Cam198 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 This tank is going to have a variety of photosynthetic caribbean gorgonians, encrusting porites, macroalgaes, and sponges. It will have my mated pair of Ocellaris Clownfish (not a caribbean species but I thought they could use a larger tank to swim around in), and various caribbean fish species. I am currently conjuring up ideas for an appropriate sized CUC here's what I'm thinking 25 dwarf cerith snails, 10 nassarius snails, 10 dwarf red tip hermit crabs, 1 pincushion urchin, 1 peppermint shrimp, and 10 porcelain crabs. My fish list consists of my mated pair of ocellaris clowns, a mated pair of yellowhead jawfish, a few bridled gobies, and a mated pair of rusty gobies. My Inverts list (excluding the CUC inverts) consists of 3 flame scallops, ball sponges, yellow frilly sponges, various kinds of bivalves, 1 lettuce sea slug, featherdusters, and 2 sally lightfoot crabs. I already have the tank drilled and plumbed in with a 1 1/2'' drain line and a 3/4'' water return, the water return has a 3/4'' SCWD and a 700GPH pump plumbed in it. I plumbed a blow-off valve into the pump return line so I can lessen the water pressure that the pump pushes out if needed. The pump will eventually be upgraded to a Mag-Drive 18 with a prefilter sponge attached to it. My sump is an AGA 10gal. but it will be upgraded to a 20H. My sump when all is done, is going to be a simple design because most of the filtering will be filtered via the gorgonians, sponges, macroalgae's, and deep sandbed etc. I have already ordered my 36'' Nova Extreme pro with 6 X 39'' T5's. I'm going to replace the 3 actinics with 6000K Giesemann midday bulbs. I will heat the water with an 150W Ebo-Jager heater. I will run the setup without a Skimmer unless i find that there is excessive organic buildup. It has 80lbs. of CarabSea Aragonite sand, 40lbs. of Caribbean Live Rock and R/O water in it. I spray painted the back of it krylon satin peekaboo blue ( thats the stupidest name for a color of spray paint imo). All comments and suggestions are greatly welcomed PICS Full Tank Shot Left Water Return Right Water Return Top Down Shot Left Shot Right Shot Another Shot Left Water Return Plumbing Right Water Return Plumbing SCWD Drain Line Plumbing Pic Showing Pump and Blow-Off Valve Sump Shot Link to comment
spanko Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Tagging along here to watch the progress. I love reef flats and can't wait to see your design. Link to comment
glennr1978 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 sounds like a cool project! Link to comment
Cam198 Posted February 23, 2009 Author Share Posted February 23, 2009 Thanks for the compliments on the new setup guys Here's some pics of the environment I'm hoping to replicate somewhat accurately Link to comment
JimBeam Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Cool! I frequently snorkle that type of environment. Its pretty much just like that off smathers beach in Key West. I even saw a 4-5 foot hammerhead shark in 3 feet of water while snorkleing once in that area. Might be hard to fit a shark in your tank though! Link to comment
Cam198 Posted February 23, 2009 Author Share Posted February 23, 2009 Cool! I frequently snorkle that type of environment. Its pretty much just like that off smathers beach in Key West. I even saw a 4-5 foot hammerhead shark in 3 feet of water while snorkleing once in that area. Might be hard to fit a shark in your tank though! Cool!! I'll have to take a rain check on the hammerhead shark Link to comment
Cam198 Posted February 23, 2009 Author Share Posted February 23, 2009 Could you guys recommend me some sites that sell Caribbean Gorgonians? Link to comment
spanko Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 http://www.reeftopia.com/index.html Link to comment
Cam198 Posted February 24, 2009 Author Share Posted February 24, 2009 http://www.reeftopia.com/index.html Thanks Link to comment
spanko Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Here is another. http://sealifeinc.net/catalog/index.php?cP...ba433db8981144b Link to comment
Cam198 Posted February 24, 2009 Author Share Posted February 24, 2009 Here is another.http://sealifeinc.net/catalog/index.php?cP...ba433db8981144b Sweet! Link to comment
miniwhinny Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Oh I LOVE it !!! I think this is the first tank I've ever seen that doesn't have the usual pile 'o' rock. I love how you've placed your rocks almost flat with the sand. Very different from what's usually seen. I'm so looking forward to watching your build. Awesome photos too - thanks for sharing. Link to comment
Cam198 Posted February 24, 2009 Author Share Posted February 24, 2009 Oh I LOVE it !!! I think this is the first tank I've ever seen that doesn't have the usual pile 'o' rock. I love how you've placed your rocks almost flat with the sand. Very different from what's usually seen. I'm so looking forward to watching your build. Awesome photos too - thanks for sharing. Thanks! I hope it will turn out at least half as good as some of the awesome tanks I've seen on NR Link to comment
Cam198 Posted February 24, 2009 Author Share Posted February 24, 2009 I found a site that sells a these cool caribbean sea fans LINK http://www.dreamaquatic.com/sea-stalk-gorgonia.html Link to comment
Cam198 Posted February 24, 2009 Author Share Posted February 24, 2009 Aquatic Connection seems to sell alot of photosynthetic caribbean gorgonians too LINK http://www.aquacon.com/seafan.html Link to comment
hxcaquaman Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 a lil pricey don't ya think? Link to comment
Cam198 Posted February 24, 2009 Author Share Posted February 24, 2009 a lil pricey don't ya think? Link to comment
Cam198 Posted February 24, 2009 Author Share Posted February 24, 2009 I just added a few more rocks to the tank, I'll post some more pics when the water clears up a bit Link to comment
got2envy Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 tagging along! sounds like a cool tank Link to comment
Cam198 Posted February 25, 2009 Author Share Posted February 25, 2009 tagging along! sounds like a cool tank Thanks! I found a great deal on Tigriopus Copepods on Ebay $60 for 6 bottles of them and every bottle has 1000+ pods in it, so when the cycle is finished and when I get the macroalgae in there I'll take advantage of this deal LINK http://cgi.ebay.com/Live-Tigriopus-Copepod...3%3A1|294%3A200 Link to comment
pismo_reefer Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 looks good so far, cant wait to see some livestock! Link to comment
Cam198 Posted February 25, 2009 Author Share Posted February 25, 2009 looks good so far, cant wait to see some livestock! Me too!! I'm practically bursting at the seams!! Link to comment
dshnarw Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 looks like a cool idea. love the inspirational photos Link to comment
Cam198 Posted February 26, 2009 Author Share Posted February 26, 2009 looks like a cool idea. love the inspirational photos Thanks Link to comment
Cam198 Posted February 26, 2009 Author Share Posted February 26, 2009 I just figured out that my 36'' Nova Extreme pro will be coming tomarrow, I'll make sure I take some pics of it when it comes Link to comment
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