450g Starphire Display

[ccombs70]

A year in the works and started moving livestock today! I figured a picture album would be better for you guys. I flew down to Arizona and drove the display back here to Kansas in a Penske last spring break. System is ~900g total volume.

I apologize for the annoyingly large pictures. Other forums automatically resize them lol. I don't know how to change them. Here is a link to the album. Might be easier that way. http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/album.php?albumid=3970

Tank stats:
450g Staphire Display 96x36x30 (LxWxH)
120g sump
80g Fuge
75g Softie
120g FOWLR

Lighting for Display:
4 Lumenarc III's w/ 250w ARO ballasts
4 T5 Actinic

Softie:
Tek 4 bulb T5 fixture

FOWLR and Fuge:
Sunlight supply T5 2 bulb fixture each

Skimmer:
Bubble King 400ext with an extra red dragon 2250 pump

Flow:
Two VorTech Mp60w ES
Barracuda with 3 1" sea swirls

Chiller:
1 hp JBJ Arctica

Reactor:
Monster MR-1

In Arizona ready to load

Lift off!!

Unloading in Kansas

:dance:On the ground safe!:dance:

Half of the rockwork taken off. Was siliconed on with eggcrate

 

[ccombs70]

I don't know why the pic are MASSIVE lol. I've never been able to figure this forum out.


Overflow boxes cut out

New overflow built. 7.5ft long

Installed

Light Racks for the Lumenarcs

Lumenarcs up!!

 

[ccombs70]

T5's going over side tanks

T5's up over fuge and softie tanks. The softie tank isn't aquascaped yet!

Bubble King already working hard!

The new Mp60's!!

Volcano Reactor 33" tall

 

[launchnukes]

Looking good. I'll be tagging along for sure. ....I really need to quit looking at bigger tank builds. Lol.

 

[ccombs70]

Looking good. I'll be tagging along for sure. ....I really need to quit looking at bigger tank builds. Lol.

Thank you. I hear ya on the bigger tank thing. That's how I got myself into this one lol.

 

[James404]

This is an impressive build, tagging along!

 

[rkaragozler]

Nice, setup I love your 7 1/2 foot overflow. What is your main pump. Tagging along too.

 

[ccombs70]

Nice, setup I love your 7 1/2 foot overflow. What is your main pump. Tagging along too.

The main pump is a barracuda. It feeds the side tanks and chiller as well as the display. The overflow couldn't be any longer or the euro bracing woulda stopped it from goin in the tank. I wanted room for the magnet to clean on the ends too.

 

[rkaragozler]

I was looking into getting a hammerhead, do you think this would be too much. how much head height do you have?

 

[ccombs70]

I was looking into getting a hammerhead, do you think this would be too much. how much head height do you have?

I've got about 5.5 feet of head. It puts me at just over 4000gph I think. I had to reduce the outlet from 1.5" to 1" for the seaswirls. That cut my flow big time compared to what it was.

A hammerhead will be too much for your sump. Ideally you want water going slowly through a sump so the live rock can filter it more thoroughly. I added a bigger fuge for that purpose and now use the extra flow to turn the surface of the tank over more.

 

[rkaragozler]

Thank you soooooo much ccombs70, i thought that a hammerhead would be too much, but wasn't sure.
I'm just starting out with a large tank???