zach_discus
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Hello all, so have shelved the ridiculous 450 in favor of a more sane tank. The plan is to have a custom tank built in the next year. In the mean time I had the proverbial 10lbs in a 5lb bag and was starting to lose corals and a very suspect seam that was causing me to lose sleep. So to craigslist we went and found a very very nice 280!!!
Tank is 72x30x30 and built using 3/4" acrylic with twin overflows. Stand is a nice blond oak piece that I could wish was taller but still very acceptable.
Lighting is a Hamilton Tech 60" Sebu Sun that a good friend gave me. Bulb choice is 3 400w Radiums driven by Nanotech digital ballast. The 4 T5s are ATI bulbs, 2 Blue+/1 Purple+/1 Coral+. Have to say Im ecstatic about the color to my eye now to see if it will grow coral.
Under the tank is a Eshopps RS-300 sump with a Jeboa DCT-1500 return pump. There is also a 20tall acrylic that's plumbed in for the refugium and fed by a Jeboa DC6000 that's also driving the reactor manifold to feed the calcium reactor. There are two more feeds on the manifold for a GFO/carbon reactor if needed and a in-line chiller.
Skimmer is the one piece of equipment still up in the air. Looking at a Bubble Magus Curve D10 or a Local store has a house branded Jeboa. Either way they have DC pumps, wich is important sence Ive ditched LEDs for Halides.
For water movement I have 4 Jeboa RW-15s and a Maxspect Gyre150
Last but not least is a controller, have decided to save my GHL for the next build. Instead I picked up a Reefkeeper Elite for a steal. Has lots of modules including the SL2 salinity and three of the power bars. The Halides will be controlled by a Titan Controls 702660 Helios that wired directly to a dedicated 20amp circuit.
My plumbing is a hybrid Herbie set up with twin 1.5" full syphon drains with twin gate valves and a 1.5" emergency drains. The return is a 1.5" return to the top of the tank and then split to 3 3/4" lock-lins that are split with a y to twin 3/4" fans.
Will get some pics up very soon, Shooting for something better than cell phone
. Tank is up and running sans skimmer.
Tank is 72x30x30 and built using 3/4" acrylic with twin overflows. Stand is a nice blond oak piece that I could wish was taller but still very acceptable.
Lighting is a Hamilton Tech 60" Sebu Sun that a good friend gave me. Bulb choice is 3 400w Radiums driven by Nanotech digital ballast. The 4 T5s are ATI bulbs, 2 Blue+/1 Purple+/1 Coral+. Have to say Im ecstatic about the color to my eye now to see if it will grow coral.
Under the tank is a Eshopps RS-300 sump with a Jeboa DCT-1500 return pump. There is also a 20tall acrylic that's plumbed in for the refugium and fed by a Jeboa DC6000 that's also driving the reactor manifold to feed the calcium reactor. There are two more feeds on the manifold for a GFO/carbon reactor if needed and a in-line chiller.
Skimmer is the one piece of equipment still up in the air. Looking at a Bubble Magus Curve D10 or a Local store has a house branded Jeboa. Either way they have DC pumps, wich is important sence Ive ditched LEDs for Halides.
For water movement I have 4 Jeboa RW-15s and a Maxspect Gyre150
Last but not least is a controller, have decided to save my GHL for the next build. Instead I picked up a Reefkeeper Elite for a steal. Has lots of modules including the SL2 salinity and three of the power bars. The Halides will be controlled by a Titan Controls 702660 Helios that wired directly to a dedicated 20amp circuit.
My plumbing is a hybrid Herbie set up with twin 1.5" full syphon drains with twin gate valves and a 1.5" emergency drains. The return is a 1.5" return to the top of the tank and then split to 3 3/4" lock-lins that are split with a y to twin 3/4" fans.
Will get some pics up very soon, Shooting for something better than cell phone
. Tank is up and running sans skimmer.
