ToeCutter Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 I lost my frogfish a while back, then I pretty much let the "penthouse" tank go. The "penthouse" is a 5 gallon tank that's built into the hood of my 75 reef. So, I finally got around to building an overflow/powerhead shelf/redundant water flow suppy. I pulled just about eveything out for now. I'm gonna re-aquascape and re-stock with corals. I'm not sure if I'll go with a frogfish again or go another direction. It's perfect for a frogfish, since they don't swim unless they have to, and don't need much space. Here's some pictures of the re-started tank, so people can follow its progress, and maybe it will help motivate me to put some effort into the tank. Empty tank, new powerhead/overflow setup lotsa actinic tubing is a Tee off the return pump from sump top view. Gate valve is another Tee from return pump The 5 gal overflows to the 75 The most common question I get about this setup is about heat. Generally, heat is not a problem, because the water in the 5 gal gets turned over with sump water before it has a chance to be heated by the halides. Having redundant flow is key, otherwise, if the gate valve drifts a bit and cuts off flow, the tank will heat up fast. Next step - LR and corals Link to comment
Snoop Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 Love your work here are a couple of my toe pics Link to comment
Pili Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 How did i know you were going to post that snoop??? Haha. Toe: I think your tank is begging for some actinic, lol. Nice colonies but its a bit to yellow for my taste Link to comment
ToeCutter Posted November 27, 2005 Author Share Posted November 27, 2005 I'm not thrilled with the MH bulbs I'm running, either. They're EVC 10KKs. The pic makes them look green, but they're not quite that bad. Link to comment
Gilman Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 sorry to hear you lost the frogfish mr toec. was cool watching it eat. will be interesting to see what you do with the penthouse now. Link to comment
fras Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 it's a really cool idea, I thought about it myself but couldn't get my head around things like how I'd be able to lift the lid on the main tank! Will be interested to see how things turn out. Link to comment
ToeCutter Posted December 3, 2005 Author Share Posted December 3, 2005 A little progress... Link to comment
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