samuelkl's 40 gallon build

there is a 10'' x 10'' inch opening in the back of the stand. i installed two computer fans to blow air upwards to circulate the air and decrease humidity in the stand. its run on a ranco along with the azoo fans. i have a 1/15th hp chiller but dont plan on using it.
you can see the computer fans pointed upward in the first and second pics of the sump.
 
Oh yeah Samuel, I don't think I ever talked about this in my build thread but the light stands are steel and if they get wet they will rust. Mine is already rusting at places that get wet or humid like where the light stand gets near the tank. Just thought you might like to know in case you wanted to do any mods to prevent it like coating it in clear coat or something.
 
samuelkl said:
here is the plumbing done and the sump laid out...
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another pic of the sump, now you can see the brs doser brackets mounted to the left side of the cabinet...
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If you have a chance, you may want to consider a DIY LED light for you fuge. I used to have the same fuge light for mine and I could NEVER get my chaeto to grow. I bought a DIY LED from China and now I have to prune my chaeto every month. I never thought it would make that big of a difference but it does.
 
cocoaandme said:
Oh yeah Samuel, I don't think I ever talked about this in my build thread but the light stands are steel and if they get wet they will rust. Mine is already rusting at places that get wet or humid like where the light stand gets near the tank. Just thought you might like to know in case you wanted to do any mods to prevent it like coating it in clear coat or something.
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Thanks for the heads up Richard. I will cover the areas closer to the tank with something. I will post more info when I come up with a solution.

solitude127 said:
If you have a chance, you may want to consider a DIY LED light for you fuge. I used to have the same fuge light for mine and I could NEVER get my chaeto to grow. I bought a DIY LED from China and now I have to prune my chaeto every month. I never thought it would make that big of a difference but it does.
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Thanks for the tip Mike. I will be on the lookout for a used led light to use. The macroglo seems to put out a lot of heat.

lowbudget said:
Looking good Sam. Very clean. I like the white stand
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Thanks Sanh. My next step is to clean more sand for the display but im getting lazy.

You socal reefers have been very nice with all your comments. I will try to maximize the potential of my tank, considering I have spent so much effort and time in acquiring the components of this build. A mixed coral garden with heavy sps is hopefully in my not so near future.
 
cocoaandme said:
Oh whoa billmelater! I just realized they have that for marinedepot now. Haha wow that's a good idea. Wish they had that when I was setting up my tank.

You setup looks awesome. Looking forward to seeing your tank develop!
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take it easy with the billmelater. lol i finally paid off the light and i bought it 4 months ago. now i start payments on the stand and tank. its definitely convenient when you have a interest free loan for 6 months. gives me the option of spending money i dont have NOW. its brilliant but just dont get stuck with a load of debt.

i will try to live up to your expectations Richard. its gonna be hard with a tank like yours
 
I just order the tank from CADlight today. I notice that you put foam between the tank and the stand. What is the benefit by putting the foam between them? Where do you get it?

FYI, I am new to this hobby. Sorry if this is a basic knowlege.

Thanks
 
samuelkl said:
take it easy with the billmelater. lol i finally paid off the light and i bought it 4 months ago. now i start payments on the stand and tank. its definitely convenient when you have a interest free loan for 6 months. gives me the option of spending money i dont have NOW. its brilliant but just dont get stuck with a load of debt.

i will try to live up to your expectations Richard. its gonna be hard with a tank like yours
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Haha yeah I won't be doing any billmelaters. Won't be purchasing much stuff for a while. I'm sure your tank will blow mine out of the water once it gets going. :thumbsup:
 
mroccoralman said:
Your fixture is going to do great my ati fixture works great how many bulbs and which bulbs did you decide to use.
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6 bulbs. I believe the order from front to back is:

Ati Blue plus
Ge 6500k
Ati blue plus
Fiji purple
Ati blue plus
Ati aquablue special

Any comments on better bulbs would be appreciated.

Then I have a 423 nm blue led tube behind that
 
GotGas said:
I just order the tank from CADlight today. I notice that you put foam between the tank and the stand. What is the benefit by putting the foam between them? Where do you get it?

FYI, I am new to this hobby. Sorry if this is a basic knowlege.

Thanks
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Welcome to the addiction. This is done with rimless tanks. It's pink insulation foam from home depot found in the building materials section. There are smaller rolls that are 16" x 48" which is perfect for this tank. Cut the foam to 36" in length and you are set to go. Hth
 
samuelkl said:
6 bulbs. I believe the order from front to back is:

Ati Blue plus
Ge 6500k
Ati blue plus
Fiji purple
Ati blue plus
Ati aquablue special

Any comments on better bulbs would be appreciated.

Then I have a 423 nm blue led tube behind that
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I would run the Fiji more up front to bring out more colors
Front
B+
FIJI
B+
GE
B+
AB
 
Hi guys, been a while.

update:

i moved all my corals, fish, rocks into the new tank a couple weeks ago. everything looked good since i used water, sand, and rock from a previous setup that was over a year old. no real cycle and my skimmer handled it with ease.

as with every tank move, i had some real headaches and heartaches. i lost a small amount of my sps during the move but was able to save most sps minicolonies and all of my lps and softies.

with this new setup, i wanted one anemone in my tank for my a nigripes pair and i thought the best time to put one in was before i placed all my sps on the rocks. i left my remaining sps on my frag racks and got a nice rainbow bta. unfortunately, i forgot to put foam guards on my mp10s so it went bye bye and turned to mincemeat when i went to sleep that night. the goo from its remains killed a large red planet colony and numerous others. my skimmer picked up most of the remains so with a water change and some more carbon, i was able to stabilize the tank.

that was a real sad episode in my tank build saga. hopefully some of you readers will learn from my mistakes, i know i definitely did. next couple days i was just busy trying to cope with the losses.

then, one day, i came across a real good deal on a red sticholdactyla haddoni anemone. it was too good to pass up. it got my hopes up right quick. the anemone was in stupendous condition and very colorful, not to mention the price was right. i took every care in introducing this animal to my tank. i juiced it up with some prodibio reefbooster and also fed is some reef chili. within one day, it grabbed hold on some rock close to the sand and looked right at home. i know some of you might say that it might outgrow my tank, but for now, its only 8'' fully expanded, so i aint getting rid of it soon. here are some pics....

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you can see a nigripes clown in this pic as well as some dead coral..
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my borb from a fellow socal reefer..
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haddoni...with a bird of paradise, browned out from the move but coloring back up
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sorry for the poor quality pics, this is still with my iphone

current fish list:

small blue tang (1.25'')
borbornius (3'')
red bar anthias (2.5'')
2x a. nigripes (2.5-3'')
 
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