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Hello guys/girls,

I have been keeping a 20gal nano cube for quite a few months now and have long been poisoned by minimalist nano shallow reef setups that I saw online along the way. Now that the time has come (by the time, I meant budget. :P) and have engaged Vincent from AA for my upcoming tank, I thought I should start a thread to document my journey. Even though the supposed delivery date is on 28th this month, I'll share my plan with gurus. It is going to be a mixed reef with a heavy lps section, zoa garden, this little and that little . Below is my current plan.

Setup and equipment list

Tank : 24" x 24" x 10" (Herbie overflow for silent and minimum footprint)

Sump : About 18" x 20" x 12"

Skimmer : Have my current nac qq and will try if it works well first

Light : AI hydra 26

Mech filtration : 4" 150micron filter sock

Chemical filtration : rowaphos reactor and carbon reactor

Chiller : resun cl280

Return : Jebao DC3000

Wavemaker : Current tank's 2xrw4

Water source : Zero DI

Salt : DD h2ocean pro

Supplements : biodigest and bioptim

Please do suggest me if there can be better improvements and don't forget to share your shallow reef setups for inspiration and poisoning too.

Thank you people.

~MK

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It's too shallow, u need to tune down ur hydra26 else ur lps will get bleach.

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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It's too shallow, u need to tune down ur hydra26 else ur lps will get bleach.

Noted bro, I will have to adjust what fits best!

The 2 led lights look more to razor nano to me cos I am using that :yahoo:

Those are current ones I'm using bro. I'll be upgrading to hydra26 for the upcoming tank.

I believe he is referring to your new tank with Hydra, being only 10" in height.

Yea bro. That's what I noticed. Haha
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good time to shop for AI light set right now.

24x24x10 with 26 is a good option. just hang it higher for the spread.

awaiting for your photos!

Thanks for your tips bro. I have already got my light set. So, now just waiting for the tank and planning my scape, stocking options!
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New update people!!!

The tank set has reached my living room. It's a wet day today with water all over the floor while filling. I've set the salinity at 1.025 and filled the caribsea oceandirect sand for about a cm. Just put in the prawn for cycling and dosed biodigest.

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Your filter sock ring over your sump tank height. Made sure it dun choke and overflows out of ur sump. Then u gonna have wet floor to mop up again.

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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Looking forward to more updates..

Display Tank : 66" x 36" x 24"
Lights: 3 X Radion XR30W PRO Gen3, 
            2 X Radion XR30W Gen1
Wave Maker : 2 X MP40, 1 X RW20, 1 X RW15
Return Pump : 2x DCT12000

Frag Tank : 24" x 24" x 16"
Lights : 1 X Radion XR30W Gen1
Wave Maker : 1 X RW8
Return Pump : 2 X DCS5000

Sump : 72" x 24" x 16"
Chiller : Hailea 1HP
Skimmer : Skimz SM201.
Dosing Pump : Bubble Magus 11 Channels
Calcium Reactors : Schuran Jetstream 1

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Hi bro, can pm me the price u paid for this?

Nice tank!

Can PM me the price for the tank set please.

Thank you.

Pmed to you bros.

Your filter sock ring over your sump tank height. Made sure it dun choke and overflows out of ur sump. Then u gonna have wet floor to mop up again.

Actually it is supposed to sit on the holder. I raised it a bit to see how long only. :D

Looking forward to more updates..

Will do bro! Thanks.

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Nice tank, bro.

Try to get a bigger skimmer, Reef Octopus or Skimz good enough.

I'm thinking about getting either nac3.5 or curve5 in near future bro. Thanks for the input!

Nice tank with clean white cabinet !

Mind PM me who is your tank maker and price of the tank set?

Thank you.

Sent bro.
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So, my tank has been cycling for about 3 days. What I noticed is the cloudy water in white shade since the start. Is this a normal cycling process? I'm afraid that it would be the calcium precipitation from salt mix. I use DDh2ocean.8f350bb40220848d9ed8f947ae97a1d5.jpg

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