sweet ride
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Thanks for the kind words alejandro77!!! a few photos posted as requested!
good luck with your build!
My 110 Gallon Peninsula Reef Tank
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Thanks for the kind words alejandro77!!! a few photos posted as requested!
good luck with your build!
sweet ride
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..... and for good measure here are a couple more!!!!
view from the far end during the day time
view from the far end again but this time with moonlight only
view from the far end during the day time
view from the far end again but this time with moonlight only
Idefixes
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I not sure i rigth understand what you explain : are you running up to date with 4 T5 bulb or have you upgrade the defect ballast. Your tank shoots are allways a pleasure to see.
Marc
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by bad! just to clarify I was running with 4 bulbs only for about 4 months I've since replaced the broken ballast so the system is running with 6 bulbs again!
as always thanks for kind words Marc!
teebone110
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Just curious why you upgraded your skimmer? Was the Skimz 201 under performing?
sweet ride
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reefmutt - Thanks for the kind words!
teebone110 - the Skimz 201 wasn't underperforming per say however I've always wanted a BK and I couldn't pass on what i thought was a great deal on the BK Mini.... however I think there is something to be said about how well the Vertex Omega 180i perform.
sweet ride
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From the reflection of the sides, your SPS has grown tremendously during your absence. Time for a bigger tank, Ian!!
Future TOTM? ;-)
EvMiBo
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Sorry if you've answered this already, can you show and/or explain your flow throughout the display tank? Are you return lines on the opposite side of the overflow? I have a 135g peninsula (48"x24"x27.5") with two return lines on the same side as the overflow. Just curious how other peninsula'ers are getting water movement through their tanks.
sweet ride
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From the reflection of the sides, your SPS has grown tremendously during your absence. Time for a bigger tank, Ian!!
Future TOTM? ;-)
now that you've mentioned it some of the corals have become a little bit fuller.
bigger tank..... only the future can tell!!!!
sweet ride
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Evan - the return in on the opposite side of the overflow, I also have two tunze 6055 on a tunze controller, one on each side of the return to help push all the water to the overflow. on the overflow side I've placed 4 koralia evo 1500 connected to a red sea wavemaster pro to randomize the flow even more.
here is almost 100% full tank shot, the overflow is on the left side and on the far right hand side you can see the return as well as the tunze pumps. Hope this helps! if you need further clarification let me know!
robert s b.
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What's your water maintenance schedule?
sh8g8delik
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I just did a 4 hour session on your thread and went through 6 years of your tank build....incredible! I kept looking at your signature to see if im missing something... Where's the TOTM title? You would have my vote for sure!
EvMiBo
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Thanks. As I mentioned I have my return loclines on the same side as the overflow. I kind of regret it now but I did it to keep the tip of the peninsula completely open for viewing. I'm trying to create upwelling at the tip of the peninsula with my powerheads so that it is then directed back towards the overflow, but plumbing the return like you did would have been practical.
I'm thinking of getting a couple small maxspect gyres when they come out, and setting them low to create a gyre that comes back at the overflow... Who knows though! Beautiful setup, thanks for sharing.
sweet ride
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robert s b. - 20 gallon bi-weekly water change
sh8g8delik - thank you for the kind word and for taking the time sifting through thread! one day I wish to make it to that elite group of TOTM!
hit the link - hit the link LOL!
Thanks. As I mentioned I have my return loclines on the same side as the overflow. I kind of regret it now but I did it to keep the tip of the peninsula completely open for viewing. I'm trying to create upwelling at the tip of the peninsula with my powerheads so that it is then directed back towards the overflow, but plumbing the return like you did would have been practical.
I'm thinking of getting a couple small maxspect gyres when they come out, and setting them low to create a gyre that comes back at the overflow... Who knows though! Beautiful setup, thanks for sharing.
EvMiBo - most people do have the return on the same side as the overflow, in my case i had the luxury of having a canopy so I was hide the plumbing and was able to put the return on the opposite side of the overflow.
I've seen some of those maxspect gyres in youtube and they do look promising! on a different would you happen to have a build thread around here, i wouldnt mind seeing your system!
EvMiBo
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I do not have a build thread, but if you don't mind I can share some pictures I just took, the third is from a little while ago... (I can take them down if you don't want these in your thread, just let me know!) This tank has been running for about 11 months. I had some issues along the road (NO3's and salinity problems) :headwally:, so just a couple weeks ago I was confident enough to put some small sps frags in. I put the stand together myself, and created a bean animal 24" "coast to coast". I also drilled the returns through the bean animal. It's so nice having sps corals again, even if they're small.
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EvMiBo - thanks for sharing your pics! nice job on the stand as well! It's always nice to see the SPS color up and grow! in no time am sure you'll be wondering where to put the next SPS!
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