Christopher Marks Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 For July we're featuring Stoney Waters and his 40 gallon nano reef! Click the picture above to check out his reef profile! You can find Stoney Water's tank journal here in our Members Aquariums forum. Feel free to post any comments or questions you may have for Stoney, and he'll try his best to answer them. Link to comment
reefsahoy Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Congratulations! That is real nice work! i think most reefers concentrate on the tank and i believe the surroundings and controls are almost as important!. I love the controller box and how neat everything is. That is one of the best setups i've ever seen. Link to comment
got2envy Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Congrats! again too It was about time...jus' sayin' Link to comment
davidr2340 Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Congrats once again bro!!! This is one amazing tank!!! Link to comment
plainrt Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 congrats for 2nd time.Great tank that always like to see more on. Link to comment
pschmitz Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Perhaps Im confused, but was this thread re-created anywhere else but here? Anyway, Congratulations! I was wondering if you could talk a little about your electrical box. It looks nice and clean and well thought out. Could you explain it a bit more? Link to comment
lakshwadeep Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Perhaps Im confused, but was this thread re-created anywhere else but here? I think you are noticing posts between July 1 and July 14 are missing as a result of the recent data loss http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?...mp;f=2&id=7 Link to comment
stoney waters Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Yeah, now I have the shortest profile thread ever. I also have a similar thread on "BNARC" my local reef club. Anyway, Congratulations! I was wondering if you could talk a little about your electrical box. It looks nice and clean and well thought out. Could you explain it a bit more? The box itself is a fiberglass electrical enclosure bought on ebay. There are four sets of outlets that are individually controlled by the lighted rockers below. This allows me to turn off power to selected equipment only. There is also a spring wound timer that is connected to the fourth set of outlets. I use this to shut off the main pumps for feeding for up to an hour then restart automatically. The fifth set of outlets is controlled by one of the intermatic electronic timers. I have my refugium light and pump plugged into this set. The other three timers control power to each of the halides and the pair of t-5 actinics. My timing schedule represents a dawn to dusk effect. The lower right corner is where the controls for the ATO are located. Inside contains all the ballast for the lighting, the relays for the ATO and some transformers for the cooling fans. The control box is connected to the pendant by a 14 wire multi-conductor with disconnect. Everything has preformed flawlessly and I am pleased with the way it turned out. The only thing I would have done differently is I would have put the timers on top and the outlets underneath. Hope this explanation helps and thanks to everyone again. Link to comment
Eckreef Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Durso and closed loop. Great Tank and Thread! Well deserving of TOTM. I have been researching setting up my 40g Br for several months and feel like I hit the motherlode with this thread. Where did you get the black PVC fittings and black hose. Also...what type of dividers did you use for the refugium? Link to comment
stoney waters Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Its been so long but I believe I bought the black hose at HD and I ordered the fittings from Savko plastics. The dividers for the refugium are made of blue ABS, the rest of the baffles in the sump are glass. Link to comment
Mini_GBR Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Really impressive build out, great job. That neon green merulina is really cool too. wouldn't mind a frag of that one . Link to comment
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