240g....it has begun!

[Red Sea Purple Tang]

3/10/2007
15:50

After a year and a half...the RODI is running at full speed!

I thought Jeff would never see the day! Mr. President....we have water! Thanks to GTR for the 10 feet of RODI tubing.

 

[steve414]

more pics

 

[EdBurhop]

IT is about time! Let me know if you need any help, or any stuff, I have so much junk laying around, I might be able to help

 

[Red Sea Purple Tang]

The tank is 25% full!

We decided to rearrange some rock, so we kicked up some substraight and made a nice cloud. So when it clears, I'll get some more pics. Also, I'm waiting for my neighbor to bring over his finishing nail gun so I can get the baseboards in the fish room attached to the wall. Then I can get the rest of the filtration stuff out of the rec room. Pics to follow after that as well.

Here's the system info:

Tank: 240g (96x24x24) Made by Glass Cages.

Sunbstraight: Carib-Sea Sea Floor Super Reef (approx. 90 lbs); about 2" deep.

Rock: Approx. 200lbs of Lace Rock and Carib-Sea reef bones.

Lighting: Four 250w HQI Pheonix 14k Halides; Two 54w T5 Actinics; LED Moonlights; Attached to sliding barn rail.

Power: Two 20 Amp dedicated circuits. Custom control cabinet.

Circulation: Four Tunze Stream 6100's with 7095 Controller. Pumps in Stream Rocks.

Return: Poseiden T4 pump powering two 3/4" Sea-Swirls.

Sump: 50g Rubbermaid Stocktank.

Overflows: Two back side overflows with 1" drain lines.

Skimmer: Aquatic Reef Systems Recirculating.

CA Reactor: Aquatic Reef Systems; Milwaukee pH Controller; Reef Fanatic solinoid.

ELOS Reactor: I~Aquatic 618

Heathers: Three 250w Marineland Stealth's

Salt: Instant Ocean

Water: Oak Creek city water through 4 stage RODI system.

Change Water: 40g Breeder AGA for mixing water.

Top Off: ATO controller from 10g AGA RODI tank.

QT System: 2.5g AGA Coral Dip tank; 33g Glass Cages tank for fish.



Here's the rec room side before:

And of course, you have to have the "kid in the tank" pic.

Here's the rec room side after. I'm having the front access doors made and trim finished, so that's why it looks unfinished. I decided to sponge a Paul Law for that part.

The fish room before:

The fish room after. When the pic was taken, we were still painting.

This is just after putting up the barn rail and grid shelf to hold all the lights.

I will post more pics soon.

 

[steve414]

Nice job looks really good

 

[Ryan009]

Very impressive!

 

[prugs]

That sure is a nice tank.
Someday I hope to have a 8'er.

 

[EdBurhop]

All I can say is "oh my gosh". Wow.

Let me know if you need any help setting up. Would love to come and bring a 6 pack some evening just to check it out, since you live down the road.

 

[Red Sea Purple Tang]

Thanks for the kind words. Just give me a ringy dingy Ed...after the set-up this weekend, I'm ready for some cold ones!

 

[johns]

Wow Anthony! Looks great!

I'd like to see more info about the skimmer and Ca Reactor you listed there. Do they have a website?

 

[Red Sea Purple Tang]

I'll get some pics up tonite. The guy is out of Kansas City. His name is Scott McCloud. He works with acrylic for a living. Does excellent work. Good $$ too.

 

[tbrill]

Looks great Anthony. You have shown a great deal of patience. That is the biggest lesson to learn in this hobby!!

 

[Medicine Man]

Where'd the pictures go? Don't Tease!!

 

[horkn]

poof, gone.


anthony, can you please make the pics come up again???

 

[Red Sea Purple Tang]

They should show up...I didn't change anything. I checked the server and the pics are there.... ??

 

[EdBurhop]

They are there, always have been

 

[prugs]

When are you going to add some fish?

 

[Red Sea Purple Tang]

:bounce3: Ah my little black buddy! Haven't heard from Anita yet. The water level is a couple inches from the top of the overflow! It's like waiting for the Titanic to flood. Scheesh!

I was going to take a pic this morning, but I hooked up the stream pumps and one of the lower ones went off by accident. So needless to say, tank is cloudy.

Baseboards and trim are all finished with no trip to the ER. Always a plus according to my wife. Sump is in place. Light rack is almost finished. Once I clear out all the wiring and construction crap from the fish room I'll post more pics.

 

[Red Sea Purple Tang]

Finally got some updated pics!

The main lighting is not running yet...so the light about the tank is a 4' PC fixture. Gotta be able to see.

I wanted to avoid the rock wall, so there are a bunch of “alley ways” throughout the tank. All the rockwork is free standing with about a 4” wide alley across the back of the tank. Because the Stream Rocks are brand new, they tend to stick out like a sore thumb, but I’m working on adding some smaller rock pieces to add around them.
Left Side:

Right Side:

Pay no attention to my Carbon Scrotum hanging in the middle of the tank. I added a bunch of Carib-Sea Reef Bones that is like adding dry uncured rock to the tank. Thanks to the Carbon Scrotum, everything smells nice.

Here’s the ballast rack. Tried to keep everything organized. The ballasts are attached to the wall using square metal pieces (Lowes). I wanted to keep the ballasts off any surfaces to help keep them cooler. There are about eight quarter inch anchors on each metal piece to make sure this thing doesn’t fall out of the wall.

The Skimmer has been going crazy for the past 4 days.

I have two of these LED moonlights attached to the light rack. Picked them up at IMAC last yearl

This is the substraight (sp?) I’m using. I had used Southdown in the past and while it looked nice in the beginning, I had problems the longer I used it. The SeaFlor Super Reef has a good variety of texture, including shell pieces.

And a pic of my Blue Lobo with the Fire Shrimp. This is in the 33g.

I’m still working on some wiring for the light rack as well as dealing with some micro bubble issues. The control cabinet should be done soon also. So more pics on the way.

 

[prugs]

Couldn't help but notice!

I see you are a "Member of the ELOS Rider Posse"

GTR is banned from association with them :lol: