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My Expensive Hobby - 4x2x2 Tank


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Week One (will be conducting tests and updates on every Monday If possible)

Below are the Equipment and Test Kits for the Basics first.

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The results are complied in excel.

There are Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate, therefore the Cycling process has kickstarted.

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The above is the current water perimeters for My Expensive Hobby.

Will post new updates along the way as well as weekly update on the tests and results.

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Week One Day 3 - The water cleared up (photo taken 2 days ago):)

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Week One Day 5 - A short Video (The water may look a bit cloudy because I just finish cleaning the glass panel and shifted the live sand)

 

 

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Hey you have got an awesome setup. I have a dormant 4x2x2 tank waiting to be revived. May I ask how is your Hailea 66A working for your tank? I cannot decide if I should repair my artica 1/4 or get a new Hailea HS90. How is your BM skimmer, I'm thinking of getting that or Skimz BN161. Please share your experience, thanks!

Why all the venom? Reefing is just a hobby, dude.

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Your light setting create a lot of disco effect.
Or u like it that way?

6.5 * 2 * 2 + 3.75 * 1.5 *1.5,(Decomn on 14/9/08)
4*2*2 + 2.5*1.25*1.25 (Decomn on 1/8/09)
5*2*2 (Fully LED light system, 140 3 watt SSC leds with 60 degree lens)(Decomm)
2.5*2*2(Fully LED Light System,96 3 watt SSC leds with 60 degree lens)(Decomm)

5*2.5*2(LED only)

Eheim return 1 * pump

1 HP Daikin compressor with cooling coil
2 Jebao OW40, 1 ecotech MP40,
1X6085 Tunze wm,

1 CURVE 7 Skimmer

  1 DIY 80 led control by Bluefish mini 

1 radion XR30W G2, 2 Radion XR15G3

Sump area lite by 5 ft T5 , 6 * SSC 3 watt red LED for refugium

1 Full spectrum E27 led light

1 CR control by bubble count

Start No Water Change since 1st Dec 2016

Add new 2.5x2x 1.5 ft 

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On 16/12/2016 at 9:35 PM, divinesloth said:

Hey you have got an awesome setup. I have a dormant 4x2x2 tank waiting to be revived. May I ask how is your Hailea 66A working for your tank? I cannot decide if I should repair my artica 1/4 or get a new Hailea HS90. How is your BM skimmer, I'm thinking of getting that or Skimz BN161. Please share your experience, thanks!

Hi thanks. I has not really switch on the chiller and skimmer as my tank is still in the cycling process. Will share more experience in due time :)

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Oic

6.5 * 2 * 2 + 3.75 * 1.5 *1.5,(Decomn on 14/9/08)
4*2*2 + 2.5*1.25*1.25 (Decomn on 1/8/09)
5*2*2 (Fully LED light system, 140 3 watt SSC leds with 60 degree lens)(Decomm)
2.5*2*2(Fully LED Light System,96 3 watt SSC leds with 60 degree lens)(Decomm)

5*2.5*2(LED only)

Eheim return 1 * pump

1 HP Daikin compressor with cooling coil
2 Jebao OW40, 1 ecotech MP40,
1X6085 Tunze wm,

1 CURVE 7 Skimmer

  1 DIY 80 led control by Bluefish mini 

1 radion XR30W G2, 2 Radion XR15G3

Sump area lite by 5 ft T5 , 6 * SSC 3 watt red LED for refugium

1 Full spectrum E27 led light

1 CR control by bubble count

Start No Water Change since 1st Dec 2016

Add new 2.5x2x 1.5 ft 

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Week two - Ammonia, Nitrites and Nitrates still present.

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add in mineral mud to my refugium yesterday as well. OMG i forgot to off the return pump and it create a mud pool. LOL.

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after one day.... it finally cleared up.. still not as clear yet......

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3 hours ago, Ashtrax said:

Bro is your rock leaning against your tank?

Nope. They are not leaning against the tank. Its a 4 x 2 x 2 ft tank. the rock form an island so that i can clean the 4 glass panel easily in the future :)

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1 hour ago, Angel Keeper said:

Feels like a lot of blind spots in which flow is impeded...

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Actually most of the area are covered by the gyre wavemaker. front and back :)

There are definately some blind spots but its ok for certain coral and fish in the future. And i am still doing adjustment.

thanks for the feedback.

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An updates to end of week 3

Ammonia is zero, however nitrite and nitrate are at 0.25 ppm each. And also diatoms are formed.

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Below is the water perimeter test i have done about 30 minutes ago.. still celebrating my birthday today haha.20161229_234947.jpg

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As of Christmas eve, i did a test on the water perimeter and it reveal 0 ammonia and 0 nitrite, however there seems to be diatoms growing. Thus i proceed to add in the CUC for my tank. Total added 21 new clean up crew members to the Main display Tank.

9 Trochus Snail

6 Astrea Turbo Snail (4 in Main Display tank and 2 in refugium sump)

4 Nassarius Snail

2 Cleaner Shrimp

Acclimate them using the drip method and so far for the past 5 days..they are doing well and moving around in the tank.

Below is the pic of my two cleaner shrimp.20161225_134555.jpg

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