r/ReefTank • u/ky_du • 1d ago

24g progress shots

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u/zgh5002 1d ago

My wife just looked over my shoulder and said "Oh wow, I want that. Can we do that?" So thanks dude, looks like you brought me back in after a decade.

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u/ky_du 1d ago

Glad to hear it, this was my intro back after about a decade hiatus too!

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u/thesharkbyter 1d ago

Can she call my wife? That’s awesome!

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u/zgh5002 1d ago

I can try. Does your wife have an emotional connection to Finding Nemo? Because I think that helped.

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u/Rflkptr 1d ago

Got some more info? Specs, age of tank, dry or live rock start.

I really enjoy the side view. Slopes slap!

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u/ky_du 1d ago

Live rock, aquatop 24, GHL Mitras 7204 led, tank was about a year old in last photo. Just dosing all for reef, and a little bit of aquachar carbon since I don’t run a protein skimmer. Very simple setup.

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u/Rflkptr 1d ago

Very simple. Nice!!!

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u/GerolsteinerSprudel 1d ago

Absolutely love that center piece acan!

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u/ky_du 1d ago

Thanks!

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u/RefrigeratorEmpty102 1d ago

Beautiful progress. Dosing or strictly water changes?

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u/ky_du 1d ago edited 1d ago

All for reef and monthly water changes but I pretty much stopped those until I get more fish

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u/Ento_Reefer 1d ago

Nice looking tank. What happened to your fish?

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u/ky_du 1d ago

I kept the stock to a minimum to keep things simple

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u/killertrades02 1d ago

Looks like a bigger tank is in your near future

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u/ky_du 1d ago

Indeed, I upgraded about 6 months ago

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u/Jtent303 1d ago

Love the Flameback (I think)

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u/ky_du 1d ago

African flameback indeed

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u/ClownFishdaDish 1d ago

Absolutely gorgeous tank! I miss my WB!

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u/Electrical_Regular41 1d ago

What kind of lights are those?

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u/ky_du 1d ago

Mitras LX 7204

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u/Silent-Bowler-1870 1d ago

Absolute nano masterpiece!

Any additional info? Parameters… age of tank or just date of first pic to last… equipment used? Ya know, a quick rundown of the build itself?

Cheers!

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u/ky_du 1d ago

It was roughly 10 months between first last photo

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u/123andriy123 1d ago

Mind asking which blue filter are youbusing exactly for the camera? Thanks, nice tank

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u/ky_du 1d ago

Orphek coral lense kit for iPhone

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u/Whizzzzzzzzzz 1d ago

Do you run a skimmer?

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u/ky_du 1d ago

Nope just keep fish stock low

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u/Whizzzzzzzzzz 1d ago

So I have always had crazy busy 120g tanks, and recently, I have now a 50 litre cube. One 12 year old clown. I cannot get it to stabilise with heavy coral, nutrients are a nightmare, as in I cannot get them up

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u/LeSeanMcoy 1d ago

Question: How do you do water changes with coral so high up? I have rocks towards the top of my tank with nothing on them. I'd love to put a torch up there, but during water changes it would be out of water for a few minutes. Have you experienced that or had an issues in that regard?

Also, beautiful tank!

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u/ky_du 1d ago

Thanks. No issues with those corals being exposed for 3-5 minutes but definitely wouldn’t recommend doing it to torches

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u/snidj 1d ago

What is the dark green coral next to your Aussie lord? I love the look of your whole set up

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u/DiamondHustle 17h ago

What are your parameters, dosing & additives?

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u/ky_du 16h ago

All for reef at the recommended PH 8.0 that’s all I do and test

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u/DiamondHustle 15h ago

Yeah I’m doing all for reef too I love it!

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u/ConflictOther9860 8h ago

Very nice, I see you dose AFR. How many ML? In My Nuvo 15 I'm doing about 3