My Cadlights, Zeovit, Nanobox Hybrid, Sps Tank

[EuroGTI]

DSC_1124 by touchofklasse, on Flickr
First off Hello!

Wanted to document my build, and hopefully make some friends along the way. This is my first heavy sps tank, so any advice is welcomed! Figured this was the best spot for it.
Tank has been up and running for 2 months and so far so good!

Equipment list

Cadlights 70g Artisan 36x24x18
Cadlights Pls100 skimmer
Cadlights 30g sump
Nanobox Hybrid Duo24/t5 light. Puts out over 200 watts of led/t5 goodness
Vertex Zeovit reactor
Tunze 3155 ato
Vortech mp10x2
Reef Keeper lite
Sicce 3.0 return
Herbie Drain


Pic Dump.

Day tank arrived!
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During the Build
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Sump wrapped up. Herbie drain and equipment hidden.
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Scape getting done

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[EuroGTI]

And now for some recent shots.
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Tyree Pink emonade
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Strawberry Shortcake and RP
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Ric Garden
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Tyree Seasons Greetings Cap
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Princess Peach
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WWC Tri Color
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[EuroGTI]

Jason Fox Red Hot Setosa
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Vivids Rainbow, Starburst Cap, and green cap
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Cannibus Acro
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Mystic Monti
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Not sure on this acro but its bright!
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Graphed Cap
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Superman Digi
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Ponape Birdnest
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Some kind of Tenius with crazy feeding repsonse!
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[EuroGTI]

Zoas
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FTS of the room
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More updates to come!

 

[Arkayology]

Nice to see you on RC man! Keep this thread updated! Your tank is amazing.

 

[evo_2679]

Sick build !!! Love your choice in SPS !!!

 

[cugly]

Looks great.. nice and clean

 

[EuroGTI]

Nice to see you on RC man! Keep this thread updated! Your tank is amazing.

Sick build !!! Love your choice in SPS !!!

Looks great.. nice and clean

Thanks guys!! Means a lot. Think I'm going coral shopping today.

 

[trueblackpercula]

Very Nice

 

[EuroGTI]

Thanks!

Just ordered 2 of these with the wireless controllers. While I love me ecotechs, the noise is starting to annoy me. My tank is dead silent so they are super loud. Mp10s are to small and mp40s are too big. I'm hoping this is right in the middle. Kinda nice that it will all be in the tank and silent.

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[KrazyOnetime]

Very nice, Just a reminder not just to you but everyone about placing coral. Think about them being 10x BIGGER, if it's still a good spot go for it.

 

[EuroGTI]

Very nice, Just a reminder not just to you but everyone about placing coral. Think about them being 10x BIGGER, if it's still a good spot go for it.

I'm hoping things grow in nicely. I'm sure when things start growing the placemat will change on some stuff. Hard to gauge what's going to grow where, or what's going to grow fast vs slow. Once growth kicks in, I will move stuff around if I have too. Thanks!

 

[EuroGTI]

Little update. Got the jebaos. Sold them the next day because I got a crazy deal on a apex and some tunze 6095!

Also got some new peices. Unfortunately I've been playing with my light, trying to dial it in. This caused me to upset a couple peices which browned out. Hope they bounce back soon.

Here is the new pic ups.


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[Chris Lakies]

Very nice! I really like your rock layout. Can't wait to see the progression pics in the next couple of months.

 

[EuroGTI]

Very nice! I really like your rock layout. Can't wait to see the progression pics in the next couple of months.

Thank you!
Very excited to see this tank grow out. Some new pieces this weekend also!

 

[CleverD]

I enjoyed reading this thread, main reason it's very well organized and though out. By chance were did you buy those lights. I am impressed with the coverage of them.

 

[jroovers]

Very nice build, the tank looks like it belongs in the rest of the room, very stylish

 

[EuroGTI]

I enjoyed reading this thread, main reason it's very well organized and though out. By chance were did you buy those lights. I am impressed with the coverage of them.

Thank you very much. The light is a custom unit. It is made by Dave at Nanobox reef. He is very popular in the nano world, and is now starting to make bigger units. This light is one of his Quad fixtures with retrofitted t5's.

The light is full spectrum and has 52 LEDs. It's a mixture of luxeon rebel es, and semiled and controlled by a coralux storm controller. The full layout is
8 - Warm White, 8 - Neutral White, 4 - Cyan, 8 - Violet, 16 - Royal Blue, 8 - Blue

The coverage is great. I credit that to the light not having optics. I'm sure the t5s help also. Not having optics also makes the shimmer amazing. No discoball look which I hate!

Very nice build, the tank looks like it belongs in the rest of the room, very stylish

Thank you!

 

[CleverD]

Do you have a photo of the light flipped over so I can see the set up with t5s.

 

[chrismhaase]

Thanks!

Just ordered 2 of these with the wireless controllers. While I love me ecotechs, the noise is starting to annoy me. My tank is dead silent so they are super loud. Mp10s are to small and mp40s are too big.

Did you ever find out why the EcoTechs were so loud? I dint have any but I always heard that if they aren't in line they can rattle around. Maybe that is the issue. However nice choice with the Tunzes. I used to run them with a controller on my 90 SPS and everything was happy.