Innovative Marine SR80 Pro Build

[kevin]

Look at this pytho crab lol. What a unit

 

[vijay_06]

Nice build! How is this coming along?

I see you are running a Tunze 9102 skimmer. Is it the regular or DC model? How are you liking it? Is it too tight a fit in the back chamber to do effctive skimming?

I have the same tank too, but it’s just a FOWLR with high bioload.

 

[kevin]

I've just been maintaining it. Flatworms seem to be gone. All I did was start using coral snow(not for the flatworm problem), but it seemed to eradicate them. Finally bought an automatic doser to dose kH.

The tunze 9012 is the dc model. It does a hell of a job. I have it in the 2nd left chamber, output facing the left chamber. I made a stand for it because it wont fit properly with the magnets. Pulls out some nasty stuff. I also have it attached to a co2 scrubber

 

[vijay_06]

I've just been maintaining it. Flatworms seem to be gone. All I did was start using coral snow(not for the flatworm problem), but it seemed to eradicate them. Finally bought an automatic doser to dose kH.

The tunze 9012 is the dc model. It does a hell of a job. I have it in the 2nd left chamber, output facing the left chamber. I made a stand for it because it wont fit properly with the magnets. Pulls out some nasty stuff. I also have it attached to a co2 scrubber

Can you please share details of how you made the stand? I read a post on the internet that also suggested to keep it on a stand to avoid micro bubbles.

Also, when you say output facing the left chamber, does it mean it’s facing the left most chamber where we normally have mechanical and chemical filtration?

 

[kevin]

Can you please share details of how you made the stand? I read a post on the internet that also suggested to keep it on a stand to avoid micro bubbles.

Also, when you say output facing the left chamber, does it mean it’s facing the left most chamber where we normally have mechanical and chemical filtration?

Bought egg crate off amazon to make the stand. Yeah, I have the front of the skimmer facing the where the chemical filtration usually goes

 

[kevin]

photo dump from yesterday

 

[Joel T]

Looking good!

 

[kevin]

Started to move stuff around today so pictures are a mostly ticked corals. Its also with my daytime schedule on.
Its hard to place things on the sand bed because either my pistol will bury it or the other side has rock nems lol

Oh, picked up 2 small bubble tips from a local reefer who was giving them away. My wife really wanted them, just dont want them to take over my tank. So far, they've stayed where i put them

 

[MadReefer]

Watch those nems. That type splits more than they move.