Takahashi's SPS tank

[Andre Takahashi]

Hey guys!!!

This is my first post, so I'm gonna share with you my project.
It's going to make 1 eyear since I started this and it's not finished yet.
But with all the patience in the world I estimate that in about a month the reef is cycling.
It will be a SPS tank with some LPS (I love Euphyllias)

Main tank: 55" x 29,5" x 19,5" - aprox. 137 gallons
Frag tank: 15,5" x 19,5" x 19,5" - 25,5 gallons
Sump: 63" x 25,5" x 15,5"
Quarantine tank: 23,5" x 11,5" x 15,5" - 18 gallons
Lighting: 12 54w T5 with icecap ballasts
Filtration: BBK Vertex Alpha Cone 250
Controler: Reefkeeper Lite Plus
Return pump: Via Aqua 4900
Water flow: 4 x 5500 liters stream pumps for wavemaker
Double chamber calcium reactor
1/3 hp chiller

The marked area it's where the reef will be

In construction

My glass colection!!! :hmm4:

I made the bottom using white cement + samoa pink

It took three months for the pH decrese form 12,8 to 8,1.
This saturday I'm be finishing the hidraulic part and I intend to finish the electrical part till the end of this month.

Thanks guys!
Hope I'll be posting more things soon!!!

 

[newbie916]

Nice setup, looking forward to seeing pics when you have it up and running.

 

[gordon2726]

This is going to be a nice tank.

 

[dvanacker]

Is that ledge really going to support the tank?

Looks very nice so far...

 

[deeznutz1]

I agree with Darrly, your stand doesn't look like it can hold a tank fill of water.
The sump looks really cool though. What are your sections for, detritus traps?

-dan

 

[Andre Takahashi]

Thanks guys!!
It'll hold just fine, that was the biggest concern so we used a lot of iron bars atacched to the wall to hold the weight.

The divisions in the sump are for the rDSB. I made 4 sections to put the sand so that they will be independent from each other, so that when I find necessary I'll be able to change the sand from a section without messing with the others.

 

[NewSchool04]

What do you mean you "made the bottom white cement and samoa pink"? Is that going into the display tank?

 

[Andre Takahashi]

What do you mean you "made the bottom white cement and samoa pink"? Is that going into the display tank?

That's right!
I just had to wait for the cement to cure.

 

[zaheda]

There many new reef keepers in Brazil, is that the new trend. Good luck on your setup. You should take some tips from Carllinhos Marinho, he has a super reeftank.

 

[dvanacker]

That's right!
I just had to wait for the cement to cure.

Not to be negative but it wont look much like sand after the coraline starts growing on it....

 

[Andre Takahashi]

Not to be negative but it wont look much like sand after the coraline starts growing on it....

I'm aware of that.
I just didn't want to put the rocks directly on the glass.

 

[Andre Takahashi]

There many new reef keepers in Brazil, is that the new trend. Good luck on your setup. You should take some tips from Carllinhos Marinho, he has a super reeftank.

Thanks zaheda.
I visited him once and it was amazing, I never saw so many colours in one tank.
That's one of the reefs that inspired me on this project.

 

[Tony B (UK)]

This is almost the same size as my sps reef, I look forward to watching this develop.

Regards,

Tony Brazao

 

[AlexP_03]

This looks very promising. Tagging along

 

[agcneves]

Hi André!

Congratulatios and good luck with new Reef Tank.

Best Regards. :thumbsup:

 

[Andre Takahashi]

Thanks guys!!!

Last weekend I did the aquascape and tuesday passed the rocks into the display.

The sump is a little messed up, but I'm hoping to leave everything in order this week.

Started cycling on wednesday and today I"m going to start adding MB7 to help.

See ya!!!

 

[Pallobi]

really nice setup you got started

 

[dvanacker]

Really nice so far......

 

[Michael B]

Looking good, keep the updates coming

 

[Haksar]

Nice set up..interesting sump design.