Just another SPS tank

[footballdude2k3]

What is your fish list? Any aggression problems? I am gettin a 180 together and some of my fish are on your list.

 

[kien]

Very Nice!

thanks

What is your fish list? Any aggression problems? I am gettin a 180 together and some of my fish are on your list.

Blue Tang

Yellow Tang

Purple Tang

Powder Blue Tang

Regal Angelfish

Flame angelfish

Flame wrasse (x3)

Leopard wrasse

Four stripe damsel

Melanarus wrasse

 

[kien]

Green spotted dragonette

dragon pipefish (x3)

Ocellaris clowns (x2)

and 1 purple pseudochromis which I can not photograph for the life of me.. LOL.

I've been pretty lucky and have no had any major aggressions with these fish. The yellow and purple tangs don't really like one another so hey mostly avoid each other but rarely fight. The power blue doesn't like new additions because he thinks he owns the tank but is afraid of the blue tang even though the blue tang is a gentle giant and doesn't bother anyone.

 

[REEF SMAC]

Sweet list of fish!

Nice job on the pictures of them too.

Does the Regal bother any coral or clams?

 

[jroovers]

Very nice fish collection indeed. Do the pipefish eat pellets? Or do they pretty much fend for themselves?

 

[kien]

Sweet list of fish!

Nice job on the pictures of them too.

Does the Regal bother any coral or clams?

Thanks! I've been lucky with the Regal as he does not go after any of my corals or clams. I still have my fingers crossed as I know they could easily develop a liking to corals down the road. It's always a gamble with angelfish

Very nice fish collection indeed. Do the pipefish eat pellets? Or do they pretty much fend for themselves?

No, I've had the pipefish for over two years now and they eat strictly pods that they hunt in the tank. No prepared foods whatsoever.

 

[footballdude2k3]

These are fantastic pictures as always

 

[SamuaL82]

Amazing shots, great corals... Congratulations!

 

[aqua80]

Yes ! great corals, fish and shots !
thanks for sharing...
and those pipefish are on my list when my tank will be more mature...

 

[kien]

just another SPS tank

just another SPS tank

Yup, the title pretty much sums it up. Here are some of the details..

1. 150g (72" x 24" x 20"). Euro-braced. 3 sides viewable peninsula/room divider.
2. 50(ish)g sump with two chambers (return and reactor).
3. Bubble Magus 220CS skimmer
4. 2x TLF reactors for GFO and Carbon
5. Vertex UF-20 BioPellet reactor
7. Sunlight Supply Maristar Light fixture (3x250 watt Phoenix 14K halides on Galaxy ballasts and 4x39 watt 20K T5s)
8. Mag 18 return pump
9. 2x Tunze 6105
10. Profilux 3 Controller + 4 pump doser

General design.

Stand..

The stand is topped with an Ikea counter top that just happens to fit perfectly.

External overflow with 2x1" main drains (herbie style). 1 emergency. Third one was for a refguium which I've since taken offline so it is is no longer being used for anything.

 

[kien]

Plumbig continued..

Returns..

One thing I made sure to do was request that the return holes in the eurobrace were far enough in so that I could clean that side of the tank and have the magfloat slide under the return outlets.

Looking in from living room..

Looking in from dining room..

 

[kien]

Flow is handled by two Tunze 6105s at the overflow end of the tank.

Canopy installed .

Empty FTS ..

 

[Fsurocks99]

Looks like another awesome setup! Love the plumbing! I wish I had thought of plumbing the returns like that, great idea! You'll get some nice chaotic flow that way.

 

[toofrigginswt]

Great Looking design!

 

[frankyrivera]

At first when I saw the PVC over the beautiful tank I said to my self that is awful but when the canopy went over it and hid the plumbing it all fell into place from the clean beautiful look to the awesome thought process of placing the returns opposite the overflow. I can't wait to see this thing filled in. You can't tell how big the tank is until you look at the couch next to it lol that thing is a beast congrats and please take more pictures

 

[trueblackpercula]

Very well done

 

[Acronic]

Those are my kind of diagrams!

 

[CharlieBB]

This looks real good!

 

[Sander_Bos]

Nice looking build! Love the white canopy and stand

 

[McCune]

Absolutely love the build still kick myself for not painting my stand and trim of the tank white. Well thought out build