The Austrian 210 g System

FloformAustria

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Hello everybody!

My name is Flo and i´m from Austria!
i´ve been reading here for a long time now and finally i decided to show u my tank (thx ed)

But first i´ve to say this forum is really awesome!
the tanks u see here are way of the top. u´ll never see such things in the german or austrian forums. maybe there are one or two but here .....:wildone:

tanks like Ed Reefs one or the one from Leonardos inspire me a lot!!!

So enough of that.

My tank has this parameters:
main: 155cm x 70cm x 60cm (L/B/H) => 61in x 27,5in x 23,6in
sump: 55cm x 55cm x 40cm (L/B/H) => 21,6in x 21,6in x 15,75in
DSB: 55cm x 30cm x 50cm (L/B/H) => 21,6in x 11,8in x 19,7in
Pterapogon Kauderni breed tank: 35cm x 25cm x 30cm (L/B/H) => 13,77in x 9,84in x 11,81in

streaming:
2 Vortech MP40W
1 Eheim Compact 3000+

lightening:
2 ATI 6x54W T5

Skimmer:
ATB cone skimmer

So now to the history of my new tank.
I´m living in Vienna (the capital city of Austria) and this Summer i had to move to a new apartment. So i decided to enlarge my old tank (380l => 100gal).
So i ordered the new one with the sump. The DSB- tank was used in my old one.
The main tank has three optiwhite glasses and is made out of 12mm glass.

so here´re some pics:
main tank standing on the floor!^^
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sump (u see the old crappy floor):
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the stand (u see the new beautiful floor):
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and that´s what happened when i wanted to place the sump under the main.
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i got stuck in the door frame cause the sump was slipping out of my hands and so i broke one of my middle hand bones (free translated :D )
5 weeks plaster and 4 weeks therapy.... :hmm5::hmm5:

So this is the first set of fotos. i will update as soon as i´ve time!

Hope u enjoy my little documentary

Alles Gute
Flo
 
paulmartin; said:
Hi Flo, this will be of interest to me as I am planning on a similar build/size.

Jeah! i hope u´ll like the upcoming pics! ;)

so guys a picture update.

water´s in and i put some LR into the tank.
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finally i got my vortechs. not so easy in austria. there are only a few people that know about these pumps.
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one part of the finished plumping
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the building site :D
img1217d.jpg

on shot with the done reef scaping and the tamporary lightening
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sandstorm!^^
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cycle´s running
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if there are any questions i´ll be glad to answer them! :D

Greetz Flo
 
I'm tagging along as I'm interested to see how this turn out.

Btw Flo, I can't see any pictures?? Are you using photobucket to host your pictures?
 
Maybe China block imageshack. Seem I can only see pictures hosted in photobucket :(

NO worries, as I'm still tagging along lol
 
Yes....yes...yes...I CAN SEE NOW!!

What happen to your arm man??

Oooh...nice tank and great dimension too. Btw, is it my eyes or is your eurobrace only 2 sides and also not end to end?
 
FloformAustria; said:
i got stuck in the door frame cause the sump was slipping out of my hands and so i broke one of my middle hand bones (free translated :D )
5 weeks plaster and 4 weeks therapy.... :hmm5::hmm5:

=> that´s what happened!
i´m a little dummy! :D

so than i will update all the pics in this post! ;)

stay tuned!

Alles Gute
 
Jeah! i hope u´ll like the upcoming pics! ;)

so guys a picture update.

water´s in and i put some LR into the tank.
img1212lk.jpg

finally i got my vortechs. not so easy in austria. there are only a few people that know about these pumps.
img1213o.jpg

one part of the finished plumping
img1215.jpg

the building site :D
img1217d.jpg

on shot with the done reef scaping and the tamporary lightening
img1218f.jpg

sandstorm!^^
img1222s.jpg

cycle´s running
img1223rn.jpg


if there are any questions i´ll be glad to answer them! :D

Greetz Flo

i hope this works!
 
How are you liking the ATB skimmer?

hey!

that´s the best skimmer i´ve ever had!!
1. it´s very silent
2. it works the hell out of my tank! :D
3. the service is very good. ok for an austrian it´s no problem to call Anton but although the service is excellent
 
now some pics of my corals ;)
hope u like it, not my best shots but i will post some better next week ;)
maybe a Goniastrea thecata?! maybe somebody here knows
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tubinaria peltata
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my bicolor bleni and some Rhodactis
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my Entacmaea
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and the tank in blue
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IMG_5715.jpg

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so i hope u all enjoy it so far

Alles Gute

Flo
 
Flo, sorry about your hand, the last thing you need on a tank build! A few questions if I may, your tank dimensions, is it 70cm high and 60 wide? Do you think the optiwhite glass makes a worthwhile difference? do you have enough flow with the 2 vortechs?
 
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Flo, sorry about your hand, the last thing you need on a tank build! A few questions if I may, your tank dimensions, is it 70cm high and 60 wide? Do you think the optiwhite glass makes a worthwhile difference? do you have enough flow with the 2 vortechs?

jeah the hand throu me back, but i had some good friends come over and they helped me alot! ;)

shure u can ask :D

the vortechs a doing a really good job.
i don´t really have much dead zones, but i will make a 3d drawing when i´ve time so u can see how i build the backflow ;) (backflow :D also free translated :D)
i have to say that the vortechs are not running at max power. so i can still make some more flow in the tank, but then again the sand flys around! :)

oh my tank is 70 wide and 60 high

Alles Gute

Flo
 
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