bobkill
reefer
Hello all
Welcome!
MY name is shawn, and i have been addicted since may 2009. ANd have turned to the dark side
I have taken this addiction from a traditional 40 g to a Elos 70 to new tank
I love all the details that others have in there post/threads so i am going to try to be as detailed as possible
As the title says I have been lucky enough to have a tank made for my own design. Its 56L 34W and 24H- its 197g. starfire all the 3 sides with a fiberglass bottom and a blacked-out back. It has a 14Lx7W overflow box with 2 2'inch drains and 1 1.5' return line. Its on a black metal stand on a slab of granite. I am going to leave to bottom open bc we converted a closet into a sump room. The sump is 70L 24W and 16H (water level running at 9-10)
Equipment-
Lighting - Vertex SR360 4 ft mode nicknamed Betelgeuse (after my fav star in Orion's belt) its 5' inch above the water line and has 3 extra UV pads in it.will have 4 when said and done. and also prob 3 reds at some point.
Havent got the "schedule" done yet. - need more reading. My experinces with lights of this caliber is minimaul. My ELos 70 has 2 AI SOl so i know the power of leds. I went with the vertex bc i wanted the "uv" spectrum. Prob go off New Caledonia "sunrise/set" so prob 13 hrs of light with most of it being weak light then some BAM time
http://www.sunearthtools.com/dp/tools/pos_sun.php?lang=en
Filtration-
Sump comp 1- Skimmer zone- Using a SKimz Monster 161 skimmer ( i have a Vertex alpha 200 on order but they said it may be a while) and a BRS CArbon reactor on a small Sicce pump.
Sump comp 2 - zeovit reactor- Using a vertex RX-z 3
Sump comp 3 - frag zone and small refug (live rock and copepode farm!)
Flow-
Currently have 2 mp40s but idk if this will cut it the return is pretty strong but will prb need to be supplemented - mp60?
Misc
Return pump Sicce HF12 -
Dosers/OT- 3 1.1ml BRS dosers for alk calc and mag- and 1 50ml BRS doser for OT
I use a Apex to control everything
Coral- SPS only
Fish-
Angels- Empour and Regal !! going to give it a shot with angels and sps
Tangs- black or sohal
wrasses- really want some Psych heads buttttttt we are know the risk in that so we shall see
not sure on all the zeovit supplements yet
all we need to do is plumb then tank is up and ready
Welcome!
MY name is shawn, and i have been addicted since may 2009. ANd have turned to the dark side
I have taken this addiction from a traditional 40 g to a Elos 70 to new tank
I love all the details that others have in there post/threads so i am going to try to be as detailed as possible
As the title says I have been lucky enough to have a tank made for my own design. Its 56L 34W and 24H- its 197g. starfire all the 3 sides with a fiberglass bottom and a blacked-out back. It has a 14Lx7W overflow box with 2 2'inch drains and 1 1.5' return line. Its on a black metal stand on a slab of granite. I am going to leave to bottom open bc we converted a closet into a sump room. The sump is 70L 24W and 16H (water level running at 9-10)
Equipment-
Lighting - Vertex SR360 4 ft mode nicknamed Betelgeuse (after my fav star in Orion's belt) its 5' inch above the water line and has 3 extra UV pads in it.will have 4 when said and done. and also prob 3 reds at some point.
Havent got the "schedule" done yet. - need more reading. My experinces with lights of this caliber is minimaul. My ELos 70 has 2 AI SOl so i know the power of leds. I went with the vertex bc i wanted the "uv" spectrum. Prob go off New Caledonia "sunrise/set" so prob 13 hrs of light with most of it being weak light then some BAM time
http://www.sunearthtools.com/dp/tools/pos_sun.php?lang=en
Filtration-
Sump comp 1- Skimmer zone- Using a SKimz Monster 161 skimmer ( i have a Vertex alpha 200 on order but they said it may be a while) and a BRS CArbon reactor on a small Sicce pump.
Sump comp 2 - zeovit reactor- Using a vertex RX-z 3
Sump comp 3 - frag zone and small refug (live rock and copepode farm!)
Flow-
Currently have 2 mp40s but idk if this will cut it the return is pretty strong but will prb need to be supplemented - mp60?
Misc
Return pump Sicce HF12 -
Dosers/OT- 3 1.1ml BRS dosers for alk calc and mag- and 1 50ml BRS doser for OT
I use a Apex to control everything
Coral- SPS only
Fish-
Angels- Empour and Regal !! going to give it a shot with angels and sps
Tangs- black or sohal
wrasses- really want some Psych heads buttttttt we are know the risk in that so we shall see
not sure on all the zeovit supplements yet
all we need to do is plumb then tank is up and ready
, your build is awesome and a inspiration. you and V1 is the reason i am going zeovit.
