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Subliminal's 11g Frag Tank Build

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Subliminal

NJRC Member
Well, I decided I'm good with coral and bad with fish, and since this is supposed to be an enjoyable hobby, I'm going to stay in my lane.

To that end, I decided to try my hands at a small frag setup.

Equipment so far:

18x18x8 acrylic frag tank:
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Oceanic 30 gallon cube(ish) for secondary display/refugium, pictured in a WIP stand:
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150w 14k Phoenix DE MH Odyssea w 2x CF actinic bulbs:
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Sicce 1.5 Return Pump

To yet be purchased:
Heater
ATO (probably go with the autotopoff.com float switch type)
Wavemaker (probably go with the Hyyger Nano)
 
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horseplay

NJRC Member
nice. oversized sump I see. could probably grow corals in both top and bottom.

any noise from the single overflow? that's what I am going to have.
 
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Subliminal

NJRC Member
Funny. I took that pic and was reading horseplays reply and it flooded all over. Ha. Didn’t pay attention but the water is a little high in the pic. Whoops. Adjusting the overflow. Too open and it’s noisy. Too closed and…floor.
 
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Subliminal

NJRC Member
horseplay said:
nice. oversized sump I see. could probably grow corals in both top and bottom.

any noise from the single overflow? that's what I am going to have.
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Yeah I’m going to do a display fuge type thing. Lots of love rock. Probably softies and nems. I think maybe like a pair of gold stripe maroons. It’s 30 gallons.

Too will be a shelf rock, drilled, with sps. Maybe just a couple of good ones. Would like to get some fun ones to sell. Fruity pebbles, Homewrecker, Walt Disney. That stuff ;-)
 
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Subliminal

NJRC Member
horseplay said:
nice. oversized sump I see. could probably grow corals in both top and bottom.

any noise from the single overflow? that's what I am going to have.
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No. I put a strainer on top and have the overflow as a straight pipe with the strainer about an inch below water level and a valve to adjust. Probably could have gone with a sicce 2.0 rather than a 1.5, but it seems to work well.
 
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horseplay

NJRC Member
Good to know. I have two holes in my 30g I am debating whether to go with a herbie or much simpler the one drain setup.
 
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Subliminal

NJRC Member
I gotta tell ya for peace of mind, a backup is a nice option. I only have the one and it seems to vibe working fine but i feel like I might not sleep the best tonight. Ha.
 
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Subliminal

NJRC Member
Halide is out, was only getting about 200 par in the middle and 150 anywhere off to the side. New light in, 330 par in the center and down to 260 or so towards the edges of the rock plate.

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Subliminal

NJRC Member
A little progress made…

Frag tank. Nothing special growing. More of a test.
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Having the most fun with the “sump”…

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definitely still have some kinks to work out.

One drain with just a strainer is not optimal
Chaeto loose in a tank with a return pump is not optimal
Fluval evo stock light over a 19 inch deep tank is not optimal

So…work in progress. :)
 
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Rjmul

You could always Drill it for another drain
Subliminal said:
A little progress made…

Frag tank. Nothing special growing. More of a test.
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Having the most fun with the “sump”…

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definitely still have some kinks to work out.

One drain with just a strainer is not optimal
Chaeto loose in a tank with a return pump is not optimal
Fluval evo stock light over a 19 inch deep tank is not optimal

So…work in progress. :)
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Subliminal

NJRC Member
Made a little progress in the grow out tank this morning.

First, thanks Mark (Madreefer) for the light for the display sump…fits and works perfectly.

Got some new pieces to grow out in the frag tank.

…and learned how to scrape acrylic properly. Hehe

Here’s how she currently sits:

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