund? LOL

rovster · May 9, 2014

Not an expert, but acros don't seem to be as sensitive to fragging as say zoas:nerd:

ReeferEric · May 10, 2014

rovster said:
Not an expert, but acros don't seem to be as sensitive to fragging as say zoas:nerd:

But the good news is I have SPS updates! Great ready cause your about to get spoiled with SPS ****! Eat your heart out Rovi! Where's that build thread I've been waiting for what feels like a decade?!

Blue Tip Tenius - This little guy basically died out during the chloramine tank crash but has since been making a nice and slow come back.

Diabolic Pacman

Miami Orchid

Greg Hiller's Aqua Delight

Glowstick

I <3 T5s! I've got tons more so check back in.

Fishlee · May 10, 2014

nice sps update yours are looking good
i got a bunch of general questions i guess
How much turnover do you have in your tank?
what settings do you use on your vortechs?
what brand of salt do you use and what additives to you put into your tank
i can keep birds nest and montiporas but not across

thanks

skinz78 · May 10, 2014

Nice looking fuzzy sticks!

ReeferEric · May 11, 2014

Fishlee said:
nice sps update yours are looking good
i got a bunch of general questions i guess
How much turnover do you have in your tank?
what settings do you use on your vortechs?
what brand of salt do you use and what additives to you put into your tank
i can keep birds nest and montiporas but not across

thanks

Questions? Questions, that I can try to answer.

Turnover rate? I have no idea but I do know this:
2 Vortech MP40wES set at 40% max in various modes via Apex/WXM module
Programming for WXM:
Fallback ReefCrest40
Set ReefCrest40
If Time 23:00 to 07:00 Then Night40
If Time 07:00 to 09:00 Then Tidal40
If Time 09:00 to 12:00 Then Lagoon40
If Time 12:00 to 18:00 Then ReefCrest40
If Time 18:00 to 20:00 Then Nutrient40
If Time 20:00 to 23:00 Then Tidal40

Jebao DC12000 return pump that is powering my main tank, frag tank, carbon reactor, and bio-pellets. Maybe 8-1000gph returning to the DT. After head loss, reducing, etc its hard to say.

skinz78 said:
Nice looking fuzzy sticks!

Fuzzy? Barely, they just knew it was picture time and put out some polyps. LOL

ReeferEric · May 11, 2014

Got a surprised two for one yesterday! Made it to the Reef2Reef Facebook fan page. A friend had texted me with a screen shot of the Miami Orchid picture above and then I saw my lobo picture had made it even earlier.

Some updates coming up momentarily!