New 57g build

[Porkyboy177]

New to reefcentral. Ive been lurking on the forums for years now. have had a couple other tanks in the past will post pics below, names Jon,

Tank setup. new rimless oceanic illuminata
Custom built stand
Eshopps refugium, old cadlights fuge light
36" ati powermodule, not sure on bulb combo yet
Eheim 1260 return
SROxp1000 skimmer
50lbs pukani rock on its way from brs
Cheap ato system
Old stealth heaters
Old vortech mp10's non wireless.

Some pics below hope you enjoy.
will update every weeks with new pics.

Rock scape suggestions anyone? 2 Islands, large mound, 1 Island off to the left, bonsia tree?

almost full

older tank pics, cad lights 22g, oceanic 12g, 40g breeder.
dont have any recent pics of my other tanks, these are about a year old

most of the live stock and corals are still around and will be going in the new illuminata.

 

[kellerexpress]

Looks like a really clean build good job. I love my 57. Just make sure you acclimate your corals carefully to that power module, they put out tons of light! For my sunpower, I used layers of screen material and slowly took them off over a period of a couple weeks. Even doing that I still managed to bleach some stuff.

 

[melonz]

Nice setup. No expenses spared. Looking forward to this build

 

[Porkyboy177]

Thanks

 

[Porkyboy177]

Quick Update

Quick Update

Pukani rock arrived. 50lbs was allot, only used about half of it. Rock was very clean little to no debris.

Now the long boring wait. Rock has been cycling for about a week now. Tank smelt a little at first but has gone away.

Couple pics.

Decided to go with swc 160 skimmer over sro1000 to save myself a couple bucks. Should arrive shortly.

 

[jharte]

Did you test the rock to see if it was leeching phosphate?

 

[Porkyboy177]

Yea my phosphates are high. I use the sera briefcase test kit, they are above 3.0mg/l

 

[Curious George]

That's some sick ROCK!! Great dog too.

 

[jharte]

I really like the idea of dry rock, but I am worried about the phosphate issue. Please keep us updated on how long it takes for it to stop.

By the way, I absoluetely love the stand, its very sharp

 

[Porkyboy177]

new skimmer!

new skimmer!

Tank parameters are leveling out, phosphates are at 1.0, came way down over the past week, amonia's at 0, almost done with cycle, took about a month. Just recieved my swc 120skimmer, no complaints so far, build quality is very good. any recomendations at water level for skimmer?? Its at about 7.5" right now.

couple pics, havn't decided on lights yet,

Skimmer is already pulling gunk, installed about 4 hours ago

Using large hamper to the left for ato,

 

[Porkyboy177]

New lights arriving tomm! Will post pics this week

 

[K9]

Looking great so far! I'm considering the same exact tank and wanted to see what it looked like set up. I like that it has the same footprint as a 40g breeder with just 5 inches of extra height. Rimless tanks are SO sharp and contemporary looking. I love the clean lines.

 

[egator89]

Very nice, next tank I set up Im definately going with dry rock. I also want to re do my aquascape to more of a two defined mountains similiar to what youve done. Just kinda worried about ill effects from rearranging things.

 

[gldnegle76]

Interested in why you went with the 120 cone instead of the 160 you had previously mentioned?

 

[Porkyboy177]

New ATI powermodule. best aquarium purchase i've ever made, light Fixture is built like no other. top quality. glad i diddn't go with leds. Was actually looking at the maxspect mazzara. some pics after the install.

still working on a bulb combo, I have these 7 bulbs to pic from. if anyone has pics with the bulb combos please post em.
4 blu+
1 purple+
1 uvl super atinic
1 aquablu special

bit messy. all pics are with atinics only, 2 bulbs.

Will be adding corals from my other tank in a week or so after I have a mini cycle from my lights.

 

[Porkyboy177]

Interested in why you went with the 120 cone instead of the 160 you had previously mentioned?

I went with the 120 because of its size, could have fit the 160 but it would have been tight, less than a half inch of room on the sides. Im hoping the 120is large enough. if not ill upgrade and cram the 160 in somehow.

 

[Porkyboy177]

Added livestock

Added livestock

Crappy cell pic, will post better pics tonight, added school of chromis and couple coral frags from other tank, Along with a bunch of critters.

also found a nice looking bulb combo.

Small15 head acan colony

Recently fragged from a huge colony, clovePolyps, bubblegum chalise

 

[Curious George]

I love this tank. It's so clean and the choice of equipment is top notch. Really looking forward to what it looks like completely stocked.

 

[Porkyboy177]

Thanks George, it's going to be mainly sps tank. I'm looking into calcium reactors and reef controllers right now.

 

[Porkyboy177]

Better pics

Better pics

Small update, purchased nice pair of true percs, chromis are still alive, added a couple coral frags from my nano tank. Im Waiting a bit to add sps, tank is still very new, been having a few slight algea blooms.

2 heads, Has 6 green mouths on it

Grown from a small frag, Aussi Alveopora, has awesome color.

Angled fts

Engine room