Giga Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I love the aquascape and the way the light hits very epic Link to comment
Zer0 Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Sammy your tank looks freakin amazing! My next tank will be barebottom for sure, well, my next pico anyways lol. Is that white plastic? Or did you just paint the bottom pane white? Or is that just the white from the stand? Link to comment
Nano tanker Nick Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I'm following this too. I'm in the process of building my 40 breeder so i'm going to steal some of your ideas! Great looking tank. Link to comment
sammy113 Posted October 5, 2011 Author Share Posted October 5, 2011 Thanks all guys Zero, the bottom is starboard. It is used in boats and marine applications. Is some kind of polymer or plastic. Slightly softer than acrylic though, not to "crispy" lol its almost like the one we use in the kitchen for cutting veggies and stuff. Its porous like. Link to comment
Zer0 Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Thanks all guys Zero, the bottom is starboard. It is used in boats and marine applications. Is some kind of polymer or plastic. Slightly softer than acrylic though, not to "crispy" lol its almost like the one we use in the kitchen for cutting veggies and stuff. Its porous like. oooo nooiiice. Now I know what to get! Thanks! Link to comment
sammy113 Posted October 14, 2011 Author Share Posted October 14, 2011 Sorry for the lack of updates. I've been very busy with school and work. Currently building an LED lamp for a 240g tank and LED lamp, filtration system and plumbing for a 150g Cube. Also built a sump for a 125g Gonna hijack my topic with some pics of what I've been working on recently: 150g Marineland cube installed in LFS (owner is my cousin) Sump for cube Drain, return and manifold Gen-x return pump (2130gph) ouch! Here's the lamp design for this tank. This will house 72 LEDs and the center piece will hide 6 Meanwells and Typhon controller Here's the sump for the 125g Sump is 40" x 13" x 16" and built a couple of this filter sock holders Now into some colorful pics, here some of the new stuff i got Green monti cap Some rics. Rock got about 5 different colors and got this free frag of nice zoas More to come after I manage to clean the tank to take some pics and FTS. So far the SPS are showing some nice growth. The color is not so great but they're getting it back. At least there is great polyp extension and it's actually growing. Some other stuff I got not pictured is a 4" red monti cap. Purple rim montipora, Blue millepora, rose millepora, garf bonsai and some other acros I don't know the names Link to comment
castiel Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Haha was going to say the same. MUAH! Link to comment
Seano Hermano Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Awesome job on the sump and plumbing. That should be a nice ref tank. That DIY concept LED looks like a Vertex Illumina. Sweet rics. Just catching up here, on your thread. Lots of cool corals. I love the how the white looks with your BB tank. You have high enough flow to not need to routinely clean the bottom? Pics as promised Acan "island" Acan Island looks cool. I've always wanted a scoly corner in my tank. FTS Wait, what do you have for flow? I see now powerheads? lol... Link to comment
Stuginski Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Hey Sammy! How are you man???? Congratulations ...your reef is very nice!!!! I love the acanthastrea island!!! Now finaly I post some pictures of mine!!!! Lokk at my signature latter!!! Hails from Brazil!!!! D. Link to comment
sammy113 Posted October 18, 2011 Author Share Posted October 18, 2011 Hi Hermano You got that right, it does look like a Vertex lamp. I actually did it without thinking about it but I think my mind was actually thinking about it Since that uses two heatsinks similar to my lamp and its wide, the piece in the center help to maintain everything hidden. I must say the starboard in the bottom looks white just the first days. Now that my tank started to develop coraline and some algae looks pretty much like my rocks right now. Because the material is porous, is not easy to scrape. I do have a MP10 in one side and return from the other which puts some nice flow but I'm planning in either buy a new MP10 or get a used MP40 from a friend for $225. Its very easy to siphon out the detritus which basically is snails poop that accumulates all in the same corner Here's a crappy iphone pic Hi Daniel! I'm good, hope everything is alright over there! Thanks for you comment, good to see you back around. Link to comment
ayobreezie Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Lookin' good, Sammy.. you've been giving me good ideas if I ever feel like building my 40B or just stick to the plan to use it as a sump.. haha. Link to comment
sammy113 Posted November 13, 2011 Author Share Posted November 13, 2011 Today I gave a little love to my tank. Did 5g water change and general maintenance routine. Also build a small LED strip for my frag compartment in my sump and moved all the frags from the display to its new area. Here some pic of the frag lamp. Pictures of the tank coming soon when it clears up and my camera battery charges When I was doing the water change, I turned off the skimmer and when finished turned the main pump on then then skimmer but didn't started working. Took off the pump and this is what I got: Sending now email to coralvue cause water blaster pumps have 3 year warranty. Hopefully that cover this damage Link to comment
disaster999 Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 dude that sucks. i hope they take care of you Link to comment
bluebastion Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Great progress so far, bud! Link to comment
Rabidgerbil38 Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Thats a sweet grow out area you got there, though 9 leds for such a small area seems like overkill even without optics. Bummer on the skimmer, I hope everything works out with it Link to comment
sammy113 Posted November 14, 2011 Author Share Posted November 14, 2011 Thats a sweet grow out area you got there, though 9 leds for such a small area seems like overkill even without optics. Bummer on the skimmer, I hope everything works out with it Thanks to all. I have the lamp hooked to the typhon controller as well since I was just using 2 channels. Right now I'm going just up to 25% and looks like is more than enough Link to comment
sammy113 Posted November 22, 2011 Author Share Posted November 22, 2011 Here some more pictures. Some of the better looking corals right now. Some SPS are looking pale. At least they're growing and polyp extension is great. Checked my levels and everything looks good to me. Ca 460, Alk 8.5, PH 8.1, Nitrates 0. Didn't checked Mg cause I'm lazy and phosphates I ran out of reagent for my Hanna checker. Decided to drop the light intensity to see if it's too much light but I was running just close to 50%. Right now Blues are @ 40% and whites @ 30% Full Tank Link to comment
Rehype Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Wow beautiful pics sammy and the tank looks great. Link to comment
sammy113 Posted November 26, 2011 Author Share Posted November 26, 2011 Here some pictures of what I've done to hide and protect the typhon controller Acrylic pieces laser cut Then painted it white. Used clear acrylic cause I had it already and didn't want to buy a piece of white acrylic. Link to comment
d'Espresso Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Looking sharp Sammy! Great job on the setup! How do you like the bb so far? Is it hard to keep up keeping the white board clean? Link to comment
sammy113 Posted November 26, 2011 Author Share Posted November 26, 2011 thanks espresso. I love BB so far cause the detritus that is not being sucked by my overflow (I have a dead spot under the vortech, need another in the other side) I can easily remove it in my weekly water change. The plastic is very hard to keep white cause coraline is nearly impossible to prevent is this porous texture. Once its completely violet will look better. That or I'll put some sand in Link to comment
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