Daniel's 22 gallon CAD Reef

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I have 15 gallon shallow reef and spare 22 gallon CADLIGHT laying around.
Upgrade time.....

22 gallon CADLIGHT AIO, but the display is too narrow, so I decided to take out the whole in the back filter.
4x 24 W HO T5 with ReefBrite All blue LED supplement.
10 gallon sump from my current set up. I am going to connect it when the rock is cycled.
NAC 6 protein skimmer.
Maxijet 1200 as return pump.
Powerhead : koralia 1 or Tunze 6025 (from my tank) or Vortech MP10, or Tunze 6095 wide flow.
200 watt Eheim heater.

Tanks with whole back filter removed.


Leak test. passed.


Sand and rock in.


repairing water to fill. I am going to do water change my 15 gallon tank and use old water to cycle the rock.
 
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Igarc009 said:
Sweet! This gonna be cool
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blkg35 said:
Nice start Daniel.
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Thanks bros.
Bro David, your long Red Dragon SPS encourages me to find her a bigger home.

sbandcb said:
Hey, Daniel. Is this the tank you got from me a while back? It looks great.
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Steve, yes that is the tank I got from you for my friend, but he decided to get his dog and I got the tank. Also the light HO T5 I got from you too. Thank you, that build can happen.
 
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cycle for 1 week already..
use CADlight pipeless skimmer for now.

 
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Should look great with coral filling that rock work. How's that skimmer working for you
 
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Should look great with coral filling that rock work. How's that skimmer working for you
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I hope so bro. So far the skimmer working really well. take out alot of skimmate even my tank has no livestock yet.
 
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Dude you always make these nice looking nano tanks!! When u have time u should come over my place and give me some pointers, i live practically one minute from you now haha
 
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tc2008 said:
Dude you always make these nice looking nano tanks!! When u have time u should come over my place and give me some pointers, i live practically one minute from you now haha
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Thanks, I thought you took down your tank.
Jhuneke said:
Rockscape is very cool! Can't wait to see it full of goodies :)
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thanks, It is still not a final rockscape yet, cause I need to find room for my BTA to stay by itself, not touching the main rock.
BeanMachine said:
So u took out the all in one portion? Nice looking tank Daniel .
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Yes Cody, I took the whole back wall off, that give me much more room to do aquascaping then original AIO.


Here is my new one, little messy with rubble rock that I put in to seed the tank. The rock will be the left side only. The right side rock will be removed after I am done with cycle, and place small rock that my BTA attached on.

 
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Cycle went well.
Ammonia 0 ppm
Nitrite 10 ppm.

Still have to wait another week, cause I fragged out corals from old rock and let them heal before the move.


My Wyoming Clownfish Pair is patiently waiting to move in.

 
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Daniel that Nem is amazing such a good picture, I'm sure theres a list but if it ever splits let me know :)
 
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