Hunter's 220 Gallon Mixed Reef

[hunter220reef]

Hello Reef Central! I have had this tank up and running for 2 years. It was WAMAS TOTM in April of this year... http://www.wamas.org/forums/index.php?autocom=totm_previous&prev=totm-2009-04

So here are a few pictures. Please ask any questions you would like. I am in Northern Virginia.... Leesburg, VA.

Enjoy!

 

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I am fortunate to have great LFS and people in the area to buy frags from. You will see corals from Leishman, 143Gadgets, etc in this tank... and I have a nice collection of ORA going also courtesy of Aquaco/BRK/Fins and Feathers... (The LFS here)

 

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FISH LIST:

Blonde Naso Tang
Sailfin Tang
Hippo Tang
Purple Tang
Yellow Tang
Clown Tang
Maroon Clown Mated Pair
Black and Orange Clown Mated Pair
3 Anthias
Six Line Wrass
Striped Damsel
Orange Spot Goby
and a few other guys...

 

[hunter220reef]

Oceanic 220 Gallon 7'x2'x2'
4 250 Watt SE Radiums in IceCap Pendants on IceCap 250 Ballasts
AC3
1/4 hp Chiller
ETSS Evolution 750 Downdraft Skimmer
2 Tunze 6101's
2 Tunze 6000's
Grey Seas Kalk Reactor
etc

 

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[austin93]

Very nice looking tank. What do you use for filtration, is it bacteria driven or refugium or what. Thanks.

 

[TRITON1]

Great Tank.

How long have you had the clown tang for?

 

[Chooch1]

Very nice tank. I suggest getting those green mushrooms in the lower right out of there. They will slowly and surely take over your tank and kill/maim your SPS.

 

[hunter220reef]

Thank you for the compliments! The tank is finally something impressive.

I am actually replacing my sump soon. Right now it is a wet dry that was converted and I have a CPR large HOB refugium hanging on it. Other than that... I run carbon most of the time and skim.

New Sump:

This sump has a refugium chamber in the middle... existing skimmer hooks up through bulkheads on teh right and return pump on the left.

I have had the clown tang for about a year.

The mushrooms are the next thing on my list. Right now I am battling a major majano problem.

 

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[Ed Reef]

Beautiful reef Hunter.... a well deserved TOTM

 

[hunter220reef]

Thank you Ed! I just got lost in your thread for a while... may take a few days to ge through that one!!!

 

[Ed Reef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15166551#post15166551 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by hunter220reef
Thank you Ed! I just got lost in your thread for a while... may take a few days to ge through that one!!!

Hahahaha..... yeah, my build thread is traditionally HUGE as I update just about everything