Hi Everyone, welcome to my build!
I made a build thread but decided to redo it with proper introduction and hope you guys will follow my build as it progress!
I was using the fluval 13gallon as a starter after getting back into hobby this year and had some live rocks but no live stocks for about 6 months then decided to upgrade to 34gallon cube.
After transferring live rocks over, I notice it was pretty empty and wasn’t enough so decided to buy more from LFS.
Added bio spira and 2 clownfish and 3 chromis. After 2 weeks, ammonia was down and did 50% WC and cycling was done. I’m not in rush to get corals or more fishes as I made a mistake with my first tank ( 75gallon ) couple years ago and the tank crashed hard and gave up.
This time I will be trying to set up a automatic system with auto WC ( 10-15% ) weekly and be dosing with tropic marin All in one reef daily. I started with ocean crystal salt but switch over to tropic Marin as a fellow Reefer advise me to get it.
I will be controlling everything with hydro. I have 5 wifi power strips ( 4 outlets each ) 3 for sump, 1 for refugium ( as the refugium cord is to short to reach and circulation pump to make cheats spins and under cabinet light. 1 power strip will be for pumps and heater for fresh saltwater & reservoir.
I will be using “ Auto Aqua WC/ATO “ to replace hydor.
I should of went with Neptune system but I thought I was going to stick to a budget but end up on shopping spree and couldn’t stop, now I’m to deep in to turn back
It was suppose to be a budget for the tank as the wife allowed, $2,000 CAD.
Tank, sump & stand was $1,100 alone and here’s what I got within a month..
34 gallon DP with 9 gallon sump and fluval stand for controllers & wiring
Lighting :
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tank set up : September,16th,2021
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Update : October,17th,2021 ( 1 month later )
Added new corals all on racks yesterday night as they arrived in mail late, and did 80% water change.
![84C026AF-B50C-4C80-BB48-92FC1D23FB12.jpeg 84C026AF-B50C-4C80-BB48-92FC1D23FB12.jpeg](https://test.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/2311/2311877-36b26dfb7aeac37eb5062238bcbfdd3f.jpg)
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Update : October 21st 2021
Update : October, 24,2021
took my hammers and frogspawn to make an island in left back corner and will do another island left front when order more.
New chalices corals and purple/pink tips elegance. Meteor shower & blueberry wine acros and one of my favourite “ space invader “
![A880D9BF-51DA-4FAC-AF85-6D6FA6ED9FD8.jpeg A880D9BF-51DA-4FAC-AF85-6D6FA6ED9FD8.jpeg](https://test.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/2321/2321847-23ab1a23c82669da2225b8d71aa0c9a9.jpg)
I made a build thread but decided to redo it with proper introduction and hope you guys will follow my build as it progress!
I was using the fluval 13gallon as a starter after getting back into hobby this year and had some live rocks but no live stocks for about 6 months then decided to upgrade to 34gallon cube.
After transferring live rocks over, I notice it was pretty empty and wasn’t enough so decided to buy more from LFS.
Added bio spira and 2 clownfish and 3 chromis. After 2 weeks, ammonia was down and did 50% WC and cycling was done. I’m not in rush to get corals or more fishes as I made a mistake with my first tank ( 75gallon ) couple years ago and the tank crashed hard and gave up.
This time I will be trying to set up a automatic system with auto WC ( 10-15% ) weekly and be dosing with tropic marin All in one reef daily. I started with ocean crystal salt but switch over to tropic Marin as a fellow Reefer advise me to get it.
I will be controlling everything with hydro. I have 5 wifi power strips ( 4 outlets each ) 3 for sump, 1 for refugium ( as the refugium cord is to short to reach and circulation pump to make cheats spins and under cabinet light. 1 power strip will be for pumps and heater for fresh saltwater & reservoir.
I will be using “ Auto Aqua WC/ATO “ to replace hydor.
I should of went with Neptune system but I thought I was going to stick to a budget but end up on shopping spree and couldn’t stop, now I’m to deep in to turn back
It was suppose to be a budget for the tank as the wife allowed, $2,000 CAD.
Tank, sump & stand was $1,100 alone and here’s what I got within a month..
34 gallon DP with 9 gallon sump and fluval stand for controllers & wiring
Lighting :
- Red Sea ReefLed 50
- Red Sea Universal Arm
- HYDROS4 Controller
- HYDROS Wave Engine
- HYDROS Control XS x2
- HYDROS WIFI Power Strip x5
- HYDROS Water level Sensor x4( ATO Reservoir Level )
- HYDROS Temperature Sensor x2
- HYDROS Skimmer Sensor
- HYDROS Rope Leak Sensor x2
- HYDROS Point of Leak Sensor
- HYDROS TDS Monitor
- HYDROS RO/DI Shut Off Value
- HYDROS ATO
- HYDROS Temperature Probe
- HYDROS PH Probe x2
- HYDROS Automatic Feeder
- Ice Cap 2k Gyre WIFI with 2 pumps
- Current USA Eflux 1900
- Ink Bird ITC-306A Wifi
- Hygger titanium 500W
- IceCap Algae Scrubber
- IceCap CO2 Scrubber
- Bubble Magus 3.5 Protein Skimmer
- Octo Multi Media Reactor
- AquaForest AF 110 x2
- CerMedia MarinePure Block Bio-Filter Media
- Max spect Nano-Tech Bio-Block
- Adaptive Reef Dual 1/2 Inch Manifold
- Kamoer X1 Pro 2 Single Head Dosing Pump with WiFi x3
- Simplicity 6L Dosing Container - 3 x 2L
- RedSea Reefdose Accessories kit
- Kamoer Dosing Shelf
- RedSea Measurement Cylinder
- Reef Octopus Adjustable Protein Skimmer Stand
- Flipper DEEPSEE Magnified Viewer
- Reef Rax Nano 9 Hole Purple Magnetic Frag Rack Shelf
- Reef Rax Purple Nano Corner Magnetic Frag Rack
- ReefRax Purple Magnetic 11 Hole Shelf
- ReefRax Purple Magnetic Single Plug Shelf
- ReefRax Purple Magnetic Double Plug Shelf
- Tunze Magnetic Coral Frag Rock 8 Plugs
- The Rock-Mag Junior Magnetic Rock x2
- Ice Cap Frag Transport x2
- Hydor ControllerATO ( upgrading to auto aqua with WC )
- HydroFill Pump
- Innovative Marine 5 gallon reservoir
- Hanna Alk
- Hanna Salinity
- Hanna Ca
- Hanna PH
- Hanna Nitrate
- Hanna Phosphate
- Fluval 13.5gallon tank
- Looking for equipments
- Innovative Marine ChaetoMax Refugium LED Light (18 Watt)
- cheap wavemaker
Additives : - ZEOvit Products
- AquaForest Products
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tank set up : September,16th,2021
![0F8CB5E1-C45D-4035-BC9D-88EA6D1ACEE3.jpeg 0F8CB5E1-C45D-4035-BC9D-88EA6D1ACEE3.jpeg](https://test.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/2294/2294267-d7c61c98e35f5ea024b64c26a5af48c2.jpg)
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Update : October,17th,2021 ( 1 month later )
Added new corals all on racks yesterday night as they arrived in mail late, and did 80% water change.
![84C026AF-B50C-4C80-BB48-92FC1D23FB12.jpeg 84C026AF-B50C-4C80-BB48-92FC1D23FB12.jpeg](https://test.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/2311/2311877-36b26dfb7aeac37eb5062238bcbfdd3f.jpg)
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Update : October 21st 2021
Update : October, 24,2021
took my hammers and frogspawn to make an island in left back corner and will do another island left front when order more.
New chalices corals and purple/pink tips elegance. Meteor shower & blueberry wine acros and one of my favourite “ space invader “
![41553373-C111-44C9-BDD2-87CBC0523B85.jpeg 41553373-C111-44C9-BDD2-87CBC0523B85.jpeg](https://test.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/2321/2321846-944c6a3779d17f450e1c68ac45118bba.jpg)
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