Jay's 100g Reef

Just read this from the start..WOW great build, tank looks awesome..

 

Love the cabinetry work, nice aquascaping job too.

 

Amazing !!

 

First off I apologize for the late responses but better late than never! And thanks for all the comments.

Yes pretty much. They only come out at peak lighting periods and they never venture more than a foot from their burrow. They pretty much took over my gobies burrow. Poor guy.

The aquavitro salinity salt is great when it comes to alkalinity and calcium and the necessary mix of other ingredients when it comes to SPS. I don't have to dose anything other than CA, MG, and KH. As for the level of magnesium in the salt, I do wish it was higher. In my mixes after 24 hours of mixing, I get readings of magnesium in the low 1200's which is lower than the level I maintain in my tank currently. So other than the MG levels, the salt is good and i get great results.

For my old tank, I used a lot of epoxy to get the shelf rock to sit properly. Took a lot of patience. I must of changed the rockwork ten times or so. For my new tank, I wanted something more natural looking so I stacked my rock accordingly. I have lots of tunnels and caves for water flow that are difficult to see in pictures.

The tank I got a while ago for really cheap so I planned the build entirely around it. I honestly wish I got a bigger tank but the more I think about how much money I've already spent, it quickly quells my desire for a larger tank. lol

 

I got a question for you. I have a 125 with ~30g of sump fuge. Im a little worried about bioleod of fish. Whats your total water volume? (ie sump and fuge in your gorgeous fishroom)

 

I have a 36 gallon sump from Kritter and the flow goes clockwise with the order of chambers going from intake and filter sock to skimmer to fuge then to liverock filtered rubble bubble wall to finally my return chamber. I estimate my return flow to be around 500 gph with headloss and angles on my plumbing for my eheim 1260. The return flow is low but i have a lot of flow in the display tank itself.

 

Just picked up a Warner Marine MF161 Skimmer to upgrade from my Vertex IN-100. Seems like a very well constructed piece of equipment. Only been running for 24 hours so haven't hit the break in period yet but i will let everyone know how it works out.

 

This setup is for sale. I'm asking $900 for the Cabinet, canopy, tank, and lighting.

setup has sold