Elder's 16 foot 350 gallon build
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Bored so..... https://youtu.be/1yOYcURbgP8
Update on Tank.
So the short story is that I had a velvet outbreak and lost a few fish. This provoked me to pull every fish from the tank and restock. Don't worry all the fish went to good homes and hospital tanks. From what I can gather 95% made it so this was good and I ended up stocking a few Friends tanks in the possess.
I have re setup my QT tanks to better handle what is needed for my tank. The standard setup just did not work for me.
Old Qt Setup
New Qt Setup
I dumped the standard tank and setup 1 20 gallon nuvo fusion and 2 10 gallon fusions that will run all the time. This is a old picture and will post new ones once I catch up. Have lights on the bottom tanks now and they are running.
For larger fish I have a brand new 75 gallon tank sitting under my stand that will be set up as needed for tangs and so on.
I also changed out my sump to white as it seemed to look and work a lot better. I got the idea of a sump that I build for a local store. I liked it so much well the white I switched out mine.
This is the sump I built for the local store.
Here is my new sump getting glued up.
Old sump on my tank.
And the new sump installed.
So the short story is that I had a velvet outbreak and lost a few fish. This provoked me to pull every fish from the tank and restock. Don't worry all the fish went to good homes and hospital tanks. From what I can gather 95% made it so this was good and I ended up stocking a few Friends tanks in the possess.
I have re setup my QT tanks to better handle what is needed for my tank. The standard setup just did not work for me.
Old Qt Setup
New Qt Setup
I dumped the standard tank and setup 1 20 gallon nuvo fusion and 2 10 gallon fusions that will run all the time. This is a old picture and will post new ones once I catch up. Have lights on the bottom tanks now and they are running.
For larger fish I have a brand new 75 gallon tank sitting under my stand that will be set up as needed for tangs and so on.
I also changed out my sump to white as it seemed to look and work a lot better. I got the idea of a sump that I build for a local store. I liked it so much well the white I switched out mine.
This is the sump I built for the local store.
Here is my new sump getting glued up.
Old sump on my tank.
And the new sump installed.
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reeftanknewbie
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Amazing tank build. Love your attention to detail and how you seen to push the limits of design.
Yes its just for looks... When I first built the tank it just did not look right without it. I have the water line just touching it when the wave action is off. This seems to frame out the water column and in my eyes look right.
It also helps keep water that i spill on top of the tank confined to that location. I think without it there would be a lot more water on my floor.
mkindsfather
New member
Wow what an impressive tank this will be
Tank Update!
First minute is of my black cap jaw fish, The tank starts at 1:10...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGauuOHI_JQ
New fish are in !!!!
I would like to thank Red and The Coral Reef Shop for these amazing fish.
Here are the new Naso's
I also today ordered a few upgrades to the tank from reefsupplies.ca, I am going to be adding the ALD to my apex with 3 low-profile probes. I will also be changing my Jebo's that I currently run with the Apex WAV. I ended up going with 4 WAV pumps and 2 modules. The other option I was going to go with was the Maxspect Gyre XF130 x4 but it lost the coin toss .
I will also be adding 1 more AFS to try to curb any aggression that is bound to show up due to the new inhabitants of my tank. Also a VDM module for some projects I have planed.
The QT systems are now just 1 Nuvo 20 fusion with a apex jr and Hydor ATO. I am selling 1 of the Nuvo 10s and gave away the other as I never used them.
I just put in a few more corals as well and will be updating my posts with pic's/video soon.
First minute is of my black cap jaw fish, The tank starts at 1:10...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGauuOHI_JQ
New fish are in !!!!
I would like to thank Red and The Coral Reef Shop for these amazing fish.
Here are the new Naso's
I also today ordered a few upgrades to the tank from reefsupplies.ca, I am going to be adding the ALD to my apex with 3 low-profile probes. I will also be changing my Jebo's that I currently run with the Apex WAV. I ended up going with 4 WAV pumps and 2 modules. The other option I was going to go with was the Maxspect Gyre XF130 x4 but it lost the coin toss .
I will also be adding 1 more AFS to try to curb any aggression that is bound to show up due to the new inhabitants of my tank. Also a VDM module for some projects I have planed.
The QT systems are now just 1 Nuvo 20 fusion with a apex jr and Hydor ATO. I am selling 1 of the Nuvo 10s and gave away the other as I never used them.
I just put in a few more corals as well and will be updating my posts with pic's/video soon.
Update on the build...
New video of my view from my desk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLHrz5JK6D8
Also got most of my apex gear in.
This made me re think my apex mounting solution.
This is the new apex board.
New video of my view from my desk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLHrz5JK6D8
Also got most of my apex gear in.
This made me re think my apex mounting solution.
This is the new apex board.
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