Ed's 195 LeeMar Build

[drdoolittle]

Got a few coral and started the coral hunt..

True Simplex, still brown out, but coloring up.

New Aussie Acans.

Clam

more Aussie Acans

Full Frag tank Shot

 

[jeff209]

Damn man. Do us a favor and put that all in the main tank

 

[drdoolittle]

haha Jeff.. i would but i have to resist on it. I'm waiting until the main tank cycles properly.. i'm aiming around May time frame.. hopefully sooner. In the meantime, im planning on filling it up with tons of fishes.

 

[Bamm Bamm]

:fish2:WOW that frag tank is far more impressive than my main tank

 

[teacherthomas]

I am sorry if I am missing this somewhere, but what is the size of your overflow, as it seems really small (which is great). What size bulkheads are you running in it? I am working on getting a custom tank done here, but have no experience in overflows.
Thanks

 

[drdoolittle]

i apologize for late response. Been swamped at work lately..

here are some shots. The overflow measures 9"x6" with a 1 1/2 and 1 inch return inside to overflow.

 

[drdoolittle]

here are equipment update.

Left side.. MP40es

Right side

Added a Neptune WXM and linked all 6 vortechs into it.

 

[drdoolittle]

Skimmer at work.. along with Avast Swabbie and Davy Jones.

 

[drdoolittle]

One of the first live stocks.. i could not pass it by... 2 1/2 GoldFlake Angel.. I just hope he leaves my coral alone..

 

[drdoolittle]

 

[Bdimas]

Awesome stuff bro. That angel is sick!

 

[drdoolittle]

thanks Bryan. I hope he eats.. i need to research the food.. really hard to find this guy at this size..

 

[sfexplicit]

Dang. How long did it take for Davey Jones's locker to get that much crap in it?

 

[drdoolittle]

4-5 day.. I think.

 

[mcbaes72]

Finally caught the pics of the frag tank, presentation looks awesome like it would be at a LFS. Nicely done!

 

[drdoolittle]

I apologize for late response and up date, work have been killing me lately.. here are some updates.

I recently took down my Sfiligoi fixture and replaced the stock magnetic ballast with an Electronic ballast, in which i chose to use Lumatek Selectable 250 to 400 watts.

transformers that i removed out of the fixtures.. total weight my be at least 20+ lbs.

Here are the replacement Ballasts. Etremely happy with the selection. I was running 400watts on the stock fixture. I assumed that i would be running the same wattage after the swap. I set the ballast at 250 using Radium bulb, and to my surprise. At 250 watts, it was much brighter than the stock 400.

 

[drdoolittle]

Also added a few more hardware inside the sump area.

PM Phosban reactor using one leg from the return pump monifold.

Also added Bubble Magus pumps, plan on some some supplements.

 

[drdoolittle]

NOW for the corals!!I finally added some of my corals from my frag tank. Poor guys been sitting in my frag tank for a while.. lost half of my Acan colonies.

 

[drdoolittle]

 

[Jacob D]

Keep up the good work, Ed. Looks awesome!