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Richie's Reefer 500

finalphaze987 said:
Tank looks great! How are those gyres on the end holding up for you?
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A reefwave 45 and a mp40. No issues with either. I do basically no maintenance on them and haven't had any real issues.

I did have the reefwave get stuck awhile back and not rotate, but I just manually pushed it to get it spinning and it fixed itself. I can't recall if it was because a pencil urchin spine was stuck in it, but might have been.

The reefwave is not as quiet as I'd like, given the location in the living room, but it's quieter than the previous I replaced. The MP40 of course is dead silent.
 
Any opinions on this right side rock structure? I put it together really quickly out of rock I had on hand. I have all my original rock from before I tore this down still in the holding tub with the fish and coral, but I may get rid of some that have a bunch of shrooms. Given that I put other rock I have in quickly to help get it seeded.

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Ignore the center and empty other end. That will change when I actually move things in. Sorry for the glare, I couldn't avoid it.

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richiev said:
Any opinions on this right side rock structure? I put it together really quickly out of rock I had on hand. I have all my original rock from before I tore this down still in the holding tub with the fish and coral, but I may get rid of some that have a bunch of shrooms. Given that I put other rock I have in quickly to help get it seeded.

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Ignore the center and empty other end. That will change when I actually move things in. Sorry for the glare, I couldn't avoid it.

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I dig it. Are those rocks attached or just piled?
 
If the rocks are just resting upon each other….a little scary (assuming you have a glass tank
Hopefully in a year the micro fauna will grow and hold it in place.

If the top rock falls toward the glass, can it hit sand before the glass?
If so, you’re probably fine
But, IF you have fish that will excavate, I would make it more secure from the start
 
They're stacked right now. I did it last night at 11:45pm :)

I wasn't expecting to like it. Given positive vibes I'll drain the tank down and start cementing at some point this week. At that point I'll also be making sure it's nested on glass not sand.

Thanks all!

RE what will go on top, honestly no plan right now. Very spur of the moment. I'm thinking it'd be a good stick + monti cap spot.
 
As @Coral reefer mentioned at the workshop, it's good to plan ahead for flow and growth (having parallel openings underneath your structure that allow the water to pass through helps reduce gunk from accumulating). That could be as simple as rotating it 90 degrees or moving the base rocks 90 degrees as I assume your pumps will be on the short ends of the tank.

I forgot why you took down all the livestock in the main tank again. Was to load up the frag system?
 
Darkxerox said:
As @Coral reefer mentioned at the workshop, it's good to plan ahead for flow and growth (having parallel openings underneath your structure that allow the water to pass through helps reduce gunk from accumulating). That could be as simple as rotating it 90 degrees or moving the base rocks 90 degrees as I assume your pumps will be on the short ends of the tank.

I forgot why you took down all the livestock in the main tank again. Was to load up the frag system?
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I had the floors redone so had to move everything out. Once removed, feels like I might as well future proof and replace some things.
 
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