Chris' Reef Savvy Shallow (1 Viewer)
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It was a private seller from Atlanta. From what I've seen, it is a thin branching species so it frags really easily as it grows. I think this is one that will be fairly common in a couple of years.
Beautiful acro Chris! Love the white tail tang and the sump looks gorgeous!
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I ended up placing the top off reservoir outside of the tank instead of underneath the stand. There was just no way to fill it quickly without spilling. I used a Tunze Osmolator which has been great so far, but the outer diameter of their included hose is not the standard RO tubing so I had to hack a conversion to get everything to work with the quick disconnect bulkheads.
For now, I'm just shooting for stability and getting into a rhythm with the maintenance tasks. I have my first large order of frags coming in next week.
For now, I'm just shooting for stability and getting into a rhythm with the maintenance tasks. I have my first large order of frags coming in next week.
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Yea, probly colored up two weeks ago and have all kinds of new growth. Mini colonies for sure by now!
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Haha, let them encrust at least! If I take photos of them they'll die.
I don't even have frag racks yet.. But [SUP]they[/SUP] [SUP][SUP]will[/SUP][/SUP] [SUP][SUP][SUP]be[/SUP][/SUP][/SUP] [SUP][SUP][SUP][SUP]cool[/SUP][/SUP][/SUP][/SUP][SUP][SUP][SUP][SUP]![/SUP][/SUP][/SUP][/SUP]
I don't even have frag racks yet.. But [SUP]they[/SUP] [SUP][SUP]will[/SUP][/SUP] [SUP][SUP][SUP]be[/SUP][/SUP][/SUP] [SUP][SUP][SUP][SUP]cool[/SUP][/SUP][/SUP][/SUP][SUP][SUP][SUP][SUP]![/SUP][/SUP][/SUP][/SUP]
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That was cute lol
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The frag racks finally came in today. Rick from Synergy Reef came out of "custom frag rack" retirement for these, so I owe him one.
Until now, I've been using a few small magnetic racks to keep things in place. I decided to get the racks in four parts so that they could be removed individually without needing to remove lighting or other equipment. The racks themselves are made from the same laminate process as the sump and auto top off reservoir, with black on top and red on the bottom. Each rack is 17" x 18". I'll have to find some mechanism to couple them together once they're in the water so they don't drift apart.
Each rack has 182 slots for a total of 728 :brainoverload:
From an angle you can see the red bottom through each frag hole, but when viewing the rack from the top, the red component is very subtle so it won't be a distracting while viewing coral.
The legs put the racks 3½" above the bottom of the tank which is just enough room for a Bristletooth Tang, who is already loving the new things to swim through and around.
The logo is kind of hard to see unless it's backlit.
Will get some shots of them in place soon.
Until now, I've been using a few small magnetic racks to keep things in place. I decided to get the racks in four parts so that they could be removed individually without needing to remove lighting or other equipment. The racks themselves are made from the same laminate process as the sump and auto top off reservoir, with black on top and red on the bottom. Each rack is 17" x 18". I'll have to find some mechanism to couple them together once they're in the water so they don't drift apart.
Each rack has 182 slots for a total of 728 :brainoverload:
From an angle you can see the red bottom through each frag hole, but when viewing the rack from the top, the red component is very subtle so it won't be a distracting while viewing coral.
The legs put the racks 3½" above the bottom of the tank which is just enough room for a Bristletooth Tang, who is already loving the new things to swim through and around.
The logo is kind of hard to see unless it's backlit.
Will get some shots of them in place soon.
They look awesome!
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All in place.
Frag city.
Frag city.
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That's an awesome pic!
Now if you can just get your tang to pose under there! :fireworks:
Yeah that rack is sexy definitely not fair. So I guess you can be all of our private coral seller now ha?
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I've been cleaning a few things up under the stand. I used one of these little boxes to contain extra cables and power bricks under my computer desk and they work pretty well here too. Keeps everything out of the way and safe from spills.
Also rebuilt some things on the mixing station, which had become pretty crappy with broken valves, warped wood, and a seized pump. It was becoming pretty easy to make excuses to not do water changes.
Also rebuilt some things on the mixing station, which had become pretty crappy with broken valves, warped wood, and a seized pump. It was becoming pretty easy to make excuses to not do water changes.
