Breaking all the rules. 120 anemone+clownfish build

[elegance coral]

Looks good, best of luck. Don't you already have a large establish mag though. I remember a very pretty black clarkii clown being pictured with it several times if I'm not mistaken.

Bad bad bad memories.:sad2: Winter before last, I moved into a new home. In the process there was a mix up with the electric company. They turned off the power to the wrong house. The power was off for probably 24 hours before I caught it. By then the temperature in many of my tanks was down in the 40's with no circulation. I lost almost everything. Including the mag you're talking about. Of all the anemones I've kept, that was by far, my favorite. Hopefully this system will allow me to have another one.

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

What are the Specs on this tank? lighting, circulation, filtration?

 

[Winwood]

Oh man I'm really sorry I didn't know that. Mags are my all time favorites too. I hope that new one pulls through for you.

 

[elegance coral]

What are the Specs on this tank? lighting, circulation, filtration?

Still kinda in the build phase. Right now I have two 250W 14K MH's in luminark mini reflectors. One of them just went out, so I added a temporary 175W 14K MH in the center. Should have the light fixed soon. My plan is to have two 10K MH's and 4 actinic T5's over the tank. I have a MSX 300 skimmer that will go in a 40 breeder sump. I have an ATO with a large DIY kalk reactor. Reactors for carbon and GFO. Right now I'm running twin mag 9.5's as return pumps. My plan is to replace them with one, more energy efficient, external pump. Not sure which one yet. I still have to figure out how I'm going to install a CLS type system without drilling the tank.

 

[bues0022]

EC, I installed a CL system on my tank without drilling in a style quite similar to the one on Melev's website. Basically, the intakes were vertical pieces of PVC drilled a bunch of times to look kinda like strainers. Up and over the tank sides, down to the pump, then the pump had an over-the-top return going through a 1" sqwd. I was really happy with the results.

 

[elegance coral]

EC, I installed a CL system on my tank without drilling in a style quite similar to the one on Melev's website. Basically, the intakes were vertical pieces of PVC drilled a bunch of times to look kinda like strainers. Up and over the tank sides, down to the pump, then the pump had an over-the-top return going through a 1" sqwd. I was really happy with the results.

Did you have start up problems with it? I've been thinking of doing something like that, but you would need a way to prime the system, right? Maybe a "T" at the top with a valve or threaded plug so you could fill the system with water, or a small power head to pump the system full of water. How did you get yours started?

 

[bues0022]

The very first time you start it up you will need to prime the system. In my case, I was using a 1" SQWD which has the removable top, so it worked great for that purpose. After the initial startup, you won't have to worry about re-priming it since when you turn the pump off, the water column inside the pvc pipe will stay put. I have pictures of it, but none of them are very clear on what is going on. I spray painted all of the pipe black so in the pictures it's hard to follow.

This is one from before water was in the tank.


Looks like I have the small SQWD that I modified in this pic. Bottom center is the sqwd, going to each "arm" of the inputs. They are not connected, the extra fitting just holds them together for strength. The "drains" are the pieces that are going up and over. They connect further down. It is all run with a Dart pump.

A view from inside the tank when very new. After a little while you couldn't hardly even see the "drains" anymore.

 

[elegance coral]

I did something very similar with my 40 breeder. It was in my fish room so it didn't need to be pretty.:lol: I used the smaller SCWD, a mag 9.5, and drilled two intakes into the tank. The 120 has a sticker that says, "Do not drill glass enclosure". That means I will have to go up and over like you did. I also plan on going with a larger pump and the larger SCWD.

 

[bues0022]

When I ran the 3/4 sqwd with the dart it switched every 15 seconds or so...for 2 weeks until it broke because I was pushing so much flow through it! With the 1" I want to say it switched closer to 1-2 min. I'm now running the 1" from a QO4000HH, and it takes at least 5 min to fully switch. In a perfect world, I would have one that is geared down even more and would take a minimum of 30 min to switch, but for not using electricity it does alright for itself.

 

[AD87]

updates?

 

[aquaman007]

I want to do the same thing with my tank. Having pillars, can you tell me how you made yours, thanks.

 

[Samcro]

yes please updates. i think the only other hosting nem i havent had yet is a mag and a rit. hehe mags are my fav though and i will get one when i get a larger tank in the near future when i move to tampa hopefully in the summer. too cold here in philly!

 

[kduen]

yes please updates. i think the only other hosting nem i havent had yet is a mag and a rit. hehe mags are my fav though and i will get one when i get a larger tank in the near future when i move to tampa hopefully in the summer. too cold here in philly!

You are aware that they are the same anemone right?