aquaph8
Love The Fish
After many years, I have finally talked my wife into letting me have a bigger tank. She doesn't like the size I chose but its what I always wanted, well, within reason of course. I have been accumulating parts for some time now and its just about ready to come all together. While Im really nervous about all my livestock, im sure it will all go smoothly. Well I hope it will. Enough of my rambling, here are the details.
The Tank: Lee Mar 60x36x24 Euro braced with black silicone, beveled edges and an external overflow. The overflow will be on the left side and will have 3 1.5" drains for a bean animal style drain. I havent decided whether to go with 1 or 2 returns. The front and right sides are starfire and the back and left sides have a black epoxy coating.
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Sump: Lee Mar 42x24x16 rimless. I will add baffles myself as I see fit during the setup of the tank.
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Skimmer: Royal Exclusive Alpha 300 ( yes im scared this skimmer is too big, I got a good deal on it and really underestimated the size but I figure since I have it, I might as well give it a shot. I would love to hear everybody's thoughts on this.
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Flow: 2- Tunze 6105's with a 7092 wave controller and maybe 2- Korralia Evo 1400's if needed.
Lighting: Sfiligoi Stealth 12 x 54watt All T5
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Stand: The stand will be 1.5" steel tubing with custom made wood face attached with magnets. The wood face is still under construction.
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Substrate: Seaflor special grade. should be about 3" deep.
Most of my corals have been LPS and zoanthids in the past but this tank will be more geared tword SPS. I'll be looking for tips and help from you SPS guys and gals along the way. Here are a few pics of my current system.
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I would like to thank a few people for helping me throughout my planning of this tank.
Mike- from my LFS Simply Elegant Aquatics (SEA)
Carlos- also from my LFS
JBanks- thanks for answering all my questions and for inspiration from your beautiful tank.
BradleyJ- for an insane ammount of inspiration from all the amazing pictures over the last few years, your wrasses always keep me interested.
Huskerreef- for all the wrasse threads. Without those, I may of lost interest in this hobby a long time ago.
Iamwrasseman-for always being eager to answer all my questions.
Davocean-for going above and beyond to help a fellow reefer.
Thanks to everyone else on this forum and others for all the great info and inspiration. There are truley some really great people in this hobby always eager to help. Please post your comments and help me out along the way. There are no hijacks in this thread, my thread is your thread.
Thanks for looking.:beer:
The Tank: Lee Mar 60x36x24 Euro braced with black silicone, beveled edges and an external overflow. The overflow will be on the left side and will have 3 1.5" drains for a bean animal style drain. I havent decided whether to go with 1 or 2 returns. The front and right sides are starfire and the back and left sides have a black epoxy coating.
Sump: Lee Mar 42x24x16 rimless. I will add baffles myself as I see fit during the setup of the tank.
Skimmer: Royal Exclusive Alpha 300 ( yes im scared this skimmer is too big, I got a good deal on it and really underestimated the size but I figure since I have it, I might as well give it a shot. I would love to hear everybody's thoughts on this.
Flow: 2- Tunze 6105's with a 7092 wave controller and maybe 2- Korralia Evo 1400's if needed.
Lighting: Sfiligoi Stealth 12 x 54watt All T5
Stand: The stand will be 1.5" steel tubing with custom made wood face attached with magnets. The wood face is still under construction.
Substrate: Seaflor special grade. should be about 3" deep.
Most of my corals have been LPS and zoanthids in the past but this tank will be more geared tword SPS. I'll be looking for tips and help from you SPS guys and gals along the way. Here are a few pics of my current system.
I would like to thank a few people for helping me throughout my planning of this tank.
Mike- from my LFS Simply Elegant Aquatics (SEA)
Carlos- also from my LFS
JBanks- thanks for answering all my questions and for inspiration from your beautiful tank.
BradleyJ- for an insane ammount of inspiration from all the amazing pictures over the last few years, your wrasses always keep me interested.
Huskerreef- for all the wrasse threads. Without those, I may of lost interest in this hobby a long time ago.
Iamwrasseman-for always being eager to answer all my questions.
Davocean-for going above and beyond to help a fellow reefer.
Thanks to everyone else on this forum and others for all the great info and inspiration. There are truley some really great people in this hobby always eager to help. Please post your comments and help me out along the way. There are no hijacks in this thread, my thread is your thread.
Thanks for looking.:beer:
