Tom's 75 reef build

[TommyP]

So dojng some work at the house. so tank had to be moved. In the process of filling it back up letting the sh* t settle then put the livestock back in. Once the construction is done, gotta move the tank back. This is going to be fun. nOT

 

[TommyP]

Hey all, just an update. My tank is turning out really well. I recently moved it back to the spot it's going to be in. I'm content with the way everything is doing and settled in so far. I'll post pics tonight when I get home of everything.

I lost some corals and 2 of my anthias during the transfer

Thanks to some members on here I was able to restock some frags.

Equipment:
75 Aqueon Glass Tank
20 long DIY Sump
Reef Octopus NWB-110 Protein Skimmer
Two Little Fishes Phosban 150 Reactor
Mag 9.5 return pump
Eshopps ph-800 overflow box
autotopoff.com set up w/ 10 gallon container
Two 120W Taotronic LED Lighting system

Fishes:
1-4'' Yellow Tang
1-3'' Hippo tang
2- Blue Eyed Anthias
2-Snowflake Clownfish

Inverts & such
2 - Cleaner Shrimp
handful of blue legged hermits and mixture of snails

Corals:
frogspawn
green & red montipora cap
variety of zoas
bubble coral
gsp
hammer coral
duncans
war coral
miami chalice
some small birdsnest frags
maybe some others too.

Pics will be taken on my iphone 5 as I do not have a fancy camera or anything

Also when I have some time I'll throw up my most recent parameters. Everything since the transfer (11/10) has been doing great.

 

[TommyP]

Looking to get a new heater replace it after a little over a year to be on the safe side. What's the best heater for a 75 DT and 20g sump?

 

[TommyP]

So i went to hook up my rodi unit to the sink in the bathroom on another floor and I took my rodi unit off the wall (hanging in the garage next to my 35g brute can, and 2/3 canisters are broken. Seems like water froze and expanded, damaging the canisters. It looks like someone smashed it on the ground. Now im SOL. Called BRS and they left me a vm saying nothing they can do about it. I don't even think I can get new canisters because some of the plastic (from the canister) is still threaded into the unit itself. This sucks I don't know what I'm going to do. I don't feel like spending another $160 on the unit (thankfully it's $129) now on sale but still...

 

[lnevo]

You can probably crack out the plastic thats still in there and order replacement canisters....$129 is not too bad. You could also just order the entire canisters and take the old ones off the bracket and replumb it. As long as your ro membrane is ok. You can probably reuse the sediment filter and carbon block if they didnt get messed up...

 

[TommyP]

I have to replace the filters as well anyway so I already have them at the house. I'm not sure if the membrane is okay or not or what else got damaged so It's really hard to tell. I don't know what to do really. I think I'm going to buy a new unit and buy canisters this way I have both just in case. IDK lol

 

[lnevo]

Thats sounds like the best plan.

 

[TommyP]

Just dropped $200 at brs. Got a new unit, 3 new canisters( hoping that works so I can return the unit instead) and a Hanna calc tester. Hope it arrives quick so i can make water. Gotta do a water change this weekend may have to buy premixed sw from petco.

 

[lnevo]

The alk+phos ones are on sale...or they were

 

[TommyP]

Yeah they're a couple bucks off. I already have a phosphate checker so I got the calc one now asking the GF to get the alk one for me for xmas. I asked her for the apex controller too, she doesn't know the price though lol

 

[Jaftica]

Pm me if you need the alk Hanna meter

 

[TommyP]

Pm me if you need the alk Hanna meter

Hey thanks man. I was going to ask my gf to get me one for Xmas. I already have one for phosphates and I just bought one from brs to help me with free shipping. Pm me about it.

 

[TommyP]

Just scored some nice corals

3 heads and a baby on the right of rainbow acans!!!

 

[TommyP]

Not my actual pictures but they are wysiwyg

 

[BaaMNYC]

What's the name of that Sps nice piece

 

[TommyP]

Thanks man it's a red Aussie table acro

 

[TommyP]

So the red table acro ended up bleaching out the day I got it so world wide corals ended up shipping me a blue stylo instead and threw in a orange monti frag for free. Great customer service.
Here's some updated pictures. Comments/critiques are welcome!

 

[highboost91]

What lighting are you using?

Sent from my SCH-I545 using Reefs

 

[TommyP]

What lighting are you using?

Sent from my SCH-I545 using Reefs

I got them online. I got them about 6-8 months ago. 2 units 120 W Dimmable Taotronics. White/Blues only. They now sell them with the full spectrum versions. The link with the specs are somewhere in this thread lol

 

[chris koci]

good job friend