UPGRADE! 75 Gal. To 150 Gal. To 240 Gal. What is next?

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I am currently running two 4 foot Current USA Orbit Marine IC LOOP LED lights along with a 3 foot Orbit Marine and 6 other marine LED’s. I am also running four 420 T-5’s. The plan is to keep the T-5’s at the very front of the tank. This keeps the out of the way while I perform tank maintenance as this acrylic aquarium has a large lip around the top. I am going to remove the 3 foot Orbit Marine and the six other marine LED’s. I will keep the two 4 foot Orbit Marines and purchase two more of the 4 foot Orbit Marines. This will give me two 8 foot Orbit Marine’s and two 8 foot Blue T-5’s.





I built a wooden frame for my Orbit Marine lights. Eventually there will be a second set of the Orbit Marines on this framework. It sets directly on the top of the tank.



I am going to build a pulley system the will allow me to easily lift the lights out of my way for tank maintenance. I will be able to lift them high enough to allow easy access. They can then be lowered when I am done. I will post some photos when I get the pulley system installed.

 

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Finished installing pulleys on my light rack. The East end took 2 single Pulleys and the West end took a single and a double pulley.

This is how it looks with the light rack down. I will be adding another 8 foot of the Current USA Orbit Marine IC LOOP LED lights. That will fill the front gap on the rack. I will remove the 3 foot light. I am leaving the T-5’s in the front and the Aquatic Life LED’s on the back. There are six of the 4 foot Aquatic Life lights.

This is how it looks with the light rack lifted with my pulley system. This is going to be really good when I am doing tank maintenance.

 

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I have been working on makes some changes to my aquascape. I added a cove shape on the left end, an arch in the middle, and I have me sunken ship on the right hand end. I think that it turned out pretty good.

 

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I received my fish order from liveaquaria a yesterday. I have added a juvenile Emperor Angelfish, a Convict Tang, and a group of three Carberryi Anthias.

 

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I purchased two more 4 foot Current USA IC LOOP LED’s. This give me two full 8 foot lights on this tank. I have the new one, the one in the back, set to factory settings. The other one is at 10% White, 10% Green, 10% Red, and 100% Blue. Depending on what corals I buy I can always increase lighting. I with I had a PAR Meter.

 

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Added an Auto Feeder that feeds three times in a 24 hour period. With my new Emperor Angelfish I felt that I need it. I may pick up a second one.

 

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I picked up some new corals from World Wide Coral on their live Reef2Reef sale and Saltwateraquarium.com. There were 10 from WWC and 6 from SWA. The pictures are not very good but they are doing well.

 

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New Corals!

 

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I finally have a reef dosing system. I bought two Chihiros 4-Head Dosers, a Chihiros Magnetic Stirrer, a Chihiros Container Holder, 8 Chihiros 500ml Containers, and 2 Chihiros Dosing Tube Kits. They work very well and have a ton of features that are available through their App. The Magnetic Stirrers are very handy since I use the Red Sea powder mix for Calcium, Alkalinity, and Magnesium. It will keep the solution mixed so that it doesn’t plug up the lines.

I am dosing the following: (All Red Sea)
Calcium
Alkalinity
Magnesum
Algae Prevention
Iodine
Potassium
Iron
Bioactive Elements

I test everything every Sunday and adjust accordingly.