Tank of the Month - June 2007

Thanks for the info! Not only is your setup great, but obviously, your husbandry skills are not too shabby!! Great to hear success stories with the Achilles. One of these days when I upgrade to a larger tank, I would love to get one. How does your achilles like your flow? I'm assuming he's always swimming right at the powerheads.

I really like your filtration strategies. Protein skim the heck out of the tank, good flow, and let the inverts stir the sand for you. Sounds like you have a bunch of ceriths and nessarius.

Once again, great job.
 
TrojanScott-

I know they were around for a long time with a few different owners. I'm not sure when they went under but it was at least 5 years ago if not before that. I hear ya on the electric bill- I don't think I could do this tank in SoCal either!

reefing102-

I'll see what I can find and post it. If I find one you'll have a hard time telling the foam from the rock I guarantee you.
 
Congratulations on tank of the month. You deserve it.

I went through your build post. I want to put the actuator concept on my next tank. Could you give me some information on how it is hooked up and operates. I didn't quite follow the concept in your build thread.
 
Every once in a while I think the hobby is too much trouble, then I see a tank like yours and think of how much fun it would be to plumb the thing. Love it.

Do you have fish or corals? :)
 
Very sweet tank! I guess I can stop wondering if my 250 watt halides are enough for my 125gal. I can't believe you are only running 1000 watts of light on a tank that size. Seems to be working great though. Congrats! Very nice planning...
 
Gratz! I love the wood work, really makes the tank stand out.

Great idea with the pond texture, i love all the DIY work I think that's what makes this hobbie so much fun.
 
Do you all not have jobs or not sleep? I couldn't put that all together in 2 years with my spare time.

Also...

How did you make the chillers?
 
a healthy achilles and a healthy choati? man, you are doing something right! i love the choati leopards. I bring them in from AU but have had mixed results with them. Definitely one of the nicest fish around. How long have you had it?
 
Just one question, what do you guys do for a living and how can I do it too.

Gorgeous tank, I admire the amount of planning that you guys underwent before water even entered the equation. Thanks for sharing your slice of the ocean with us.
 
docwells-

I will try to get some pics and info posted about how the actuator is hooked up soon. I guess I never went into a lot of detail on that in the build thread but I'll try to get something going.

reefez-

I think 1000w works great for us. We would have liked a little more light on the bottom but they do work rather well. We mainly keep softies and such on the bottom so it works for us. We will be adding some T5's just for a little "fill" in the near future.

kysmith-

LOL- Yes we both have jobs :). We need them to be able to pay for the tank!. As for the chillers- check the build thread and you should find a TON of info on them. There is a way to much info and tips to post in one reply so the thread should have what you are looking for including a parts list. I will also be adding a section on that to my website in the future so you can check there.

emuron114-

Thanks! We have been very fortunate to get very healthy fish. the first Choati I ordered came in DOA so that was not good. We were sure to get a healthy and eating Achillies and Regal angel locally to avoid any issues like that but the Choati we could never find locally and our only option was to order it. So far so good- they are all doing great and have been with us for a while now. The Choati we've had for a little over a year now, the Achillies almost 2 and the Regal angel about 6 months.

pbukow-

Nothing exciting really. I'm in computer networking and Erin is an office manager. We tried to think of everything we could in the planning stage and it was kind of strange when it was time to add fish. We'd though of nothing for months except planning and building and when we finally got to the point of adding livestock were saying "wow, really, finally we get to add fish"!
 
oops sorry for the last short note. I wanted to say wow what an incredible project and then to document and maintain it. Very impressive. You guys are an inspiration to us all, thanks for sharing this beauty!
 
must be nice to have a wife that does more than go "Oh thats nice" :)

Super nice design...

have you figured out the total current draw for the entire electical system on the tank?

(Mesa native myself)
 
If you dont mind me asking what was your setup cost and monthly operating cost on that system?


Very very well done, some of the best work i have seen to date
 
Do I spy any of my Corals?????? I miss them, and the wrasses, and I think the dottyback, but they look really happy in their new tank.
Is that orange/green eye echynophilla from my frag?

I'd stop by and see it in person, if I didnt' move to Columbia, MO!

Great job guys, congrats on TOM!
 
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