Vanquish's 250g Reef Tank....

[Vanquish]

Hi all...

new here from the sunny island Singapore... My reef tank is currently about 5 months old...

Just to share a recent tank pic to kickstart my participation in this great forum!

Tank Specs :

Tank : 60"x33"x27" 12mm Glass Tank with Front Crystal Glass Panel.
Sump : 48"x24"x18" 10mm Glass Tank
Return : Sequence Hammerhead
Wavemaker : Tunze TS24
Lights : 5x250W (Combination of BLV 10KK & 14KK) + 4x80W T5 HO (ATI)
Chiller : Resun 1HP Commercial Chiller
Skimmer : Customised DIY 60"x8" Diameter Beckett Skimmer
Calcium Reactor : Customised 48"x8" Diameter Recirculating Calcium Reactor.


Comments/questions welcomed...

 

[Anonymous]

Stunning!

:welcome:

 

[Tedb]

WOOOOOOOT WOOOOT Wow five months and already this beutiful !!!
AMAZING By the way do U belong to the singapore reef club???
I´m in that forum. U have a dreamtank bro.

 

[Anonymous]

Very nice.

 

[bleedingthought]

Very nice is a bit of an understatement...

 

[Vanquish]

WOOOOOOOT WOOOOT Wow five months and already this beutiful !!!
AMAZING By the way do U belong to the singapore reef club???
I´m in that forum. U have a dreamtank bro.

Hi Ted!! thanks for the kind words!! I'm from Absolute Reef OnLine in Singapore, and I believe I already saw you in that forums!!

 

[Vanquish]

Thanks to all the other guys for their kind comments too!

Yes, the tank is only 5 months old, but planning stretches about 18 months back...

Still battling with the new tank syndrome of sandbed and po4 now.... regretted having too much sand and now I'm slowly siphoning some sand out everytime I change water.... I guess I made the right choice to slowly remove the sandbed as the amount of gunk I pull out from siphoning the sand is

 

[Vanquish]

Some tank pics to share...

 

[Oceans Ferevh]

I've heard that corals and fish are super cheap over there. Is that true?

Sorry to be rude. Your tank is quite lovely by the way

 

[kevin b]

that's awesome, five months?

 

[Platax]

Hi!
Beutiful aquarium!!!

Andrey.

 

[Vanquish]

It's been a really long time since my last post...

Here's a shot the tank currently after many many changes in the past several months...

 

[mr_X]

5 months! you must have spent a fortune on those hefty "frags" :wink:
it's beautiful!

 

[trido]

I sure hope my tank grows up to be that pretty.

 

[Vanquish]

5 months! you must have spent a fortune on those hefty "frags" :wink:
it's beautiful!

I seriously lost count and I wun cherish remembering it now..

 

[jt481]

BEUTIFUL

 

[jtarmitage]

Could you provide some details of your plumbing system. I am in the planning stages for a 96x24x24. How many, and what size are your drain bulkheads and returns? I am looking into the Sequence pumps, and it caught my eye that you used a Barracuda. That seems like a huge amount of flow. Can your overflow system keep up with that return flow without a ball/gate valve to slow it down? Also, how happy are you with the Baracuda, and how would you rate its noise level.
Absolutely beautiful tank by the way. Something I aspire to recreate.

 

[Anonymous]

This is a tank of the month candidate, for sure!

Nice work.

Louey

 

[Vanquish]

Could you provide some details of your plumbing system. I am in the planning stages for a 96x24x24. How many, and what size are your drain bulkheads and returns? I am looking into the Sequence pumps, and it caught my eye that you used a Barracuda. That seems like a huge amount of flow. Can your overflow system keep up with that return flow without a ball/gate valve to slow it down? Also, how happy are you with the Baracuda, and how would you rate its noise level.
Absolutely beautiful tank by the way. Something I aspire to recreate.

Simply love the Barracuda... if you're keeping such a big tank, suggest you get one too! or maybe 2!!

I use four overflow pipes to ensure enough water moves down into the sump... and make sure you have a large sump too and a large last compartment as a reservoir as the pump really sucks fast!

 

[Vanquish]

This is a tank of the month candidate, for sure!

Nice work.

Louey

Thanks dude!