Sun Powered Reef

[vitor pestana]

Hi guys!

New update.

The Summer time and the intense heat is comming, there for and thinking ahead i've install a shadow cover for the months of July and August, my chiller could handle it but this way i can save some money on the electric bill, see close in the pics, the shadow only is only about 50% of the total sunlight:

Look close were the fabric is join together, as you can see this fabric stops only about 50% of the total sunlight:

Some corals pics, note the natural colors of the natural sunlight... there is no actinic lights here:

 

[vitor pestana]

The Morning was over, after lunch i decide to colect some natural water to for a change tomorrow, about 45 gallons:

With a help of a friend and his worderfull pump, we wore able to gether about 60 gallons in about 50 minits in a depth of 22 feet:

That´s all folks.

All the best

Vitor Pestana

 

[RRodrigues]

Nice pics and amazing colours!

Could you tell us more about temperature in your system? What are the max and min temperatures daily?

Where are you collecting NSW?

Thank you for the invitation, someday I'll make you a visit.

 

[vitor pestana]

Hi Ricardo.

Very easy, i have a temperature controller with a 1ºC diferential, so the temperature never goes beyond 25ºC or above 27ºC.

For exemple, the heat of day is acumulated and release during the night with a diferential of 2ºC:

07h00 AM - 25ºC
15h00 PM - 27ºC

Using the same concept of natural resources, the electrical costs are minimal due to the termic materials wich i build the tank.

Sunlight - Free

Temperature - Almost free

Remember, i have only a 300W heater for about 260 gallons, only lose heat throw the top cover glass.

Regards

Vitor Pestana

 

[chris wright]

G'day vitor,

Your tanks looking as amazing as ever. Neat idea with the shade cloth to.

Just wondering if you got the chance to take some photos at night?. Looking foward to seeing more pics of your marvalous tank.

Chris.

 

[melev]

I like your pump system. Looks like it makes your job much easier.

 

[Green Thumb]

Great to see this project! Ive been dreaming about doing outdoor reefing for years, its good to see you are actualy doing it. I will follow this thread and learn from you in hopes of doing this someday. Thank you!

Looking great by the way!!

 

[vitor pestana]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9884818#post9884818 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by chris wright
G'day vitor,

Your tanks looking as amazing as ever. Neat idea with the shade cloth to.

Just wondering if you got the chance to take some photos at night?. Looking foward to seeing more pics of your marvalous tank.

Chris.

Hello Maite!!!

It's a promisse, as son as i get a discente camera i'll post some pics of the tank in the moonlight.

Bye

Vitor Pestana

 

[chris wright]

Looking foward to it mate. :lol:

 

[dailydriven911]

I love it! I wish I could do something similar but there aren't enough sunny days where I live

I'll be following this thread closely!

-Jayson

 

[vitor pestana]

Hy guys!

I Didn't resist to share with you this picture:

Latest Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtrrB4mpXJc

Best Regards

Vitor Pestana

 

[Enderrea]

Now you are just showing off heehehe that is one lucky kid!

 

[Julio]

VERY CUTE!!

 

[hawaiianwargod]

Future reefer and RC surfer...very cute indeed!

 

[fishresponse]

It looks like your kid is laying/floating on water. What a lucky kid!!!

 

[chris wright]

Unreal. Your pictures just show the exellence of your husbandry. Nice kid by the way, brilliant photo.

 

[vitor pestana]

Solar Powered Reef

Solar Powered Reef

Hi there.

My wife forced me to right this ...

The Kid grabbing the Montipora is a Girl, her name is Rita.

Regards

Vitor Pestana

 

[cheeks69]

Very cute little girl and the tank is looking spectacular :thumbsup:

regards
Robert

 

[AquaReeferMan]

I love following this thread. It is pushing so many ideas into my head. You are an inspiration to a lot of people. I want to do it but the winters get way to cold around here. Maybe I could just take everything inside for the winter....

 

[vitor pestana]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9926622#post9926622 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by AquaReeferMan
I love following this thread. It is pushing so many ideas into my head. You are an inspiration to a lot of people. I want to do it but the winters get way to cold around here. Maybe I could just take everything inside for the winter....

Hi AquaReeferMan!

Tank you for your kind words.

There are diferents ways to solve the temperature problem, the winter time is the easiest, even if the sun is to far down in the horizon, you can always use mirrors to reflect the sunlight directly down to the tank.

Best Regards

Vitor Pestana