Skicat's JBJ28 Experimental Mixed Reef

[SkiCatTX]

It has been a while, the tank is still going, way longer than I originally planned since the build is running behind. I am making progress though, I finally got the tank and stand to go along with the sump that came in a while back.

I am also making progress on the plumbing, although I have had a few hiccups there are well. You can follow along in my new build thread here.

Going to switch gears this weekend and do some woodwork while I wait on additional plumbing fixtures from BRS...

You can see the wood for the door panels in the background...coming along ever so slowly...

 

[SkiCatTX]

I got a PAR meter to use with the new build, but figured I try it out on this build to see where things are.

The numbers at the top are just under the water. The others are placing the sensor as close as possible right next to the coral under the number. The numbers are a little lower than I thought they would be, but still good. Everything is growing just fine despite the crazy amount of algae and dinos in the tank.

Side numbers.

I'd like to get a little higher PAR on the Anemones, but for now, that's fine. I don't want to encourage even more algae growth than I'm already dealing with...

 

[SkiCatTX]

Got some of the world's largest tweezers for feeding and grabbing things without needing to put my hands so far down into the tank.

 

[SkiCatTX]

Stand is in the office, not long now and I'll have a "real" reef tank!

Build Thread - SkiCat's Dream Build: [Saving The] Planet 180 - The Making Of An Epic Aquacultured Mixed Reef

See to me some of the fun of the fish tank is setting it up and thinking up answers to problems and then implementing them the build to me is the funest part I mean it’s nice having large colonies of expensive coral but that is a different kind of fun

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