CR's 29 SPS Heavy project--FW's--may be starting over!!

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  1. Coastie Reefer

    Coastie Reefer Millepora

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    Standard 29 gallon.

    ~25 lbs of aragonite course sand
    ~35 lbs of live rock (~20 from old 20L setup)

    Aquaclear 50 (200 gph), Hydor 550 x 2, Hydor nano 425: 1965 gph / 29g = 67.75 total turnover.

    BoostLED Mu 135 version 2 mounted 8" to surface of the water, 13" over top of the rock, 25" to the sandbed.

    The plan is to be a heavy SPS tank. I may also put a couple duncans in the tank as they are often times considered water quality barometers. NO soft corals.

    Livestock: B&W clown pair and one other fish yet to be determined.

    After the tank has been established for a month or so I will be adding a BRS reactor for GFO. It's actually on my Christmas list ;). I will continue to use the AC 50 for carbon and purigen. I want to give the tank time to burn off silicates from the new sandbed naturally. I will not be using a sump, but may eventually get a HOB refugium. I will not be using a skimmer. I will be performing 5 gallon water changes every two weeks.

    I love my 40B, but it is pretty much on cruise control. It is a nice mixed reef and my girlfriend loves the mushrooms, frogspawn, and trumpets. She's not as fond of the SPS corals...she like "they don't move, I like the ones that move." However I'm looking for more of a challenge and look forward to my "stick garden"!

    View from the bed
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    Mu 135 2.0
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    Homemade canopy
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    Current FTS
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    Jake and Ellwood
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  2. SwimsWithFish

    SwimsWithFish Giant Squid

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    Awesome. Subscribed:) lol my moms the same way. She calls Lps "Anemones" and sps "coral rocks".
     
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  3. Corailline

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    It is a dry heat, yeah right !
    Very, Very Nice Start. :)
     
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  4. Coastie Reefer

    Coastie Reefer Millepora

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    Thanks! You're my inspiration for this project.
     
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  5. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    Thank you so much for the kind words. :)

    Every new tank that looks like that is my inspiration. It looks really good, a ton of potential.
     
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  6. SwimsWithFish

    SwimsWithFish Giant Squid

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    Yeah I'm loving the scape.:)
     
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  7. Seano Hermano

    Seano Hermano Giant Squid

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    Yay! :D Mu 135 over a 29. Do you have access to a par meter? lol.

    Nice 'scape!
     
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  8. Coastie Reefer

    Coastie Reefer Millepora

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    Sorry Seano, no clue where to get my hands on a par meter. It's probably a safe bet that I can keep SPS anywhere the tank though. LOL!!
     
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  9. BoostLED

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    Sweet tank! Looking forward to see your progress!
     
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  10. Seano Hermano

    Seano Hermano Giant Squid

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    No biggie. :) SPS should do very well in there! ;D
     
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