Chris' 90g Mixed Reef

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I've had my 90g tank since January, but finally set it up yesterday! It was an upgrade from a 60g, which was running almost 2 years.

Dimensions of the tank are 48" L x 18" W x 24" H
Sump is DIY with 3 chambers (skimmer->refugium->return). There's about 15g in the sump which holds 37g (36"x15"x16")
This tank will be BB!
About 75lbs of rock

Equipment:
Lighting- 48" Tek T5 4 bulb + 36" LED fixture with 24 LED's (Cree and Bridgelux)
Reef Octopus NWB-150 protein skimmer
Flow- Koralia Mangum 6, 7, and 8 PH's and an Evo 750
Return pump- Mag12 which is plumbed into a SCWD, and the outlets have penductors (flow accelerators)

Livestock:
Fish-
3 blue chromies
1 true perc clown
1 occelaris clown
1 devil damsel
1 six line wrasse
1 foxface rabbitfish

Inverts-
1 RBTA
1 blue tuxedo urchin
1 coral banded shrimp
2 nassarius snails
1 electric blue leg hermit
2 scarlet leg hermits

Corals:
SPS-
few acros, seriatoporas, pocilloporas, cyphastreas, montiporas

LPS-
euphylia, bubble corals, duncans, candy canes, favia, acan echinata

Softies-
mushrooms, Z's & P's, toadstool, gsp, xenia, kenya tree, colt, & anthelia

 

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Couple pics

Close up

My view from my seat

 

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Looking good Chris. I'll be posting my 120 build soon
Lance

 

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Tanks! Good luck with your tank!

So far the corals are a bit happier since the move. I'll be doing a 20g WC tomorrow to help lower the nitrates from the rock purging. A lot of junk came out!

 

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Corals having been looking much better and have colored up since my last WC. Ended up changing about 45g for a 50% change.
So my NO3 are now at around 40 ppm, which isn't great, but it's an improvement.
I plan on doing another large WC soon, too.

 

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Nitrates have now been reduced to about 10ppm! Although not "ideal," it's still quite the improvement, and everything is showing positive responses.

Tank has now reach a month old, so I'm sure things are stabilizing; I've also noticed less detritus coming off the rocks when I blow the turkey baster at them. In addition, I've also kept up on filter socks and skimmer cleaning. I change the socks every 3 days. Also noticed less detritus in the socks.

 

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My nitrates are now undetectable
PO4 tested at 0.25ppm, so that needs some work. I've started dosing vodka, so I'm hoping to get to ULN. Seems like everything is coming along nicely

 

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Once things get to where I would like them, I will definitely post a picture