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Randy’s Flock o' Reef Tanks

Good point !
They stopped manufacturing the union on my geo along time ago! Tried numerous Dn15 unions with no luck! To bad the mating threads are different from brand to brand on unions.. This cr612 is a secondary chamber so only option is to buy a new $100 lid with the updated union unless I just use alota glue or silicone on another brand union to permanently attach..Heat gun won't work getting the old union off the lid looks like acrylic glue.
Geo sells your unions!
 
PjFish said:
Good point !
They stopped manufacturing the union on my geo along time ago! Tried numerous Dn15 unions with no luck! To bad the mating threads are different from brand to brand on unions.. This cr612 is a secondary chamber so only option is to buy a new $100 lid with the updated union unless I just use alota glue or silicone on another brand union to permanently attach..Heat gun won't work getting the old union off the lid looks like acrylic glue.
Geo sells your unions!
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Ive used this with pretty good success. I had to "drill" off the old pipes from the bushings of my uv. Just drill the pipe off your lid.

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150 Gallon

We have lights! Well one light so far. I was just gonna use RMS arms sitting on top of the side of the tank, but thought hanging would look better. Still need to plug in the two xr30 and get a couple of xr30 mounts from a buddy he has laying around the garage .

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I got lazy and used the garage door track rail.
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RandyC said:
150 Gallon

We have lights! Well one light so far. I was just gonna use RMS arms sitting on top of the side of the tank, but thought hanging would look better. Still need to plug in the two xr30 and get a couple of xr30 mounts from a buddy he has laying around the garage .

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I got lazy and used the garage door track rail.
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Let there be light! I got the other mounts and all the lights are up now. I've never been blamed for having too little lights.

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Seeing around 450 on the top of the rocks in the middle and between 225-300 on the sandbed depending how close you are to the glass.

I ran out of wire sleeves for my wire crimper and got those in today, so without any actually planning ahead with @derek_SR, I added eyelets to the end of the cables instead of the janky nuts I had holding it up the same day he fixed his the exact same way.
 
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Torch Tank

I've never "formally introduced" these tanks, but I have two IM30 tanks that share a sump that house all my torches. It's around 60-70 gallons of total water volume. And being that I was just using what was on hand (read: hoarding), I set this up to replenish the calcium carbonate in the tank.

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:p Yes, complete overkill, but hey, save money and use what you got right? Well, now that I need a calcium reactor for the 150 Gallon, I needed to repair my leaking Geo nano calcium reactor.

It had a leak where the connector locks the impeller in place. But to be honest, I hate sicce syncha silent pumps because they're typically anything but silent and I think the connector is really not great for a hanging design that Geo had.

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So I decided to hack up the recirculating manifold and refit it for a tiny brushless 24V DC pump. The pump was variable speed (5W-28.8W), but didn't come with a controller so I'm just using an adjustable power adapter.

So here's what it looks like now.

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This thing is pretty quiet at low speeds, but can be loud if running at the full 28.8W. I'm only running it around 5.2W and it's damn quiet. We'll see about longevity, but it's an inexpensive pump and threaded, so easily replaced should it fail.

So now the old school Geo 618 calcium reactor is freed up for the 150 gallon. Almost time to put some acros in that beast. :)

Here's the pump and power supply I got.



I'm sure though, y'all are more interested in what the tank looks like.

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RandyC said:
I picked up one of the mariculture colonies from Clearwater that came in fresh from Indo back on March 3. Here's how it goes so far after a month. Getting some color to develop, but the fuzziness! Oh the fuzzies!

March 3, 2025 - sitting in QT
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March 12, 2025
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Frag Tanks

Getting pinker by the day. Thought this mariculture piece was going to go red/maroon, but looks like pink is the winner.

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150 Gallon Tank

Ugly stage has begun. Oh the brown goodness. Time to let it ride and get some CUC.

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I think I'm the only person who does this, but I set up my fuge as soon as tank is being fed and there's any livestock in the tank. I use this led grow light panel in all of my systems for the fuge and it does quite well. Having a fuge from the start seems to make my ugly phase blow over quicker than without for me. Hoping this remains true!

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Calcium reactor has been filled, hooked up and started dripping and will turn on the CO2 once corals are actually in the tank.

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This is probably the longest I've ever waited to put coral in a system, but I don't have a co2 regulator yet and my spare CO2 tank is empty. So not ready to replenish alk/calc/mg yet. I have a Versa for the feed pump right now, but I find a really cheap Masterflex Mini 7525-40 that I'm going to use instead once the tubing comes in.

I also plugged in a spare apex I had laying around.

what's left to add...

- 57W AquaUVUV Sterilizer
- Bubble King Double Cone 180 with RD3
- media reactor with carbon & high capacity GFO
 
RandyC said:
Torch Tank

I've never "formally introduced" these tanks, but I have two IM30 tanks that share a sump that house all my torches. It's around 60-70 gallons of total water volume. And being that I was just using what was on hand (read: hoarding), I set this up to replenish the calcium carbonate in the tank.

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:p Yes, complete overkill, but hey, save money and use what you got right? Well, now that I need a calcium reactor for the 150 Gallon, I needed to repair my leaking Geo nano calcium reactor.

It had a leak where the connector locks the impeller in place. But to be honest, I hate sicce syncha silent pumps because they're typically anything but silent and I think the connector is really not great for a hanging design that Geo had.

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So I decided to hack up the recirculating manifold and refit it for a tiny brushless 24V DC pump. The pump was variable speed (5W-28.8W), but didn't come with a controller so I'm just using an adjustable power adapter.

So here's what it looks like now.

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This thing is pretty quiet at low speeds, but can be loud if running at the full 28.8W. I'm only running it around 5.2W and it's damn quiet. We'll see about longevity, but it's an inexpensive pump and threaded, so easily replaced should it fail.

So now the old school Geo 618 calcium reactor is freed up for the 150 gallon. Almost time to put some acros in that beast. :)

Here's the pump and power supply I got.



I'm sure though, y'all are more interested in what the tank looks like.

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Nice! I got the same pump in my cart which is the same brand Geo's Reef sells for their replacements.
Any issues with the flexible tubing connecting the Uv to the bulk heads?
Thanks
 
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PjFish said:
Nice! I got the same pump in my cart which is the same brand Geo's Reef sells for their replacements.
Any issues with the flexible tubing connecting the Uv to the bulk heads?
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I didn't know that was the exact model the new Geo's used. I knew they had a small DC pump on them, but didn't look into exactly what pump they used.

No issue connected the flex tubing to the UV. Just have a 3/4" barb to MPT adapter going into the threaded bulkhead. Just make sure to use pipe dope or thread sealant tape to prevent leaking.
 
RandyC said:
150 Gallon Tank

Ugly stage has begun. Oh the brown goodness. Time to let it ride and get some CUC.

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I think I'm the only person who does this, but I set up my fuge as soon as tank is being fed and there's any livestock in the tank. I use this led grow light panel in all of my systems for the fuge and it does quite well. Having a fuge from the start seems to make my ugly phase blow over quicker than without for me. Hoping this remains true!

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Calcium reactor has been filled, hooked up and started dripping and will turn on the CO2 once corals are actually in the tank.

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This is probably the longest I've ever waited to put coral in a system, but I don't have a co2 regulator yet and my spare CO2 tank is empty. So not ready to replenish alk/calc/mg yet. I have a Versa for the feed pump right now, but I find a really cheap Masterflex Mini 7525-40 that I'm going to use instead once the tubing comes in.

I also plugged in a spare apex I had laying around.

what's left to add...

- 57W AquaUVUV Sterilizer
- Bubble King Double Cone 180 with RD3
- media reactor with carbon & high capacity GFO
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150 Gallon Tank

Looks like the light brown dusting (probably diatoms) is subsiding since showing up on 3-4 days ago during the weekend. Let's see what ugly is next. This is with the lights running a full reef schedule and a fuge running 12 hours a night. CUC being delivered today, so hopefully whatever is next will be kept to a minimum.

Fish stock list so far
- 2 Yellow Tangs
- Blue Hippo Tang
- 3 Court Jester/Rainford gobies
- 3 Miller Molly blennies

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Rocks from 3-4 days ago.
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