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i have been unsuccessful at keeping acans in my 90g mixed reef and can never figure out why, until now.

something always picks on my acans until they give in and fade away. always thought there must be a crab or something eating them. three months ago i took them out and placed them in a separate system where they thrived and coloured up nicely.

i decided to place them into the display again but this time they would be up higher attached to the glass on a frag rack ...

Stand was delivered.
4x4 cm 3mm think steel (1.6x1.6 inch 1/8" steel bars)
Was 2.5 inches taller than ordered so had to cut down a bit from the legs, hopefully that won't make it very hard to clean under it.
Also wasn't impressed by the epoxy paint they did so had it resanded and repainted on site by 3 coats of epoxy. which took a few days to get done.



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I've gradually been putting together the frag tank over the past month or so. It's finally online. I love its look, and how it is tied into the 400g reef.

It's a cute little thing, 22" x 13" x 8" with a 1" Durso drain in a 5" x 5" corner overflow. The locline feeding into the frag tank is adorable, I've never seen such tiny locline before. It's got a 1/4" outlet. The tank holds just under 10g of water.

It didn't take me long ...

Bobby finally had a little time to come over and I put him to work. I needed a number of things resolved or completed.

Two outlets in my home were flakey with bad connections, so he swapped those out.

The AquaController 3 had stopped communicating with all the x-10 modules in the sump area, and he had the tool to replace the phone jack connectors on the wiring to the kind that fit the sockets correctly. All four were replaced to get a good connection, and now the x-10s ...

Finally after months of delay the build continues with some changes:
-Tank volume was upgraded to 390G for the display after a friends suggestion to increase the length 20 cm more.
-Final dimensions are 220x85x75 (88"x34"x30")
-Starphire on front and side panels.
-Minimalistic Scape
-External side overflow.
-Additional 1000L 265G in Sump fuges and additional sump and fuges in fishroom and connected water change tank so around 2400L 655 G total ...