Ultimate Clown System.
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ClownReef®
Bubbletrousing
Putting lighting aside.. I decided to change the tank's configurations and go for a 40x40x20!!!..Cant wait to get it.
Now, in the mean time, i need to think about lighting..lol
Now, in the mean time, i need to think about lighting..lol
ClownReef®
Bubbletrousing
Yeah, a couple of people..i want to get rid of them ASAP..so if you know of someone who wants some beautiful clams, LMK..
ClownReef®
Bubbletrousing
LOL..ok, It is 40x40x20... Ive been doing light research and apparently cubes are the hardest tanks to light..
As flow goes, Im gonna do a Dart Sequence as a return..and work with Tunzes.
As flow goes, Im gonna do a Dart Sequence as a return..and work with Tunzes.
OrionN
Moved on
I guess we both go for bigger system than first thought.
I will pick up my tank this weekend. It will be a glass 30X30X25 100 g cube. There will be no top brace. I will have three bulkheads in the back, a 3/4-inch upper center for water return from sump. Upper L and upper R will be two surge outlets that are 1-inch bulkheads (Bornerman style surge tank). On the bottom, there will be a 1.5-inch bulkhead for overflow box, center back. I will set the overflow water level at 3 inches below tank overflow.
I will have a sump dark with rock for a dark/sponge area type filter/refugium. I think I will fill the sump with live rock and keep it in the dark.
On top, I will have a 29 g tank converted by divider to two surge tanks. I will set the surge volume to be about 10 g each. One will spill to the other if there is misfire of the mechanism. Overflow to tank or sump if both misfired.
I am not sure which pump I will use. I will only use one pump that divided out to three: one to each surge tanks and one to return to tank continuously. I will use ball valves to control the amount of flow to each. I will not have the redundancy of two return pumps but I think pump failure should not be a big problem.
I have a bell type reflector, 400 W MH I will use for this tank for now. Maybe I will upgrade the light reflector to a better one in the future.
I will have to spend a few more weeks or months to finish modifying the tank/sump/and surge tank. I will also build a study stand and place for the surge tank. I think I will place all electric outlet, ballast and timer on top of the whole thing. This will keep the heat from adding heat to the tank and keep these away from the moisture.
In the mean time, I set up a 24 g Sunpod Nano (150 W MH) in my office. I got rock sand (pulverized limestone from Home Depo) water in it last weekend. I think I will get some frags from friends and a shrimp or two into it next week. I added quite a bit of sand from Corpus Christi bay. The rock cured from a LFS here in Corpus. The water have already clear up, even with the sand added directly from the bag unwashed. I plan to quarantine clams, fish and shrimp in this system. I cannot treat them in this system but I can make sure they are healthy before add them to my main system. I lost some nice clams to Pinched Mantel Disease and quite worry about this when I added new clams into my system. Coral will go in first and fish will go in very slowly. I will only add small fish into both systems. I think I will add either S. haddoni or H. crispa to my office tank (at the end when I no longer looking to add fish into my main tank.)
Im my office I will either keep A. percula (with H. crispa) or A. clarkia (with S. haddoni) or A. perideraion (with M. doreensis). I like smaller clowns so pink skunk and percula are prefered.
The main tank at home will be use to show S. gigantea and A. percula.
I will pick up my tank this weekend. It will be a glass 30X30X25 100 g cube. There will be no top brace. I will have three bulkheads in the back, a 3/4-inch upper center for water return from sump. Upper L and upper R will be two surge outlets that are 1-inch bulkheads (Bornerman style surge tank). On the bottom, there will be a 1.5-inch bulkhead for overflow box, center back. I will set the overflow water level at 3 inches below tank overflow.
I will have a sump dark with rock for a dark/sponge area type filter/refugium. I think I will fill the sump with live rock and keep it in the dark.
On top, I will have a 29 g tank converted by divider to two surge tanks. I will set the surge volume to be about 10 g each. One will spill to the other if there is misfire of the mechanism. Overflow to tank or sump if both misfired.
I am not sure which pump I will use. I will only use one pump that divided out to three: one to each surge tanks and one to return to tank continuously. I will use ball valves to control the amount of flow to each. I will not have the redundancy of two return pumps but I think pump failure should not be a big problem.
I have a bell type reflector, 400 W MH I will use for this tank for now. Maybe I will upgrade the light reflector to a better one in the future.
I will have to spend a few more weeks or months to finish modifying the tank/sump/and surge tank. I will also build a study stand and place for the surge tank. I think I will place all electric outlet, ballast and timer on top of the whole thing. This will keep the heat from adding heat to the tank and keep these away from the moisture.
In the mean time, I set up a 24 g Sunpod Nano (150 W MH) in my office. I got rock sand (pulverized limestone from Home Depo) water in it last weekend. I think I will get some frags from friends and a shrimp or two into it next week. I added quite a bit of sand from Corpus Christi bay. The rock cured from a LFS here in Corpus. The water have already clear up, even with the sand added directly from the bag unwashed. I plan to quarantine clams, fish and shrimp in this system. I cannot treat them in this system but I can make sure they are healthy before add them to my main system. I lost some nice clams to Pinched Mantel Disease and quite worry about this when I added new clams into my system. Coral will go in first and fish will go in very slowly. I will only add small fish into both systems. I think I will add either S. haddoni or H. crispa to my office tank (at the end when I no longer looking to add fish into my main tank.)
Im my office I will either keep A. percula (with H. crispa) or A. clarkia (with S. haddoni) or A. perideraion (with M. doreensis). I like smaller clowns so pink skunk and percula are prefered.
The main tank at home will be use to show S. gigantea and A. percula.
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ClownReef®
Bubbletrousing
Yeah, we both decided to go bigger..
I guess my new approach since i dont have clowns
will be to stuff it all with coral first, and then add any fish, but since im doing this, i dont know if i will add an anemone or not.
The way my tank is going to be set up..It has 4 holes in the back..2 for the calfo style overflow and 2 (one on each side) for the return. It is very simple, but its the same way i had it in my previous tank and i loved the way it worked. As for flow, im gonna use 2-3 Tunze streams (i want to see how much the new Tunze powerheads (the small ball looking ones) water they push) and depending on how they do, i will add another one. For light, im going to use 2 Lumenarc pendants with 250w (maybe 400w but the tank is really shallow, so 250's should work (Thanks FiberLux).. 12k CV Reeflux Bulbs..Thats it so far, i still have to design the sump..Ill do it later this afternoon.
I guess my new approach since i dont have clowns
will be to stuff it all with coral first, and then add any fish, but since im doing this, i dont know if i will add an anemone or not.The way my tank is going to be set up..It has 4 holes in the back..2 for the calfo style overflow and 2 (one on each side) for the return. It is very simple, but its the same way i had it in my previous tank and i loved the way it worked. As for flow, im gonna use 2-3 Tunze streams (i want to see how much the new Tunze powerheads (the small ball looking ones) water they push) and depending on how they do, i will add another one. For light, im going to use 2 Lumenarc pendants with 250w (maybe 400w but the tank is really shallow, so 250's should work (Thanks FiberLux).. 12k CV Reeflux Bulbs..Thats it so far, i still have to design the sump..Ill do it later this afternoon.
ClownReef®
Bubbletrousing
Double post.
FiberLux
New member
Awesome clown setup Muligan!
iReef69, No way you are building the Ultimate Clown System without some Rods Onyx in the system...... If I have to come down there, I will!
Minh Nguyen, thanks for the great detail on your system! I'm looking forward to the photo-journal of both of these systems.
Boyd
iReef69, No way you are building the Ultimate Clown System without some Rods Onyx in the system...... If I have to come down there, I will!
Minh Nguyen, thanks for the great detail on your system! I'm looking forward to the photo-journal of both of these systems.
Boyd
ClownReef®
Bubbletrousing
Yeah Boyd, im gonna have to get some"Rod Onyx®" ..
Fiber-What do you think about the light configuration for the 40x40x20?? (2 Lumenarc's on a dual 400w Ballast)..Which, what would be the best ballast to get??..
Fiber-What do you think about the light configuration for the 40x40x20?? (2 Lumenarc's on a dual 400w Ballast)..Which, what would be the best ballast to get??..
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7998749#post7998749 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Muligan
here is what I built to house my clown fish. Its in my fish room behind my inwall tank.
Are you sure those legs are going to be able to hold all that weight? That knot in the wood smack dab in the middle of the middle tank looks like a weak spot. How thick are they? Does the stand wobble any?
ClownReef®
Bubbletrousing
..I agree. it doesnt look sturdy at all.
TheVillageIdiot
New member
a fair question, but the man's a carpenter by trade, so i would suspect that is simply a skin for the frame of the tank, but nice eyes anyway!
OrionN
Moved on
Very good point TVI. I did not see that he is a Carpenter.<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8002806#post8002806 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by TheVillageIdiot
a fair question, but the man's a carpenter by trade, so i would suspect that is simply a skin for the frame of the tank, but nice eyes anyway!
FiberLux
New member
iReef69, Here's an easy link for you on the lamps & ballasts!
http://www.reeflightinginfo.arvixe.com/selectperformancedata.php
BTW, When you talk to Rod, he'll be able to give you a good recommendation on brand. He can also supply them at a reasonable price if you don't already have a source in mind!
Boyd
http://www.reeflightinginfo.arvixe.com/selectperformancedata.php
BTW, When you talk to Rod, he'll be able to give you a good recommendation on brand. He can also supply them at a reasonable price if you don't already have a source in mind!
Boyd
ClownReef®
Bubbletrousing
FIBER- No, no source in mind..i dont even know much. All i know is that im going for two Lumenarc lll's..
