- Location
- North Shore Long lsand, NY
Here's a few pics of the 150 (48x30x24) tank I'm building...I'll be using all the equipment from my old 75 gallon:
Essentially, it'll be a bare bottom Acropora/Montipora tank with limited fish life. Large skimmer (Deltec AP702), calcium reactor (MTC ProCal), and copious circulation (Sequence Dart, two Tunze 6100's, and Tunze Wavebox).
It's mostly quality equipment and works well. Tank is a Glass Cages 150 (hey, I had to save money somewhere...). Also looking for more swimming room, simplification, and reduction of electrical consumption (current electrical is over $200 a month for tank alone).
There will be zero live rock in the display to start (may add some in the future)... I want a totally custom display but I'm tired of the foam back drop...namely, its porosity (collects detritous and nutrients). I am not willing to put Starboard, cardboard, or even cardboard with sand glued to it in my tank...so I'll be building the entire reef structure/bottom out of sculpted, painted, and thickened resin. It'll look just like rock, except the parts I skin wiith coral texture...those will look like old dead coral...
starting with the model...
From top, rectangles are the stream/Wavebox placement:
different angle:
d.
Essentially, it'll be a bare bottom Acropora/Montipora tank with limited fish life. Large skimmer (Deltec AP702), calcium reactor (MTC ProCal), and copious circulation (Sequence Dart, two Tunze 6100's, and Tunze Wavebox).
It's mostly quality equipment and works well. Tank is a Glass Cages 150 (hey, I had to save money somewhere...). Also looking for more swimming room, simplification, and reduction of electrical consumption (current electrical is over $200 a month for tank alone).
There will be zero live rock in the display to start (may add some in the future)... I want a totally custom display but I'm tired of the foam back drop...namely, its porosity (collects detritous and nutrients). I am not willing to put Starboard, cardboard, or even cardboard with sand glued to it in my tank...so I'll be building the entire reef structure/bottom out of sculpted, painted, and thickened resin. It'll look just like rock, except the parts I skin wiith coral texture...those will look like old dead coral...
starting with the model...
From top, rectangles are the stream/Wavebox placement:
different angle:
d.