- Location
- Charlotte. NC
I am posting this to share my established 151 Reef Savvy Custom tank progression. It is up and running and taking off. It is literally is two years old and run as a FOWLR to cure dead rock without frustrating myself.
I’ll take some pictures over the weekend and then every couple of months. Set up is intentionally old school reefing with improved testing. I just like the simplicity of single plug lights and tried and true methods. If it all can not fit one one EB8 power strip it is too complicated!
For your enjoyment I mainly intend to show progression of old school corals! I’ll show my testing logs too later on.
I am not in the go big or go home camp here. 4’ tanks are just easier and less exhausting and enjoyable to me. I do have an idle 25 mm 320 gallon acrylic I am curing more dead rock in though with Barrel Fish minnows.
Man Cave Display Tank
151 Custom Tank - 48 x 28 x 28 with Custom Aquatics Overflow
8x54 W Dimmable ATI T5 - CH1 (2) 54w ATI UV 10 hrs, CH2 (4) 54w ATI Blue Plus, (2) 54w Color Plus 8-9 hrs a day, 9” over tank
(2) MP40 Quiet Drives – Pulse Modes indifferent ratios during the day
(1) MP40 Quiet Drive – Grye mode on bottom back panel to sweep out detritus
Back Storage Room Set up
Control Panel
Used Industrial Electrical Panel on Wall 60" tall x 30" wide
(2) Dedicated 20 amp house breakers
Puhl DIN Rail Power Supplies 32v and 12 v
APEX Brain, EB8 intentionally older model, Avast Breakout Box
(3) MP40 Controllers
(2) 75 aH North Star Deep Cycle Marine Batteries
80 watt Pentair UV Sterilizer - Not in use but plumbed to polish as needed.
NOCO Battery Tender
Marine grade 12V Emergency Power covered power bars
Sump
150 gallon Rubbermaid Agriculture Fiberglass tank
(2) Sicce Pro Return 1500 gph with schedule 80 manifold to UV, Refugium, Media reactor
Lifereef Venture with Mazzei & (1) Sicce Pro 1500 gph wet skim
Lifereef Refugium 20” tall rectangle and A360 Kessil Refugium Light - Chaeto and Rubble Stones
Shuran 800 watt heater (BRS rebrand)
Avast K1 Kalk Stirrer with 50 ml/min BRS Doser on OSC program and pH safety (3.5 to 4 liters per day)
0.1N Potassium Hydroxide – 5 drops per day manual (do not ask me)
- (idle Life Reef Calcium Reactor)-
50+ pounds of well aged dead rock in sump
7 Stage RODI
(2) 60 Gallon Norwesco Storage Tanks with 3 way RO tubing valves
Food
TLF Nori Foil Bags
Larry’s Herbivore and Reef Flat Packs
Piscine Mysis Flat-packs
Selcon EPAs – few drops on mysis 2x per week
Boyds Vitamin Mix 50 ml – few drops on mysis 1x per week
Hikari Herbivore and TDO pellets very sparingly
~Dr Tims Color Up Program recipe with variation – 1 year evaluation
~Polylab ReefBooster liquid - 1 year evaluation
Additives
(Salt) Tropic Marin Pro or Bio Salt as available – seems OK now
ESV B-Inoic 2 Part
BRS Mag Mix
0.1 N Potassium Hydroxide 0.5 ml per day at most
Rowaphos GFO small bucket (5 heaping tablespoons in a trickle filter past exhausted)
TLF Potassium
ESV Potassium Iodide
ESV Transitional Elements - 5ml 2x a week as optional or with Dr Tims color up bacteria cooker.
Vendors
SaltwaterAquarium.com dry goods.
Advance Aquatic Pets Belmont NC
Wet Pets, Gastonia NC
World Wide Corals
ReefBum Online
Spares
Sicce Pro Pumps
MP40 Wet Sides
Shuran 500watt heater
EB8 power strip
ATI T5 Bulbs++
Pests
Just Aptasia eaten by "reef safe" butterlflyfish
Fine Print
30 mile away nulcear plant. Los power 4 hrs per year so far. and old Honda small motr generator. Electricty has been my down fall in the past. Got EFO tornado to take trampolene on other side of river recently.
I’ll take some pictures over the weekend and then every couple of months. Set up is intentionally old school reefing with improved testing. I just like the simplicity of single plug lights and tried and true methods. If it all can not fit one one EB8 power strip it is too complicated!
For your enjoyment I mainly intend to show progression of old school corals! I’ll show my testing logs too later on.
I am not in the go big or go home camp here. 4’ tanks are just easier and less exhausting and enjoyable to me. I do have an idle 25 mm 320 gallon acrylic I am curing more dead rock in though with Barrel Fish minnows.
Man Cave Display Tank
151 Custom Tank - 48 x 28 x 28 with Custom Aquatics Overflow
8x54 W Dimmable ATI T5 - CH1 (2) 54w ATI UV 10 hrs, CH2 (4) 54w ATI Blue Plus, (2) 54w Color Plus 8-9 hrs a day, 9” over tank
(2) MP40 Quiet Drives – Pulse Modes indifferent ratios during the day
(1) MP40 Quiet Drive – Grye mode on bottom back panel to sweep out detritus
Back Storage Room Set up
Control Panel
Used Industrial Electrical Panel on Wall 60" tall x 30" wide
(2) Dedicated 20 amp house breakers
Puhl DIN Rail Power Supplies 32v and 12 v
APEX Brain, EB8 intentionally older model, Avast Breakout Box
(3) MP40 Controllers
(2) 75 aH North Star Deep Cycle Marine Batteries
80 watt Pentair UV Sterilizer - Not in use but plumbed to polish as needed.
NOCO Battery Tender
Marine grade 12V Emergency Power covered power bars
Sump
150 gallon Rubbermaid Agriculture Fiberglass tank
(2) Sicce Pro Return 1500 gph with schedule 80 manifold to UV, Refugium, Media reactor
Lifereef Venture with Mazzei & (1) Sicce Pro 1500 gph wet skim
Lifereef Refugium 20” tall rectangle and A360 Kessil Refugium Light - Chaeto and Rubble Stones
Shuran 800 watt heater (BRS rebrand)
Avast K1 Kalk Stirrer with 50 ml/min BRS Doser on OSC program and pH safety (3.5 to 4 liters per day)
0.1N Potassium Hydroxide – 5 drops per day manual (do not ask me)
- (idle Life Reef Calcium Reactor)-
50+ pounds of well aged dead rock in sump
7 Stage RODI
(2) 60 Gallon Norwesco Storage Tanks with 3 way RO tubing valves
Food
TLF Nori Foil Bags
Larry’s Herbivore and Reef Flat Packs
Piscine Mysis Flat-packs
Selcon EPAs – few drops on mysis 2x per week
Boyds Vitamin Mix 50 ml – few drops on mysis 1x per week
Hikari Herbivore and TDO pellets very sparingly
~Dr Tims Color Up Program recipe with variation – 1 year evaluation
~Polylab ReefBooster liquid - 1 year evaluation
Additives
(Salt) Tropic Marin Pro or Bio Salt as available – seems OK now
ESV B-Inoic 2 Part
BRS Mag Mix
0.1 N Potassium Hydroxide 0.5 ml per day at most
Rowaphos GFO small bucket (5 heaping tablespoons in a trickle filter past exhausted)
TLF Potassium
ESV Potassium Iodide
ESV Transitional Elements - 5ml 2x a week as optional or with Dr Tims color up bacteria cooker.
Vendors
SaltwaterAquarium.com dry goods.
Advance Aquatic Pets Belmont NC
Wet Pets, Gastonia NC
World Wide Corals
ReefBum Online
Spares
Sicce Pro Pumps
MP40 Wet Sides
Shuran 500watt heater
EB8 power strip
ATI T5 Bulbs++
Pests
Just Aptasia eaten by "reef safe" butterlflyfish
Fine Print
30 mile away nulcear plant. Los power 4 hrs per year so far. and old Honda small motr generator. Electricty has been my down fall in the past. Got EFO tornado to take trampolene on other side of river recently.
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