FAPPIO SPS fish tank

[dr.jekyll]

This is the sps fish tank of my friend Fappio from italy. The tank is 48x21x20 in, for 87 Gal.

The tank was started on 12-08-2011.

technique:

H&S 150 A
Ati sun power with 2 blue plues and 6 special
Calcium reactor homemade
22 kg of rock
2 pump tunze 6065.

The manage is very easy:

Change of 10% one time a week and food with CromaMax, reefpaste D&D and xtra.

When is started

25/10/2011

 

[dr.jekyll]

30/04/2012

29/09/2012 after one year

 

[Sps Dream]

Bravo, what a colourful corals

 

[fappio]

thanks ... also dr. for posting the topic of my tank

 

[dr.jekyll]

don't worry, is a pleasure ;-)

 

[tmc1313]

Your tank looks amazing! not overly done, simple, but elegant. BRAVO!

 

[fappio]

I try to describe: the tank is connected to the sump for communicating vessels, the water passes from the two connectors located on the bottom, this device offers many advantages: it simplifies the management of the sediment, eliminates the noise of the overflow and has the possibility to adjust the level in the tank at will .....

 

[SUPPOReefer]

Stunning display. How do you keep all of the water from draining in the event of power failure? Check valves?

 

[dr.jekyll]

Stunning display. How do you keep all of the water from draining in the event of power failure? Check valves?

sump and tank are connected with communicating vessels

 

[Allmost]

beautiful

would you mind telling us more about this communicating vessels ?

thanks

 

[dr.jekyll]

what do you want know?

 

[Allmost]

just trying to understand how it works

I guess the sump is at the same level as the tank in another room with same height, and when return pump is off, both tanks drop water level to the same level ?

prety simple yet innovative Idea if that's it.

 

[SUPPOReefer]

what do you want know?

Everything. I don't understand this method at all. First I have heard of it. My thoughts were similar to above posters. Is the sump gravity fed or at the same height as the display?

 

[dave.m]

87 gallons would make a decent sized sump.

Dave.M

 

[crusherspike]

I think, by communicating vessel he means the drain from the tank is controlled by the float switch in the sump.. by setting the float switch higher or lower he can adjust how much water level he wants to maintain in sump and naturally the opposite will reflect in main tank.. when power fails the sump water level rises and float switch closes the drain stopping the tank from getting empty!

 

[dr.jekyll]

yes, the sump is in another room and has same tall of tank. The pump that is in the sump draw up water in the tank

@dave: better to have a sump of 87 galoni or have sps with good colors??

 

[Allmost]

Thank you great Idea. we all hate the look of ugly overflow boxes.

 

[dave.m]

@dave: better to have a sump of 87 galoni or have sps with good colors??

This is the forum for aquariums 180+ gallons/708+ litres. An 87 gallon tank would be a sump.

Very nice colours and arrangement.

Dave.M

 

[dr.jekyll]

in italy there is xaqua system for overflow, that is nice. But i think that it is small for your tanks

 

[dr.jekyll]

@dave

sorry, where can i post?