Guzzlo's new jbj 20 rimless

[guzzlo]

Hey everyone! This is my first build thread on here and one of my first posts as well. I've had my current tank, a 130 gallon, for around 3 years and have been reefing for around 10. My current tank is a full mixed reef, but over the last year had been swinging towards all sps with a few euphyllia species. My plans with the new tank is zoa and paly dominated with a few select acropora colonies (if the tank can support it). All the frags and colonies will be taken from my main tank.

Tank stats
20 gallon jbj rimless aio
Custom built stand 24*24*40H
Standard return pump and spraybar that comes with it
75 watt heater
Evergrow d120 led lighting
Sponge filter (looking to switch to a filter sock but need to design it and do it still)
Jebao rw4 pump

Currently not running any carbon, but I initially was when I first transferred everything over just in case the palys released any poison. I wanted to make sure things were under control in such a limited tank, but lately have been wondering if maybe it wouldn't hurt to run a small amount at all times. Thoughts/input?

I plan on stocking this tank with all the zoas and palys from my current tank and also adding 5-6 acros.

15 lbs of live rock

Inhabitants:
5 Astrea snails

Acropora:
J Fox bonsai
ora green millepora
Unknown blue/purple

These are some of my most hardy acro frags taken from my 130 main sps tank. I'll be using them to "test the tank for capability to grow sps".
I doubt growth with be much with such a small system but time will tell

Zoas/Palys:
Sunny ds
Utter chaos
Cc ultimate chaos
Johnny pumpkin seeds
Cc raspberry limeades
Wows
Red,blue and purple hornets
Armor of the gods
God of war
Pink kraks
Gobstoppers
Pink hippos
Cc pink explosions
JF acid reflux
Tyree space monsters
Black cherry people eaters
Flaming suns
ASD rainbow palys
Rastas
Neon green palys
Pink and gold palys
Captain America palys
Jokers
African blue zoas

My current feeding schedule is adding a small amount of rod's coral blend to the tank broadcast style once daily.
I dose 15 drops of vitamin c every other day.
I also feed rotifers and cyclopeeze sparingly.


Future plans include adding an ato, controller, and figuring out a couple small fish or interesting inverts. Also looking for a few more zoas and palys to add into growout.

WARNING: I don't take very good pics!!!

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[guzzlo]

Here's a picture from day 1. I used water from my 130 and set the light at the same intensity as my display (80% blue and 40% white). I quickly learned this was still way too much and lowered it to 30b,white barely on. It's currently back to 80%blue,40% white. Lesson learned..
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About a month ago...
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Here's some asd rainbows
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[guzzlo]

One of the other first things I learned with the tank, especially with keeping it bare bottom was that I was gonna need some live rock in there. I began working on a structure....
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These were taken out of my refugium on my main display tank, but I still let it clean and cure in a 5g bucket for a couple weeks.


This is where I am at today

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Front view
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Side view
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[guzzlo]

Here's a few shots of the 3 acros I added last week....

Green millepora
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Bonsai
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Wild blue
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[jimsflies]

Looking good. Are you keeping the 130 and using this as a frag tank?

[guzzlo]

Looking good. Are you keeping the 130 and using this as a frag tank?

Yes! I plan on going all sps in my 130 and using the jbj20 for all z/p outside of a couple acros. Mixed reefs are great, but it's a little difficult keeping everything 100% healthy and happy

Here's my main display, 130g Great Lakes
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[larryandlaura]

Great tanks, keep the pics coming.

[MizTanks]

Hiya guzzlo! Welcome to CR :) Beautiful 130. What lights are you running on it?

[guzzlo]

Hiya guzzlo! Welcome to CR :) Beautiful 130. What lights are you running on it?

Evergrow d120 on the jbj rimless

2- evergrow d120s and an icecap 660 running 4*t5s. Ati bulbs. Front to back:
Blue plus, coral+, actinic, blue plus.

[jimsflies]

Any tank updates for us? I was just thinking about making your filter sock mod for the JBJ.

[guzzlo]

Any tank updates for us? I was just thinking about making your filter sock mod for the JBJ.

Actually I ended up upgrading to a rimless 60 cube. Same stand and light but everything else is new. I would recommended the mod as I never had any ill experiences with it. I ended up selling the original 20 gal tank to a fellow reefer on one of the forums.

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I used all existing live stock and experienced almost no detectable cycle. Loving the new setup! Should have done a build thread but it all came together so fast

[jimsflies]

Looking great! Do you still have the 130?

[guzzlo]

Yeah I still have the 130, it's going through a bit of an upgrade. Instead of doing the frag tank I ended up moving all my non sps stuff(except a couple things) into the 60 gallon. Mixed reefs are fun but it always seemed like something was unhappy. Everything seems happy now and I'm seeing new growth on a few colonies I chopped while reaquascaping that I thought were goners for sure. Hopefully the 130 will be back in auto pilot mode this summer


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[reefermadd]

Woah huge differnce since i seen that 130 last. Good luck with the 60. Im deff enjoying this sweet jbj tank.

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