Dual Islands shaped Coral Reef in the Peninsula Tank (4.5years)

[legendhua]

With about three years of experience in a nano tank of saltwater, I fell in love with this hobby deeply.
About one year ago, I decided to get rid of the last of my plant tank and focus on the reef tank.

I used a side chamber (inherit old tank), with a skimmer, split chiller and return pump.
My tank is SPS dominant with some LPS.
How to make the creatures in the tank healthier and make the SPS better is my goal of continuous efforts.


DSC03672 by legendhua, 於 Flickr


[Information]
Tank Dimensions: 120cm x 60cm x 50cm (L*W*H)
Return Pump: Kraken DC-6500
Protein skimmer: Red Sea Reefer Skimmer 600
Controller: APEX 2016
Wave Pump: APEX WAV x1, Nero5 x3
Drop: Redsea ReefDose x1, SiMaLai x1
Monitor: KHG
Light: T5(39W) x4, AI 52HD x3
Temperature: Split chiller
System: AquaForest
Power outage plan: UPS (APC BE550G) + Ehiem air pump400


[SPS]
Acropora hyacinthus
Acropora microclados (Strawberry Shortcake)
Acropora Green nobilis
Acropora tenuis
Acropora valida
Montipora setosa
Montipora Confusa

[LPS]
Red Bubble Tip Anemone
Ricordea yuma
Hammers
Goniopora
Acanthastrea

[Fish]
Powder Blue Tang x1
Yellow Tang x1
Clownfish x2
Cleaner Common Wrasse x1
Lyretail Anthias x2
Spotted Mandarin x2

[Others]
Peppermint Shrimp x1
Blood Shrimp x1
Hermit Crab x6
Pincushion Urchin x1

 

[legendhua]

All View Record
2019.5.23
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2019.6.24
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2019.9.1
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P9010237 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

2019.11.30
PB300042 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

PB300038 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

PB300041 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

2020.3.3
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P3030333 (2) by legendhua, 於 Flickr

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2020.5.1
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[legendhua]

Video

2019.9.1


2019.10.31


2020.4.4

 

[Dr. Phil]

Awesome looking tank!

 

[legendhua]

[Prequel]
The predecessor of this tank was freshwater, and it has been more than six years since its service in 2012.
At this stage, the tank and cabinet could not be removed from practice, so they must continue to be used.

Some changes:
1.The flow demand of the saltwater is greater than that of the freshwater,
so the height of the side filter baffle is reduced to avoid the height of the waterline being too high.
2.After several earthquakes, the water in the tank was shaken out a lot.
In view of the high corrosivity of seawater, it should be avoided as much as possible. So I decided to cover it with glass above the tank.
Although the light will be sacrificed, at least the risk of water overflow is reduced ...

Tank Drawing
P1204527-1 四呎缸 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

Leak detection
P3045092 四呎缸 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

Aquatic Plant Aquascape
P4256002 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

P9255808 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

New Plan((there were still some differences in the final actual setting)
new plan by legendhua, 於 Flickr

 

[legendhua]

Awesome looking tank!

Thanks for appreciation !

 

[Flippers4pups]

Outstanding work! Bravo!

 

[legendhua]

Start up

Cure live rock
2019.3.28
P3280144 活石 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

2019.5.17
P5170005 活石 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

clear up
P5170001 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

Salt mixed in RO
P5170004 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

Aquascape
Day1
P5170009 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

Day3
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Day5
無標題 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

Day6
After confirming that the location of the live rock and the wave will not move again, put the bottom sand.
I mistakenly thought that without sand washing, after entering the tank directly, the whole sandstorm~~~
This just can try the protein, the water in the tank took about a day to clear.
A lot of dust can be seen in the dirt collection cup !!!
P5230041 蛋白機 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

I found two small crabs, and the trap bottle was not working for several days.
They may be vegetarian.....
P5260050 by legendhua, 於 Flickr


start up by legendhua, 於 Flickr

It was really amazing, on the 14th day NO2, NO3, PO4 all return to 0!

I originally wanted to wait a few more days to make the tank more stable, but I thought that I could have a longer working time on the weekend, so I started the moving plan early!
Temporary shelter
P5050073 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

LPS first
P6010031 by legendhua, 於 Flickr


All in on Sunday.
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P6030055 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

Clean up Nano Tank
P6050066 兩呎側濾缸 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

After a busy process of two weeks, I woke up in the morning,
my son took the lead: Can I empty this tank to feed my turtle?
my wife: The taste at home is strange, our house may not be suitable for seawater !!!

 

[Chrisfish]

Great thread, thanks for sharing your beautiful tank with us. .

 

[legendhua]

Protein Skimmer

The side chamber limited the size of the protein skimmer.
I made a decision between Red Sea Reefer Skimmer600 and HC Wine160.

HC Wine160 is a DC pump. It is very convenient to adjust the flow rate. Appropriate settings can be adjusted for different water levels.
However, in the end, I chose Skimmer600, because the design of the cleaning brush in collection cup is too convenient, and the evaluation on the Internet is not bad.

P3280155 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

Pump
P3280153 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

Combination of protein skimmer and APEX

1. EnergyBar832 supplies power to protein skimmer.
2. The "feed" setting can turn off the skimmer according to the setting time, and turn on after the time is up automatically.
3. The Level Sensor(SkimLV) decides whether the skimmer can be turned on.(Prevent the skimmer going crazy.)
4. The Level Sensor(Cup) decides whether the skimmer can be turned on.(Prevent the collection cup overflow.)
5. The physical switchs (water change / system power off) determine whether the skimmer can be turned on.

The level sensor(Cup)
澳多蛋白液位偵測 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

The physical switchs (DIY)
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無標題 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

無標題 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

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無標題 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

The level sensors (DIY)
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無標題 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

無標題 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

無標題 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

 

[KimG]

Brilliant Absolutely fantastic

 

[legendhua]

Outstanding work! Bravo!

Great thread, thanks for sharing your beautiful tank with us. .

Brilliant Absolutely fantastic

Thanks for your attention.

 

[Devaji]

Dang! nice job. your FW planted was nice too.
there is a progress thread somewhere on here should share your tank progress there.

 

[legendhua]

Lighting

When initially planting water plants, I used T8 fluorescent tubes. As the demand for light intensity increased, I changed the lamps to T5 tubes.
Now entering the saltwater, continue to use T5 lamps, but changed the type of T5 tubes.

Modified lumps
P8224861 舒伯萊特AD2 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

change the ballast
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P8224856 舒伯萊特AD2 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

Add adpaters for shorter t5 tubes.
P8224854 舒伯萊特AD2 by legendhua, 於 Flickr


T5 tubes:
I used one Coral Plus, one Aquablue Special, one Blue Plus and one Actinic.
P5280061 T5燈管 by legendhua, 於 Flickr


In addition to T5, I also used LED lamps.
So far, I have used a total of three AI Hydra 52HDs.
The light system is modified with a hand-cranked drying rack, which makes it easy to adjust the height of the lamp.

hand-cranked drying rack
P3045101 四呎缸 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

Combined lamps
Reef Tank 2020 v10-1 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

燈架 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

 

[legendhua]

Dang! nice job. your FW planted was nice too.
there is a progress thread somewhere on here should share your tank progress there.

The decision to remove the freshwater tank made me struggle for a long time.
My house is too small to contain two tanks and I had to make this painful decision.


PB118180 莫絲 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

P4251224 月光鼠 紅蓮燈 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

P8104812 紫豔鉛筆 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

 

[legendhua]

Auto Top Off

I use APEX for ATO.
As water evaporates, top off with RODI water.
For water loss caused by other conditions, saltwater is added.

1. Level Sensor (tankLV) determines whether water replenishment is required.
2. Pumps power were provided by Link_A and Lnk_B.
3. Salinity Probe Salinity determines whether to top off saltwater or RODI water.
4. Level Sensors (SALTLV & RO_LV) determine whether the pump motor can be turned on.
5. When the pump starts for more than a certain time, the pump is forcibly turned off.
6. The physical switch (water change / system power off) determine whether the pumps can be turned on.

record by APEX fusion

 

[butchhe]

I understand the decision you had to make tearing down your freshwater system as I had to do the same. For me it was a much easier decision because my tank didn't look anywhere near as nice as yours. It was pretty basic in comparison.

 

[legendhua]

I understand the decision you had to make tearing down your freshwater system as I had to do the same. For me it was a much easier decision because my tank didn't look anywhere near as nice as yours. It was pretty basic in comparison.

There is always one less fish in the tank, and there is always one less tank in the house.

 

[legendhua]

One Month

The first month is a bad start, because dino appeared.

Dino
P6230081 清潔蝦 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

Treatment method: manual cleaning + adding AF probiotics
It seems that it should be suppressed at first, but it has not disappeared.

Marbled Shrimp: Hurry up to improve! please....
P6290221 假綿羊蝦 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

Maintain

All view
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[legendhua]