Viking_Reefing
Valuable Member
Hi!
I’m on paternity leave which in Sweden means that you’re away from work for a stupid amount of time and I need something to do! Why not get a new tank?!
The focus will mainly be non-generic fish and sps.
I got my current custom 540L tank (150x70x50) just over a year ago so the dang thing has just hit its prime when im going to tear it all down haha!
Here’s the tank as it’s looking today (and you can check out my build thread on here):
The new tank will be a custom build from Diamant aquarien out of Germany and it will be just over a 1000L with the dimensions 200x80x65 with a shadow overflow.
I just started work on the stand last night. It has to be built in the room as the tank will be in the basement and the stand wouldn’t fit through the door.
This is what I imagine the finished product will look like:
The room to the left is already a dedicated fish room that houses the sump for my current tank (and all the “aquarium crap” like my wife puts it). All I have to do is drill some new holes for the plumbing and replace the sump with a bigger one.
Unfortunately I’m going to have to move my current tank to be able to put the new one in place. It’s going to be a pain to have to tear down the old tank and do the transfer on the same day but oh well.
The new tank will arrive in about three weeks so I still have some time to plan it all out.
In terms of equipment I will keep some of my current stuff and upgrade/add to some categories.
Lighting: The new Giesemann aurora V8. 8x80w T5’s and 5x95w led clusters.
Flow: 2x gyres 250/Tunze wavebox 6215 from my current tank and two new Octo pulse 4’s (I wanted some Tunze stream 3+ as well but Tunze couldn’t say when they would be available so that’s a future addition).
Return is a maxspect duo.
Skimmer: Bubble king supermarin 250 RD3 speedy
UV: TMC pro pond 110w (I’ll use my current 40w delte
Ozone: Sander 200
Controller: Profilux 4
Kalk stirrer: Deltec KM500 feed with a Grotech 4800sp
Doser: Coral box WiFi (will be upgraded to a GHL in due time)
Heaters: Eheim
Mechanical filtration: clarisea sk5000
In terms of fish the current stock list consists of: achilles, moorish idol, regal angel, copperband butterfly, goldflake angel, majestic angel, black cap basslet, cleaner wrasse, purple tang and some other bits and bobs.
Plans for stocking so far includes;
Blue-spotted ribbon tail stingray (I’ve kept a bunch of predators as well as FW stingrays in the past so hopefully imup to the challenge)
Trio of pyramid butterfly’s
A bunch of chromis and anthias.
The next step is to finish the stand for the tank and get started on the stand for the sump.
I think that’s all for tonight. Any input is of course appreciated
I’m on paternity leave which in Sweden means that you’re away from work for a stupid amount of time and I need something to do! Why not get a new tank?!
The focus will mainly be non-generic fish and sps.
I got my current custom 540L tank (150x70x50) just over a year ago so the dang thing has just hit its prime when im going to tear it all down haha!
Here’s the tank as it’s looking today (and you can check out my build thread on here):
The new tank will be a custom build from Diamant aquarien out of Germany and it will be just over a 1000L with the dimensions 200x80x65 with a shadow overflow.
I just started work on the stand last night. It has to be built in the room as the tank will be in the basement and the stand wouldn’t fit through the door.
This is what I imagine the finished product will look like:
The room to the left is already a dedicated fish room that houses the sump for my current tank (and all the “aquarium crap” like my wife puts it). All I have to do is drill some new holes for the plumbing and replace the sump with a bigger one.
Unfortunately I’m going to have to move my current tank to be able to put the new one in place. It’s going to be a pain to have to tear down the old tank and do the transfer on the same day but oh well.
The new tank will arrive in about three weeks so I still have some time to plan it all out.
In terms of equipment I will keep some of my current stuff and upgrade/add to some categories.
Lighting: The new Giesemann aurora V8. 8x80w T5’s and 5x95w led clusters.
Flow: 2x gyres 250/Tunze wavebox 6215 from my current tank and two new Octo pulse 4’s (I wanted some Tunze stream 3+ as well but Tunze couldn’t say when they would be available so that’s a future addition).
Return is a maxspect duo.
Skimmer: Bubble king supermarin 250 RD3 speedy
UV: TMC pro pond 110w (I’ll use my current 40w delte
Ozone: Sander 200
Controller: Profilux 4
Kalk stirrer: Deltec KM500 feed with a Grotech 4800sp
Doser: Coral box WiFi (will be upgraded to a GHL in due time)
Heaters: Eheim
Mechanical filtration: clarisea sk5000
In terms of fish the current stock list consists of: achilles, moorish idol, regal angel, copperband butterfly, goldflake angel, majestic angel, black cap basslet, cleaner wrasse, purple tang and some other bits and bobs.
Plans for stocking so far includes;
Blue-spotted ribbon tail stingray (I’ve kept a bunch of predators as well as FW stingrays in the past so hopefully imup to the challenge)
Trio of pyramid butterfly’s
A bunch of chromis and anthias.
The next step is to finish the stand for the tank and get started on the stand for the sump.
I think that’s all for tonight. Any input is of course appreciated
