Such an awesome tank. The well built scape makes it look a lot larger than 25 gallons and that custom built stand just put the icing on the cake for me. 🎉
@@silverpro8356Yeah! I sure did. The tank was sold to me really cheap because the back filter compartment glass was cracked, so I took all that out to put the overflow in.
@@Whiskeys_Reef Thats cool. Are the back filters any good because i was actually thnking of buying one and removing the back part and maybe putting a HOB filter on it.
@@silverpro8356I think the built in filters are better than any HOB filter I've seen lately. I really like the filter sock in this one, vs the filter pads you see everywhere. I babysat a stock tank for a few months while someone was moving and other than the return pump being super loud (I would replace it) the filter worked really well.
Thank you Lorenzo! The nice thing about starting off with dry rock was that I was able to glue that all together before getting it wet. Then I cycled the tank for a few months with established rock while I was working on the stand.
Wonderful tank. I have a water box peninsula 15. My phosphates hang around .25-.5 tried literally everything to get it down and eventually let it ride and my coral are thriving. 🤷🏻♂️
Thank you! I use Phosphate RX by Blue Life for Phosphates. Before you use it make sure to read everything, it's lanthanum chloride and it can easily be overdosed, plus you need fine filter socks and a skimmer to remove it once it binds with phosphate. That being said, one drop in this tank brings phosphate down by 0.05 so it's super effective. I've killed more stuff with too little phosphate than too much though, so I only dose it when things get seriously out of control, and only about once a month as a correction.
Thank you!! Glad to have you along! Hey,.. Tell me something. Are you the same as the online store Queen City Corals? If so at least a few of those corals are from you!
Ummmm. Huh. Yes, I think I can. I'm not exactly sure how many of each I used, but I can probably get close. I have two clusters which are identical copies of each other. Each one had 10 LED's I think and the following were used: Cree XLamp XT-E Royal-Blue LED(s) Luxeon C Color LEDs Color : Violet Luxeon C Color LEDs Color : Blue Ultraviolet (UV-A) High Power LED Star Wavelength : 410nm to 420nm Cree XLamp XT-E White LEDs - Color Temp 6500K Cree XLamp XP-E2 Color High Power LED Star - Color : Blue 470nm I had only one white, and one UV, I know that. The rest were a mix of Blue, Violet, and Royal Blue. I think I used primarily Royal Blue, about 5 of them, then 2 blue and 1 Violet. It might have been 4 royal, and 3 blue though. Hard to remember anymore and the markings are under the glue.
Wow!!! Man I need your knowledge about those lights. I have a Aquavision 25 gallon bubble tank so I’m stuck with a lid. You are absolutely right about the lights. I’m currently using a kessil a80 and I can’t get it together concerning coral. I’ve went through $1,600 one month and $1,500 the next month which has made me go softie only because of my light option. If you could make a how to video of the lights you would literally save the world. Thanks & God bless🙏🏼
Oh wow! That is an interesting tank for sure. I've never seen one of those. The DIY LED route can work, but it's really kind of the hardest path to the destination. Have you considered LED Strip lights? Like the new AI Blade, or the Reef Brite strips? Another great option would be simply going with a T5 Retrofit kit, they have great spread if you have the room in your canopy.
Awesome set up super clean! Could you add a link for the lights. I have the same tank that will arrive in a couple days looking to create similar set up
Thank you!! They aren't lights that you can really buy, they are something I put together myself. The heat sinks were off Amazon, the LED Chips were just 3W LED Chips from LED Supply, and the driver I had laying around from when I built LED Strips for my 75G about 5 years ago. It's just the basic, full power, ON/OFF type. Honestly I only did this because I wanted that extra low profile canopy, and if I had another option for that I would have done it in a heartbeat. This ended up more expensive than just getting an AI Prime, and it's much less adjustable. If you can go with an open toped tank I would give serious consideration to a AI Hydra/Prime or XR15.
Exactly right! The inner glass filter part was broken in shipping, and my friend was going to throw it out, so I broke it all out and drilled it like this to make the aquarium usable again.
came out amazing. i went and did some research just to find your build in one of the forums. some fine work you put to it. is it still up and running? such a nice tank. props to you@@Whiskeys_Reef
@@alfredoc1283 Thank you!!! Yep! It's up and running, I had a couple videos talking about an Algae outbreak I was fighting and I need to do a final one on that series where I show the tank now (almost completely algae free) and talk through what I did that worked, and what didn't. I've just been busy and haven't done photo updates of either this tank or the 300 in a while. In fact I haven't even made a video introducing the 300, or the final growth video of the 135 either. I have some catching up to do.
I was using the AI Prime on that tank, it's a great light, but in that tank I had a canopy that was 12 inches tall which gave me the ability to mount it high enough to work properly. Other lights like the XR15 can be mounted lower and still cover, but the AI lights have more narrow lenses and work better higher up.
Yeah, it's fairly close to the Chalice too. I'm keeping an eye on it, I'm hopeful it will grow out toward the front glass as well as spreading out. If not I'll move some things around.
Lol!! Keep in mind, all the corals were bought as tiny little frags and have been grown out over time. If your talking about the equipment, honestly, for a 25 gallon,.. yeah. But after you've been running a tank for 7 years and it's looking perfect, it really hurts to have cheap equipment set you way back. After being in the hobby over 20 years I've learned the hard way for sure. Now I do spend the money to have monitoring and alerting that can warn me of failures before they are too costly.
@@skyking9248 well, you say no, but just because you have more money than others, doesnt mean you get to compare it, its rude for myself it is expensive some corals go for $100s and the salt is costly the electrical bill to run it, the equipment, its expensive
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Such an awesome tank. The well built scape makes it look a lot larger than 25 gallons and that custom built stand just put the icing on the cake for me. 🎉
Thank you!! That's one super nice thing about starting with dry rock, you can glue it all together and have fun with it. :)
@@Whiskeys_Reef Hey Whiskeys did you remove the back filtration compartment in the tank ?
@@silverpro8356Yeah! I sure did. The tank was sold to me really cheap because the back filter compartment glass was cracked, so I took all that out to put the overflow in.
@@Whiskeys_Reef Thats cool. Are the back filters any good because i was actually thnking of buying one and removing the back part and maybe putting a HOB filter on it.
@@silverpro8356I think the built in filters are better than any HOB filter I've seen lately. I really like the filter sock in this one, vs the filter pads you see everywhere. I babysat a stock tank for a few months while someone was moving and other than the return pump being super loud (I would replace it) the filter worked really well.
Great content
Thank you!
love the overhang
Thank you Carl!
It's looking AWESOME!!! Thanks for the cool update!
Thank you Michelle!
I love the rockscapes of your aquarium 😉.
Thank you Lorenzo! The nice thing about starting off with dry rock was that I was able to glue that all together before getting it wet. Then I cycled the tank for a few months with established rock while I was working on the stand.
It’s not a chalice up top it’s a favia. Great looking tank!
Wonderful tank. I have a water box peninsula 15. My phosphates hang around .25-.5 tried literally everything to get it down and eventually let it ride and my coral are thriving. 🤷🏻♂️
Thank you! I use Phosphate RX by Blue Life for Phosphates. Before you use it make sure to read everything, it's lanthanum chloride and it can easily be overdosed, plus you need fine filter socks and a skimmer to remove it once it binds with phosphate. That being said, one drop in this tank brings phosphate down by 0.05 so it's super effective. I've killed more stuff with too little phosphate than too much though, so I only dose it when things get seriously out of control, and only about once a month as a correction.
Great video! Thanks for sharing. Definitely following along 👌🏻 🙌🏼
Thank you!! Glad to have you along! Hey,.. Tell me something. Are you the same as the online store Queen City Corals? If so at least a few of those corals are from you!
@@Whiskeys_Reef unfortunately no. That is Kevin. His store name was inspired by my channel though. Lol
@@queencityreefs Well! It's clearly a catchy name that people remember! :)
Looking good. Subbed.
Thank you!! Welcome to the fun!
what leds did you use? can you list which diodes thanks!
Ummmm. Huh. Yes, I think I can. I'm not exactly sure how many of each I used, but I can probably get close. I have two clusters which are identical copies of each other. Each one had 10 LED's I think and the following were used:
Cree XLamp XT-E Royal-Blue LED(s)
Luxeon C Color LEDs Color : Violet
Luxeon C Color LEDs Color : Blue
Ultraviolet (UV-A) High Power LED Star Wavelength : 410nm to 420nm
Cree XLamp XT-E White LEDs - Color Temp 6500K
Cree XLamp XP-E2 Color High Power LED Star - Color : Blue 470nm
I had only one white, and one UV, I know that. The rest were a mix of Blue, Violet, and Royal Blue. I think I used primarily Royal Blue, about 5 of them, then 2 blue and 1 Violet. It might have been 4 royal, and 3 blue though. Hard to remember anymore and the markings are under the glue.
@@Whiskeys_Reef thanks!!!!
Sure thing!
Wow!!! Man I need your knowledge about those lights. I have a Aquavision 25 gallon bubble tank so I’m stuck with a lid. You are absolutely right about the lights. I’m currently using a kessil a80 and I can’t get it together concerning coral. I’ve went through $1,600 one month and $1,500 the next month which has made me go softie only because of my light option.
If you could make a how to video of the lights you would literally save the world.
Thanks & God bless🙏🏼
Oh wow! That is an interesting tank for sure. I've never seen one of those. The DIY LED route can work, but it's really kind of the hardest path to the destination. Have you considered LED Strip lights? Like the new AI Blade, or the Reef Brite strips? Another great option would be simply going with a T5 Retrofit kit, they have great spread if you have the room in your canopy.
Awesome set up super clean! Could you add a link for the lights. I have the same tank that will arrive in a couple days looking to create similar set up
Thank you!! They aren't lights that you can really buy, they are something I put together myself. The heat sinks were off Amazon, the LED Chips were just 3W LED Chips from LED Supply, and the driver I had laying around from when I built LED Strips for my 75G about 5 years ago. It's just the basic, full power, ON/OFF type. Honestly I only did this because I wanted that extra low profile canopy, and if I had another option for that I would have done it in a heartbeat. This ended up more expensive than just getting an AI Prime, and it's much less adjustable. If you can go with an open toped tank I would give serious consideration to a AI Hydra/Prime or XR15.
@@Whiskeys_Reef thanks.. very helpful information. I Decided to go with the AI prime and a custom canopy setup just to prevent the extra light spill.
@@Mr_Rogerscanbuildit I think that's a great choice, my friend has one of these tanks with an AI prime and it's doing super well.
did you drill a peninsula 25?
Exactly right! The inner glass filter part was broken in shipping, and my friend was going to throw it out, so I broke it all out and drilled it like this to make the aquarium usable again.
came out amazing. i went and did some research just to find your build in one of the forums. some fine work you put to it. is it still up and running? such a nice tank. props to you@@Whiskeys_Reef
@@alfredoc1283 Thank you!!! Yep! It's up and running, I had a couple videos talking about an Algae outbreak I was fighting and I need to do a final one on that series where I show the tank now (almost completely algae free) and talk through what I did that worked, and what didn't. I've just been busy and haven't done photo updates of either this tank or the 300 in a while. In fact I haven't even made a video introducing the 300, or the final growth video of the 135 either. I have some catching up to do.
I’m curious, what light were you using on your 10 gallon?
I was using the AI Prime on that tank, it's a great light, but in that tank I had a canopy that was 12 inches tall which gave me the ability to mount it high enough to work properly. Other lights like the XR15 can be mounted lower and still cover, but the AI lights have more narrow lenses and work better higher up.
That bubbel coral migratie kill that hammer coral keep a look at it
Yeah, it's fairly close to the Chalice too. I'm keeping an eye on it, I'm hopeful it will grow out toward the front glass as well as spreading out. If not I'll move some things around.
brooo this tank is gotta be so expensive RIPPP
Lol!! Keep in mind, all the corals were bought as tiny little frags and have been grown out over time. If your talking about the equipment, honestly, for a 25 gallon,.. yeah. But after you've been running a tank for 7 years and it's looking perfect, it really hurts to have cheap equipment set you way back. After being in the hobby over 20 years I've learned the hard way for sure. Now I do spend the money to have monitoring and alerting that can warn me of failures before they are too costly.
@@Whiskeys_Reef w
LOL no
@@skyking9248 well, you say no, but just because you have more money than others, doesnt mean you get to compare it, its rude for myself it is expensive some corals go for $100s and the salt is costly the electrical bill to run it, the equipment, its expensive