JBJ 20gal Cubey Nano Reef Build FINAL POST
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FREAKINRICAN69
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My wife's fluval evo i setup for her looks like that as well minus the sticks of SPS LOL
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Thought I would post some recent photos after hitting the 6 month mark. Tank is stable and things are coloring up nicely. I have maintained things consistently and seeing measurable growth with most things. I am still running parameters the same for the most part but don't test as often. I have some goodies coming in from a good old college friend (Russo757 ) and will soon be making some room for the new additions.... Although I may be even more excited that ski season has started!!
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Jcan
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Thanks!!
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It has been a little over 8 months and I snapped some pics tonight. I increased my whites up to 50% to try and alleviate the blue washout. Everything has been growing like weeds without much deviation from my normal routine. On a side note I have a Waterbox 100.3 on the way that I am super excited to get going, now just the wait...
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Jcan
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Thanks! Things are growing fast and I am really looking forward to having a larger tank again.
BiGGiePauls33
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Nice build thread. Corals look amazing.
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Thanks!
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SO these will be the last pics of the tank as I am in the process of my new build. I have already taken a few things out before I realized I needed to take some final pics. It has been a great system with mostly ups and the unavoidable few downs. I did end up with an infestation of these tiny ? Acro Eating ? snails. My system is extremely healthy and my growth has been solid. A few months back I started to notice some tissue receding around the base of a few of my colonies. After much investigation and returning home very late one night I noticed 100's of these all over everything.... Including healthy colonies. I was able to find several posts on some different forums that confirmed what I expected. I have been manually removing them every night until I can get my new system up and running.
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Jcan
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Here is a pic of my my schedule and you can see I have it peaking to emulate the highpoint of the sun. I also have a few storms scheduled around the peak to lessen the intensity. I have been able to achieve the the colors and the growth that I have been aiming for. I gradually increased the peak though through a 3 week time frame because it is running high. I am happy to email you over my settings if you would like.
Cheddah93
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That’s perfect appreciate the information! Have you taken par measurements at all or did you base it all off of visual responses?
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Jcan
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No problem and always happy to help! No par measurements but I did do some research from other peoples results with similar stats to give me a baseline. I then dialed it in over sometime based on what I was seeing from the different corals.
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Thank you, it is a labor of love!!! I will probably start a build thread soon for my new system. I just hit 5 weeks today on it up and running. It has been my saving grace during this crazy time in the world.
FREAKINRICAN69
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WOW! The tanks flawless, corals intense and just overall awesome chief. Great job with that. Would you mind sending me that schedule PM or which ever is best. I'd like to give it a whirl...
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Jcan
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Thank you! If you PM me with your email address I would be more than happy to send it over. I would also recommend maybe using the accumulation mode for the first couple of weeks so you don't bleach anything.
