Jay's 32g Nano Reef (Mr Aqua, MAME, Kessil 306we, Custom King)

[jaywee]

Jay's 32g Nano Reef (Mr Aqua, MAME, Kessil A360W-E, Custom King)

FTS 12.24.14 Front

FTS 12.24.14 Top

FTS 12.24.14 Mr. Scuba Da Boss Man's View from the top of the rock

SPECS

Glass
Mr. Aqua Rimless 32 Gallon Low Iron Tank 23.6 X 17.7 X 17.7

Lighting
Kessil A360W-E with Bluefish Wifi Controller

Plumbing
MAME Design Overflow

Sump
Custom design and built by Custom King

Skimmer
SCA-301 Protein Skimmer

Flow
Jebao RW-4

Pump
Eheim Compact 2000

Stand/Cabinet
Custom built by tttony

Controller
Apex Controller Neptune System

Reactor
IM Minimax Reactor

ATO
Tunze Osmolator Universal 3155

Dosing
Jebao DP4

 

[jaywee]

This GIGANTUOS box arrived in my lobby. This thing is Godzilla! How on earth did the UPS even fit through the front door! I figured Marine Depot might have screwed up my order and sent me a bigger tank by mistake. DOPE!


Packing peanuts were filled to the brim.

Alright so Marine Depot didn't make a mistake and sent me a bigger tank :angry: . They just went overboard with packing. Which is awesome. Marine Depot has stepped up with their packing for delivery. The tank will probably be intact even if it fell off the UPS truck.

 

[jaywee]

So here it is. Mr. Aqua Passion Ultra 32 Gallon Rimless Low Iron Tank. I was banging on getting an ADA 60H or 60F but it's been out of stock for the longest time. Black Friday came around and Marine Depot was giving discount for the Mr Aqua rimless so I jumped on it. Mr. Aqua's been doing a great job with their tanks. Reviews online have been quite steller. But upon inspection of the tank I wasn't ultra impressed. Maybe my expectations were too high. But I wasn't expecting to see any green-ish tint at all. Maybe my eyes were playing tricks on me. What do you guys think? Is this the Low Iron version or did Marine Depot sent me the older Mr. Aqua Tanks that aren't low iron.

I thought maybe I was looking at it with indoor warm lighting that's why the green tint. So I put it by my window exposing it to natural light. It looked better. More of a light blue tint. Again, maybe my expectations were just too high. This might be the Low Iron version and I was just expecting it to be ultra clear. It's definitely no ADA. The silicon job was pretty clean. Not perfect but I'm trying not to fuss.

 

[jaywee]

SHOUT OUT to Jeff aka Custom King. Super happy with what he's done. I gave him such a limited dimension and he delivered everything I asked for and more.

 

[Custom King]

Jay's 32g Nano Build!

Jay,

Nice meeting and working with you. I'll be tagging along to see how your build goes. Enjoy the sump!

Thanks

 

[cmantis]

Thats starphire - more blue.

 

[jaywee]

Jay,

Nice meeting and working with you. I'll be tagging along to see how your build goes. Enjoy the sump!

Thanks

Awesome!

 

[jaywee]

Thats starphire - more blue.

You might be right. Whatever it is, I think it looks fine. I'm not gonna fuss about it. Once I flood it, scape it and transfer my corals i won't be caring what glass that is. Lol. Dude I'll have to hit u up and get some high end clowns when I'm all set up.

 

[JonnyJ]

That's definitely low iron " star fire" , i have many glass samples at my house. Good luck with the build!

 

[jaywee]

That's definitely low iron " star fire" , i have many glass samples at my house. Good luck with the build!

Thanks JonnyJ on the glass confirmation. Waiting on my stand and overflow and I can start filling up the tank!

 

[tunicata]

Oh very nice looking so far. That sump looks great. What is the volume of the ato section?

 

[jaywee]

Oh very nice looking so far. That sump looks great. What is the volume of the ato section?

Thanks! I think the ATO is appox 3-4 gallon.

 

[jaywee]

Finally got some new stuff to continue this build thread! 15lb of Florida Reef Rock from Reef Cleaners. I've been a customer of John Maloney for many years and he does things right. I've always ordered CUC from him but this is the first time I've ordered these rocks. I like how its covered in holes and crevices. Makes it easy to stack and scape. I'm happy with what I got. I'm gonna break up the bigger pieces into smaller ones. I'll be using lots of smaller pieces to try and create an interesting scape.

 

[jaywee]

AND I GOT MY CUSTOM STAND! Props goes to Tony (tttony) aka The Stand Man. Worth the 2hr drive and 2 hr back to pick up this baby. I told him make me an ADA looking one but in a darker grey (To blend with my wall) and with the same side lip/vent but with a yellow accent interior and he totally delivered. Damn, I'm super stocked about this stand.

 

[jaywee]

So I really dislike the look of the kessil gooseneck. Really Eeeewww. And since I'm going super clean, I don't want to see the gooseneck clamp to the back of my glass and all that nasty wires. So I got Tony to bend me this rod and bracket it to the back corner of the stand. Also sprayed it the same grey as my stand and wall so everything blends together.

And here where the coolness is... by simply loosening the thumb screw I can swing the rod away if I need to do maintenance or go crazy with vacuuming my sand bed. No more bumping my head on the Kessil and worry about it falling into the tank or the gooseneck breaking the glass. Such a simple cheap solution. Can't believe I never thought of this sooner.

The rod is hollow so I can hide the wires inside! Now that's a floating Kessil.

 

[jaywee]

The hardest thing to do... Wire Management. Almost complete. Gotta wire a couple more things and I'm good.

 

[cmantis]

Omg its so clean I almost want to come by and renegade it up for ya!!

 

[jaywee]

omg its so clean i almost want to come by and renegade it up for ya!!

lol...

 

[beastium]

Looking forward to seeing the mame in action! Where did u find it for sale?

 

[jaywee]

Looking forward to seeing the mame in action! Where did u find it for sale?

I got it from a guy on another forum. He has a few more for sale. Let me know if you're interested and I'll hook u up with a discount.