Specifications:
Tank: 90g Oceanview (48x18x24)/ 29g Oceanic as sump (old tank)
Filtration: 110#s Fiji LR/ 135#s Oolitic sand (4" DSB)
Skimmer: DIY MACO Beckett Skimmer w. Dolphin 1200
Lighting: 2-250w 10k Coralview on Cooltouch Lighting Ballast (PFO knockoff)
Return: GenX (1190 GPH @ O head)
Circulation: Blueline 1100 NS series on closed loop w. SCWD and 3 MJ 1200s
Temp Control: 250w heater in sump/2-4" Icecap fans in hood/7" clip-on fan over sump
Misc: DIY MACO Calcium Reactor fed off mainline (not running atm), corner overflow w. Durso standpipe.
Livestock to date:
Fish:
- Kole Tang
- 2-Ocellaris Clownfish (these were tank raised here locally in Dallas by "Andy" a fellow DFWMAS member. They have broken lines and are very interesting looking...check my avatar for "Chops".)
- Regal Tang
Coral:
- Deep Purple/Burgandy Acropora (tips light purple and polyps around base and tips are bright bright green. It is coloring up nicely)
- Yellow/Baby Blue tip Staghorn Acropora
- Sky Blue Acropora millepora frag (ORA)
Inverts:
- 5 Turbos
- 6 Nassarius snails
- 6 Ceriths
- Fighting Conch
- Small Fromia milleporella (Red Starfish)
I love to DIY. So, this tank was started in July of 2003 with my wife purchasing an Oceanview 90g predrilled and reef ready for my birthday. One year later almost to the day, I added water and 110#s of fiji LR from a fellow DFWMAS's tank he was breaking down.
DIY Projects to date:
Stand
Canopy
MACO Skimmer
MACO Calcium Reactor
Back-siphon prevention
Closed loop and all plumbing
Retrofit lights
Sump from old 29g tank and baffles
In the works or on the drawing board:
Wiring pumps on switches for on/off purposes (hate plugging/unplugging)
Auto topoff
Moonlighting
Actinic lighting
Cabinet for calcium reactor and ballasts
You can see pics HERE over on the RC photo gallery.
*updated 9/3/04*
Tank: 90g Oceanview (48x18x24)/ 29g Oceanic as sump (old tank)
Filtration: 110#s Fiji LR/ 135#s Oolitic sand (4" DSB)
Skimmer: DIY MACO Beckett Skimmer w. Dolphin 1200
Lighting: 2-250w 10k Coralview on Cooltouch Lighting Ballast (PFO knockoff)
Return: GenX (1190 GPH @ O head)
Circulation: Blueline 1100 NS series on closed loop w. SCWD and 3 MJ 1200s
Temp Control: 250w heater in sump/2-4" Icecap fans in hood/7" clip-on fan over sump
Misc: DIY MACO Calcium Reactor fed off mainline (not running atm), corner overflow w. Durso standpipe.
Livestock to date:
Fish:
- Kole Tang
- 2-Ocellaris Clownfish (these were tank raised here locally in Dallas by "Andy" a fellow DFWMAS member. They have broken lines and are very interesting looking...check my avatar for "Chops".)
- Regal Tang
Coral:
- Deep Purple/Burgandy Acropora (tips light purple and polyps around base and tips are bright bright green. It is coloring up nicely)
- Yellow/Baby Blue tip Staghorn Acropora
- Sky Blue Acropora millepora frag (ORA)
Inverts:
- 5 Turbos
- 6 Nassarius snails
- 6 Ceriths
- Fighting Conch
- Small Fromia milleporella (Red Starfish)
I love to DIY. So, this tank was started in July of 2003 with my wife purchasing an Oceanview 90g predrilled and reef ready for my birthday. One year later almost to the day, I added water and 110#s of fiji LR from a fellow DFWMAS's tank he was breaking down.
DIY Projects to date:
Stand
Canopy
MACO Skimmer
MACO Calcium Reactor
Back-siphon prevention
Closed loop and all plumbing
Retrofit lights
Sump from old 29g tank and baffles
In the works or on the drawing board:
Wiring pumps on switches for on/off purposes (hate plugging/unplugging)
Auto topoff
Moonlighting
Actinic lighting
Cabinet for calcium reactor and ballasts
You can see pics HERE over on the RC photo gallery.
*updated 9/3/04*
It should look great once stocked.
