Jarrett "Shark" 400gal SPS tank and fish room

[jarrett shark]

Some of you may know of me bye my name Jarrett "Shark" and some may heard of me by all the President of NY Reef Club, swaps, forums, etc and others may never heard of me...LOL. Well the ones that know me always know that I love this hobby way too much some times and forget about my wife & kids..LOL
Well after losing my last 450gal due to hurricane Sandy I decieded to not only to move from my house but get a new tank as well with the new house. Well I decieded to go with a 400gal 6' x 3' x 3' peninsula 1'' acyrlic tank that I pretty much paid nothing for it since he likes me so much (thane)... Well my office tank at once was all SPS and then after the storm I decided to go all LPS,sofites,etc (no sticks)

Lighting:
(6) Aqua Illuminations LEDs sol blue
Skimmer:
Reef Octopus Xp-5000
Sump:
300 gal (4)filter sock holder approx. 6x2x3'
Pumps:
Reeflo Hybrid
blueline
Calcuim reactor:
GEO 618
Reactors:
(2)Precision Marine bullet 2 (carbon and GFO)
Heater:
1000w JBL
Flow:
(2)MP60
Frag tank:
20 gal tank with (1)Aqua Illuination Led
Storage tanks/ water change:
(2)50 gal plastic tanks
Rocks:
350lbs of Marco dry

Well I been building this tank room and build stating around Oct 2013
On Jan 2 2014 I started the tank to cycle and by Jan 30 I was ready to add
Feb 10 the first fish was added

Fish :
(2) Yellow tangs
(1) Purple tang
(1) Foxface
(1) Algea Blenny black

Inverts:
(100) Turbo snails
(100) Nassarius snails
(100) Red claw hermits
(1) Sexy shrimp
(1) Emerald crab

Coral:
pink sky zoa
pink acans
orange acans
blue acans
green RTBA (temperary)
SPS (coming soon)

MY OLD 220gal SPS tank before it cracked

my new 400gal

 

[worm5406]

Good start to a nice upgrade.

Lets see how this runs.

How about some pics of the sump area. (??)

 

[kmu]

Very nice sized tank!!! I just started a 72x36x36 tank myself!!!

 

[Bilk]

Hey Jarrett. Happy to see the build commencing so subscribed and tagging along I know I still didn't get back to you about the open house LOL Wait until we thaw out a bit LOL

 

[Mrbh22]

Looks like a good start. Tagging along for this one

 

[jarrett shark]

hey jarrett. Happy to see the build commencing so subscribed and tagging along i know i still didn't get back to you about the open house lol wait until we thaw out a bit lol

thanks bill, trying to catch uo to your build
hope the open house works out becasue last month meeting the guys still talking about your build on RC and were looking forward to it,,lol (send me your email I misplaced yours )

 

[jarrett shark]

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pic below is before we cleaned it, notice all purple coraline

 

[jarrett shark]

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I ENDED UP CHANGING SUMPS AND PAINED STAND

 

[jarrett shark]

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WE DECIDED TO MOVE THE TANK TO MIDDLE OF THE ROOM

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[phk36]

Nice

 

[str8kickn1]

Great setup, and great jersey to whomever the smart football fan is. GO LIONS, and keep up the good work on the tank. Cant wait to see it complete