Not a typical doctor's waiting room... 450 gallon reef

[Kaiden]

PICTURES!!!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!

 

[KingfishJohn]

Tomorrow my friends, I already have camera (and battery) in hand.

Ram,

What do you mean by "plumbing diagrams?" We didn't really come up with anything other than the hole placement before going out on site and doing the thing by feel.

 

[ramullinax]

Sorry, what I meant was flow diagrams of what you have existing.

 

[alden168]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8972671#post8972671 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by thor32766
wow, sounds like the kids are going to love seeing this thing!

Especially if you got a lot of blue tand and NEMO.....

 

[KingfishJohn]

Staying true to my promise, pictures incoming!

First up misc pictures of equiptment

 

[KingfishJohn]

Actinic and Bags Floating

Back of the tank

RO Unit and Saltwater Reservoir

PF601S

 

[KingfishJohn]

Overflow box cover with osmolator in

Control Panel

Cabinets

Cabinets

Deltec AP902

A/C Control (real impressed this thing took 3 months)

 

[KingfishJohn]

Bad fish pictures next haha

McCosker Male flashing as per normal

Bluestar Leopard

Glass Cardinal School

Glass Cardinal School 2

 

[KingfishJohn]

Corals

Torch 1

Same Torch

Superman

Superman again

Acan Lord Colony

Green Bubble

Open Brain

First Acro Frag

 

[KingfishJohn]

Misc Wide Tank Shots

Top Down

Door Side

Closet Side

 

[gkarshens]

Looking good!

One question, though. What is this big fish in the cave? :lol:

 

[cbui2]

:lolspin: fish is having dinner seems like it.

ok great updates and cabinets look awesome. also are you having any heating issue since ac been installed and long MH & VHO's on. those look like lumenarc III reflector and what bulb type are you using?

 

[bwest]

Looking great, I enjoyed going through all 15 pages so far. Can't wait to see it as it progresses.

 

[Bax]

Cabinets look sweet! Very nice!!!

 

[Sarcophyton874]

Incredible and professional set up. The only mistake I saw in this thread was when you posted the pick of the rock in the "RX7" (pg.8). It's actually an Acura RSX. Sorry I couldn't let it go being the car guy that I am .

P.S. That Deltec is ridiculous and that's probably where your gobies went :lol:.

 

[KingfishJohn]

Sarco,

Good call and that's exactly what it is. I didn't even catch my own mistake.

 

[martinphillip03]

Two months, any chance for an update?

Marty

 

[KingfishJohn]

Marty and everyone else,

There is definitely a chance for an update and I apologize for neglecting this thread for so long.

The tank is doing great and has an almost complete stocking of fish. I'd list the fish for ya'll but quite frankly, I can't remember all of them off the top of my head. I'll have to write them down when I take pictures

About a month ago we had another "incident" where the A/C unit was supposed to be turned off on the weekend for maintenance. The shutoff was supposed to occur on Sunday morning and I was to be notified if it took longer than 6 hours.

I get a call at 6 pm Saturday that the A/C was just turned back on and had been off for approximately 12 hours. I immediately feared the worst but luckily the reefkeeper's safeguards kicked in and all we lost were another 100 or so snails. Made for a nice little algae cycle but after about 200 gallons of fresh saltwater, that seems to have died down. :mad2:

We've also stocked quite a few corals into the tank and are getting incredible growth with the Deltec CA Rx. One thing to mention is that if you ever put a magnesium media in your reactor (dolomite) it has a lower dissolving point than the calcium media.

Question for anyone following the thread... With a heavily fish stocked tank, do you think the addition of pappone would help the tank or introduce even more nutrients?

Thanks again for your patience and I'll get some pictures and specifics soon.

John

 

[asnatlas]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10277075#post10277075 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by thedude15810
One thing to mention is that if you ever put a magnesium media in your reactor (dolomite) it has a lower dissolving point than the calcium media.

If you don't mind me asking where did you get your dolomite from ??

 

[jnarowe]

I wouldn't get into the papone until you have really worked with this tank for quite a while. papone can cause issues and if you don't know the system really well, you may not be able to react to those issues correctly.