Maxreefer's Elos System120 build....

[MAXreefer]

This tank is rockin!!!!

Any chance at a new full tank shot?

Thank you.
I just added a few more frags and will try to get some FTS very soon

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A few new shots. Pics are taken only 1 hour after I got them into the tank. All picked up from a local reefer....

[jimsflies]

Looks great!

[MAXreefer]

Installed some more equipment to make life easier

Besides the RO/DI storage tank (top) I installed a second one for mixing and storing saltwater. Inside the tank there is a heater and a Maxi-jet for flow. Attached also another Maxi-Jet on the faucet connector to pump the water more quickly to the tank when doing water changes.





The Bubble Magus dosing pump arrived yesterday for dosing 2-part. Now I dose each liquid every 3 hours with the amount needed (You just have to set the total amount needed per DAY and how may times per day you want to dose). Each liquid is dosed at different times.
Tubing is nicely organized into the sump with those handy Avast Marine tubing holders

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View from the couch... Best I can do now. Will take pics from the other side this evening when the room is dark and no reflections.

[Captain]

Neat!

[Heidi]

Max, your tank is SWEET! I love all the automation you have built into this system. Very cool. Looks like you have some beautiful sps in there too. Can't wait to see more of your tank!
Heidi

[larryandlaura]

Your tank is amazing. I love the pictures on the wall by the tank as well.

[MAXreefer]

Quick shot to show how nice the coralline starts to grow. There was no LR when I started. Just dry rock.
NO pic manipulation. That's the way it looks

[MAXreefer]

Today I tried to make a video from the Elos. It is not the greatest but not that bad either.

It seems camcorder and LED's don't like each other that much and the true colors of the corals don't always get captured very well. Therefore I included some cool pics to illustrate how the corals look. Lots of frags in there but I think once they start to grow it will be nice...

Have a peak, turn up those speakers and enjoy...

click on the picture to watch...
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[MAXreefer]

Time for a little update.
There will be a "big" update next week. A fellow reefer who had a stunning tank for many many years decided to leave the hobby and was selling off all his beautiful corals. I was able to get quite a few from frags to colonies. Will pick them up next week and post some pics of course

Otherwise....
I am extremely pleased with the "Elos Purist Line" and my corals seems to like it very much also. I have mainly SPS with some LPS and they all color up very nicely and growth is excellent. Great PE on the SPS also. Being a happy Zeovit user in the past I think the Purist Line is more forgiving and easier to use. My Phosphates are 0 or very close and even when I try to keep fish and corals happy with a lot of feeding never see my Nitrates going over 0.2.

Here are a few new pics:

Tricolor Monti Palawenensis

Neon Green Monti Confusa

Purple Plasma

[MAXreefer]

Sorry guys for being absent for a while. Been crazy busy with travelling for work.
Here are a few updates:
The tank is running now for about 9 months and doing is better then ever after a big mishap. While I was gone my buddy who takes care of tank while I was gone didn't notice the Alk solution container was empty and Alk dropped way below 7 for at least a week. The SPS got a big hit and some colonies had a big loss of tissue. I could save only a couple very small frags of them but they are coming back in the mean time.

The "Elos Purist Line" I am running since they day one is just amazing. Once you get the feeling for it it is very easy to use. After the initial cost it is not that expensive at all to run once you get to the "maintenance" stage. Running a mixed reef it seems both my SPS and LPS are happy. The SPS have very nice colors and the polyp extension is just great. LPS look full and nicely puffed up and grow very fast. It has been proven to keep my phosphates near undetectable but you have to watch the Nitrates a bit as this system would strip the Nitrates to zero. Therefore I give my fish and corals always "gourmet meals" to keep my Nitrates away from the zero levels.

Here are some recent pics:

From todays "Black Friday Sale":





From our local Frag Swap last week:





Birdsnest I had a big RTN issue with about 6 weeks ago. Fragged a small piece with 3 small branches and has been grown amazing quick since then



This is the leftover from quite a big colony I lost to the RTN issue also. Grows slow but is gaining color again

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