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    Posted: April 22 2011 at 12:50am
Ok, so it's not one of these custom built 100 gallon tanks but it's a good start. =)
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lol, any tank is great.. you'll have fun with it!
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We need to get a better camera to show any of our corals. =( ha. But here are a few more pics of our tank.I


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We have:
 55 gallon tank
 10 gallon sump
 10 gallon quarantine
 epshops overflow box
 850gph return pump
 split return with gate valve
 custom skimmer
 4 hanging t5's 8" above tank
 1 260gph pump in tank for flow
 
 45lbs of mixed rock
 (some live) (some becoming live)
 
 
 2 columbian sharks
 2 fire gobies
 2 ocellaris clowns
 1 lawnmower blenny
 1 scooter blenny
 1 Purple clam
 6 peppermint shrimp
 a bunch of crabs and snails
 
 2 carpet corals
 2 xenias
 1 torch coral
 1 frog spawn
 1 kenya tree
 1 toad stool
 1 green mushroom
 3 red mushrooms
 1 birds nest
 1 unknown sps
 1 unknown lps
 and a bunch of completely unknown baby corals
 
 
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Thanks adam, I bought some corals the other day and the guy I bought them from said you have a pretty nice set up. Might have to check that out sometime.
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Come on over any time.

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Originally posted by ksmart ksmart wrote:

Lookin good man!
Thanks bro, I finally got a few somewhat clear photos of the corals.
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Some people say 55's don't make good reef tanks, but I had great success with mine, and I know others. Anyway, looks like fun. Just one question: do you have any kind of one-way valve on your return line? With the loc-line nozzles so deep under the water line, I worry that if the power goes our it's going to siphon half your tank back down into the sump and you'll have a massive flood on your hands. Anyway, maybe you already thought of that and had a solution, but I just had to ask. I've seen some crazy setups fail tragically.
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when I tested the system to make sure it would shutoff correctly without overflowing, the connections in the return are loose enough that the air that gets into the system once the water drops about and inch puts enough air in the line to shut everything off. I havent had a problem with several tests but I should look into making it a little better now that everything is running well.
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