Starting back up AGAIN....

i thought i wouldve left the hobbie forever, but here i am again with another new tank... for some reason i keep coming back every year itching for some fun times, so hopefully this will be my LAST and final tank.. but no matter, i am happy to say im back again, as always !

my last tank was a full on 50g SPS tank, all the electrical gadgets and what not, im just trying to keep this one as simple as possible, maybe get a RKL for the most part.

but here it is ! 30gallon JBJ rimless, i didnt want a bigger tank just because i like it keep it small and an AIO was a perfect choice for me, after looking on the forums and what not searching for one i just picked one up at my local LFS for 300 after tax and everything! I'm going old school as well with a 8bulb 24" t5 aqualife fixture, might be overkill but if anything i can remove a bulb or two

heres the Specs:
30JBJ RL series
24" 8bulb aqualife fixture

im still needing more items on the list, but as for as flow goes 2 tunze's 6025 are on order, RKL modules, and some test kits, refractormeter, etc is to come!

 

Looks good. Welcome back!

 

Looks great!

 

Right beside the bed? How do you sleep from the noise?

 

welcome back.

Running water is soothing to the sole. Although you may have more bathroom dreams ha ha

 

Noise actually puts me to sleep

Welcome back. I just recently came back with a 30 gallon too!

 

I love how that tank looks. Welcome back! What did you use to mount the fixture?

Yay I'm not the only one!

 

welcome back and tank looks great!

 

Thanks guys, im using the aquatic life fixture, its adjustable and pretty straight forward to use! im trying to not buy new equipment and browsing the for sale section to find some equipment to put to good use!

 

I couldnt help but be back in the salt water hobby again, after being out i couldnt help myself from getting back in again!
This tank will be mainly SPS dominated tank, but at the same time keeping it really simple and making my life a lot easier to maintain.

I went with JBJ because of the rimless curved glass look, and the AIO made my life alot easier without all the sump/salt creep issues. my plan for the chambers is looking like this



Left side : Skimmer > GFO reactor
Right side : Cheato > Heater
Middle ATO/RT Pumps

My equipment are:
Vortech Mp20 < will convert to MP40 soon
Aquatic Life 8Bulb/ATI bulbs
Innovation Mini Desktop Reactor
Hydor Slimskim Nano
Marine Magic Dosing pumps
ATO
Finnex 100W heater
RKL < On order

All im missing is a controller I wish i can go with the apex w.o display but they dont carry them anymore, so my plan is to go with a simple RKL with PH probe, Remember, im trying to keep this simple and easy i dont really want all them fancy gadgets

On to the aqua scape, intially i wanted 2 of the same islands but over the few days i got bored of it and ultimately i couldnt hold that much tabling acros, so i switched it up a bit

OLD


NEW


I'm still thinking to scape the mini island, either something smaller or keeping it that way, with this aqua scape i can easily hold branching/tabling acros and for the lower part i will hold some stags/slimers

with that said, i got the MP20 and Magic Dosers for a REAL steal price! even the mp20 came with a spare wetside!


The way the mp20 moves the water is really incredible!


Dont mind the cover in the back, i just made that as a template but later on i will make an actual cover for it


remembering back how i loved t5 i couldnt bare myself going with LEDS so when it came for the right time someone was selling a 8bulb t5 aquatic life fixture DIRT cheap!! with waterproof endcaps and built in timer!!! I'm not sure about this fixture but even with 8bulbs i can literally grow anything! ATM i have it hanging 12 inches off the surface of the water. With the Aquatic life hanging kit i can easily move it up or down if needed!

My only concern is i might have to mess around with my bulb combo, im having to much blue of a tank and it really sucks




Sorry for the Crappy pictures, ill soon take better pictures once corals are in, as for all the equipment, the wiring is a mess, im waiting on my RKL so once i get it ill clean up the wires,

The tank has been up and running for 2 weeks going on 3 and by the looks of it the cycle is running its course!


tune in next time fellas