Tank Entry

so it been a roller coaster of a year, took down my 150 transferred all coral to a 105g rimless tank. tank crashed lost coral(jan) then battled bryopsis and won then hair algae almost won. A kitchen remodel claimed the 105(didn't want to move it so I sold it), didn't want to move it so I decided to just get a nano till I finish up school. So here I am.
I purchased the nuvo used, as I didn't wanted to put money into different areas of the build. So equipment wise I traded for things I needed ...

i have whites at 55% and blue @ 75% royal blue at 78%. so i guess on my previous light setup i had my MH high enough and the fans pointed to a point where water evap was not altered by them. currently with the LEDs im still topping off at the same rate. this is important because i use a kalk reactor to control my level especially PH, as it runs low on my system. currently alk is at 8.9 and cal at 438 with hanna checkers.
colors are still looking great, so far im happy with my choice..... ...

life has kept me busy but ive had a lil time to build my g/f Emily a new nano setup. this will be her new zoa garden. tank is a marine land 27g cube 20x18x20, filter is a cpr aquafuge, tunze nano top off and a reef keeper lite. vortech mp-10 and a ecotech radion gen 1. stand was hand built by slef and a kreg jig(awesome).

stand is made of 3/4 oak plywoood, fron door comes off completly and drawer has a quiet close slide.

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some updates its been a while. i havent really changed anything but my bio pellets now they are DR Tims and im also using his waste away and eco balance and love the results. tank has been up since March so about to hit the 1 year mark. I almost went to LED but im scared i wont like the outcome and waste money, till then i will run my MH and T5. tank is 60x24x24

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when i started this tank i wanted lots of room for fish and for my sps to grow into big colonies. im still thining out my collection so its a lil crowded once i figure out what how much light each one likes and how its growing ill start glueing stuff down. I also wanted to "impress Marc" after he called my last tank a fruit stand lol, marc if you see anything you like i would be happy to send you frags i live in san antonio so we can work something out, or theres always that new mega bus ...