A Reef in the Sky

[PR_Reefers]

One of the nicest setups i've seen!! really cool.. thanks for sharing... have drooled over the video various times lol!

 

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I thought the corals were happy to see me.:rollface:


I'm running out of words to describe your tank Andrew!

But to sum it up, looking at your tank is like taking a Viagra pill. haha

LOL!!! You have the best one liners dude!

wow to the t with this project.

Thanks

What are the dimensions of your overflow box. The size looks tight but everything fits well. The 2 X 1.5" bulkheads and 2 X 3/4" bulkheads (plus a pump!)

- Cancel that. Just got my answer above!

Roger... yes it is a tight fit. I had a hard time initially convincing the builder that everything would fit.

Hi ! I do have a few question..mind giving me your email .. Sorry to trouble u can u email me your address ? Robinkwa@hotmail.com

Sure, no problem

nice tank andrew and amazing video..your tank is my inspiration

Thank you very much. Glad you like it.

One question Andrew, do you power off your skimmer for one or two hours after adding zeozym?

Thank you

No I don't. Only time I turn it off is after dosing Zeobak. It is off for 10-30mins.

One of the nicest setups i've seen!! really cool.. thanks for sharing... have drooled over the video various times lol!

Thank you very much.

 

[fishypets]

Andrew I suspect the reason my Red Dragon failed on my B.K. skimmer is from the daily stop/restart during feeding time, just a word of caution sir.

 

[Mikey122687]

Great tank, i love all those SPS in there. Wish i had the money to start all over, but this time with all high end equipment

 

[berlin-riff]

Hey V1... nice work as always!!!!!

Keep up the good work my friend!!!!!

 

[ti-christ]

Hi

You have inspired me to clean my tank glass. The side and the back of my 180g tank were full of coraline. So I have passed the whole week-end cleaning up the tank glass. I broke 3 scrapers, LOL. But now, the tank looks much more clean!!!

Next step, reduce by half the quantity of live rock. For that, I need to setup my refugium and my sump.

Ciao and thank to share with us!

 

[launchnukes]

beautiful video. amazing colors!

 

[grabthereef]

havnt checked in on your tank in a while... WOW i cant say that im surprised but im always blown away. Props brother!

 

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Andrew I suspect the reason my Red Dragon failed on my B.K. skimmer is from the daily stop/restart during feeding time, just a word of caution sir.

Thanks Clint. Will definitely keep that in mind. I ususally turn mine off once per week for the water change and cleaning of the skimmer cup.
Glad to read you got yours back up and running.

Great tank, i love all those SPS in there. Wish i had the money to start all over, but this time with all high end equipment

Thanks Mikey

Hey V1... nice work as always!!!!!

Keep up the good work my friend!!!!!

Thanks Dennis... will do

Hi

You have inspired me to clean my tank glass. The side and the back of my 180g tank were full of coraline. So I have passed the whole week-end cleaning up the tank glass. I broke 3 scrapers, LOL. But now, the tank looks much more clean!!!

Next step, reduce by half the quantity of live rock. For that, I need to setup my refugium and my sump.

Ciao and thank to share with us!

Great to hear... it's a big task cleaning. I just moved to corals near the overflow which allowed me to access the uncleaned overflow sections and back wall.

beautiful video. amazing colors!

Thank you

havnt checked in on your tank in a while... WOW i cant say that im surprised but im always blown away. Props brother!

Cheers man... thanks for looking

 

[Jabrams]

wow I just read the whole thread.

It's truly inspiring!

Do you have any cucumbers to help keep the sandbed clean?

 

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wow I just read the whole thread.

It's truly inspiring!

Do you have any cucumbers to help keep the sandbed clean?

Thank you glad you like... no cucumbers are used.



Bare Bottom

What do you guys think?

Might use a finer grade of sand too... any recommendations of sand in the US?

 

[sahin]

I've never liked the look of bare bottom tanks. I tried it before but it just didnt look as good to me. Very un-natural looking.

 

[jbanks]

Andrew, check out the Tropic Eden substrates from Premium Aquatics in the states. I Wish I knew about it when I got my tank started due to the look of it and the minimal rinsing necessary. Use caution using a fine grain with a shallow bed. You wont be able to aggressively siphon as you do now without removing your sand at the same time...bare bottom can be cool and definitely less the hassle. A great reason to go out and get more clams and lps

 

[fishypets]

I use Tropic Eden and love it but it's one of the biggest they have. The main issue you will run into when using a finer sand is massive sand storms especially with all of that flow you have. Why are you unhappy with your current substrate?

 

[Taqpol]

I personally do not like the look of bare bottom tanks, and I also agree that really fine sand will get blown around by the pumps you have in that tank.

 

[steevareno2002]

I use a 1-2" layer of this: http://premiumaquatics.com/aquatic-supplies/C-ARAG-L-IB.html
I like the mix of black and white and it doesn't get kicked up by high flow. I think it would look great in your tank!

 

[raceface87]

i wish i had the money to have a setup like yours

 

[Akrite]

Don't go BB it will ruin the look we have all come to enjoy.

 

[L33t Reefer]

I disagree with the fact that a barebottom tank will automatically destroy a beatiful tank. A great example is Gary Majchrzak. He has one of the most beatuiful tanks I have ever seen and it utilizes a bb. Here is a link to a great dicussion of bb vs dsb http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1964735&highlight=bare+bottom

 

[mike810]

Awesome setup! I've see BB tanks that weren't really BB in the sense that it was covered with Ricordias and zoas. Just imagine a tank with no sand bed but instead a bed of ricordias or zoas, which ever you like more but the tank I saw full of ricordias just too cool.