The time has come. Ive had a 13.5 evo for a couple years now and i just upgraded to a IM 50 lagoon! I already have the tank up and running but i haven't transferred any live stock yet.
Equipment:
XR30 pro g6 light
2x - hygger hg-951 wave makers
apex el
in tank media baskets with filter floss, chemi pure blue, and media balls
stock return pum
neotherm 200 watt heater (god help me)
40 lb fiji pink sand
20 something pounds of live rock
spent $350 on rock and water for new tank the other day and was blown away lol i didnt realize the cost of rock when i set up my nano a couple years ago.
so currently, im trying to figure out some things with the apex before transferring my stuff over. its been super cold here and its taken a few days for the temperature in the new tank to even come up to 76...maybe this shouldnt be the so case let me know. i was having some issues with the apex randomly turning off some of my outlets so maybe thats why but i just got the apex figured out pretty much so hopefully that issues resolved. ive also been getting voltage warnings but i hear thats not really an issue? never used an apex and just set it up yesterday morning so bear with me.
also heres my temp log
not sure what happened last night. The apex shut off some of my outlets last night including my return pump and im guessing my heater so maybe thats what happened but it couldnt have been for longer than an hour... also had my fan blaring like a jet engine in my room but i dont think that justifies a drop like that. I just reset the apex and configured all my outlets so hopefully thats all resolved. im gonna go grab another heater for redundancy and peace of mind tomorrow.
Currently waiting for new tank to get up to temp and im also dealing with some aiptasia in the nano (have a few posts about that if you want to check them out) so ill be transferring my livestock over in the next couple days.
Here are some pics
1. nano
2. current scape
3. first scape
let me know what you think!
Equipment:
XR30 pro g6 light
2x - hygger hg-951 wave makers
apex el
in tank media baskets with filter floss, chemi pure blue, and media balls
stock return pum
neotherm 200 watt heater (god help me)
40 lb fiji pink sand
20 something pounds of live rock
spent $350 on rock and water for new tank the other day and was blown away lol i didnt realize the cost of rock when i set up my nano a couple years ago.
so currently, im trying to figure out some things with the apex before transferring my stuff over. its been super cold here and its taken a few days for the temperature in the new tank to even come up to 76...maybe this shouldnt be the so case let me know. i was having some issues with the apex randomly turning off some of my outlets so maybe thats why but i just got the apex figured out pretty much so hopefully that issues resolved. ive also been getting voltage warnings but i hear thats not really an issue? never used an apex and just set it up yesterday morning so bear with me.
also heres my temp log
not sure what happened last night. The apex shut off some of my outlets last night including my return pump and im guessing my heater so maybe thats what happened but it couldnt have been for longer than an hour... also had my fan blaring like a jet engine in my room but i dont think that justifies a drop like that. I just reset the apex and configured all my outlets so hopefully thats all resolved. im gonna go grab another heater for redundancy and peace of mind tomorrow.
Currently waiting for new tank to get up to temp and im also dealing with some aiptasia in the nano (have a few posts about that if you want to check them out) so ill be transferring my livestock over in the next couple days.
Here are some pics
1. nano
2. current scape
3. first scape
let me know what you think!
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