My new system!

[jetaero]

I was told I needed to post this here, so here are some pictures from start to finish of my new aquarium.

I built this tank to replace the many tanks I had before, so that I only had one system to perform maintenance on.

The tank consists of:

upstairs:

- 225 (6'x2'x30")
- 120 (4'x2'x2')
- 75 (4'x?x?) - 3 sections
- 75 (4'x?x?) - 3 sections

Downstairs:

100g rubbermaid - Refugium

150g rubbermaid - frag tank / water level sump

90g rubbermaid - equipment tank / water level sump

Equipment:

Sump to tanks feed pump: Sequence Hammerhead

CL on 225: Sequence Dart

PH on 120: ETM Vortech

Lighting on pair tank 1: CSL 4x65w PC fixture

Lighting on pair tank 2: PFO 8x54w T5 fixture

Lighting on 120: 250w SE MH, 400w SE MH

Lighting on 225: 2 x 400w SE MH with Lumenarc III mini's

Reactor: dual chamber 20" tall geo

Skimmer: Euro-Reef CS400

Top-Off: Self made acrylic float switch holder, with two liquid level switches, connected to an Aquamedic niveaumat unit.

The feed to the aquamedic unit is a 30g resevoire tank. The resevoire tank has a Kent marine floatswitch, which is hooked to my RO/DI unit.

The 225 is a display, the 120 is a display as well. I will house my sps in the 120 until I can figure out the effects and how to mount the halides effectively on the 225.

The two 75's will house my clownfish pairs, which I intend to breed.

Here are the pictures:

Room with 2 stands built, and 225 on the floor:

Pair tanks:

150g rock curing tank (pre system assembly)

The euro-reef CS400 skimmer:

225 stand built, sequence dart on the floor, tank moved to the side.

equipment pieced together, awaiting sump:

Sump in place, cutting holes and installing bulkheads:

Will post more pics soon.

 

[jetaero]

Front view on 90 gallon sump:

Feed to 90 gallon sump, and hammerhead hooked to it:

Rubbermaid sumps, and horizontal lines feeding the 90 gallon sump:

225 after aquascaping:

View of the upstairs room:

 

[Anonymous]

Looks sweet so far. Keep them pics coming.

Louey

 

[fungia]

very nice, so are they all linked together or seperate?

 

[jetaero]

And finally, the occupants of the pair tanks:

A. ocellaris:

A. clarkii:

A. ocellaris - Black Variant

A. ocellaris - ORA naked variant

A. ephippium

A. percula - Onyx Variant

 

[jetaero]

Thanks!

Yes, they are all connected, and fed by the one sequence hammerhead.

-Josh

 

[WRASSER]

Nice job, keep up the good work. And keep the pics coming :wink:

 

[fungia]

very nice. will you have a grow out tank for frags or use the two displays for it?

 

[jetaero]

The 120 will be a growout tank, as well as the 150 gallon sump downstairs.


-Josh

 

[Len]

Hello Josh. Nice job.

 

[SnowManSnow]

dude.. all i can see is someone hitting the cue ball... it hopping the rail and crashing into the tank!

haha Let's hope it doesnt happen

great setup man... i hope to be able to do that one day when im rich like you are

or .. ummm

were

B

 

[Anonymous]

Really nice set up.

 

[Anonymous]

Sweet! Keep us updated on the progress! 8)

 

[jetaero]

Thanks much! I will take more pictures as I add things.

-Josh

 

[bleedingthought]

Very cool! Looking forward to more pics!

 

[RondaGP]

Wow! I'm humbled.

 

[Anonymous]

That is very cool. I just hope you do not have heat issues with the sunlight from the window.

 

[Sue Truett]

what an awesome collection of clownfish.. 8O everything looks great.

 

[jetaero]

Thank you very much... I still have yet to get pictures of my skunk clownfish, they hide in the rockwork whenever I get the camera out.

I put cell pad window shades in today, so far so good with the light in the window. I hooked up my AquaController today as well. The temperature is staying stable at 79.5F.

The skimmer has finally broken in, now producing a nice dark foam.

-Josh

 

[Anonymous]

nice setup 8)