the beggining of my little dream

[pvillalba]

hello guys :
this is the build of my new tank a 38 aga tank , drilled my self , please let me know your comments in order to improve my set up
thank you

 

[pvillalba]

filtration equipment

 

[pvillalba]

orp and ph monitor and corallife skimmer, magdrive with n. weell for intake and sedra g-1 n.weel as recirculating (diy mount)

 

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[pvillalba]

this is my little diy calcium reactor

 

[class clown]

looks like a good start!

couple comments/questions

1) what are you planning to use for lights?
2) I think your rockwork is a little packed in my humble opinion. I'd suggest maybe building some caves & peaks and valleys in there and maybe moving it off of the back of the glass so you have some better water movement behind the rockwork.
3) I'd move your PH sensor down to your sump (supposedly not supposed to do to great under intense lighting - not sure why, maybe it's the temp calibration feature, but I've always heard it's best if you can have the sensor in the bottom of the tank. (not sure how much truth there is to that)

Good luck!

 

[pvillalba]

the upper sensor is for orp , but yes we can moved ,the ph sensor is on the sump
good point with the rock i will consider that,but only in the top is stick to the glass
also i`m thinking change to wavemakers ( like resun, or tunze) in order to get more flow.
the sand is glues to the botttom of the tank to prevent a storm of sand in the water column
about the light i will with t5`s = 4 x 39w = 2 daylights 10.000k , 1 ginseman tru actinic and 1 ginseman aquaplus(40-60)

daylights =
actinics + aquaplus 40-60

both pairs of lights
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pedro

 

[Krish]

Great start!!! Good luck with it

 

[pvillalba]

thaks krish , i really apprecite all coments
some more pics:
guys ;you think that i can keep some sps witj that set up??
pero

 

[jezzeaepi]

I ran a 38g w/5 x 39W light unit for a year in a half, and kept many sps with 100% success rate. I found that it often took a month or two for new corals to get used to the lower lighting, but then they would start growing well. There are a few things though that I think were vital to my success. 1. Keep the lights about 2 inches from the surface. 2. Make sure it is a unit with individual reflectors, not a single reflector for all the bulbs. This is a must imho. 3. Keep all of your sps in the top half of the tank. You can put them lower but they wont grow near as fast.

I didnt have a chance to take any pics before I tore the tank down, but class clown and a few others got to see my corals, and they would agree that they look like they were doing quite fine under just T5's.

Peace

 

[Reefergeorge]

Looks great. Good job on the css mod.
That rock work will give you plenty of spots for corals.
Please keep the pics coming.

 

[pvillalba]

thanks to all for your comments
let so know soon about my progress
best regards
pedro

 

[Damsel13]

Hi, I am Debbie. Don't think we've met. Nice tank. I am a newbie. What is that big blue canister with the two dials on the top?

Are you going to have fish? If so where are they going to swim?

 

[pvillalba]

Hi, I am Debbie. Don't think we've met. Nice tank. I am a newbie. What is that big blue canister with the two dials on the top?

Are you going to have fish? If so where are they going to swim?

hi debbie , that blue tank is of c02 with it`s regulator( dials) to control the co2 output to my calcium reactor. about the fish, yes i will have fishes but only 1-3 and will be tiny size.
pedro

 

[pvillalba]

some modifications and upgrades
Bomba octopus n wheel para el skimmer





skimmer coralife ( mod to recirculating with sedra pump)





Con el upgrade a bomba de suministro octopus

Aqui trabajando la sedra sola

 

[pvillalba]

stand para el ozonizer

Version original

Version modificada con air dryer

El ozo trabajando fijate en el agua negra



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