jaysauce Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Hi everybody! Finally getting a chance to post up pictures of our tank and setup. My girlfriend and I have had this tank running since December 2011. We have been in saltwater for 2.5 years and last had a 20 gallon nano tank. We had to move 3 times within a one month period and we lost a lot of corals/fish in the process. We decided to start fresh with this system and some of the corals/fish that made it through the move. TANK SPECS Display: 50 Gallon AquaPro Rimless (36"x18"x18") Sump: 9 Gallon AquaPro Rimless (12"x12"x14") Stand: Top Fin Stand Customized w/ White Paint and Frosted Glass Doors Biological Filtration: ~22lbs of liverock (Bulk Reef Supply Pukani Dry Rock), 1.5” Sandbed (Oolite Sugar Sized Sand), ½ cup Bulk Reef Supply Bio-pellets in Two Little Fishies Phosban 150 Reactor Lighting: 2x Aqua Illumination Nano Protein Skimmer: Bubble Magus NAC6a Heater: 150W Jager Water Motion: 2x Eco-Tech Vortech MP10 ES, Eheim 1260 Return Pump Filter Media: 6 tsp Bulk Reef Supply ROX 0.8 Carbon ATO: JBJ ATO with Aqualifter Pump and 5 Gallon Bucket Controller: Neptune Apex w/ Temp and pH Probes, Neptune VDM Calcium Reactor: GEO 612 w/ Eheim 1048 Pump, Reef Fanatic CO2 Regulator, Neptune pH Probe, AquaPro Bubble Counter, 10# CO2 Tank LIVESTOCK Palys/Zoas: Chong Bongs, Candy Apple Reds, Avocados, Armor of Gods, Real Deal People Eaters (Cherry Corals), Rastas SPS: Red Montipora Cap, Green Hydnophora, Red Planet, Green Millepora, Orange Digitata LPS: Rainbow Rings Acan (Cherry Corals), Rainbow Rings of Saturn Acan (Cherry Corals), Orange Kool Aid Acan (Cherry Corals), Green Aussie Acan, Gold Torch, Aussie Elegance, Green Torch, Bi-color Frogspawn, Green Hammerspawn, ORA Red Goniopora, Bright Pink Goniopora, Yellow Goniopora, Rainbow Goniopora, Branching Pink Goniopora, Pulsing Xenia, Orange Wall Hammer, Octopus Coral Clams: Crocea, Maxima Other: Clownfish, Chromis, ORA Green Mandarin, Scooter Blenny, Sixline Wrasse, Red Spotted Dottyback, Yellow Watchman Goby, Bengaii Cardinals, Bicolor Pseudochromis, Astrea Snails, Hermit Crabs, Nassarius Snails, Fighting Conchs, Rose Bubble Tip Anemone, Red Linkia Starfish, Flame Algae We know our sump is a little small but so far it has been working perfectly fine for our system..trying something new Now for the photos... And more photos.... And even more photos.... =] …. Link to comment
Boboli Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Cool !!! Looks awesome! Nice to see someone thinking outside the box. Link to comment
aquakevem Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Good idea and beautifully done Link to comment
asting Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Looking good so far, but 9g for a sump? That's tiny! If the power goes out I assume you only have a gallon or two that leaves the display. Link to comment
phattypeeps Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Awesome, you obviously get that the aesthetics of the setup are important in creating a beautiful piece. Well done. Link to comment
nickjqz Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Dang....I am super jelly. Link to comment
Deleted User 4 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 freaking nice and creative! Link to comment
Criley7 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Looks sick great start! Link to comment
Spirofucci Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Very nice! Well thought out. Link to comment
jaysauce Posted February 25, 2012 Author Share Posted February 25, 2012 Thanks for the comments everyone! Really appreciate it. We will try to keep posting more pictures. I am waiting for my frags to grow out a little more and get a nice macro lens for my DSLR so I can put some nice pics of corals up. Looking good so far, but 9g for a sump? That's tiny! If the power goes out I assume you only have a gallon or two that leaves the display. I believe it is around 2 gallons that leaves the display. I initially did a power outage test and the water level in the sump rose to literally the brim of the sump and it didn't flood over. I have since added a little under 3 inches of glass (I forgot the exact measurement) to the top of the sump as seen in the photos. I have done several power outage tests and we actually had a blackout in January for a few hours and the sump does not flood over. Link to comment
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