My "new" frag tank

OGFrenchHorn · Jul 9, 2014

I picked up this frag tank on Friday and just started cycling it.

Also picked up these LEDs and they appear to be legit so far.

I decided to try out those all in one bio pellets from marine depot for this set up

And I'm using the CPR mini reactor for them

Finally, the skimmer. I wanted to use my Tunze comline skimmer but the tank is only a little over 9 inches tall. I thought about the Aqua C as well but I decided to give the Acua Euro nano

I guess this build will be a product review as well.

Upon set up here are my levels

Ca: 453ppm
Alk: 7
Mg: 1455
No3: 5ppm
Po4: .84!!!

Phosphates are really high for some reason.

Well... Here we go.

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lowbudget · Jul 9, 2014

What the heck

pgr11 · Jul 9, 2014

Is this gonna be for the new apartment

OGFrenchHorn · Jul 9, 2014

lowbudget said:

inorite!

Six2seven · Jul 9, 2014

lookin good so far.

OGFrenchHorn · Jul 9, 2014

pgr11 said:

in anticipation for it. Mainly it's to keep back up frags

OGFrenchHorn · Jul 10, 2014

Six2seven said:

Thanks!

lowbudget · Jul 10, 2014

you should goto the iemas meeting friday.

OGFrenchHorn · Jul 10, 2014

lowbudget said:

I'm gonna try to make it

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OGFrenchHorn · Jul 10, 2014

Ok, finally set everything up and got things going. So far I'm digging this little skimmer

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Tangwich · Jul 10, 2014

Frag tank shmag tank, that painting on the wall with a dignified chimp fricken cracked me up..hahahaha

Adrock · Jul 10, 2014

how did I miss that the first time lmao

OGFrenchHorn · Jul 10, 2014

Tangwich said:

Hahaha I made sure He made it in the picture. He's definitely one of my best purchases.

Adrock said:

Because we're reef geeks! lol

Rrocky · Jul 10, 2014

hahahahaah f*ck whered you get that painting!?!?? i need that in my apartment!

JDEllis · Jul 10, 2014

Yep Epic portrait

OGFrenchHorn · Jul 10, 2014

Rrocky said:

ebay!!! it's a paint by numbers thing. they paint it and ship it. then you gotta frame it

JDEllis said:

Yup. saw it and i had to have it.

Socalnano24 · Jul 11, 2014

Cool, how is your mini reactor working out? How big is the footprint of that? Like 3"x3" looking down?

OGFrenchHorn · Jul 17, 2014

Socalnano24 said:

It's hard to say because it's only been running for a week. I do like how the pellets churn in it though. The footprint is 2.5x3.5.

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OGFrenchHorn · Jul 17, 2014

Just tested Po4 and No3.

Po4: 0
No3: 25ppm

I did swap water from my 180 so that might explain the rise in No3. I also took the ceramic media from my 28g and threw it in. As far as phosphates go, these NP pellets are awesome. Let's see what they can do for nitrates.

I'm only using 75ml of pellets for this.

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tony3199 · Jul 17, 2014

I had that skimmer for awhile. You wont get realy thick skimmate. You'll pull a kinda tea looking color out of it. Some protein will build up around the rim of the cup, but after you clean it off, it would go back to being a pretty light skim compared to what you get from other protein skimmers.

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