Finally! 600 Gallon Reef

[jayybird]

Well, after 11 months of moving and waiting, I finally have my new tank up and running. To give you a little info on the system, I'll start with the tank and then the equipment....

600 Gallon 96x48x30

150 gallon custom made sump with refugium and separate compartments for overflows and skimmer

600 lbs of Marco rocks

Bubble King 500 external skimmer

ATB KD 200 Calcium reactor

Elos biotupus 2 controller

Reeflow Dart on Ocean motions 4-way

4 tunze 6200 streams

2 dart return pumps

8 400 watt reeflux 12k bulbs in lumenbrite reflectors

JBJ Artica 1 1/2 hp chiller

Special thanks to Chuck (goodwin9) for pointing me in the direction of the aquarium company and Franz is great to work with.

Here come the pics......
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[jayybird]

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[jayybird]

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[kar93]

Looks good, That BK is sexyyyy!

If you upload your photos to www.photobucket.com and just copy and paste the IMG code you wont be having those pic problems + you can upload multiple pictures on Photobucket.

 

[jayybird]

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[jayybird]

Hey thanks for the tip on photo shop...

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[jayybird]

Hey Kar93 thanks for the tip on photo shop

 

[ReefingBuddha]

awesome

 

[jayybird]

Here is the 500 ext in action...

 

[kar93]

And I thought those pics made it looks sexy!

 

[Jflip2002]

That thing is massive. You know your fish tank is almost too big if your whole family can sleep in it comfortably lol.

 

[kar93]

Bart also has a 600gal, His is definitely a inspiring tank. Might be one to take a look at.
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1067858

 

[boozeman]

very nice :thumbsup:

where did you mount the Biotopus ?

 

[nemowithnoeyes]

wow that skimmer is hot, if only they made a movie based around it. lol jk but nice setup lookin good, also wondering i noticed you put the stand right on the wood floor. Did you end up putting some felt or padding between the floor boards and the tank stand? just wondering because long term pressure may warp them.

 

[nattydread]

You could put a case of beers on that skimmer. Nice!

 

[Acan Lord]

I almost didnt see your kid in that picture. Looks awsome and tons of rock. Great start though

 

[jayybird]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12755748#post12755748 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by boozeman
very nice :thumbsup:

where did you mount the Biotopus ?

I didn't mount it yet I'm building it's own little stand.

 

[jayybird]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12757059#post12757059 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by nemowithnoeyes
wow that skimmer is hot, if only they made a movie based around it. lol jk but nice setup lookin good, also wondering i noticed you put the stand right on the wood floor. Did you end up putting some felt or padding between the floor boards and the tank stand? just wondering because long term pressure may warp them.

The stand has special feet made of a hard plastic but I did put pads between the feet and the floor anyway.

 

[jayybird]

Yeah it is some skimmer 20 inch reaction chamber I was very suprised how big it was.