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rajah

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#21
The corner tank is a 40 breeder lit by an ATI T5 fixture, so I'll have the main display lit by LEDs and the frag tank lit by T5s. Should be fun to see how corals look in the two different types of lighting. Below the 40 breeder is the top off reservoir and RODI. IMG_0670.jpeg
 

rajah

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#22
For the sump I went with a 60 breeder which has plenty of space. Not much in there yet for equipment, but I'm trying to keep it super simple. IMG_0672.jpeg
 

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#25
Looks great! But I’m curious did SCA ever respond? Did they arrange to pick up the 150?
 

rajah

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#26
Looks great! But I’m curious did SCA ever respond? Did they arrange to pick up the 150?
Thanks! SCA didn't do anything and stopped responding. I was left with the two tanks and ended up selling the 150 to a member on here for a good deal. Kept the other one. So I did end up recouping a bit of the money... turned out OK in the end. I do think their build quality is pretty decent and their prices are below most custom tanks, but as others noted... don't expect any customer service.
 
#27
Thanks! SCA didn't do anything and stopped responding. I was left with the two tanks and ended up selling the 150 to a member on here for a good deal. Kept the other one. So I did end up recouping a bit of the money... turned out OK in the end. I do think their build quality is pretty decent and their prices are below most custom tanks, but as others noted... don't expect any customer service.
Thats weird Steve always responded to my emails but last time I ordered something was 3 years ago, did you ever talk to him?
 

rajah

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#29
New tanks are up and running. Added live rock from KP aquatics and from my existing system. Bit of an ugly phase but not too bad really. Some stringy stuff that appeared to be dinos, but that is dying back. Trying bare bottom on the bigger tank for now, not sure if I'll keep it that way long term or not.

Set up dosing with three part and have a kalkwasser reservoir ready when demand increases. Corals are doing fine so far and coralline is popping up.
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rajah

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Took awhile to decide on the main fish for the 120, but decided to go with a yellow tang, purple tang, gold lined rabbit, and the indian gold ring bristletooth from my old system. Finally added them all together to the 120 today and so far so good. The yellow tang has shown a bit of agression towards the purple, but nothing much. They're all still pretty small. 2251AABE-1B29-42D2-A703-FC2932472D4F_1_105_c.jpeg
 

rajah

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Also added 3 yellow-tailed damsels, a spotted hawkfish, and a tail spot blenny. Probably going to wait while before adding any more fish. These all had a long observation period in other tanks before I put them together, to minimize changes of introducing disease. Gonna let it chill for a few weeks and then add acros and more sensitive corals if all looks good. Still dialing in the dosing.

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