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A little background:
Having suffered catastrophic failures on 2 different Marineland 300g tanks, we made the decision in May of 2015, to go with a custom tank builder. After looking at our options and talking with many of our friends in the industry, we chose Reef Savvy.
A full tank shot of our 300g custom Marineland tank taken in April of 2015:
A shot taken after the devastating seal failure that occurred just one month later:
A shot of the temporary 200g tank taken in late June of 2015:
Here is a link to our old build for anyone that is interested:
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/mike-and-terrys-300g-reef.71471/
The new Reef Savvy specs:
Dimensions: 72"Lx36"Dx25"H - 280 US gallons
3/4" Low iron glass (3 sides)
Black background
(2) Reef Savvy Ghost Overflow
Armored seams
Phantom Bottom
3" top eurobrace (3/4" low iron glass)
Equipment List (as of 3/13/17):
Custom 280g Reef Savvy Tank
Custom (approx) 70g shallow acrylic sump (dimensions: 48"L x 24"W x 14H")
150g Rubbermaid stock vat w/live rock
60g acrylic frag tank (48"L x 24"W x 12"H)
Iwaki MD70RLT return pump
1/2 hp Tradewind chiller w/Panworld 50pxx pump
Super Reef Octopus 6000-SSS internal skimmer
Deltec AP851 Skimmer
Apex Classic Controller with (2) EB8's, AWM, VDM modules and PMK par monitor kit
GEO 818 Ca RX
Litermeter doser for GEO Kalk RX
Phosban 550 RX (for GFO)
Phosban 550 RX (for GAC) as needed
Tunze 7095 Controller
(1) Tunze 6095 Turbelle NanoStream pumps
(2) Tunze 6105 Turbell Stream
Reeflo Dart (3600gph) and Ocean Motion 4 for closed loop
Floating canopy with custom slide out aluminum light rack from eztube
(3) AI Hydra 52's
(2) AI Hydra 52 HD's
(2) Kessil A360we's
(2) Odyssea 60" T5 (4 bulb) fixtures - each running (2) ATI Blue Plus and (2) ATI Coral Plus bulbs
Having suffered catastrophic failures on 2 different Marineland 300g tanks, we made the decision in May of 2015, to go with a custom tank builder. After looking at our options and talking with many of our friends in the industry, we chose Reef Savvy.
A full tank shot of our 300g custom Marineland tank taken in April of 2015:
A shot taken after the devastating seal failure that occurred just one month later:
A shot of the temporary 200g tank taken in late June of 2015:
Here is a link to our old build for anyone that is interested:
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/mike-and-terrys-300g-reef.71471/
The new Reef Savvy specs:
Dimensions: 72"Lx36"Dx25"H - 280 US gallons
3/4" Low iron glass (3 sides)
Black background
(2) Reef Savvy Ghost Overflow
Armored seams
Phantom Bottom
3" top eurobrace (3/4" low iron glass)
Equipment List (as of 3/13/17):
Custom 280g Reef Savvy Tank
Custom (approx) 70g shallow acrylic sump (dimensions: 48"L x 24"W x 14H")
150g Rubbermaid stock vat w/live rock
60g acrylic frag tank (48"L x 24"W x 12"H)
Iwaki MD70RLT return pump
1/2 hp Tradewind chiller w/Panworld 50pxx pump
Super Reef Octopus 6000-SSS internal skimmer
Deltec AP851 Skimmer
Apex Classic Controller with (2) EB8's, AWM, VDM modules and PMK par monitor kit
GEO 818 Ca RX
Litermeter doser for GEO Kalk RX
Phosban 550 RX (for GFO)
Phosban 550 RX (for GAC) as needed
Tunze 7095 Controller
(1) Tunze 6095 Turbelle NanoStream pumps
(2) Tunze 6105 Turbell Stream
Reeflo Dart (3600gph) and Ocean Motion 4 for closed loop
Floating canopy with custom slide out aluminum light rack from eztube
(3) AI Hydra 52's
(2) AI Hydra 52 HD's
(2) Kessil A360we's
(2) Odyssea 60" T5 (4 bulb) fixtures - each running (2) ATI Blue Plus and (2) ATI Coral Plus bulbs
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