295-gallon Peninsular ZEOVit SPS with Solaris I Series

[Tangwich]

I use to rely on luck, but then I found ReefCentral...great to know of a place with sooooo many individuals willing to offer helpful advice.
Aquascaping is going to be a dream with that rock Ed. Any drawings or sketches that resemble what you want your rockwork to look like?

 

[Ed Reef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12144357#post12144357 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Tangwich
I use to rely on luck, but then I found ReefCentral...great to know of a place with sooooo many individuals willing to offer helpful advice.
Aquascaping is going to be a dream with that rock Ed. Any drawings or sketches that resemble what you want your rockwork to look like?

Yeah...Tangwich, I agree RC is the best... :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: can't imagine what this hobby would be like without this forum...I have learn so much from simply reading all those wonderful build-thread and that's the reason I'm starting my own now so that hopefully you all can advise me when I'm off track and also hopefully others can find this thread useful for their own future build threads :idea:

Sorry no visual drawing or sketches on my aquascaping but have it up in my head.. My worry is drilling those rocks as I've never drilled them before so this is the 1st time..... :eek2: Ed

 

[Tangwich]

Alright Ed, we all know that you have a fish list as we all work on a fish list the first day we even start to think about upgrading to a bigger tank...so out with it..lol..

-Jesse

 

[Aaronovky]

like to the finished tank like to see more photos soon!!!!!

 

[Ed Reef]

Fish List?? What's that??

Fish List?? What's that??

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12144511#post12144511 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Tangwich
Alright Ed, we all know that you have a fish list as we all work on a fish list the first day we even start to think about upgrading to a bigger tank...so out with it..lol..

-Jesse

Fish list????? what's that?? you mean we actually have to keep fishes in the tank :rollface:










Well, the stocking list was supposed to come later in this thread but since you asked....

Most fishes will be from my existing 150-gallon tank to start off

CURRENT FISHES:

Surgeonfish Family
• 1 x Yellow Tang â€"œ how can a tank be without this fish??
• 1 x Palette Tang
• 1 x Goldring Bristletooth (Yelloweye Bristletooth)
• 1 x Powder Blue Tang x 1

Triggerfish Family
• 1 x Niger Trigger

Damselfish Family
• 3 x Ocellaris Anemonefish (false Percular Clownfish)
• 2 x Green Chromis

Angelfish Family
• 1 x Emperor Angelfish (Juv)
• 1 x Flame Angelfish

Dottybacks Family
• 1 x Royal Dottyback

Anthias Family
• 4 x Squarespot Anthias
• 3 x Copper Anthias

and then will try to get the followings::idea:

FUTURE FISHES:

Surgeonfish Family
• 3 x Yellow Tang
• 1 x Purple Tang
• 1 x Orangespine Unicornfish (Naso)

Triggerfish Family
• Crosshatch Trigger (a pair) OR 1 x Sargassum Trigger

Angelfish Family
• 1 x Bluegridled Angelfish
• 1 x Regal Angelfish (might try if I can get a healthy species)

Cardinal Fish Family
• 8 x Orangestriped Cardinal OR Threadfin Cardinal OR Bluestreak

Hawkfish Family
• 1 x Longnose Hawkfish OR Flame Hawkfish

Blennie Family
• 1 x Biocolor Blenny
• 1 x Redstreak Blenny
• 1 x Lawnmover Blenny

Wrasses Family
• 1 x Six Liner Wrasse
• 1 x Leopard Wrasse
• 2 x Flasher/ Fairy Wrasses (depending what I can get)

Grammas Family
• 1 x Royal Gramma

Anthias Family
• 8 x Bartlett’s Anthias OR Purple Queen Anthias OR Princess Anthias

Any suggesting?? I actually love schooling fishes and started wiht about 10 Green Chromis but over time they seem to just kill each other off...leaning only 2 now in my tank....

 

[Ed Reef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12145089#post12145089 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Aaronovky
like to the finished tank like to see more photos soon!!!!!

Me too....me too.. Aaronovky but one thing about this hobby is patience.... Ed

 

[danskim]

I think among 8 anthias, there might be more than male. I believe I read it somewhere that usually a male is in charge of 5-6 females at most, but I could be wrong... and it might be species dependent.

And even if there were two males, it wouldn't necessarily mean there'd be a problem, but perhaps a little bit of aggression among two groups or something.

 

[Ed Reef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12149734#post12149734 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by danskim
I think among 8 anthias, there might be more than male. I believe I read it somewhere that usually a male is in charge of 5-6 females at most, but I could be wrong... and it might be species dependent.

And even if there were two males, it wouldn't necessarily mean there'd be a problem, but perhaps a little bit of aggression among two groups or something.

Hi Danskim - beautiful tank you have. I think you are right about the Anthias but I was referring to the green chromis that I have that can't seem to school very long together as I started with 10 and eventually numbers reduce to 2 They seem to fight and the more aggressive one seem to survive while the weaker ones dies off.... even now, with only 2 chromis, they can't be on the same side of the tank at the same time...

 

[Ed Reef]

CHRISTMAS COMES EARLY…

CHRISTMAS COMES EARLY…

Who says Christmas always have to come in Dec only…. DHL called and my Hammerhead is here from Singapore.. :dance: and at the same time my local delivery called and my shipment of ZEOvit products, Tunze pumps and Wavebox have also arrived… :thumbsup: my poor driver as he have to help me send it to my apartment.

Can’t wait to get home tonight and look at those stuff… :spin1: now only outstanding is my Solaris I Series LED lighting which is schedule to arrived end Mar or early April from the US and my plumbing parts and my SP3000 Peristaltic Pump which should arrived within this week…..

All my equipments arrived safely home….can’t wait to play with them. Now if only my bulk heads and other plumbing parts will come along quickly…

I also place orders for my metal stand and cabinet…..the stand should be ready in a week time and once the tank is on top, I will brief them on the cabinet design accordingly. I know how much you guys love pictures..

5 Mar, 2008 (Wednesday)

TANK ORDER PLACE
Order my new tank today…..it will take about 2 weeks for delivery. The countdown started….

Also took 2 Styrofoam box from the LFS so that I can already soak my sand in RO water…I know….I know, it’s still early but I’m really excited… :dance:

 

[tbone28]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12141283#post12141283 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Ed Reef
Now if I can only get Tbone onto this thread, I can reach a 1000 post before I put the 1st drop of water in my tank... :lolspin:

My ears are burning...



Looks like this will be a great build!

 

[tbone28]

dp

 

[Ed Reef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12152852#post12152852 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tbone28
My ears are burning...



Looks like this will be a great build!

Look who's here... hehehe NOW the tread should really get exciting if it does not go OT too often....

Thanks for sniffing out this thread.....Ed

 

[tbone28]

Ed, you really need to be careful what you ask for! You may end up splitting before the day is over if I bring over my *crew* LOL :lol:

 

[Ed Reef]

hahahaha..... right !! I'm sure now once you ar eon board, the rest will 'sniff' out this this thread really soon...

Mmm...might need to start a new thread...hahaha...!!

 

[ReefingBuddha]

Looks like you got lots of fun toys there which will no doubt lead to lots of cables and then a huge mess, it might be a good idea to figure out your cable management now so when your putting it all in you can organize it all from the beginning. Definitely easier that way.

2 weeks from order to delivery, now that's a quick turn around. Can't wait to see it all coming together.

 

[Ed Reef]

Thanks thirschmann - yeah, I'm kind of hoping to keep all the toys over to 1 section so it's easier for me to manage the cables....I'm also thinking of making a switch board at one corner of the stand where all the cables goes to.... Ed

 

[Ed Reef]

ZEOVIT PRODUCTS ARRIVED…!

ZEOVIT PRODUCTS ARRIVED…!

My 6 months supply of Zeovit products have arrived…. I place my ZeoBak, CV and Zeofood in the chiller..

This included the korallen-zucht Aragonit sand (size 2-3mm). To avoid a sand storm from my 2 x Tunze 6201 and wavebox, I decided to use 2-3mm grain size for my SSB. Was debating back and fro on BB and SSB a while back and finally decided to go SSB as I don’t think I have the time to clean the bottom of the BB in order for it to look good… and also I have seen many tanks here with SSB and my personally opinion is it look much more natural… my only concern was a sandstorm and I hope this grain size will help reduce that…

 

[Ed Reef]

Came back from work and soak all my sand in RO water…will change the water daily until the sand is clean and ready for used.

Oh yeah…also a picture of my jam-free Zeovit Reactor… :inlove:

Notice the small and larger holes for the screws….all you have to do is loosen up the screw on top and twist the top to release the cover.

 

[Ed Reef]

Plumbing Parts Arrived

Plumbing Parts Arrived

My plumbing parts have also arrived on same day.

Very happy with the quality of the True Union Ball Valve (Sch 80 â€"œ Sankin brand from Taiwan). Unfortunately here in China, I cannot get those beautiful Ball Valve you guys get over there so this is the best I can do…..

The idea I have on the plumbing is to used as many unions as possible so that I can take the plumbing apart every 8-12 months for cleaning, maintenance, etc.

Another reason is due to the nature of my work, I might get relocated to another city/ country every few years and this will enable me to dismantle my set-up easily….. :bum:

Ed

 

[ReefingBuddha]

yeah yeah yeah... like your just going to break it apart every few years and rebuild it instead of getting a bigger badder tank... don't bullshit a bullshitter. Nice reactor BTW