Nuuze's 79G SPS Reef

[Nuuze]

I totally agree what you are saying as the corals grow to that size they will need their space Ali. But for the time being while they are small frags I think it's kind of a waste to spend all the money on top notch equipment and only to keep 8-12 corals. On top of that I think it would kind of look plain to me. I did leave space for them to grow but like you said, they will eventually get to a point where they will start to grow into each other and I will have to spread them out more or will have to trim. I think when it gets to that point I can then either get a 2nd tank or a larger one.

I guess what i was envisioning was a miniature scale of a big reef in my family room.

Thanks for the info Ali!

 

[mikekman]

NICE tank, very clean in the cabinet area too. Not too jam packed with pipes, etc.

 

[Kinetic]

beautiful!! I really need to get an Elos now =)

 

[Nuuze]

Thanks guys!

 

[glassbox-design]

Nuuze great tank!

Ali, i cant agree more. our next tank will be ~90 gallons and have 10 corals...you should have seen the look my friends gave me when i told them that

 

[Kinetic]

time to be really really picky =)

 

[jezzeaepi]

Nuuze-

Seeing that the Elos tank has no top, have you had any problems with jumpers? I noticed you had several wrasse and a firefish. I just ordered a elos tank myself, and had planned on staying away from wrasses, but if you are succesfull maybe Ill change my mind.

Peace

 

[Nuuze]

So far so good except for a cleaner wrasse. It jumped to it's death on to the back of the tank. But the rest are fine for several months now. Once in a while I'll get a wandering snail that goes above the water line but that's pretty much it.

 

[Kinetic]

Speaking of fish, what's your current fish stock list? Any other fish you're considering?

Also how are you plumbing your chiller to the system?

 

[Nuuze]

Here's my fish:

1 maroon
2 Anthias
1 Tricolor wrasse
1 sixline wrasse
1 yellow wrasse
1 Tomini tang
1 Spotted mandarin
1 Scissor tail goby
1 Randalls Goby and pistol shrimp
1 Pygmy angel

Not looking to add anymore at the moment.

I have my return pump T'd. One goes back to the tank and the other goes to the chiller with a valve to control flow, from the chiller it goes back to the sump.

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[Kinetic]

so the chiller input/output sits above the sump water level... and there's no pump for it?

 

[Nuuze]

No, I T'd my return pump to the chiller with a flow control valve like the valve that comes with a TLF Phosban, then back to sump.

 

[Kinetic]

ah ok, that's fancy =) my chiller is going to be in my basement, so I have to probably run a pump in the sump, otherwise it'll have to be manually primed since the tank isn't drilled for an input/output below the water line.

 

[imsocool5609]

First I have to say great tank and I have a question. What is the kelvin rating on those MH bulbs.

 

[Nuuze]

Thanks!

The bulbs I currently use are 250w DE BLV 10K Nepturion's.

 

[Nuuze]

Hi all,

Just thought I'd let everyone know I just started a 60G cube to help spread out my livestock a bit. Here's the link and enjoy!

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=1177941

 

[Nuuze]

I finally got rid of the frag rack that was hanging on the back side of the tank. Only took a few days for the snails to do the cleanup work.

 

[GSMguy]

the frag rack is gone yay

 

[Kinetic]

ah much better =) looks great!

 

[advice1]

Updates please !