Show Off your prop System!

[Big Dog]

These setup just blow mine out of the water

I hear ya, I'm a little more frugal .............

2-40 breeders / LPS left (1 250MH & 4 T-5's), SPS right (2 250MH's). No sand with PVC bottom sweeps. Fuge, skimmer, and carbon reactor.

Just put this together with stuff laying around to house rock and do softies and LPS. Only thing I bought was the 150 gallon Rubbermaid on sale at TSC ...

 

[Ratkiller]

My set-up. The smallest prop system ever. 12x12x13 mini-cube.

 

[TheHun]

Hi guys I'm here to share my frag tanks system, consist in 3 frag tanks 60LX30WX12H (inches) two of them being one system(softies and Lps) and a second system 3rd tank for SPS. Lights are AI sol super blue, water pumps are Eheim 1262, skimmers are Vertex (180in and 280in).


Can you share your intensity settings on the LED? Thanks

 

[Scuba Steve]

Wow nice thread. Very nice set ups on here. Keep up the great work.

 

[RKLion]

Hey Explor3r Im in Toronto too and have many nice frags. Can you pm me your info?....

 

[Hydrologist]

Let's keep the Ontario ball rolling....

Here is my newly setup 60x36x12 frag tank. It is connected to my main system.

- 250w MH
- x3 mp40's
- VT Battery back up.

I don't have a lot of flow going to this tank since I just tee'd off one of my return pumps, hence the reason for all the VT.

 

[St.Pete_Reefer]

Wow a lot of amazing setups!

 

[CUZ]

Just plumbed a 40 breeder into my display tank system, theres really not much to it.

-6bulb T5's
-2 K4's
-Odyssea 700 return pump

 

[parrthed]

Finally Plumbed mine up.

Still need to finish the racks on the right side, the left side is a rubble bottom for colony growout to hopefully keep my display free of clutter.

 

[rick rottet]

^ i really like the drawer and cabinet arrangement... mite have to "borrow" that idea

 

[reefling]

these all look awesome. for people that do this professionally, i wonder what the cheapest way to get flow is... obviously the mp40 is not the answer. I am brainstorming prop ideas. i think i have seen most of 3 really long threads in this subforum. i read something about airmovers. will that get the job done for most anything. i heard an anthony calfo lecture talking about a return pump diy project that created lots of flow, but i am not sure what he was talking about. he said something to the effect of "do not use powerheads. they only last a couple years and you will shock yourself no less than 35 times. lol"
that said, i really like how resourceful people are in this thread. kiddie pools, to rubber made tubs, to high end tanks, to horse feed troughs....

 

[yardboy]

I think airmovers came from the freshwater side; my experience has been excessive salt creep and calcium precipitation. Too much maintenance for me. If not mp40's, at least prop pumps from powerheads. Only a nut would get shocked more than once from a shorted powerhead. Too cheap not to throw away a failed connection.
Closed loops are not cheap either.

 

[reefling]

that makes sense. i figured it would make for lots of bubbles and i bet salinity would drop daily in a big system. everything would look like it had icicles.

 

[Reef or Die]

Part head- are both of those tanks plumbed to the same sump? Looks great. Love those cabinets!!

 

[joelbegt]

CUZ- Did you make those coral plugs yourself? I like the more natural mariculture style mounts.

 

[CUZ]

CUZ- Did you make those coral plugs yourself? I like the more natural mariculture style mounts.

yup, I did make my own, I like the look of them better once they go into a display tank. they tend to blend in alot better than most purchased plugs.

 

[dahenley]

do you want to let us know how you made them? they look good to me to

 

[joelbegt]

I pm'd him about it earlier and this was his reply...

Yup just portland cement, make sure not to get any of the "quick dry" types as the chemical used in them is no good for a reef tank.
I tried adding sand to the mix but found the plugs came out brittle, also tried just putting a top layer of sand on the wet plugs but didn't really like that to much either.

I basically mixed up the portland, lay down a garbage bag and start "splattin' small balls of cement onto it.
Usually do a variety of sizes.

Easiest way is do do a hundred or so at a time just to make the curing time worth while. I put them into a 5g pail once dry and change the water daily, after 7-8 weeks you should see the ph drop as they cure.

 

[dahenley]

if you make a hundred, throw 25 in a filter bag, and hang them inside the tank of a toilet. (or 25 in each toilet in your house! (that is frequented))

then, you getting 10 water changes a day min haha
and its less maintaince. plus, it reduces the amount of water per flush (it takes up tank volume) so your actually conserving water/curing/and being green. plus the wife doesnt see them, so there is no complaints!

i have done it with misc stuff like that and it works. great.
almost feels like it speeds up the curing time because its maintenance free. (you dont have to do daily water changes) they are done automatically!

I have some type 1 (grey) cement in the garage i have been meaning to put to use... i guess here is the change

 

[rick rottet]

i do like those plugs. they look really random and quite natural.
regarding the attempts to incorporate sand into the mix... i usually incorporate some 1/4" size crushed coral with the mix, instead of sand. quite a lot actually, maybe about 50/50 by volume, and drop it in random blobs onto a sand tray. it seems to give the surface a more bumpy appearance, but then again... your "splat" technique seems to do the job just as well.