Buzzy's Reef

[buzzy]

slowly been building a new tank setup. Tank is my old 120x60x50,
heres a couple of pic's of the stands being built and some plumbing

waiting for some equipment to arrive so will keep updating as i go,

 

[buzzy]

ok so I have the sump stand frame built, and got the light hood built as well,

tank and sump is all plumbed up and leak tested... no leaks which is a bonus!!

just waiting for the tank stand to be painted then can fill up and get the cycle going,

here's a couple of pics along the way taken on my phone sorry for the mess in the background

 

[buzzy]

small update.

got the stand home from the builders to make sure it all fits together before heading off to the painters, here's a coupe of pics taken from my phone (sorry for the quality!)

 

[buzzy]

new toy to play with

 

[buzzy]

a couple of the light rack cover before it goes to get painted

 

[buzzy]

more toys.....

once i got the box open, everything is well packed and wrapped in bubble wrap (i had already unwrapped the pump)

my first thoughts are wow the skimmers alot bigger than i thought it was going to be.

pump ES5000

here's a couple of shot of the SM201 beside the Deltec Apf600
big collection cup

side by side

the skimmer was easy to assemble and fully comes apart for cleaning. It seems to be made well. only thing that i wounder about at this stage is the water valve adjuster seems like it would possibly be easy to break but we'll see

full shot

running in freshwater, will fill the sump up with NSW over the weekend and see what it runs like in that
it has a unique output (bottom right hand of pic), its under the body and produces no bubbles under the bubble plate

so far so good, let hope it can preform as good as they say! will update about the skimmer over the weekend,

 

[buzzy]

small update

got some new t5 bulbs (sorry for the quality my phone couldn't handle the blue in the first pic)

1x KZ new gen + 1x KZ super blue on only

1x KZ new gen + 1x KZ fiji purple on only

all four bulbs on

really liking the colors of these bulbs, hopefully they make the corals look nice

so the total bulbs i will run are

1x KZ Fiji purple
1x KZ super blue
2x KZ new gen
1x 400w MH

 

[buzzy]

got my dosing pump installed, just have to plumb in the hoses

 

[buzzy]

Update
Got the stands back and all setup into place. Everything was painted in 2k white with a white pearl then clear coated, just a matter of filling the tank and getting everything all started. So here's a couple of pic's as of last night

 

[buzzy]

and a random pic with the kz super blur t5 on

 

[buzzy]

here's a pic of the tank with water and sand in (still cloudy from sand)

 

[buzzy]

a short video of the tank running

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GAn4YGTXBw

 

[mightymizz]

Looking good so far! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Alkamist]

looking really good but where do the pipes go to?

 

[buzzy]

looking really good but where do the pipes go to?

thanks,

the pipes run to the big cabinet on the left which has the filtration and dosing setup inside

 

[urbaneks]

how do you plan on finishing the flooring in that room with the pipes running through the room?

 

[buzzy]

it is in the garage so im not too fussed about the pipes across the floor at this stage, when i get around to it i might get a false floor built around the tank and the pipes can sit under that but will see how i get on

 

[buzzy]

Small update

now have a pair of clowns in the tank
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C-_B9RPUPE

 

[buzzy]

here's a FTS as of about an hour ago with all the lights on,

and a small video of the clowns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoQH3pflF5g

 

[Pallobi]

Awesome setup... love the sump cabinet!!