Mikey Donuts
Premium Member
Just a few pics of my cadlights 34 gallon and my 150. The 34 has been up and running for about two weeks now and everything is going pretty well. I've had a few colonies of zoos refuse to open up since I transferred them from the old tank. So far that's the only big problem I've had. Hopefully they will come around. I've also got a little bit of a hair algae problem which seems to be slowly clearing up.
As far as the tank goes, I really like the design. The tank has four chambers in the rear and 150w 14k DE/T-5 supp and moonlights. It came with a skimmer and return pump as well as a refugium light. I put 5lbs of live rock in the first chamber (overflow) as well as two vantec fans. I upgraded the skimmer to a Tunze 9005 DOC HOB skimmer. This sits in the second chamber. In the third chamber I've got about five inches of sand, 5 lbs of rock, chaeto and an airpump providing some circulation. I've also got a Tunze osmolator in this chamber for topoff. The fourth chamber houses two 50w ebo heaters and the return pump. I'm using a hydor flow on the return line and a hydor koralia 1 for circulation. I use an American DJ power center to keep the wiring fairly neat.
The stand I am using was the same one I had for my 9 gallon. The tank was slightly larger that the stand, so I used an idea I got from Perry S and got some nice ceramic floor tile (looks like light colored slate) and placed the tank on that.
Some problems I have with the cadlights tank are that at least some parts are made in China. The skimmer came with the instructions in Chinese. Once I figured out how to get it going it worked fine, but for the amount of $$ I spent, English instructions would have been nice. The legs for the lights are cheaply made plastic. The fan I purchased was very loud, so I immediately replaced it with the fans intended for my 150. The final problem is that light tends to bleed into the main tank from the refugium light (reverse photo period on the 'fuge). I solved this by purchasing a piece of black acrylic (25" x 4" x 1/2") which runs the width of the tank between the main display and the rear chambers. It also keeps my wrasse from jumping out. Overall I'm happy with the tank and I don't regret the purchase at all.
I've got a ton of zoanthids, frogspawn, a big fungia that I will probably frag, pipe organ coral, xenia, shrooms, feather dusters, haliptilon macro, and two sun corals. I've also got two peppermint shrimp, a female Solar Fairy Wrasse, percula clown, yellow watchman goby, and a yasha goby.
The last two pics are of the 150 tank and stand. Hopefully it will be up and running by Christmas.
Thanks to all the local guys who I've traded with & bought from as well as Coral Reef Shop & Your Reef for all the help!
As far as the tank goes, I really like the design. The tank has four chambers in the rear and 150w 14k DE/T-5 supp and moonlights. It came with a skimmer and return pump as well as a refugium light. I put 5lbs of live rock in the first chamber (overflow) as well as two vantec fans. I upgraded the skimmer to a Tunze 9005 DOC HOB skimmer. This sits in the second chamber. In the third chamber I've got about five inches of sand, 5 lbs of rock, chaeto and an airpump providing some circulation. I've also got a Tunze osmolator in this chamber for topoff. The fourth chamber houses two 50w ebo heaters and the return pump. I'm using a hydor flow on the return line and a hydor koralia 1 for circulation. I use an American DJ power center to keep the wiring fairly neat.
The stand I am using was the same one I had for my 9 gallon. The tank was slightly larger that the stand, so I used an idea I got from Perry S and got some nice ceramic floor tile (looks like light colored slate) and placed the tank on that.
Some problems I have with the cadlights tank are that at least some parts are made in China. The skimmer came with the instructions in Chinese. Once I figured out how to get it going it worked fine, but for the amount of $$ I spent, English instructions would have been nice. The legs for the lights are cheaply made plastic. The fan I purchased was very loud, so I immediately replaced it with the fans intended for my 150. The final problem is that light tends to bleed into the main tank from the refugium light (reverse photo period on the 'fuge). I solved this by purchasing a piece of black acrylic (25" x 4" x 1/2") which runs the width of the tank between the main display and the rear chambers. It also keeps my wrasse from jumping out. Overall I'm happy with the tank and I don't regret the purchase at all.
I've got a ton of zoanthids, frogspawn, a big fungia that I will probably frag, pipe organ coral, xenia, shrooms, feather dusters, haliptilon macro, and two sun corals. I've also got two peppermint shrimp, a female Solar Fairy Wrasse, percula clown, yellow watchman goby, and a yasha goby.
The last two pics are of the 150 tank and stand. Hopefully it will be up and running by Christmas.
Thanks to all the local guys who I've traded with & bought from as well as Coral Reef Shop & Your Reef for all the help!
