As many of you know, I have been trying to get my aquarium up and running, for a while now (2 years...what can I say, I've been a little busy at work!).
Well, it's finally in place, and almost ready to grow! I'm just working on a few minor things.
But before I start telling and showing you what my "Lil' ol Nano" looks like now... let me take you back....WAY BACK.
A long, long time ago, in a small condo in South Florida, a man had a dream.
<b>Aquarium</b>: 128" x 42" x 32" polished Diamante Glass
744 gallons
Euro-braced with external overflow
Built by Exotic Aquarium - Miami
<b>Sump/Reservoir</b>: 60" x 24" x 36" polished glass
224 gallons
<b>Stand</b>: 3-inch I-beam steel stand 32" tall
Devoe Coatings 2-part alaphatic Black Epoxy
Self-leveling feet
3/4" Marine Plywood
3/4" Styrofoam
Built by Green Thumb/SunCoast Trailers - Coral
Springs, FL
<b>Lightbox</b>: High polished aluminum and diamond-plate
Powder-coated light rail
<b>Lamps</b>: Six 400watt metal-halides (EVC or Hamiltons)
12 48" VHOs actinics URI
<b>Lamp Drivers</b>: Four 430 Ice Caps
Six M59 Ballasts
<b>Piping and PVC</b>: Schedule 80
Clear Harvel pipe
Spears fittings
<b>Water Pumps</b> (to start with): One Sequence 5800
One Sequence 5800 Closed Loop
One Iwaki 100 for chiller
One Iwaki 100 for protein skimmer
Two OceanMotions 4-way
<b>Timers</b>: Seven Intermatic timers
Four for VHOs
Three for metal halides
<b>Chiller</b>: Custom-built one-ton UMI Heat-exchanger
One-ton Trane Split unit
<b>Skimmer</b>: 48-inch Dual-Becket Skimmer
Custom-built by Dave at Trigger Systems
<b>Calcium Reactor</b>: MRC or something custom-built I'm
currently working on.
<b>Refugium</b>: For Chaeto
48" x 24" x 12"
59 gallons
Some things may change. I'm still working out some kinks.
The following thread, has been a long time coming. I couldn't have possibly done it without the help of some very, special people:
First I want to thank Loredana for the long, long nights, and very early mornings of noise pollution (sorry for all the tongue lashings... but you know I like everything to be perfect!), Joe and Bonnie, John, and Tommy at Green Thumb, Bob and Karen, Lance, Ray, Carl and Eric, Mike and Cup, Charlie, Joe "NYVP," and last, but most certainly not least, David.
This is either the start of a beautiful SPS aquarium... or the ultimate tanning bed!
Myself and my friend Michael, in the filtration room, priming the room for the Epoxy paint.
When you get a chance, check out my close friend, Joe's, aquarium.http://www.oceansmotions.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=860
Well, it's finally in place, and almost ready to grow! I'm just working on a few minor things.
But before I start telling and showing you what my "Lil' ol Nano" looks like now... let me take you back....WAY BACK.
A long, long time ago, in a small condo in South Florida, a man had a dream.
<b>Aquarium</b>: 128" x 42" x 32" polished Diamante Glass
744 gallons
Euro-braced with external overflow
Built by Exotic Aquarium - Miami
<b>Sump/Reservoir</b>: 60" x 24" x 36" polished glass
224 gallons
<b>Stand</b>: 3-inch I-beam steel stand 32" tall
Devoe Coatings 2-part alaphatic Black Epoxy
Self-leveling feet
3/4" Marine Plywood
3/4" Styrofoam
Built by Green Thumb/SunCoast Trailers - Coral
Springs, FL
<b>Lightbox</b>: High polished aluminum and diamond-plate
Powder-coated light rail
<b>Lamps</b>: Six 400watt metal-halides (EVC or Hamiltons)
12 48" VHOs actinics URI
<b>Lamp Drivers</b>: Four 430 Ice Caps
Six M59 Ballasts
<b>Piping and PVC</b>: Schedule 80
Clear Harvel pipe
Spears fittings
<b>Water Pumps</b> (to start with): One Sequence 5800
One Sequence 5800 Closed Loop
One Iwaki 100 for chiller
One Iwaki 100 for protein skimmer
Two OceanMotions 4-way
<b>Timers</b>: Seven Intermatic timers
Four for VHOs
Three for metal halides
<b>Chiller</b>: Custom-built one-ton UMI Heat-exchanger
One-ton Trane Split unit
<b>Skimmer</b>: 48-inch Dual-Becket Skimmer
Custom-built by Dave at Trigger Systems
<b>Calcium Reactor</b>: MRC or something custom-built I'm
currently working on.
<b>Refugium</b>: For Chaeto
48" x 24" x 12"
59 gallons
Some things may change. I'm still working out some kinks.
The following thread, has been a long time coming. I couldn't have possibly done it without the help of some very, special people:
First I want to thank Loredana for the long, long nights, and very early mornings of noise pollution (sorry for all the tongue lashings... but you know I like everything to be perfect!), Joe and Bonnie, John, and Tommy at Green Thumb, Bob and Karen, Lance, Ray, Carl and Eric, Mike and Cup, Charlie, Joe "NYVP," and last, but most certainly not least, David.
This is either the start of a beautiful SPS aquarium... or the ultimate tanning bed!
Myself and my friend Michael, in the filtration room, priming the room for the Epoxy paint.
When you get a chance, check out my close friend, Joe's, aquarium.http://www.oceansmotions.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=860
