Marty's Reef

[seth]

Naka-private pala yung video kanina.

[Leica]

Wow! marunong ng mag video si marty.

[Sea Turtle]

...ganda ah! ganda din ng effect ng AI mo.

[seth]

[seth]

July 18, 2013

Last update for this month, see y'all next month. Bakasyon muna kami sa Leyte. Dagat araw-araw!

Maraming salamat kay smacks17 (Sydney) para sa bagong pet project ko, kay alvinbam (Alvin) sa pag-volunteer tumulong sa akin magkarga ng tanks at kay username12345 (Armand) sa pagbubuhat at paglimas. Bawi ako sa inyo next time na aayusin na mga tanks niyo.

Babay, 30gal (mapupunta na ito kay username12345). Hello, 2x6' tanks.









Tank dimensions in inches, LxWxH:

Main tank: 72x18x18 - roughly 100 gallons
Sump: 72x18x18 - roughly 100 gallons.
Tank stand: 75x20x36

Next month ko na sisimulan ito, so eto ang to do list for this coming month:

-Add more stand reinforcements, Remove old paint, treat the stand with rust converter, paint with primer, enamel paint and undercoating.

-Reseal the tanks, Add partitions for the sump, setup overflow and plumbing

-Modify a skimmer

For September-October-November:

-Build a larger hybrid multichip LED array. Primary lighting: 3pcs 10w 445nm multichips, 2 hybrid 10w 455nm plus 20000k multichips Secondary/supplemental lighting: 2 20w Violet Hybrid multichips (445nm, 430nm and 420nm) plus 2 rows of cree blue, royal blue and neutral white 3w LEDs

All multichips will be using K9 ultraclear optics plus reflectors, 3w LEDs will be using 45degree and 60degree lens

Cheers!

[bharce]

Wow! Laki naman nyan!

[tosh48]

Ayos bro, ang haba. Abangan ko progress nito.

[znerenz]

nice!

[seth]

Thanks, guys! Same livestock pa rin and liverocks ang ilalagay ko diyan. Lalaki lang talaga yung water volume at madadagdagan lang ng isa o dalawang tang. Sa sump, walang ibang nakalagay kundi filter sock, skimmer, return pump at media baskets para sa GFO, Activated carbon at Magnavore Pura Nitratelock.

So eto yung proposed livestock (will post them here to serve as my future reference/personal checklist):

Fishes:
6-7 Pajama Cardinals (already have 6, binili ako ni Armand ng 3 kanina)
1 tang (or 2) (To be added by next month)
2 clownfishes (already have them)
1 yellowtail damsel (already got 1)

Invertebrates:
3 ring cowries (already have 1, a hitchhiker)
2 astrea snails (already have 1)
3 cleaner shrimps (already have 1, will add the 2 by next month or by September)
2 nassarius snails (already have them)

Corals/Other inverts:
zoanthus and palythoa spp (frags) - would love to have some parazoanthus spp in the future.
sarcophyton, litophyton and cladiella spp, rhumphella sp. (Soft Corals, all came as frags)
acropora spp, montipora spp, porites sp (SPS frags)
acanthastrea lordhwensis (Acan lord frag) - would like to add other morphs later
acanthastrea echinata (will buy some in the near future)
micromussa and blastomussa spp (already have 3 frags. Would like to buy some more by next month)
Plerogyra sinuosa (LPS - Bubble coral)
trachyphyllia and lobophyllia spp (LPS - brain corals)
pachyclavularia and clavularia spp (GSP/Clove polyp frags)
rhodactis, actinodiscus and ricordea spp (corallimorpharian frags)
favia/favites spp (LPS - moonstone/pineapple corals. to be added next month)
Echinophyllia spp (LPS - chalice. already have a frag, will purchase some more by next month)
Scolymia vitensis and Cynarina lacrymalis (LPS - button and donut corals)
Entacmea quadricolor (BTA)

Macroalgae
Feather caulerpa (caulerpa sp. still not properly identified)
Halimenya sp.
Chaetomorpha
One unidentified macro

Other pending projects
Build a remote LED driver box
Make a child-proof power box
Invest in two DC pumps - one as return pump and one as a skimmer pump

WCs would be 5 gallons weekly, instead of my old maintenance of 5-6 gallons monthly.

[seth]

Rockscaping ideas that I would really f*ng love to incorporate in my tank:







Pag nagawa ko yan at least kahit kahawig man lang, kahit konti lang I swear to god hindi ko na talaga pakikialamanan yung tank ko!

[redbaron81]

Maganda 'to ah. Good luck bro....following!

[potring]

marty ayuss ahh haba ng tank mo 100g ba yan? oks na oks na yan for reefing hehe kaabang abang ito, nice one mart

[seth]

@redbaron thanks!
@pot yup! 100g DT, 100g sump. Baka di ko na lagyan ng partition yung sump, ima-maximize ko yung water volume.

Hindi na nakapalag si misis, binitbit ko na lang kaagad. Sabi ko sa kanya hahabaan ko lang yung tank... pero di ko sinabing dalawang 6 ft long yung kukunin ko.

[potring]

[Leica]