Upgrading 60 --> 225 (lots of pics)

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Bruce Wayne said:
I don't know if I can do two durso's, have you seen the way that Lee-Mar makes their overflow? smaller than normal, in any case, pvc is cheap, I will try all of them...
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I have a 225g leemar with one overflow trust me it takes a few attempts to get it perfect. I made a big thread on ideas to lower my water too. About 5 months ago.

Also sometimes it loud cause the water falls to far before draining. I can take a picture later of you'd like.

If I an get it right with one overflow, you can do
It easily.

I also use a flex vacuum style hose for the water to drain into my sump at the height I want. I don't like the water fall sound in my living room.
 
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Ok, I re-plumbed it, sounds better, also went with the stockman pipe (Thanks, ReefPlanet!)...got a bio-pellet reactor (I don't think it's tumbling enough, it's being pushed by a nano Tunze by the skimmer) Got a mangroves (never had them --> how do I root them?), pods, and a cleanup crew from reefcleaners.org...I think half may be dead...I added a pyramid butterfly and a midas blenny a few days ago, they are eating and happy...I also added a few zoa colonies...nitrates are at 20-ish...how long should I wait to put more fish? SPS? I want to add about 4 peppermint shrimp, 2 or 3 cleaner shrimp, and 2 or 3 fire shrimp next...what do you think?






 
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I have the Tunzes both on static all the way down and the Koralias are not in. I have an Apex and would like to have the Tunzes on one at a time ramping up to full speed while the Koralias take their turns...
I really want to eliminate dead spots as I have aquascaped to do so, I have sort of 5 small aquascapes separate, leaving room for flow and I thought enough height to keep a good looking sand bed...
My question is how do I aim the powerheads, I feel like with such a large tank (for me) I shouldn't have sand blowing everywhere...any suggestions? this is what I have now: The returns are aimed directly at the side glass above the Tunzes, the Tunzes are aimed at the opposite corner, and I will prob put the Koralias under the flow accelerators directed towards the front glass...any suggestions? thanks in advance!
 
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Yes, I went with Sfiligoi but mine is custom made 5 XP-G 3w LED Modules and 4 T5 80w with 3w XP-E RGB LEDs.

http://www.aquaticselite.com/GENESIS_T5_560_p/ge-t5-560.htm

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ReefPlanet, Would you go with this?
http://www.aquariumspecialty.com/sfiligoi-genesis-t5-150-led-lighting?___store=default

anyone else have a suggestion for lighting? I need to make a decision quickly here...I don't want to have to replace (8) 60" T5 bulbs every 9 months but if my SPS won't grow without it, I will...
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Yes, I went with Sfiligoi but mine is custom made 5 XP-G 3w LED Modules and 4 T5 80w with 3w XP-E RGB LEDs.

http://www.aquaticselite.com/GENESIS_T5_560_p/ge-t5-560.htm
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what does 5 XP-G 3w/3w XP-E RGB LED Modules mean? I'm sorry but I don't know much about LEDs...
Also, are the fans loud? I have spent a lot of time into keeping everything as slient as possible, not to say I wouldn't put up w any noise for a great fixture but noise is a factor for me...
 
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Here is the 3 LED modules in the middle with 8x80w T5.

LED Dimmable via 0-10v DC Interface or PWM signal.
T5 Dimmable option via 0-10v DC Interface.



Here is the 5 LED Modules in the middle with 4x80w T5 (the price is more expensive than the 3 LED Modules).

LED Dimmable via 0-10v DC Interface or PWM signal.
T5 Dimmable option via 0-10v DC Interface.

 
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how do I root/take care of mangroves? I saw that they get salt on them and I have seen misters on them, I'm thinking of putting two pumps in my auto top off, one for misters to be on the first 3 min or so of every hour and the 2nd for the rest of the time...anyone do that before? Thanks again!
 
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red mangroves are known to be excluders... meaning they do an efficient job keeping salts out... but yes, misting is ideal and suggested minimum, twice a day.. but do that when it finally has rooted and sprouted leaves...

you need to find some means to keep it upright and stationed... Like planting it into a sand bed or using Styrofoam to keep it in one place and floating.. ideally half of its body above the water level....

I use rubber bands w/ wooden skewers to prop mine upright and situate them in the sand bed...


 
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I'm a HUGE believer in refugium and naturalistic aquariums... so there's like ~70 sprouted mangroves in this refugium, 200 pounds of live rock, and two-basketball size chaeto......

it supports a single 15 gallon reef/frag tank... hahahaha......
 
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