RicardusReef

[Ricardo Santos]

Hi everyone,

I gonna share with you my new project. I hope you like!

Vision
The idea was create a SPS dominated aquarium with open aquascape, a simple but eficient setup.
For this i want to thank 3 person, Sonny, Andrew aka V1...rotate and Chingchai. Their aquariums and experiences were for me a trully inspiration.:thumbsup:

Tank
My aquarium have 200x65x55 (78''x26''x22'')
Entire lateral overflow with 10cm (4'')
1 outlet and 1 inlet.

Sump
The sump is a home made by my father and have 80x55x40 (32''x22x16'')

Return Pump
Eheim 1260 for return pump.

Skimmer
I'm using 2 skimmers for this new tank:
Grotech HEA200
ATI BM250

Circulation
Tunze Wavebox 6215
2x Tunze Nanostream 6055 (connected on Multicontroller 7095)

Lighting
Homemade fixture by my father 7x24w + 7x54w
All T5 ftw:beachbum:

The Light configuration, front to back
AqBlue
Blue +
AqBlue
Purple +
Blue +
AqBlue
Blue +

Aditionally
Balling Method using a GHL dosing pump
Carbon in a bag (changed every month)
Prodibio BioDigest
Vodka

 

[Ricardo Santos]

Soon i will post recent pics...

 

[fraggleRocks]

Nice!

 

[Frick]

Sweet tank! Could use some more light in the corners. Loving that Sohal.

 

[SunnyX]

T5 FTW!!!

I love the look of the tank, congrats! :thumbsup:

I look forward to many more pictures.

 

[Ricardo Santos]

Nice!

Thank you.

 

[Ricardo Santos]

Sweet tank! Could use some more light in the corners. Loving that Sohal.

Thank you!
This like was provisionally. I love the A. sohal too!:dance:

 

[Ricardo Santos]

T5 FTW!!!

I love the look of the tank, congrats! :thumbsup:

I look forward to many more pictures.

Thank for the kind of words, really apreciate!:beer:

 

[Ricardo Santos]

Recent pics (day 60)

I've got some coral that are to exit, and other ones that are not in the place yet.

 

[jimbo1]

very nice tank ricardo, looking forward to see the tank in a few months time.

 

[Ricardo Santos]

very nice tank ricardo, looking forward to see the tank in a few months time.

Thank you.

 

[Alex T.]

I wish I could have a Sohal. I'd like to see his demeanor in a year or two in that tank.

 

[Ricardo Santos]

The possible pics

I've been practicing with my brother's camera. It's a Canon 400D, only have 18-55mm lens.

 

[dano83]

That looks amazing!!

 

[claudio245]

wonderful, success with your tank.

claudio

 

[Ricardo Santos]

That looks amazing!!

wonderful, success with your tank.

claudio

Thanks both!:beer:

Some non SPS corals

I had to remove all my zoa's colection...because of my angels:uzi:

 

[ReefSafari]

Beautiful tank, this might seem like a wierd question, but I see your dosing Calcium Chloride, Magnesium Chloride, and Magnesium Sulfate, I was wondering what was in the third unlabels container?

Beautiful tank, its only going to look cooler as the SPS grows, very nice.

 

[Ricardo Santos]

Beautiful tank, this might seem like a wierd question, but I see your dosing Calcium Chloride, Magnesium Chloride, and Magnesium Sulfate, I was wondering what was in the third unlabels container?

Beautiful tank, its only going to look cooler as the SPS grows, very nice.

Thank you for your words.

The other container have NaHCo3 (Natrium hydrogen Carbonat aka Sodium Bicarbonate or Baking soda). In the container has not written anything because I have six in total to use for trade when one ends and 3 of them are not written.
By the way I no longer use Magnesium Sulfate.

 

[dano83]

Absolutely beautiful. Good work!!!

 

[Ricardo Santos]

Absolutely beautiful. Good work!!!

Thanks alot.:beer:

Here fishy fishy

This guy is hard to catch in front of cam.