45 tech build

[bigpuffer]

i decided to set up/build a sps and lps oceanic tank. looking foward to meeting new people and hopefully getting some rare frags

not going to take any credit on the tank i ordered it opened the box and set it up

[reeferpj]

looks nice

[Behrmon]

Those are nice tanks, looks good.

[bigpuffer]

thanks i really wanted a nice system and so far so good here are some sump pics. and of course a diy stand. the refugium is in same room as my softy reef so i built the stand to match the other stand. i still need to paint it black.

[bigpuffer]

i built the stand tall 37" in fact 36LX37Tx18W i wanted it to have hight we all know trouble with limited space under tanks. the top of the stand will hold my 20 gallon high. "hopefully show refuigum" and my calcium reactor off to the side.

[bigpuffer]

here we are 10 days later!

[bigpuffer]

man that cheto was the size of a golf ball 3 days ago!!

ok equipment rundown

lighting
main tank "aqualight pro 250hqi and 2 65watt pc 2 blue moon led's
refugium 96 watt quad 10k pendant
sump 1 13watt twist socket with on/off switch

skimmer
aquac ev120 with mag 5

uv
coralife 18 watt turbo twist

flow
mag 7 feeds main tank and feeds refugium 2 tunze nano's in main tank

knopc calcium reactor w/20lb tank and electric reg. "not set up yet"

controlled by a ac3 "not set up yet"

[bigpuffer]

i would like to give a big THANKS to brian aka aquaman and nick aka nicks387 these two guys stocked my tank with nice high end frags for very little money the new inventory includes...

sps

Tyree LE Pink Lemonade
Tyree LE Steve Elias Blue stag
Tyree LE ponape birdsnest
Tyree LE montipora confusa
Tyree LE "Aquarium City" milli
Tyree rainbow montipora
Tubs Birdsnest (super thick branch)
ORA blue tort
ORA chips
ORA bird of paradise
ORA aquadelight
Original Superman Monti
Green Body Purple Polyp Birdsnest
Original german blue

zoo's include

tubs blue
dragon eyes
oxides
everlasting gobstopper
armor of gods
purple deaths
mean green's

can't wait it is gonna look good!!

[bigdog]

i would like to give a big THANKS to brian aka aquaman and nick aka nicks387 these two guys stocked my tank with nice high end frags for very little money the new inventory includes...

sps

Tyree LE Pink Lemonade
Tyree LE Steve Elias Blue stag
Tyree LE ponape birdsnest
Tyree LE montipora confusa
Tyree LE "Aquarium City" milli
Tyree rainbow montipora
Tubs Birdsnest (super thick branch)
ORA blue tort
ORA chips
ORA bird of paradise
ORA aquadelight
Original Superman Monti
Green Body Purple Polyp Birdsnest
Original german blue

zoo's include

tubs blue
dragon eyes
oxides
everlasting gobstopper
armor of gods
purple deaths
mean green's

can't wait it is gonna look good!!

well hurry i want 2 see corals o so many colors

[reeferpj]

thats some nice looking rock to

[bigpuffer]

yea! thanks to you. my brand new fuge is crankin with life!

[bigpuffer]

i figure my whole fuge will be full of cheto in about 2 weeks it seems to grow 50% daily

[coralcor]

holy crap

[bigpuffer]

my most interesting invert in my refugium right now. i am looking for more interesting things open to suggestions. i was thinking of a pipe fish next. what species is very interesting?

[coralcor]

mantis shrimp?

[bigpuffer]

i concidered mantis but i want several inverts and sm critters etc. mantis are very hungry:D

[bigpuffer]

sorry need batteries for my camera all i got was 1 shot of the tank.

[sixspeed]

looking good, you could get some sexy shrimp or some brightly colored hermits, like the halloween and electric blue.

[bigpuffer]

i do have 2 electric blue crabs already. i did concider the sexy shrimp but don't they feed on just starfish?

[jayman10134]

no. harlequin shrimp do. sexy shrimp are tiny shrimp that usually live in an anemone.

[bigpuffer]

Oh! cool any type of anemone? prefered type?

[jayman10134]

i guess i was wrong. here is some neat information about them though.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=497+525+1135&pcatid=1135

[bigpuffer]

thanks for the link i think i can count myself in on one of those.

[bigpuffer]

i had a couple people ask me what i thought about my aqua c ev120. i like it so far. it does out perform my reef devil. but my reef devil has run 1 year straight. here is a pic of y collection cup. i normally run a hose to a container but i took it off and cleaned the cup so i could get an accurate picture. this pic is 24hrs from cup cleaning.

[bigpuffer]

update:

finally got another C02 reactor the one i had intended settng up went to a friend a few weeks ago. i lucked out today thanks to another very kind member. the cheto is growing at record rates i pulled out a freezer bag stuffed the other day and today it is like i never took any out. the refugeium is completely filled with life now pods, bugs, bristle worms, mini snails, mini stars, electric blue crabs etc. i need to install a divider to keep the cheto better contained to one side.

[s_kelley]

Im confused, how is your fuge plumbed into your display, or is it? Very nice looking setup!

[bigpuffer]

The display tank is on opposite wall of sump. The fuge is right above sump. I have a reduction tee on the return pump plumbing with a 1/2" ball valve. I control flow "about 200gph" to my uv with that. Then from the outlet of the uv to the inlet/lockline you see in the fuge. The fuge just drains directly back into the sump in the return pump chamber. I am gravity feeding the ca reactor from the fuge and draining it into the sump sock to help balance the ph before it hit's the display.

[s_kelley]

I see, thanks for the info. Im always interested in seeing how people plumb their tanks.

[thuytan]

The display tank is on opposite wall of sump. The fuge is right above sump. I have a reduction tee on the return pump plumbing with a 1/2" ball valve. I control flow "about 200gph" to my uv with that. Then from the outlet of the uv to the inlet/lockline you see in the fuge. The fuge just drains directly back into the sump in the return pump chamber. I am gravity feeding the ca reactor from the fuge and draining it into the sump sock to help balance the ph before it hit's the display.

Nice and clean set up....

[bigpuffer]

here is a update shot of the tank. i cant wait to get rid of this 10k bulb!

[Yanni]

I run the same tank but softy dominted, you did a very nice job on the rockwork. It should look nice in a few years when the sps begin to really fill in.