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Posted: January 07 2013 at 12:31am |
I'll try to keep this updated but pictures of your tanks are more enjoyable for me :) This is my first "big" tank and the of any type I've owned so feel free to offer feedback at any point.
Basics of the system
Display Tank: 150g Marineland DD (Deep Dimension) cube. 36" x 36" x ~28" Custom Steel stand simple glass top 145lbs LR 120lbs LR 100lbs dry sand (FYI-the sand I can see is no longer dry)
Sump: 40ish gallon 60ish gal. custom EA sump (24x36)
-remotely housed in the garage -1 1/2" return from display -1" return from frag -1" return frag (overflow) -1" return from water change/extra volume tank
Pumps: Reeflo Hammerhead (was 2x Reeflo BlowHole 1450 then 2x Waveline 6000DC) 1x for main display return and UV
1x for frag return and Aux reactors (carbon/GFO/Ca)
Power heads: -MP40w x2 (sides) x2 (back and left side wall) -MP10w x2 (left and right of back wall) -Ecotech Battery backup on the MP10s
Lights: -Ecotech Radions x2 Pro Gen1
Controller: Apex Base unit w 3x EB8 and 1 EB4 -Temp (inside frag tank overflow -pH monitoring (system pH via sump) -ORP Monitoring Breakout Box module -Float switch for ATO PM1 module 1 -pH monitoring (Calcium Reactor) -Temp (exiting sump in garage) PM1 module 2 -pH monitoring (main display) -Temp monitoring (main display overflow) PM2 -Conductivity/Salinity monitoring with Temp compensation WMX module Wireless control of MP powerheads ALD module 1 (Automatic Leak Detection) Sensors -Under main Display -Side of display (spill over) ALD module 2 (Automatic Leak Detection) Sensors -Near return pumps -Top of sump (spill over) -Over Skimmer -Behind frag overflow (spill over)
Skimmer: Bubble Magus - Curve 9
Frag Tank: 60g Aquarium Creations Frag Tank 12x24x48 DIY acrylic 24" x 36" -Plumbed as a system with main display, sump, water change -Lights 2x 250w MH + 2x T5 -2x Jeabo w40 powerheads running on "Low"
Other Components: -50g additional water volume loop -also serves as water change/sea water mixing system in garage (upto 65g water changes) -UV - Aqua UV's 57watt Twist UV with wiper -Calcium Reactor is PM CR622 -CO2 regulator CarbonDoser Electronic Regulator -RO/DI 200gpd Hydrologic Triton 100 w 100gpd upgrade kit and IN/OUT TDS monitor -65g on hand RO Storage and Topoff Wildlife: B/G Chromis x6 x5 Firefish x3 x2 Black Snowflake clowns True Percula Clown x2 (ethel and s) Starry Blenny (buddy) Randal goby and Pistol shrimp (randy & pete) Purple firefish (violet) Flame Angel (tigger) High fin Cardinal x2 (now regularly laying) Blue spot jaw fish (dotty II) Skunk Cleaner Shrimp (marvin) Fireshrimp (rojo) Lyrtail Anthias x4 (The sheik and the pink ladies) Mag. Foxface (foxy) Kole Tang (cole) +heavy cleaning crew -Snails, crabs, sand sifting stars, conches Retired Fertilizer Crew :( -Bo - RainbowWrasse Juv (overflow hosting ninja) -Dotty I -Blue Spot Jaw fish (made it partway into the overflow. so close!) -Ruby - Rusty Angel
Current ToDo list: Canopy...? Side panels for stand (delivery delayed) Something better for light mount...?
Recent FTS (June 20ish 2013) Left Side
Center
Right
FTS Christmas Eve/Morning-No plumbing done/No lights Left
Front
Right
Edited by JohnnyHeavens - January 07 2014 at 9:38am
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Posted: January 07 2013 at 12:36am |
More recent FTS after move in from 40g
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Sump (crappy pic, -uv and -waterchange
Edited by JohnnyHeavens - January 07 2013 at 12:39am
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Posted: January 11 2013 at 9:58am |
A couple updates pictures after getting the lights in place. I wasn't happt with just hanging the radions from the ceiling and I played with several options but ended up making a quick and dirty stand/mount out of black iron pipe. (I know, rust...) Right now it's just temporary but I was going to spray paint it a flat black but it's just been so cold recently that even my garage hasn't been a temperature I could paint in so I just got it in place.
Left side (black bar on right is overflow)
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Front-Showing Light Rack
Lights were at the start of acclimation mode here. 50% @ max during the day. Ramping up to 75% over 3 weeks.
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Posted: January 11 2013 at 10:05am |
Jealous, Jealous, Jealous, Jealous, Jealous, 
Edited by ClownFishAddict - January 11 2013 at 10:06am
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Posted: January 11 2013 at 10:06am |
Notes: -Queen Angel...I know (now) the tank is too small. She'll go to a friend's 210 soon enough -A friend was making some side panels for the stand but has had some serious health problems in the family so he's been MIA. I don't need to fire him but I don't want to bother him with my "fish tank" so The stand is currently open and we are canopy-less. -Not pictured - remote water change / top off in garage. 2nd MP40w. Skimmer upgraded from curve 7 to curve 9 to acknowledge total system volume rather then just display -Chocolate chip star is in sump...want it?
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Posted: January 11 2013 at 10:07am |
Beautiful piece of Art work. ? what are you acclimating your lights too? There is no coral. Beautiful Angel by the way.
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Posted: January 11 2013 at 10:09am |
 ClownFishAddict wrote:
Jealous, Jealous, Jealous, Jealous, Jealous,
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 well thank you! If I don't screw it up between now and reeftour than come see it
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Posted: January 11 2013 at 10:18am |
builderofdreams wrote:
Beautiful piece of Art work. ? what are you acclimating your lights too? There is no coral. Beautiful Angel by the way. |
Thanks and we love "angel" too. We started looking for a corner/bow front for the spot our 40g was in but I love this tank and we feel it fit the spot nicely. Plus it's bigger and more flexible. Ah, good question on the lights. Those things are bright and I didn't want to freak the kids out ;) and...these were taken right after I got the rack in place. We had been keeping the coral (including some frags from the frag fest) in my daughters BC29. I need to take some pics of the coral in the tank. I've moved things around a couple times now so I've waited but I'll post some soon.
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Posted: January 11 2013 at 10:23am |
Will do.
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Posted: January 11 2013 at 10:27am |
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Here is a god mount idea for you.
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2120959&highlight=vesa
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Posted: January 11 2013 at 10:41am |
Ryan Thompson wrote:
Here is a god mount idea for you.
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2120959&highlight=vesa |
Ahhhh. That's great. Wall mounted might work that way too and that would allow all kinds of movement during maintenance and easy to adjust as well.
Thanks!
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Posted: January 15 2013 at 2:29pm |
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Very Very awsome!!! Love this tank!
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Posted: January 15 2013 at 4:15pm |
tfmreefs wrote:
Very Very awsome!!! Love this tank! |
Thank you for the encouragement!
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Posted: February 17 2013 at 8:47pm |
nick801 inspired me on a few levels with a recent update of his tank thread. The least of these is reminding me to post a couple updated pictures.
Not a great FTS but it's the one that's handy.
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Posted: February 17 2013 at 8:58pm |
Now a couple inhabitant pics.
anthias wash was running full speed with a line all the way around the rock
I've wanted a good picture of the sheik and his harem. I call him the sheik and the wife calls him danny. the girls are the pink ladies. frenchy, rizzo, and sandy. This photo bomb is provided by 'bow' our young blunt nose/rainbow wrasse
Still looking for a good shot of just the 4 of them...
Black snowflakes we picked up from The Aquarium a few weeks ago. Love these two!
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Posted: February 17 2013 at 9:29pm |
Some of the more recent coral adds
pink hammer
This rim on this is more pink than shows here
still...to reopen sun polyps
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Posted: February 17 2013 at 9:43pm |
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Great looking tank. Love the black snowflakes!
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Posted: February 17 2013 at 10:06pm |
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Yeah man your tanks looking great!
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Posted: February 18 2013 at 7:28am |
sabeypets wrote:
Great looking tank. Love the black snowflakes! |
Real happy with them and I didn't even get this nem to the bottom before they were interested in it.
Nick801 wrote:
Yeah man your tanks looking great!
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Thanks Nick. So far so good
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Posted: February 18 2013 at 7:28pm |
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I think you should enter the black snowflake pic for pic of the month. Gorgeous! What kind of nem is that?
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