Jackson's Custom 115G Cube Build

[SteveZ15]

Are you looking to sell the mp10?

 

[jackson6745]

ATI LED combo?

Nah, I don't see the point of LED's These are T5 fixtures and LED get all the credit. :argue:

 

[jackson6745]

Are you looking to sell the mp10?

Yep, Ill text you.

 

[Macropora]

Hey Eric, thanks. Sorry I didn't see this post until now. I ended up going with the BK 200 mini RD3. It's been running about a week now. I have it running on the wet side, but it's definitely pulling more than the skimz, and it's totally silent. Now that I own a BK, I can see what all the fuss is about. Quality really is second to none.... just in case you want to smash it around in your sump :/

30hrs running. Really stinks. Wife is chewing me out:shhh:
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Buy a cheap carbon filter pad and cut them in squares tiles to cover the air outlets on the top of the skimmer to remove the smell. It works for me and change out when the odor comes back. Believe there are 4 holes on top.

 

[TUSI]

Welcome to the BK family. Good choice you will see a huge difference. They are the best skimmers in the market in my opinion. You get what you pay for.

 

[viplok]

I added 2 Blue Reefbrites to the Sfiligoi hood. Nice added pop. Now I officially run halide, T5, and LED
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Blue LED (cheating)
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whats the hours you run on each light? thinking of adding two reefbrite too

thanks:beer:

 

[jackson6745]

Halides 6 hours, t5's 10hrs, and led strips 12 hrs.

 

[jackson6745]

It's been a while since I updated. The tank has been doing very well. I removed a few colonies and fragged some stuff to allow for more growth from my nicer pieces. I also changed the scape a little to eliminate shading.

Recent Equipment changes

-Changed to a BK 200 RD3 skimmer (Kicking butt)
-Added another eb8
-added apex auto feeder
-added gyre 130 in addition to 3 mp40. Good flow now!
-Change from 400w 20k Radium to 400w Aquaconnect 14k. Tank is less blue and growth has exploded. I still like the look of the radium overall but the corals sure have responded to the AC bulb
-Upgraded T5 ballast in Sfiligoi hood to a VUE 660. Overdriving T5 heavily now. Bulbs will probably not last more than 4-6 months but to me, the increased output is worth it. BIG difference!

I took out the old nikon D40 the other night. Here's a few pics. Excuse the frag rack, they will be gone soon

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[jackson6745]

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[pecan2phat]

Nice pics Rich!
That male flame looks almost all red with no orange on him.

 

[jackson6745]

Thanks Warren. It's just the way the pic came out. His bottom fin is yellow.

 

[Zuska]

WOW you have insane growth rates haha

 

[MikeC]

Very Nice CONGRATS man

 

[jackson6745]

Mike (Zuska), yep this is the fastest growth I ever had. On average small frags turn to mini colonies in 6 months, and 4" + colonies in a year. Heavy feeding + heavy lighting. Corals such as hawkins echniata when from a 1" frag to an 8" colony in 15 months. Pearl berry from a booger to 5" colony in 15 months, Tyree PM from nub to 3" colony in a year.

Thanks MikeC

 

[Jim]

Wow the tank looks great. Let me know when you're ready to frag the Oregon tort, lol.

 

[mbg75]

It looks great! How do you like that bigger media on the sand?

 

[Dk638]

Awesome tank, what is the bigger media? My gyre is slowly moving my sand toward itself.

 

[knutez24]

Looks Great. I thought you told me you thinned out the tank. Looks like it grew back already!

 

[jackson6745]

Jim, if you're in my area lmk

Mike and DK that two little fishes reborn calcium reactor media. I just sprinkled some in the other day in high flow areas where the sand moves around. So far so good. it's staying put even with vortechs running 100%.

Luke, It was thinner for a few weeks lol Growth has been crazy

 

[knutez24]

Luke, It was thinner for a few weeks lol Growth has been crazy

Next time you do a water change You should bottle and sell the removed water