Nate's SpS DoMiNated tank

[shazeone]

hi all , i have been here on reefcentral for a while , but do not really post much. i really love this forum and the more i look around and read , i realize how knowledgeable and respectable this forum is. Anyhow , i figured i would start sharing more here and to get started i will bring my build up to date here. Tank is in mid cycle and hopefully will be ready for livestock when i return from europe at the end of the month.

equipment

Tank - 200 gallon deep dimension
Lighting - 3 x ecotech radionxr30w pro
Skimmer - Reef Octopus 3000int
Reactor - Geo618 calcium reactor
Flow - 2 x mp60wes
reeflo blowhole return






messing with the scape. trying to get it where i like it

sump room coming along

rock work at final stage

 

[shazeone]

some more photos of build.



used dyna mat under the stand frame and on plumbing to cut down vibration noise. working quite well.

 

[shazeone]

sump station coming along

 

[shazeone]

 

[gordonheimer]

Looks good so far!

What kind of rock did you use? Did you cure/cook it?

 

[maddmaxx]

looks serious so far, good build...

 

[shazeone]

Looks good so far!

What kind of rock did you use? Did you cure/cook it?

thanks alot ! that is marco rock and marco shelve rock. it comes dry, i am curing and cycling it in the tank with carib seaflore special grade dry sand. i am using bacteria and ammonium chloride to feed the bacteria.

looks serious so far, good build...

thanks maxx ! this is a culmination of knowledge, old and new equipment from my last big tank. now that i am a home i am buying i felt it was time to get a tank and settle in for a while.

 

[maddmaxx]

makes sense to me, new systems are always fun, I too take knowledge from one system to the next. adding new equipment is exciting also...

 

[shazeone]

here is a shot of my old 220 custom when i had it up and in it's prime. was sad to give that tank up and also the colony's i had grown from babies over 2+ years.

 

[shazeone]

yeah , i have always ran halides and now i get to try straight led. i am excited to see how they fair and i love the flexibility and control. also , with this system i am keeping things really simple. the 220 was setup in basically the same fashion and i had great growth and success with that system.