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I love your kole tang and the mix of corals!! :thumbsup:

Nice photo shot!

:goodjob:

Thanks!



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Return pump: 2 x Eheim 1260 (with 1 pumped to chiller before returning to main)
Chiller: Hailea HC-500A (1/2 hp)
Skimmer: Deltec SC2060
Lightings: 8 x 24W ATI Sunpower T5 fixture
Wavemakers: Vortech MP40, MP10, Tunze nanostream 6045
Additives: TLF C-balance (2 parts Ca and Alk) via Kamoer 3 channel dosing pump; Polyp-lab Reef Resh; FM color elements

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Some recently taken shots and new additions:

Kole tang now accepting Henry's reef gourmet from water column!

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Big mama percula now hosting gornio!

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New additon: Lyetail Hawkfish - love the swallowtail when its out swimming and feeding

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Some SPS closeup:

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Return pump: 2 x Eheim 1260 (with 1 pumped to chiller before returning to main)
Chiller: Hailea HC-500A (1/2 hp)
Skimmer: Deltec SC2060
Lightings: 8 x 24W ATI Sunpower T5 fixture
Wavemakers: Vortech MP40, MP10, Tunze nanostream 6045
Additives: TLF C-balance (2 parts Ca and Alk) via Kamoer 3 channel dosing pump; Polyp-lab Reef Resh; FM color elements

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great pictures! though the tank seems a little dark, does the led create alot of dark spots via shadows or its just the pictures?

Hmmm ... can't deny that there may be some shadow areas in the tank but did you mean that the photos look dark? They seem to look ok on my monitors though.



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Return pump: 2 x Eheim 1260 (with 1 pumped to chiller before returning to main)
Chiller: Hailea HC-500A (1/2 hp)
Skimmer: Deltec SC2060
Lightings: 8 x 24W ATI Sunpower T5 fixture
Wavemakers: Vortech MP40, MP10, Tunze nanostream 6045
Additives: TLF C-balance (2 parts Ca and Alk) via Kamoer 3 channel dosing pump; Polyp-lab Reef Resh; FM color elements

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Update:

Finally decided to try with the hood removed (had intended it to be rimless but tank maker made the hood by mistake).

Below is a fts taken today.

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i was referring to this fts actually, as you can see the parts under the rocks are almost jet black so i was thinking maybe if the leds created some really sharp shadows.

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i was referring to this fts actually, as you can see the parts under the rocks are almost jet black so i was thinking maybe if the leds created some really sharp shadows.

Oh ok. I think this photo was darken. The parts that are jet black have some shading due to the rockworks and coral placements but its not as dark as in this photo.

I am actually not 100% happy with the current lighting setup as its not really sufficient to cover 2.5' by 2.5'.



Specs

Return pump: 2 x Eheim 1260 (with 1 pumped to chiller before returning to main)
Chiller: Hailea HC-500A (1/2 hp)
Skimmer: Deltec SC2060
Lightings: 8 x 24W ATI Sunpower T5 fixture
Wavemakers: Vortech MP40, MP10, Tunze nanostream 6045
Additives: TLF C-balance (2 parts Ca and Alk) via Kamoer 3 channel dosing pump; Polyp-lab Reef Resh; FM color elements

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Short video update (first time posting video) of Lyretail Hawkfish bought from ML's shipment from EcoAquarium PNG. nice and healthy fish.



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Return pump: 2 x Eheim 1260 (with 1 pumped to chiller before returning to main)
Chiller: Hailea HC-500A (1/2 hp)
Skimmer: Deltec SC2060
Lightings: 8 x 24W ATI Sunpower T5 fixture
Wavemakers: Vortech MP40, MP10, Tunze nanostream 6045
Additives: TLF C-balance (2 parts Ca and Alk) via Kamoer 3 channel dosing pump; Polyp-lab Reef Resh; FM color elements

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Although the tank is small but I can say is really nice n simple....

Nice photos taken.....

Thanks bro! Still battling an algae problem at the moment.



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Return pump: 2 x Eheim 1260 (with 1 pumped to chiller before returning to main)
Chiller: Hailea HC-500A (1/2 hp)
Skimmer: Deltec SC2060
Lightings: 8 x 24W ATI Sunpower T5 fixture
Wavemakers: Vortech MP40, MP10, Tunze nanostream 6045
Additives: TLF C-balance (2 parts Ca and Alk) via Kamoer 3 channel dosing pump; Polyp-lab Reef Resh; FM color elements

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Waiting for your comeback, bro!



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Return pump: 2 x Eheim 1260 (with 1 pumped to chiller before returning to main)
Chiller: Hailea HC-500A (1/2 hp)
Skimmer: Deltec SC2060
Lightings: 8 x 24W ATI Sunpower T5 fixture
Wavemakers: Vortech MP40, MP10, Tunze nanostream 6045
Additives: TLF C-balance (2 parts Ca and Alk) via Kamoer 3 channel dosing pump; Polyp-lab Reef Resh; FM color elements

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  • 2 months later...

Time for an overdue update. Lots of things had happened in the past two months. Started with an algae (all types of algae but mainly VERY stubborn hair algae) outbreak. In fact, the algae was there since the tank started but I guess I didn't manage to keep the spread under control. Following that, SPS started to STN. I figured it was probably due to the unmanageable nutrients. I thought the fish would be alright, but unfortunately an introduction of a new fish started an ICH outbreak. And I was travelling quite a bit in March so felt rather helpless when I hear that the fishes were slowly succumbing to the parasite and dying. It was a sad time. The ICH wiped out almost all the fish in a couple of weeks and I was left with three survivors. All the SPS were gone (being inexperience with SPS, I wasn't sure how to further prevent them from STN anyway). Surprisingly, most LPS survived the episode. The only thing that grew all this while was a Kenya tree coral that was introduced as a 10 cent coin hitch hiker. It grew to a tree as can be seen in the top left side of the tank below.

Not about to give up, I decided to stop any new fish introduction (its been a month now - still left with 3 fish). Meanwhile, using this opportunity to step up my maintenance - water changes, keeping my sump clean, changing out filter socks more frequently, cleaning up my FRs, etc. And lastly, swapping out the existing live rocks with new ones from CF in batches since those hair algae, which almost completely covered the rocks (in fact, I think they looked nice if it was a planted tank) are not showing any signs of receding despite my constant plucking. A theory is that the algae growth was due to the live rocks leaching out stuff since they were from my old tank that had been neglected for years before I started this tank. Shouldn't have used back those rocks - at least not without boiling them and killing everything.

At last, things are looking up again. I am happy with the new rocks, new scape. Started collecting some frags again. No new fish for now. Water parameters had never been better since I changed the rocks - NO3 = 0; PO4 = 0; Ca = 410; Alk = 9.5. Nevertheless, most important lesson learnt: PATIENCE!

Anyway, here are some current pics of the tank:

Current FTS

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This survivor is growing bigger - afraid it will cause problems when adding new fish later

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A purplish tip Acropora sp.

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Green Mille

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Candy cane

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Fungia

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Tubinaria and pink Gornio

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Lobo?

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Specs

Return pump: 2 x Eheim 1260 (with 1 pumped to chiller before returning to main)
Chiller: Hailea HC-500A (1/2 hp)
Skimmer: Deltec SC2060
Lightings: 8 x 24W ATI Sunpower T5 fixture
Wavemakers: Vortech MP40, MP10, Tunze nanostream 6045
Additives: TLF C-balance (2 parts Ca and Alk) via Kamoer 3 channel dosing pump; Polyp-lab Reef Resh; FM color elements

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Good job there in recovering from ur ich outbreak. I also juz recovered from one.

Display Tank : 36" x 20" x 20" Herbie overflow box design, Sump : 36" x 21" x 17", Frag Tank : 16” x 20” x 16”, custom built by Tank Culture.

Lightings : Ecotech  Radion XR15 Pro x 2 for Main Display Tank, Inled R80 x 1 for Frag Tank.

Chiller : Dalkin 1hp compressor with build-in drop coil.

Skimmer : Skimz Octa SC205i Protein Skimmer.

FR : H2Ocean FMR75 Fluidised Media Reactor with Hailea HX-2500 (Feeder Pump) running Rowaphos.

CR : Skimz Monzter E Series CM122 Calcium Reactor.

BPR: Marine Source Biopellet  Reactor with Continuum Reef Biopellet Fuel. 

Main Return Pump : SICCE Syncra ADV 9.0 & Jebao ACQ-10000 Water Pump.

Wavemaker : Jebao MOW-9 x2 for Main Display Tank & Jebao SLW-20M  Sine Wave Pump for  Frag Tank.

Water Top Up: AutoAqua Smart ATO Lite.

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My 2nd attempt posting a video and 1st attempt making a movie:

http://youtu.be/P93zNf4n-NI

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Return pump: 2 x Eheim 1260 (with 1 pumped to chiller before returning to main)
Chiller: Hailea HC-500A (1/2 hp)
Skimmer: Deltec SC2060
Lightings: 8 x 24W ATI Sunpower T5 fixture
Wavemakers: Vortech MP40, MP10, Tunze nanostream 6045
Additives: TLF C-balance (2 parts Ca and Alk) via Kamoer 3 channel dosing pump; Polyp-lab Reef Resh; FM color elements

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Nice video there. :thumbsup:

Display Tank : 36" x 20" x 20" Herbie overflow box design, Sump : 36" x 21" x 17", Frag Tank : 16” x 20” x 16”, custom built by Tank Culture.

Lightings : Ecotech  Radion XR15 Pro x 2 for Main Display Tank, Inled R80 x 1 for Frag Tank.

Chiller : Dalkin 1hp compressor with build-in drop coil.

Skimmer : Skimz Octa SC205i Protein Skimmer.

FR : H2Ocean FMR75 Fluidised Media Reactor with Hailea HX-2500 (Feeder Pump) running Rowaphos.

CR : Skimz Monzter E Series CM122 Calcium Reactor.

BPR: Marine Source Biopellet  Reactor with Continuum Reef Biopellet Fuel. 

Main Return Pump : SICCE Syncra ADV 9.0 & Jebao ACQ-10000 Water Pump.

Wavemaker : Jebao MOW-9 x2 for Main Display Tank & Jebao SLW-20M  Sine Wave Pump for  Frag Tank.

Water Top Up: AutoAqua Smart ATO Lite.

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Nice video there.

Thanks bro! Tank is rather bare though ... Did it for the fun of it.



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Return pump: 2 x Eheim 1260 (with 1 pumped to chiller before returning to main)
Chiller: Hailea HC-500A (1/2 hp)
Skimmer: Deltec SC2060
Lightings: 8 x 24W ATI Sunpower T5 fixture
Wavemakers: Vortech MP40, MP10, Tunze nanostream 6045
Additives: TLF C-balance (2 parts Ca and Alk) via Kamoer 3 channel dosing pump; Polyp-lab Reef Resh; FM color elements

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nice job & video.Cheers!

That's a very well made video :thumbsup: . Thks for sharing.

Thanks! Just experimenting with making a movie. Glad you like it.



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Return pump: 2 x Eheim 1260 (with 1 pumped to chiller before returning to main)
Chiller: Hailea HC-500A (1/2 hp)
Skimmer: Deltec SC2060
Lightings: 8 x 24W ATI Sunpower T5 fixture
Wavemakers: Vortech MP40, MP10, Tunze nanostream 6045
Additives: TLF C-balance (2 parts Ca and Alk) via Kamoer 3 channel dosing pump; Polyp-lab Reef Resh; FM color elements

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Added a few sps frags recently. Here is a recent FTS and some closeups:

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Return pump: 2 x Eheim 1260 (with 1 pumped to chiller before returning to main)
Chiller: Hailea HC-500A (1/2 hp)
Skimmer: Deltec SC2060
Lightings: 8 x 24W ATI Sunpower T5 fixture
Wavemakers: Vortech MP40, MP10, Tunze nanostream 6045
Additives: TLF C-balance (2 parts Ca and Alk) via Kamoer 3 channel dosing pump; Polyp-lab Reef Resh; FM color elements

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After receiving some aquascaping advice, here's after a minor rescape after removing some live rocks I long wanted to remove:

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I like the more open feeling to the tank:

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Got this from ML today, lets hope it stays put:

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Finally able to get a nicer shot of this after the rescape:

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Specs

Return pump: 2 x Eheim 1260 (with 1 pumped to chiller before returning to main)
Chiller: Hailea HC-500A (1/2 hp)
Skimmer: Deltec SC2060
Lightings: 8 x 24W ATI Sunpower T5 fixture
Wavemakers: Vortech MP40, MP10, Tunze nanostream 6045
Additives: TLF C-balance (2 parts Ca and Alk) via Kamoer 3 channel dosing pump; Polyp-lab Reef Resh; FM color elements

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