New Lee Mar Tank!

[AgentSPS]

Fresh Arrival! I shall call it the SKYSCRAPER...look at the pics and you will see why. This thing generates its own weather systems.

www.ververate.com/steve/erik/aquarium/tank


TANK:

75 Gal Lee Mar Starfire 30 x 24 x24
Krylon Blue paint with flat black enamel on top

STAND:

44" Tall CherryWood Stand
4" Lip

LIGHTING:

PFO HQI custom made pendant hood with spider reflector and dual 24" VHO SuperActinics and 400W 20K Radium.

FILTRATION:

Euro-Reef CS6-1
4" Sandbed w/ Plenum
Custom Dual Chamber Calcium Reactor

CIRCULATION:

Velocity T4 Main
Rio 2500 (chiller)
Two 3/4 Sea-Swirls

COOLING:

Aquanetic 1/5 HP Chiller

WHY SO TALL:

I hate looking down on a tank. A fishtank should be viewed at eye level!

PLANS:

Put about half of this www.ververate.com/steve/erik/aquarium on a custom made frame in the tank

SPS only tank with lots of table acro! Lots of color!

 

[THEFishHead]

Nice tank

You should suspend the light up a bit higher to avoid the possibility of overheating the glass trim, which has the potential to bring your skyscraper down.

J

 

[SeaSydney]

I too love the taller stands and totally agree about looking down at a tank. One question though, will that 1/6 HP chiller be adequate to cool that tank especially with the 2 400 watt Bulbs? What is your ambient room temp?

Cant wait to see pictures of it stocked.
Mark

 

[AgentSPS]

One question though, will that 1/6 HP chiller be adequate to cool that tank especially with the 2 400 watt Bulbs? What is your ambient room temp?

Cant wait to see pictures of it stocked.
Mark

I apologize...It is actually a 1/5 HP chiller! The air temp is cool as this part of the house gets very little light in the afternoon.

 

[AgentSPS]

One question though, will that 1/6 HP chiller be adequate to cool that tank especially with the 2 400 watt Bulbs? What is your ambient room temp?

Cant wait to see pictures of it stocked.
Mark

I apologize...It is actually a 1/5 HP chiller! The air temp is cool as this part of the house gets very little light in the afternoon.

 

[AgentSPS]

Nice tank

You should suspend the light up a bit higher to avoid the possibility of overheating the glass trim, which has the potential to bring your skyscraper down.

J

Very good point you raise! I have two ideas for suspending the light. The first is a cherrywood open frame which would raise the light 6 inches above the tank.

The other is a standard canopy which will suspend the pendant inside. But the only problem with this is that I paid all that money for the pendant only to hide it.

As for just setting the pendant on the glass, do you really think it will be a problem? I assume you are implying that it will heat the glass and if water hits it, it will crack? Keep in mind this glass is 3/8" thick.

 

[golfish]

Of all the glass tanks I ever seen (those cheapy IA tanks included) Lee Mar's are the best of the best by far. I'm dreaming up my next tank now, it will be a Lee Mar for sure.

 

[platapus]

Right on reefer_guy!

Did that tank come with the blue background, or did you do that?