New build 247 gallon build
- Thread starter CamelMD
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**update**
Okay, here's an update:
After not liking any of my aquascape ideas I decided I would put a frag rack in until I came up with something, thanks Tony for making me that. Now I've got an idea but I'll wait till my corals grow some more. I was fighting some diatoms and drop in salinity from using an uncalibrated refractometer but now things have been pretty stable for past month or so. I added a few more fish with some more coming. I still have some burnt tips from correcting the salinity too fast but its getting better. Most of my coral came from steve garret. His sps are strong, I'm surprised I haven't killed anything yet.
I'm glad I went with the ati t5 hybrid. Its a fantastic light and the colors I'm getting are great. I highly recommend the geissman lagoon blue bulb, nice crisp white light with a hint of blue. I also added two buildmyled actinic LED strips, awesome lights adds more pop but I only run them at night after the ati turns off.
Okay, here's an update:After not liking any of my aquascape ideas I decided I would put a frag rack in until I came up with something, thanks Tony for making me that. Now I've got an idea but I'll wait till my corals grow some more. I was fighting some diatoms and drop in salinity from using an uncalibrated refractometer but now things have been pretty stable for past month or so. I added a few more fish with some more coming. I still have some burnt tips from correcting the salinity too fast but its getting better. Most of my coral came from steve garret. His sps are strong, I'm surprised I haven't killed anything yet.
I'm glad I went with the ati t5 hybrid. Its a fantastic light and the colors I'm getting are great. I highly recommend the geissman lagoon blue bulb, nice crisp white light with a hint of blue. I also added two buildmyled actinic LED strips, awesome lights adds more pop but I only run them at night after the ati turns off.
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Really cool light hanger great seeing out of the box thinking on builds
I have owned several of Jeff's skimmers and have a like new XRC 250 w/1262 now to use when my two 4" x 36" air stone skimmers can't keep up with my future bio load all of them have been quality kick butt skimmers with great customer service.
Your build is coming along nicely!
I have owned several of Jeff's skimmers and have a like new XRC 250 w/1262 now to use when my two 4" x 36" air stone skimmers can't keep up with my future bio load all of them have been quality kick butt skimmers with great customer service. Your build is coming along nicely!
I've got 600-650 gallons of water with the sumps. I wanted room to expand. I like the recirculating design and RD is local so if there are any problems I wont have to ship. The pumps come off easily and I don't have to run them all at the same time. I plan on keeping two off during the day. Apparently turning off a few pumps during the day produces more skimmate overall. I'm not sure why but I have seen the results.
