Waterbox 15gal Peninsula

[dawi03]

yeh i’ve been on there trying to sell an orange storm clownfish, without luck so far

found ya!

 

[dawi03]

Hey Dan!!

Sorry to be a pain, but do you have link for the 10l bunnings container for the ATO? I cant for the life of me find it or one similar?

Thanks!!

 

[Latte]

Hey Dan!!

Sorry to be a pain, but do you have link for the 10l bunnings container for the ATO? I cant for the life of me find it or one similar?

Thanks!!

Unsure which one Dan uses, but I've found they have more in store than you can see online. https://www.bunnings.com.au/products/outdoor-living/picnicware-water-storage/water-jerry-cans

I grabbed I think a 25 or 30L one recently and it works a treat under my tank.

 

[melbournedan]

Hey Dan!!

Sorry to be a pain, but do you have link for the 10l bunnings container for the ATO? I cant for the life of me find it or one similar?

Thanks!!

my bad, it was a Mitre10 item

Water Container with Spout 10L

Food grade.High density polyurethane.Includes pourer.

www.mitre10.com.au

 

[Latte]

he was getting picked on constantly, so i decided to grab another one instead of risking the little fellas life. might have to give him away at this point.

I like to bounce around a little bit, mostly lifestyle bundoora (my local) but natures aquarium, deer park, williamstown and galleria are all very good stores.

I've been to all of those aside from bundoora and deerpark. Have you been to Aquaristic Aquamarine in Doncaster? Kinda close to nature, definitely the best SPS collection I've seen and a ton of other stuff. Would love to get out to deerpark sometime but it's a ways away for me.

 

[melbournedan]

I've been to all of those aside from bundoora and deerpark. Have you been to Aquaristic Aquamarine in Doncaster? Kinda close to nature, definitely the best SPS collection I've seen and a ton of other stuff. Would love to get out to deerpark sometime but it's a ways away for me.

yes!! completely forgot about them. they have a great store and awesome stock. all my current corals are from them so no idea how i forgot.

 

[melbournedan]

Looking good mate I kicked off a WB 10g cube a few months ago, good to see a few Aus reefer build threads. Might have to start one myself.

you have a build thread going would love to have a look ?

 

[dawi03]

my bad, it was a Mitre10 item

Water Container with Spout 10L

Food grade.High density polyurethane.Includes pourer.

www.mitre10.com.au

`sorry mate i meant this container to hld the RO

 

[melbournedan]

`sorry mate i meant this container to hld the RO

ah yep, that was my first one. it was a good quality foodsafe sistema container from COLES, but it’s only 4 or 5 liters.

 

[CB06]

Tank: Waterbox 15gal Peninsula
Start date: 18/7/2022
Planned Stock: pair of designer Ocellaris clownfish, CUC (snails, peppermint shrimp) , 2-3 different types of small BTA, hardy soft corals.
Location : Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Aquascape: Caribsea life rock belize branch (4), Barebottom.
Light: Ai Prime 16HD (2022), 18in flex arm
Lid: Kraken Lids, acrylic cut to fit to keep heat in winter.
Water movement: Sicce Silent 1.0 return pump & Ai Nero 3
ATO: Autoaqua Smart Duo, 7 liter container
Biological filtration: Maxspect nano tech biosphere (22 spheres), filter floss, waterbox filter sponge.
Temperature Control : Inkbird controller, Eheim Jager 100w heater, clip on cooling fans(future)
Water: Rodi unit, Redsea salt (Bluebucket)
Test kit: Salinity Refractometer, Hanna checker Nitrate HR, API ammonia, nitrite, PH (upgrade when needed)

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AIO chambers :
1st chamber: Intank rack, filter floss on top(blue) will replace with white floss once cycle is finished, bag of bio spheres sandwiched between waterbox black filter sponge.
2nd chamber: waterbox black filter sponge and heater.
3rd chamber: return pump, and ATO.

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Cycle: Dr Tims One and only nitrifying bacteria, (2 bottles added 1 week apart), dr tim’s ammonium chloride drops (1drop per gallon for 2ppm)

Where’d you get your cooling fans? I’m from cairns so probably gonna need to get some for summer.

 

[melbournedan]

Where’d you get your cooling fans? I’m from cairns so probably gonna need to get some for summer.

haven’t bought one yet, but i’m looking to grab the one pictured. have used them before on larger tanks, they do enough to keep it down 2-3°C.

you might need to look at getting chiller up there mate.

 

[CB06]

haven’t bought one yet, but i’m looking to grab the one pictured. have used them before on larger tanks, they do enough to keep it down 2-3°C.

you might need to look at getting chiller up there mate.

Yeh possibly.

 

[dawi03]

ah yep, that was my first one. it was a good quality foodsafe sistema container from COLES, but it’s only 4 or 5 liters.

Ahh ok, how did you set the 10l up? Does the ato pump fit into the tank or did you have to modify the hole?

 

[melbournedan]

Ahh ok, how did you set the 10l up? Does the ato pump fit into the tank or did you have to modify the hole?

ato pump fits perfectly into the cap hole, and the ato dual sensor is so small it fits nicely in the last chamber

 

[melbournedan]

Week 10 -

Heaps happening between now and my last post.

After reading a lot of info about building a diverse bio filter/ bacteria in a tank that has been started with dry rock and bare bottom, i decided to pull the trigger on
a bunch of corals from a bunch of different LFS, i still dipped the coral for pests but i’m hoping some of the good stuff made in through.

so far corals added :

-Duncan coral 10heads
-2 x cynarina corals (1pink, 1brown/green)
-4 x scoly
-1 x elegance
-1 x galaxea (test coral)

Diatoms have started and they came hard and fast, may add more copepods to deal with this.

Testing alk, cal and mag using red sea testing equipment. I will do weekly testing to work out a dosing schedule, but since the diatoms started my nitrates have dropped to 3.1ppm and phos to 0.0, i plan on bumping up my feedings to 2 or 3 feeds a day to make sure these don’t bottom out.

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Started a ghetto baby brine shrimp hatchery nothing special but works well, using upside down 2litre bottles, air pumps/ tube and bbs eggs from aquatic live foods. First hatch went well, i had them outside so it had a longer than normal hatch time but still a very good hatch rate.

Photos of this set up hopefully in my next update/post.

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-Photos taken on iPhone 14 pro with reef lens.
-Photo of the kraken lid (love this lid)
-Photos of the corals feeding on polypbooster and lfs pellets
-Photo of test equipment.
-Photo from top down

 

[dawi03]

Beautiful mate! I just transferred my tank to the wb15. I’m in love with the tank it’s the perfect size for me! Thanks for all your help!

 

[melbournedan]

Beautiful mate! I just transferred my tank to the wb15. I’m in love with the tank it’s the perfect size for me! Thanks for all your help!

nice one ! glad i could be of some help! post up some pics when you get a chance.

i’m also loving this tank so far ! just the right amount of maintenance.

 

[Jasper05]

I am looking at this tank for myself. How is it going?

 

[NotReefsafe]

Love you tank! I have roughly the same setup w a 15 gallon and kraken lid. I noticed you had a Nero 3 (I think) in one of the earlier pics. How are you getting that to fit with the lid? Did you get it specially cut?

 

[melbournedan]

I am looking at this tank for myself. How is it going?

awesome tank, obviously have to stock lightly but perfect for what i’m using it for. A few small upgrades and it runs great !! would 100% buy waterbox again.