show me your 37 reef

[alexk3954]

I am getting my LR soon and was hoping some of you could post pics of your 37 gallon tanks so that I could get some ideas on how to pile the rock up. It does not necesarrily need to be a 37, just something that is more on the taller side, and does not have too much depth. THanks a lot guys!

 

[rickh]

Check out my gallery. I have a 37 gallon AGA with a DSB so the area is about the size of a an empty 29 gallon. I have an overflow and a sump. The tank is nice, but I am out of room already with 3 fish and about 20 coral. R

 

[alexk3954]

looks really good! What is the thir fish in there? I only saw the clown and gramma

 

[rickh]

#3 is a Carpenter's Flasher Wrasse. I need a new photo.

 

[Herbie]

I just posted some pics in my Gallery.............

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/showgallery.php?ppuser=51214&cat=500&thumb=1

My 37 Oceanic..........Only up and running for approx 3 months now........since Feb 2006. Finally getting past some of the algea cycles, and battling bubble algea now.

Here is my "current"set-up

Approx 80 lbs Live rock..........its pretty much FULL ! (IMHO, its a little bit too much LR.........50-60 lbs would have been better).
450 Watts of lighting.........300 VHO and 150 DE Halide.
I made the custom canopy and retro'd the lighting.
Custom Made Lifereef overflow box.........From Jeff at Lifereef.
Using The "Herbies Ultra Quiet Siphon Overflow mod" AND It IS SILENT.
I made the sump........10 Gallon with a filter sock,a few dividers and bubble traps. ( I tried a 5.5 gallon sump.........but it was just too small).
Tunze 9010 DOC Skimmer ..........Kicking butt !!!!
Phosban reactor, running Phosban.
2 Sea Swirls..........1/2 inch models
Tunze Master recirc. Pump1073.030 ........800 GPH.
Custom Modified Kalkwasser dosing pump.........no alarms or drip sensors.
Won Pro Digital Titanium Heater.
Kent Maxxima HI-S R/O filter for all water.
I thinks thats pretty much it.............

37 Gallon tanks are a great size to work with..........its exactly half of a 75 gallon........not just gallons but the measurements too. Everybody is hoping all over the Oceanic 30 Cube.......but its such an odd size.......only 20" wide. I wanted to have some real lighting choices and the 37 "cubish" is 24" wide........perfect. The 37 Oceanic is a bit harder to find than most other sizes. But well worth the search. Its not quite a nano.........but not quite a big tank either........I am not sure were exactly it falls, but I like mine.

Good luck seting your up when you get it ...........you will love the 37........its the perfect size!

Later...............Herbie

 

[alexk3954]

Great looking tank! I am thinking about going with 60 lbs of LR, because I want the front right area to be a little sandy area where I can maybe put a clam or an open brain coral. Thanks for going all-out with your response, very helpful and I really appreciate it.

 

[Biogirl361]

i have a 37 cube, i don't have any good pics of it now cause of going through a nasty bout of cyano, but i can show you an earlier pic from right after I set it up to give you an idea how i piled up the rock:

actually most of it is all one big rock, but i've seen it where people piled up smaller rocks creating a similar structure.

 

[alexk3954]

Yay, I finally set up my reef last weekend and I aquascaped my rock. It comes closer to the glass on the sides and kind of curves back in the middle making a litttle "beach" area. I think it looks pretty decent, but I will have to post pics when I can get a hold of my sisters camera and you guys can tell me what you think.

 

[Herbie]

Here is mine.......

Close-up.........

And a whole tank shot.......

Hope they show up in the post.......trying to learn how to post pictures.......fingers crossed! Bad pictures, but you can get an idea how 80 lbs of Live Rock looks in a 37 !!!

37's are GREAT.........

Later.........Herbie

 

[Martyg6]

here my 37g cube after about 7 months.