Pictures of Bomber's barebottom SPS tank and related equipment

[gregt]

I took these pictures of Bombers barebottom tank yesterday:

 

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[Nek]

Thanks. I think the last one says it all.........

 

[SPC]

Great pictures Greg!

Tank looks fantastic (for a BB that is ) Jerel!
Steve

 

[gregt]

Great pictures Greg!

Not really, but considering the past photoshop accusation I made certain to not try to "pretty" the pictures up any.

A lot of the color is not well captured and the flash reflections are hideous. (Not to mention the lack of a tripod)

 

[ricka]

What's the big black tube over the sump for??

 

[gregt]

It's a UV sterilizer.

 

[LiquidShaneo]

I'm guessing that's the UV sterilizer?

(doh, Greg beat me to it)

What manufacturer/model is that thing anyhow?

Shane

 

[Bomber]

Here's the run down on equipment.

Iwaki100 on the tank/sump/tank loop. Returns do not have eductors.

Iwaki55 on the UV loop with eductors.

Iwaki70 on the sump/skimmer/sump loop.

Modified Bullet3 skimmer, running wet.

Emperor Aquatics 80wHO UV.

Two IceCap 660's running two 03's and two 50/50 URI each, on IceCap timers.

Three IceCap MH250's, running Ushio 10k's on Spiders on IceCap timers.

03's on at 10am off 10pm
50/50's on at 11am off at 9:30pm
MH's on at 5pm off at 7pm.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

Thanks. I think the last one says it all.........

Agreed.
Thanks for sharing, Bomber and gregt.
I swear that one Iwaki looks like a Little Giant5, though!

 

[Bomber]

That's cause it's a lot older than you are Gary. LOL

 

[joeychitwood]

Why are your halides only on for 2 hours a day?

Beautiful tank, by the way!

 

[Neo_Ta]

Bomber, you have much to be proud of. Beutifull!

Where did you get that black mesh(plastic grate) covering the front of your overflow?
I can't seem to find anything like that.

Don

 

[musicsmaker]

Looks like the stuff you put on a gutter to keep the leaves out.

 

[LiquidShaneo]

FWIW, you may consider running the 10,000 K XM bulbs when you switch out your lamps. According to JB NY's numbers the XM's perform better than the Ushio's on the IceCap ballast:

http://www.cnidarianreef.com/lamps.cfm

and they are $25 cheaper per bulb. Just thought you might like to know.

Nice tank btw. Any reason you left about 1" to 2" all the way around your Starboard?

Shane

 

[MiddletonMark]

Thanks guys for the setup pictures.

It's always nice to look `under the hood' ... and when it gets down to it ... I love the simplicity of this tank. Not exactly child's play ... but really pretty straight forward.

--
Bomber - what do you do for Calcium/Alk replentishing on this system?
What's you opinion on that blue chromis? Is it aggressive towards other fishies? I have one, in QT, trying to decide which of my tanks to put it in ... a lovely fish [glad it seems to get along with the gramma ...]

 

[Adam]

hey Jerel,

Beautiful tank, but.... That's not A. Cervicornis is it?

Adam