SPS Dominated Evolution Aqua

Sahin · Oct 26, 2016

Tank:
Evolution Aqua 1200S - approx 48" x 24" x 18"H - roughly 95G including sump.

The cabinet/stand is nothing special. But the display is really nice. The work on the glass and silicone is excellent.

Sump area.

Return:
Ecotech Marine Vectra M1

Skimmer:
Deltec SC 1456 - rated for 1000litres

Light:
ATI Hybrid - *still to purchase*. Will be 8xT5 and 3x75watt LED clusters

Flow:
1 x MP40
1 x Tunze 6095

Filtration:
Undecided...likely keep it simple so will be mix of Seachem Matrix and Siporax

Dosing:
ATI Essentials. This is a new offering from ATI; it is essentially similar to balling lite.

This will be a very slow build. I have literally no time. :headwallblue: 3 kids...4th on the way...and work being ever so busy. In fact I was forced to accept delivery of the tank several weeks early as the LFS is sadly closing down and my tank had already been sitting in the store over 4 or 5 weeks.

The current 47G tank was moved across the room a few weeks ago so that I could accept delivery of the new tank and could transfer the stock over slowly. Both tanks will be running until I am satisfied the filtration is ok and the parameters stable.

Photo of the 47G:

Fish stocking:
The fish stock will be kept low-moderate. One of the reasons for the upgrade was so that I could keep a Regal Angel and a Convict Tang.

Latest photo of new tank:

george1381 · Oct 26, 2016

What kind of overflows do you have on it?

Aslam Abraham · Oct 26, 2016

Nice Sahin, going all sps.

reefwiser · Oct 26, 2016

Looking forward to you having time to work on the tank.

Adam G · Oct 26, 2016

Looking good. Like the new aquascape.

Ljaus · Oct 26, 2016

For a nothing special cabinet it looks so clean and neat the tank is nicely built!! I really like it, definitely following along.

KingReefTank · Oct 26, 2016

Thats a great setup!

revhtree · Oct 26, 2016

Sahin said:
Tank:
Evolution Aqua 1200S - approx 48" x 24" x 18"H - roughly 95G including sump.

The cabinet/stand is nothing special. But the display is really nice. The work on the glass and silicone is excellent.

Sump area.

Return:
Ecotech Marine Vectra M1

Skimmer:
Deltec SC 1456 - rated for 1000litres

Light:
ATI Hybrid - *still to purchase*. Will be 8xT5 and 3x75watt LED clusters

Flow:
1 x MP40
1 x Tunze 6095

Filtration:
Undecided...likely keep it simple so will be mix of Seachem Matrix and Siporax

Dosing:
ATI Essentials. This is a new offering from ATI; it is essentially similar to balling lite.

This will be a very slow build. I have literally no time. :headwallblue: 3 kids...4th on the way...and work being ever so busy. In fact I was forced to accept delivery of the tank several weeks early as the LFS is sadly closing down and my tank had already been sitting in the store over 4 or 5 weeks.

The current 47G tank was moved across the room a few weeks ago so that I could accept delivery of the new tank and could transfer the stock over slowly. Both tanks will be running until I am satisfied the filtration is ok and the parameters stable.

Photo of the 47G:

Fish stocking:
The fish stock will be kept low-moderate. One of the reasons for the upgrade was so that I could keep a Regal Angel and a Convict Tang.

Latest photo of new tank:

Oh this is going to be good!

steevareno · Oct 26, 2016

Great aquascape !

new2mac · Oct 27, 2016

And those branching stones, they just beg for sps... Subscribed!

Pandy · Oct 27, 2016

Very nice Sahin. Always silently followed your 47G so looking forward to this one.

john.m.cole3 · Oct 31, 2016

This looks like it's gonna be great! I really really like the dimensions of your tank. Following along.

Daniel@R2R · Nov 1, 2016

Woot! Super excited about this build! Following!!

Sahin · Nov 22, 2016

Update: Tank is doing well. Have decided on filtration and currently this is what I have.

Sump: Just a skimmer and Siporax (10 Litres)/Matrix (4 Litres). My 2 year old was following me around trying to take photos with his own camera lol

Most recent FTS. I transferred across my prized corals and cut down large colonies and transferred smaller ones as I like my corals to grow into the tank.

Abhishek · Nov 22, 2016

Amazing start !!
@Sahin - believe you have quite a lot of filteration there . Generally how much of siporax would you suggest -1 liter for every 100 liters of water ?

Is there any specific advantage in going for matrix too alongside siporax ?

Regards,
ABHISHEK

Ljaus · Nov 22, 2016

Looking really good. What model deltec are you using?

Sahin · Nov 23, 2016

Abhishek said:
Amazing start !!
@Sahin - believe you have quite a lot of filteration there . Generally how much of siporax would you suggest -1 liter for every 100 liters of water ?

Is there any specific advantage in going for matrix too alongside siporax ?

Regards,
ABHISHEK

Thanks. I've seen numbers quoted as 1Litre per 100Litres by the UK distributor. The reason I went with so much is that I am using mostly branch rock which has little or no filtration capacity hence rather than have insufficient filtration I went a little overboard.