mediumrare's 40breeder SPS +10g satellite

[mediumrare]

Some new photos! dicking around with my macro lense.

Ponape (about the size of a tennis ball

Cali Tort

Some Acro

sailfin juvenile

6-line

another of the 6-line

 

[aqua-nut]

Nice pics. Fish are hard to take macros of!

What lens do you have?

 

[mediumrare]

Nice pics. Fish are hard to take macros of!

What lens do you have?

I was using my Nikon 60mm macro

 

[aqua-nut]

Sweet!

Keep the shots coming. I love macros.

 

[mediumrare]

i need to make a viewer

 

[tankguy]

Love your Cali Tort

 

[mediumrare]

Love your Cali Tort

There's finally frags coming out of Aqua Exotic's farm.

 

[Kmooresf]

Awesome! Corals look great. Fantastic shots too!

 

[mediumrare]

Here are some equipment updates since my original post:

Display:
40 Breeder
2x MP10Wes
1x Jaebo wp40
(yes this is a sh*( load of circulation for a 40..but my SPS love it!)
2x AI vega color

Satellite:
10 gallon
maxi-jet 1200 as a return, currently no other circulation
1x AI-nano

Sump:

Reefoctopus xp-1000sss cone skimmer
chaetomorpha and ulva in refugium
BRS media reactor with GFO carbon
Aquagadget minimax (x2) 1 for biopellets, 1 for GFO
2x precision aquarium dosing pumps
Jager heater and fan on Ranco controller
Avast skimmate locker and ATO
sock changed once a week (I rarely run socks these days)

Dosing:

Bionic 2 part via dosing pumps
Bionic Magnesium as needed
Brightwell Aquatics: Ferrion, Strontion, Potassion and Replenish as needed.
Prodobio bioclean every month

Total estimated water volume with sump and "display" tanks: ~60-65 gallons

I've also added a Neptune Apex controller mainly to manage my reactors, returns and jaebo powerhead.

 

[swk]

Very nice! Pretty much the direction I am looking to go. How is the drain in the 40B configured? Single hole with an elbow?

Did you use biopellets from the start, or did the need gradually develop?

 

[mediumrare]

Very nice! Pretty much the direction I am looking to go. How is the drain in the 40B configured? Single hole with an elbow?

Did you use biopellets from the start, or did the need gradually develop?

I have a single 1.5 inch overflow done by a 90 degree elbow, same as what you see at most LFS's. I have gutter guard, which i inspect regularly and clean, over the drain to prevent snails and large crap from clogging my overflow. The return on my tank is pretty low, so i dont have a huge gph flow through my overflow. (I'm considering upgrading my return to add more "through sump" flow)

To be completely honest, I added this reactor to my system out of sheer curiosity and need to tinker than a need to control nutrients. For biopellets i only added them on a few months ago, and I started with a MUCH MUCH smaller amount than what is "recommended" for my system volume. I am still slowly increasing the media volume, as have heard horror stories associated with biopellet use. I'm still not convinced that they provide any benefit, but, maybe i haven't hit a point where they do. To be completely honest, I added this reactor to my system out of sheer curiosity and need to tinker than a need to control nutrients.

 

[rygh]

... To be completely honest, I added this reactor to my system out of sheer curiosity and need to tinker than a need to control nutrients. ....

Funny, I do the same thing as well. Tried many things. Great fun.
Probably not the best for the tank ... but .... ehh.

 

[mediumrare]

Hey everyone! Just thought i'd pop in and let y'all know i'm not dead. Tank is still up and running great. In fact, until i got to sleep ill be sharing the feed off of my dropcam! Enjoy!

https://www.dropcam.com/p/dpeZ6v



ill be doing a more detailed update in the days to come!

 

[mediumrare]

Tank's still not dead! Got some new fish for a new year and plucked out the dead ones.

Here's a video of the main display tank. Boy is the iphone camera shining through!

 

[Coral reefer]

Damn. That's a big pile of corals! Looks like somebody digs the birdsnests!

 

[mediumrare]

That ponape birdsnest seems to be growing faster and faster now that i'm checking levels and getting back in the maintenance groove.

~5 months of neglect and im amazed I only lost two pieces.