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

[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.