210 mixed reef Washington

[BCT182]

Hey everyone, I thought I'd toss up a couple pics here on reef central as I never have before. This is a 210 AGA with two 50g rubbermaid stock tanks as a sump, and fuge. The tank as been setup about 2 years last month, and its been lit by LED's for the last year, my skimmer is a MSX 250 modded with a 6" neck, red devil pinwheels, volute reducers and a CNC made skimmer plate. Here some pic....

 

[dzfish17]

Your tank is beautiful. Good job.

 

[BCT182]

oops! I see I posted one photo twice!

 

[wowkingjames]

Excellent set up. Great job.

 

[BCT182]

Thanks guys. It's pretty low maintaince. I'm doing my 4th water change today. (4th since the tank has been setup).

I have two 55g drums. One for top off water connected to a couple float switches, and one for water changes.

 

[geo11]

pics of the sumps?

 

[elijaher]

Very beautiful tank.

 

[BCT182]

Thanks everyone. I'll post pics of the sump tomorrow.

 

[BCT182]

Okay here are some pics of my aiptasia farm...

 

[BCT182]

Here are some photo's of my MSX250. I modded it with a 6" neck, valute reducers, red demon needle wheels and a new bubble plate. I took a photo of the stock plate for comparison....

 

[BCT182]

And here are a couple shots I took tonight. Some recent additions:

 

[BCT182]

My strawberry shortcake:

Bonsai

And my massive "sunset monti" however there in no orange so its pretty much just a green encrusting monti. At its wides point probably 10" across because it wraps around the rock.

 

[pawek]

Mixed reefs are some of the best. Yours is looking very clean.

 

[BCT182]

Thanks! I've managed to keep the aiptasia confined to the sump, with a little help from my copperband and 2 or 3 peppermint shrimp. I had set the tank up originally for a SPS primary tank but I sure did miss the movement. Ended up here with a mixed and I enjoy it much more.

 

[d3hree]

looks awesome, I have read that aiptasia are good filter feeders and your tank is testament to that!, nice job on the mods too.

 

[BCT182]

Thanks! I've been kicking around the idea of removing one of the mods. The extended neck. The MSX version was a 4" and the guy who built mine said "na go big or go home. Let's do 6". It skims dark nasty stuff, and keeps the water clean but it takes almost a month to completely fill the collection cup.

 

[BCT182]

My LED's just turned one year old this month. The unit has two 80w t-5s. I ran the ATI pure bulbs and haven't been too impressed. I ordered some KZ Fiji purples from BRS and they came in this morning. If there is a noticeable difference I'll post a couple pics tonight.

 

[BCT182]

Well I no know why I want impressed with the first bulbs. The were not burning at full brightness. I put the new bulbs in and they were just as dim as the old ones. I started to jiggle the bulb around a bit and poof, they were probably 80% brighter. When I reset my LED fixture, the T5's then return to the dim state. I'm gonna find a new ballast and run it externally. Im also going to return the KZ Fiji bulbs and get some true actinics instead.

 

[robot2222]

i really love your tank . spectacular .............

 

[BCT182]

i really love your tank . spectacular .............

Thanks! I'm running out of room, which is good and bad. It's good because I haven't been blowing $$$ on frags, but bad because now I need more liverock, haha.