So it took a little
longer to set up my new tank than I would have. Sadly I had a wipe out in my
previous tank so I was unable to move anything across except for live rock. There
were some problems with setting the tank up. When the tank was full the first
time it had a leak, well more of a drip. So we drained all the water and re did
the silicone on the inside. Waited for it to dry and then filled it up again. It
leaked again in another spot. So we had to repeat the process again. This time
using more silicone than was needed, thank goodness it was successful and the
tank has been running for a month or two.
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| tank just filled |
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| sump and refugium |
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| rocks in and lights on |
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| whole system with rocks in and lights on |
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| more rocks and white light |
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| refugium working well |
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| stock - convict surgeon and brownburnie butterfly as well as lionfish |
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| actinic light added |
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| overflow box with rocks |
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| reef octopus skimmer working well |
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| first compartment with heater, live rock and carbon |
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| refugium compartment with live rock, live sand and crab for clean up, still waiting for cheato |
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| return compartment with pump |
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| return system |
