392 gallon in-wall

[Bebo77]

looking good... i like the tile that you used...

 

[1SickReefer]

O and yes, sorry, excellent setup, it looks HOT

 

[siskiou]

Where did you get the Profilux?
I'm currently researching it and was hoping it would become available over here soon.
Do you have any of the dimmable T5s or LEDs with it?

 

[lastlight]

I'm looking into getting the Profilux. Don't currently have one (or any equipment yet for that matter). Guy at my local store said he could get one for me...

 

[siskiou]

Ah, okay.

I'm trying to figure out what you can connect to it *without* any of the power bars.
While I'm German and have no problems reading their website, I wasn't into aquariums or anything electricity related when I still lived over there.
Reading their details, I can't quite see how to connect any lights/pumps without the power bars. And you can only connect two, which has 4 outlets each.
I know 8 outlets won't get me very far with 4 alone needed for lights and several for pumps, ATO etc.).
What am I missing?

 

[lastlight]

A few small updates on the construction front:

- paint and carpet in
- current tank moved from kitchen to basement. wife rejoices!

The tiled pocket in the wall is a wall-fountain and has a 10 gallon hidden in the wall's bottom. It will be run with an eheim 1260. I went through the trouble of exhanging a mag5 that was too loud with an eheim 1250. Plumbed it only to find it didn't have the juice to get the water up over the wall! Doh!

 

[lastlight]

Now I'd like to share some pics of my current tank. It's only been setup for 2 days so a few things haven't fully returned to their former glories (Mushrooms, coco-worm). I've been really busy with renos and quite depressed about my battle with a red hair algae. I spent 4 hours hand-pulling it from a few rocks and the rest of the rock i placed upside down to light-starve it. I also went into a murderous frenzy and tooth-brushed about a million rogue feather dusters that had taken over. I did all my plucking in-tank and simply rinsed my fingers off in the overflow each time. All the algae was collected in a filter floss trap in the sump. I highly recommend this method!

Things are looking up...

In the tank I have:

- frogspawn
- blue/green mushrooms
- capinella
- some green, red and other miscellaneous zoos
- pulsing xenia
- hawaiian feather duster
- pink yuma that I've never gotten to 'fill out' like when I bought it
- gsp

- orchid dottyback
- lawnmower blenny
- 2 tomatoes
- cleaner shrimp
large anonymous crab which i tried forever to kill but decided to leave in-tank when i dismantled it and had a chance to get him. He's been a good guy and has fought hard to stay =)

in the sump is a green brittle star. I was worried about him in the tank after i bought him. crabs were attacking him for his food. I then discovered he's a fish HUNTER. SUMP!!!

Pics in no particular order:

 

[lastlight]

 

[adddo]

Looks great!

 

[Bax]

Is you current tank a 120 g ? Your large tank is finifhing up nicely, looks great!

 

[lastlight]

Current tank is 4 x 1.5 x 1.5 with internal overflow the width of the tank. So the actual tank dimensions are 3.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 which I
m GUESSING is around 60 gallons?

 

[audioaddiction]

i'm pretty new at this... but sand is going in there right? i figured most people put sand down first. i suppose rock first would create a more stable base and would stop sand from hiding under the rock for the lifetime of the tank, so rock first could defintely be a positive...

 

[lastlight]

This might be bare bootom like my current tank...haven't decided yet. Definately like the look of sand so I'm still looking into it. A lot of nice reefs I'm seeing are still DSB so I'm totally undecided right now. But yeah if I go with sand it'll be in last and the rock will be on pvc racks. Otherwise the rock will be right on the glass.

Brett