+KimP Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 AAF will be the death of me. Wow! Good thing my little tanks are full or I'd be in trouble... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+brian.srock Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Tank is coming along nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted April 19, 2013 Author Share Posted April 19, 2013 Thanks. Probably need to plan out a direction more with it now. I'm just too impulsive in stocking it. Still a bit too hodge podgy for what I want overall but I'm very glad it's stable and getting great growth out of just about everything. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick4him Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 (02-04-2013): (05-01-2012): (03-26-2012): (03-14-2012): (03-01-2012): (01-23-2012): Figured I would start a build thread with this tank since it's not setup yet. ADA 90P. Getting the overflow setup in the next week and should be off to the races. Have to make a big decision whether to put a top on it or get rid of my dwarf morays. Leaning towards a lid of some sort. They're by far my favorite fish, but not willing to take the risk of them climbing out. Specs on the setup: Equipment: ADA 48 Gallon Reef Keeper Lite 12 Gallon Display Refugium (Mud substrate) 10 Gallon Berlin Refugium Sump (Mud substrate) Bubble Magus NAC 3.5 Skimmer BRS Dual Carbon / GFO Reactor Custom Biopellet Reactor Eheim Compact 3000+ Return Pump 1 - Vortech MP40 2 - Vortech MP10 2 - 250 MH Fixture w/Plusrite 20K bulbs 2 x 36 T5HO 24" Reef Brite LED Actinic Fixture Hardscape: Zero live rock in tank except a few corals attached to rubble 3 - Ceramico Features (2 in DT and 1 in Display Fuge) About 20# of Caribsea Special Grade Reef Sand About 20# of Fiji mud in 2 refugiums Livestock: Yellow Eye Kole Tang 1 Blue/Green Chromis 1 Springer's Damsel 1 CB Black Oscellaris 1 CB Orange Oscellaris 1 Blue Mandarin Inverts: No snails or hermit crabs 2 RBTA's 1 GBTA 1 Porcelain Crab Ton of LPS, SPS, Gorbs, Zoas and Paly's I know this is an older post, but I have an ADA 90P that I used as a Planted tank, and now want to convert it to a saltwater tank. Did you use this as a freshwater ever? Is this tank drilled? I have the Grand Solar 1 Light that matches the ADA set up..do you think it's powerful enough to use for corals? Any feedback would be very helpful. Thanks! Tank looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 If you changed bulbs to something bluer (14-20k) it would be. As is, it's gonna look really yellow. 150w is also not a ton of mh light for a tank that size. If you plan to do this long term, of recommend a stronger light (2x250 mh or LEDs). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted April 27, 2013 Author Share Posted April 27, 2013 It's drilled for a horizontal overflow. I would prefer a vertical one, but this was used when I got it, so I just stuck with that. Did have to fix it as it was acrylic and the silicon quickly came off the acrylic. On the first page of this thread you can see the glass overflow box I made for it. Also, if you drill yours make sure the bottom isn't tempered, I think it might be so I would probably email ADA directly just to confirm. If you have polarized sunglasses or a laptop, you can usually tell just by looking at the bottom pane, or putting the laptop behind it and see if you get screen distortion. Be 100% sure before drilling any pane, as it will ruin the tank if you try to trill a tempered pane. I definitely agree on the lighting color, 14 - 20K is about perfect. 150 works but is way on the low end. I was using a 10K bulb on my single 150W fixture with about a 10 - 12 hour photo period. The biggest issue is the spread barely reaches the 2 ends of the tank, so not a whole lot can grow in those areas. If you have the fixture, I would stick with it, but you may need a long photo period to get good growth. Maybe 12 - 14 hours with a 14K bulb. I think 2 x 150 would be about perfect. I run 2 x 250 and it's a bit absurd in this size tank. I keep my temp at 77, and run less than 5 hours on the MH photo period and I still have major issues with bleaching if I'm not careful moving coral around. New coral start in the corners and I move them towards the light over a 4 - 6 week span. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted May 7, 2013 Author Share Posted May 7, 2013 Took these at lunch today. Actinic only in these so they're still pretty blue. Front blue and purple hammer is getting out of hand.FTS:Duncans:Springer's damsel:Dragon/eagle/whatever eye zoasRoyal Gramma peeking through hammers:SPS starting to fill in:Acans, and favia:Orange wall hammer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bige Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Looks awesome. How's your fuge coming? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted May 7, 2013 Author Share Posted May 7, 2013 It's hanging in there. It's running off a single 15W 5000K PAR38 LED fixture which works great on my regular refugium but I don't think it's strong enough for the display fuge given how much higher up it is. Red grape caulerpa is growing fine, but the mangroves seem to be stalled. May upgrade to a 70W MH or something similar to get better coverage and intensity. Would like to stay with a pendant or hanging fixture on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planeden Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 looks great and nice photos. i really like the orange wall hammer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted June 22, 2013 Author Share Posted June 22, 2013 90 gallon rimless, coming soon... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Bio)³ Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Woot!! Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drift Monkey Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 90 gallon rimless, coming soon... You transferring all this to a 90 gal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted June 22, 2013 Author Share Posted June 22, 2013 As of now going to do a direct transfer. Should give me much more room for my hammers to be apart from my SPS and LPS that they keep stinging. I do have a very nice branching feature that came with the tank that I may incorporate later. I'm also overstocked right now and should be just about perfect in the 90 with no new additions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted July 14, 2013 Author Share Posted July 14, 2013 This will probably be the last picture update on this tank. Upgrade finalizing in the next week or two. Bought the 90 rimless from Bio3 and in the final stages of moving over to it. Fish are all getting along very well, but obviously not appropriate once grown for this size tank. Have added a few new corals like the yellow/green table and the acro on the back wall. Really want the extra landscape so I can trim down to a cleaner look as originally planned. Will probably sell my chalices and lower light coral in the sandbed that have been hiding from the light under my overflow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esacjack Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 look at you...all fancy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esacjack Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 p.s. I dig the open look! much nicer than a pile of rocks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted July 20, 2013 Author Share Posted July 20, 2013 This happened about a week ago. I took the filter covers off my vortech pumps to replace them and forgot to put one of the new ones back on. My yellow tang was wrapped around one when I looked at the tank in the morning. He must have been on it a long time, probably all night, because his whole body was curved for about 48 hours after I found him. His mouth was badly gouged and fins shredded. He had indentations from the vortech grill, and he basically sat on the bottom of the tank not moving for a full day. No idea how he made it, but minus an eye, he looks like he'll pull through. Really sad and gruesome. Still hoping he doesn't get an infection or anything. His depth perception is completely shot. I watched him unsuccessfully try to eat sinking pellets several times but he's been chowing on nori. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planeden Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 That's really sad and really awesome he's still alive. Good luck pulling him through it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted August 25, 2013 Author Share Posted August 25, 2013 48 taken down, tank moved to: http://www.austinreefclub.com/topic/28540-90-gallon-rimless-build-thread/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyMedic86 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 48 taken down, tank moved to: http://www.austinreefclub.com/topic/28540-90-gallon-rimless-build-thread/ WHYYY???? This baby was so beautiful! I love Ceramico! I just hear it's quite difficult to come by (was told they are always out of stock and slack on shipping). Where did you pick yours up from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 You can almost always get it from http://aqua-tecture.com Theirs is usually a little more expensive than some of the other sites, but it's all WYSIWYG. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiLS Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 this is perfection!!! exactly how i want my new setup to be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted February 13, 2014 Author Share Posted February 13, 2014 this is perfection!!! exactly how i want my new setup to be Thanks. If you're interested, the tank is still for sale but otherwise is about identical in the 90, just with a lot more swimming space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiLS Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 this is perfection!!! exactly how i want my new setup to be Thanks. If you're interested, the tank is still for sale but otherwise is about identical in the 90, just with a lot more swimming space. so the 48 is for sale? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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