fixin up the reef tank

dale

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ok ,, so i did a fair amount of work on the fowler this past year ,,,a controller, new sump,, pump,, dual overflows,, nitra cubes, circulation and more... now im workin on the 65g reef,, .., ive recently got a bunch of sps and lps corals and are doing well,, ive moved all my xenia and gsp to the fowler tank,,, i now have 4 t5s  over the reef,, i am going to take out 2..... i have a 28 led controller kit..50/50 (bridgelux) i have ordered 5 uvs 2 cyan and 1 pink to go with it,(35 in total) along with 9 moonlites 2 fans and a 30 in heatsink.. i have also ordered coral frenzy to feed my more demanding and more costly corals including a zoa frag pack from kracken that i am waiting to receive.. and the clownfish that are coming will be eating new life spectrum pellets that i will be getting for the first time.. then to help keep an eye on it, a digital thermometer with alarms...so i am excitedly awaiting many parcels to come over the next few weeks... the heat sink can take up to a month ... dunno if i can take it...
 
dale

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ok ,, so i did a fair amount of work on the fowler this past year ,,,a controller, new sump,, pump,, dual overflows,, nitra cubes, circulation and more... now im workin on the 65g reef,, .., ive recently got a bunch of sps and lps corals and are doing well,, ive moved all my xenia and gsp to the fowler tank,,, i now have 4 t5s  over the reef,, i am going to take out 2..... i have a 28 led controller kit..50/50 (bridgelux) i have ordered 5 uvs 2 cyan and 1 pink to go with it,(35 in total) along with 9 moonlites 2 fans and a 30 in heatsink.. i have also ordered coral frenzy to feed my more demanding and more costly corals including a zoa frag pack from kracken that i am waiting to receive.. and the clownfish that are coming will be eating new life spectrum pellets that i will be getting for the first time.. then to help keep an eye on it, a digital thermometer with alarms...so i am excitedly awaiting many parcels to come over the next few weeks... the heat sink can take up to a month ... dunno if i can take it...
 
dale

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right now ,, its not looking great right now.. just took out 2 1sqft pieces of rock covered in gsp and xenia and just kinda threw in the rocks in the middle there...its lookin kinda bare to me..,,, ya ill keep some softies,, zoos,, a few mushrooms..
 
dale

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right now ,, its not looking great right now.. just took out 2 1sqft pieces of rock covered in gsp and xenia and just kinda threw in the rocks in the middle there...its lookin kinda bare to me..,,, ya ill keep some softies,, zoos,, a few mushrooms..
 
dale

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just brought the temp from 84 down to 78 using a house fan... first time.... didnt realize it would help that much...but it does...
 
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dale link said:
just brought the temp from 84 down to 78 using a house fan... first time.... didnt realize it would help that much...but it does...
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I did the same, only with a 120mm PC fan pointed at the overflow water over my first chamber in the sump. No idea when my heaters last ran, but tank is staying at 77-78 constantly now from 81-82
 
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