Ashburn’s RSR170 build

[ashburn2k]

So life goal's change and decided to down grade the big tank

This RSR170 bare tank was from @xcaret and he got it from @kinetic because the overflow glass section was cracked upon arrival. I took this opportunity to make a diy stand that has magnet door and at my desired height instead of reasea's shorter stand and weaker material build.

 

[ashburn2k]

Light mount is up!, I'm glad no one bought those light mount from me
who knew that I need it several years later down the road. and it holds my a500x just fine. Just need to print a light spill hood.

the back of the tank showing how light is mounted.

Build a custom exact fit sump with salvaged acrylic tank from @Kensington Reefer, it's not perfect, but it will hold water! going to test after the cement settles.

 

[ashburn2k]

Why the downsize?

Time and cost. I work two jobs now that I was ready to quit the hobby until my wife suggested to get a smaller tank instead.

 

[ashburn2k]

The sump is almost ready for the water.

 

[ashburn2k]

50g water change vs 5-10g? yeah i'd take the small water change.

 

[Solo McReefer]

Who is that?

 

[ashburn2k]

Tank in place, the sump took a few leak fix for 3 days, had to wait 24hrs for the acrylic glue to dry and cure. all the elecric stuff is going to be on the shelf above the light.

Online! Loading up corals

Lights on! Still trying to figure out which corals to keep and which to sell/give away and give back dbtc etc got couple simple fishes to give away soon.

 

[ashburn2k]

Sump is 24g but probley holds water at around 12g when running. Added 3D printed filter floss box under drain

 

[ashburn2k]

Kessil A500x diffuser and light bleed block.

While waiting for rsr170 to settle I got another small tank for terrarium setup

 

[ashburn2k]

What’s with the corners? Is it holding a lid on or something? What are they made of?

Corner holds a piece flat glass at top, so to keep the humidity stable in the tank, it’s made of 3D printed ABS

 

[ashburn2k]

Skimmer dialed in, I had to hack it so it won’t go crazy with foams, and ofc hook it up to co2 scrubber.

 

[ashburn2k]

Stole this mini cooler from my wife lol

 

[ashburn2k]

all frags are mounted on the rocks and frag racks are out of tank, now the recovering period starts. and i need to vaccum the floor of the tank so it looks less messy.

 

[ashburn2k]

Added fans on the side, waiting in the screens to come in so I can coverup my ugly cutout job

Skimmer collection cup is connected to outside drain bucket along with trident drain.

Real cable management for the first time to hide the wires to the top. Will tackle the pump wires when everything settles. ( in another word, maybe never)

The ugly phase, at least everything is settled.
LFG

Using two tunze pumps pointing flows toward bottom rear, so water gets pushed toward front.

 

[ashburn2k]

Annnnd the DOS is online

 

[ashburn2k]

Alk 8.92
Ca 533
Mg 1431
Ph 8.1

Looks like everything is back to normal and corals are coming back alive

 

[ashburn2k]

so this tank has been shut down due to crazy aiptasia problem, most corals got killed by overgrown aiptasias, I've tried getting CBB, Peppermint shrimps, filefish, and nudis.. all failed to kill aiptasias, I had to manually kill them by hand using kalk paste. but they just keeps coming back in waves. so I shut it down and started another new tank in different size.

this is the sale post

https://www.bareefers.org/forum/threads/fs-redsea-reefer-170.34577/#post-492158

the new 50g frag tank