Jim's 300gal upgrade

[Alex]

Like the aquascaping, looks good.

 

[albano]

OK I give up!...how many LED moonlights are there? I'm thinking 4

 

[Jim]

OK I give up!...how many LED moonlights are there? I'm thinking 4

Yes 4. I guess those are good reflectors lol

 

[pauliwalnuts]

Love the lighting Jim.
Are those 250's or 400's ?

 

[Jim]

Love the lighting Jim.
Are those 250's or 400's ?

Tank you Pauli.They are 250s. I'm still considering a 400 for the center for clams but I'll see how these do first.

 

[Jim]

A little update

The tank has been running for a couple of months now and i've been slowly transferring livestock over and adding a few new pieces. I know everyone likes pics, as I like to look at others tanks. Hope you enjoy and feel free to give any advice.

 

[JARRETT SHARK]

Jim love that regal and purple tang. Tank looks great

 

[NYreefNoob]

lookin good JIm and tank does look much better in person, guess i have reason to come play with your camera

 

[allenjj]

Great Tank

Your tank looks great and as a good lurker here enjoyed the discussion and pics of your build. Now that I am beginning my own build adventure, am becoming more active online to get help and suggestions. Would you mind posting a couple of new pics of your sump and plumbing? Yours appeared very well organized and am hoping that I can get some ideas for how to do my new build better than my current set up.

 

[FlowerhornNYC]

Very nice Jim This is one of my favorite set up. Alway looking forward to see your update

 

[pauliwalnuts]

Sweet collection of coral you got there Jim. Tank looks awesome !
Keep the pics coming.

 

[ClosetFishGeek]

Everything is looking great....:smile:

 

[Jim]

Your tank looks great and as a good lurker here enjoyed the discussion and pics of your build. Now that I am beginning my own build adventure, am becoming more active online to get help and suggestions. Would you mind posting a couple of new pics of your sump and plumbing? Yours appeared very well organized and am hoping that I can get some ideas for how to do my new build better than my current set up.

Here are a couple of pics of the sump room. I hope this can help you out a little. And thanks for all the kind words from everyone.

 

[FlowerhornNYC]

How do you like the 4 vortech pumps in the back? Do you have any death spot?

 

[Jim]

How do you like the 4 vortech pumps in the back? Do you have any death spot?

Right now I'm only running 3 vortechs. 1 is still on the 90. And there is one area that could use more flow but once I add the last pump, I think I should be fine. I still need to sync all the power heads to 1 master. Right now they are all independent.

 

[allenjj]

Pumps

Thanks Jim. How many circulating pumps are you running. I see several in the pics and am wondering why since you have a manifold?

 

[FlowerhornNYC]

Since you have the Apex controller that's easy to do so.

 

[Jim]

Thanks Jim. How many circulating pumps are you running. I see several in the pics and am wondering why since you have a manifold?

I'm running a hammerhead on the manifold and a red dragon on the skimmer and fuge. In hind sight the hammerhead would definitely be enough for the whole system seeing as I have the hammerhead dialed way back. But I want to see what happens when I add a frag tank which will be fed from the manifold.

 

[JARRETT SHARK]

Jim i see you have same nextreef reactor as me and no clamps on the hoses!!!!
I did same thing and over time they leaked and flooded my floor, just want to make sure it does not happen to you,
Ps I see you got the SPS bug,keep it up

 

[Jim]

Jim i see you have same nextreef reactor as me and no clamps on the hoses!!!!
I did same thing and over time they leaked and flooded my floor, just want to make sure it does not happen to you,
Ps I see you got the SPS bug,keep it up

Thanks for the heads up