New ATL reefer 90 Gallon

[itskris]

Hey guys. My name is Kris Trujillo. I have a 90 gallon Marineland.

I've been a lurker in reef keeping for a long time. Decided it was time plunge in. Here is the equipment

90 Gallon Marineland Corner overflow
Unknown brand Stand and Hood
2 Radion XR30W Gen 2 lights
1 Vortech MP40w ES
EShoppes R-200 sump
Reef Octopus 1000sss skimmer
Magdrive 9.5b pump
80 LBS fiji pink live sand
80+ lbs live rock (different types)

Here's the pics. This was started Oct 7th.

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I'll add more of course as I get more stuff. And forgot to mention I have the BRS GFO and Carbon reactor.

I'm actually leaving out of town Nov 9 - Dec 14 so here are some things I want to add equipment wise when I get back. I'll have this stuff sitting next to the tank for me when I return. (the local reef guys will be taking care of things while I'm away)

(In no particular order...)
Apex controller for temp and php (Ordering soon)
Calcium Reactor (Any recommendations?)
Auto top off system (Any recommendations?)

Anything else you think I might want?

Edit: Fish 1 and 2. Pair of Puzzle Clownfish is what The Fish Store had them labeled as.

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Many thanks to Fernando, Kevin and Stephen for helping me get everything together.

 

[curtismaximus]

Welcome and wow! Nice setup! Cant wait to see how this comes along!

 

[ringo®]

Avast has a pretty cool ATO that will hook up to the apex

 

[nickg]

KILLER setup. Welcome

 

[saltbubbles]

Welcome to the ARC and way to go on the intro we love pics

 

[indecloudzua]

nice set up!!looks like you arent sparing any expense with the equipment choices!!you should look into getting another mp40.they will last longer when they can work in unison..good luck!!

 

[raz0945]

Great looking setup, welcome to the ARC!

 

[redstang]

Nice looking tank and welcome!

Sine you're getting an apex you can use some floats and a break out box to run your ATO. Works well.

 

[joseayes]

Nice, great equipment to start with! Welcome! Seems like you been researching a lot before getting the equipment that you decided to add to your system, mainly depends on the budget but I have seen so many fellas that start with cheaper equipment (not saying It's bad) then they do upgrades, overall It's always better to invests one time and not twice.

 

[the curious]

Well played sir. You look like you are well on your way to success. Keep up the good work.

 

[redstang]

joseayes;906651 wrote: Nice, great equipment to start with! Welcome! Seems like you been researching a lot before getting the equipment that you decided to add to your system, mainly depends on the budget but I have seen so many fellas that start with cheaper equipment (not saying It's bad) then they do upgrades, overall It's always better to invests one time and not twice.

Buy once cry once. That was an expensive lesson to learn.

 

[itskris]

New stuff just got here.

Apex Controller
WXM Module for the Vortech pumps
Another Vortech MP40w ES
Tunze Osmolator 3155
and a little prob holder.

 

[cobergas]

I like the Tunze. Sometimes though I have found that powering it down and back on again helps things.

 

[mikesmith34]

Cha Ching cha Ching....very nice stuff man. I love your budget

 

[nickh06]

Welcome Kris! I have the same tank, rockscape looks awesome! Nice equipment as well, let me know the water change schedule you plan on doing.

 

[itskris]

Right now about 10% every 2 weeks.


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[redstang]

itskris;908215 wrote: New stuff just got here.

Apex Controller
WXM Module for the Vortech pumps
Another Vortech MP40w ES
Tunze Osmolator 3155
and a little prob holder.
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Good stuff. You'll love the Apex.

 

[ringo®]

RedStang;908572 wrote: Good stuff. You'll love the Apex.

Minor adjustment, you'll love it once it's set up. You'll use 4 letter words as nouns, verbs and adjectives in the process of getting it networked.

 

[itskris]

Ringo®;908577 wrote: You'll use 4 letter words as nouns, verbs and adjectives in the process of getting it networked.

Haha! Yeah that's about what happened. 7 firmware update attempts for the vortechs to sync.

Plus about 2 hours of playing around with my network config just so it would see the Apex.

Everything's hooked up and good now. Just playing around with the vortech settings tomorrow then off to the races.


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[redstang]

itskris;908580 wrote: Haha! Yeah that's about what happened. 7 firmware update attempts for the vortechs to sync.

Plus about 2 hours of playing around with my network config just so it would see the Apex.

Everything's hooked up and good now. Just playing around with the vortech settings tomorrow then off to the races.


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Maybe I was lucky?

Mine saw everything first time through. Programming was interesting to be sure though. Actually it still is a pita! Worth it though.