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[john37]

Tank: 72x30x24H LeeMar: front side starphire, diamond cut and back center trapazoid overflow.(2-1.5" drains, 2-1"returns)
sump: 48x24x20H socal creations.

I finally finished my plumbing. no more leaks and now fresh water testing for 2 weeks(bc i'm going to hawaii next week).

full tank without canopy(i'll put it on later after i attach lights)

plumbing pics

drain

The CHAOS!

(this is only the room it's located in...you should see the garage)

 

[john37]

heres a list for all you equipment junkies:

skimmer: ASM G3 and G1x (need to upgrade, still deciding)

lights: 3 lumenarcs w/10K xm running on sunlight supply HQI ballasts 250W, probably will add 2 72" URI actinics

calcium reactor: schuran jetstream 1, courtesy of my beautiful girlfriend.

main pump: Sequence Dart(pretty dang strong, need to throttle down)

in tank circulation: 2 tunze 6100's w/multicontroller, and 2 tunze 6080s.

controller: neptune jr. (no comment, haven't hooked it up yet)

chiller: hopfully i wont need one and can get away with 2 fans in the canopy and maybe one in the sump.

heater: titanium 500W

not sure if i'm forgetting anything.

 

[nitratesucks]

Nice tank. I have one like it, but i wish i had an over flow like yours. My over flow is in one corner. Can't wait to see some pics with the lights on. Good job.

 

[BlueStag]

Don't forget a frag tank.:lol:

 

[billyzbear]

Nice tank but I really like the stand.

 

[john37]

i think i have too much flow going through the sump....i seem to have micro bubble problems. and that's w/o a skimmer.

anyways, i had a little time to put some liverock in. this is a little less than half. believe it or not there are only 4 pieces of large lr and about 4 small ones.

and side shot

 

[john37]

here's an update FTS

 

[billyzbear]

Looking good, nice setup.

 

[thor32766]

wow sweet MI!!!!!

 

[mfinn]

What kind of valves are those in the 3rd picture and above the return pump?

 

[john37]

thanks guys.

mfinn, they're check valves for the return. the holes for the return are lower than the overflow and so if i didnt have them and turned off the main pump the water would drain until those holes and my sump would overflow. i did the one above the pump just incase one of the other two fails.

 

[mfinn]

What brand are they? How much were they?
I usually is check valves myself. I like to use the wye check valves.

 

[Waxxiemann]

Beautiful. That's the exact dimensions I'm going to use for my next tank. How do you like Bare Bottom? I currently have a DSB in my 90 and I don't really like it.

 

[john37]

mfinn, i dont really know what brand they are. i picked them up from a LFS i think they ran around $10-$15. 2 are 1" and the one above the pump is 1.5".

waxxiemann- i really like bb. Not because of the way it looks but how easy it is to keep. because i have no sand i can have 4 tunzes and not worry about a sand storm if one fell down. makes cleaning a lot easier, i can just suck up the detrius when i'm changing water. another thing i like is that when setting up the tank the sand clouds the water and i ended up playing w/the rock a lot and moving things around, there was no sand to get stirred up and if i was to ever take my tank apart for an emergency or to move i wouldnt worry about stirring the bed and having the rock that's buried be nasty. i love your quote btw.

 

[Waxxiemann]

Thanks John.

 

[Nammy]

Awesome Tank john37

 

[john37]

i posted some of these in the socal forum but some of you arent from so cal so you've probably never seen it.

 

[john37]

 

[john37]

here's a video.

 

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