Just a couple of new pics of our "Almost completed" 180 inwall

[fishgeeksrus]

We took a TON of pics as we did this project, but a lot of them are no longer on our computer HD. If I can find the disk we put them on I'll post more later.

[fishgeeksrus]

This is where we started...

[Reefland]

Wow, that looks great!

[fishgeeksrus]

Thanks, it has taken a little while to finish. We started in (I believe) September. Started buying equipment in June. So we have been busy little bees. We are in the process of painting the mantel and trim. Now we need to have a frag tank built.

We are pleased by the way it turned out.

Here are the Specs:

Tank
~180 Gal All-Glass Reef Ready
~Inwall
~Access panel in the front

Stand
~DIY - Consists of 2x4's and 2x6's

Lighting
~3 - Reef Optix III's pendants
~3 - Blue Wave III ballasts
~3 - 250W XM (DE) bulbs 10K
~On bicycle pulley system (for maintenance)
~2 - 6' URI VHO Actinics run off of an Ice Cap Ballast
~Moonlights: 2 - PFO 1 Watt (flat mounts)
~Sump/Refugium: Coralife 9W fixture
~9 Watt daylight bulb
~Lights controlled with the AquaController II


Substrate
~2-4 inch sand bed. Arago-Alive
~Seed with existing live sand

Filtration
~Live rock
~Skimmer: AquaC EV 240 fed with Pan World NH-100PX
~Carbon (in filter bag)

Calcium Supply
~My Reef Creations - Dual chamber calc reac w/ spray bar &
Pan World NH-40PX fed by Mag 3
~Media: CaribSea ARM

PO4 Control
~ Deltec fluidized reactor fed by same Mag 3
~Media: RowaPhos

Ozone
~Red Sea Basic 200mg
~Controlled by AquaController II

Flow
~2 Megaflow Overflow kits
~Return pump: Sequence Reeflo Dart (Also feeding chiller and
future frag tank)
~Closed Loop: Sequence Reeflo Dart (running 2 - 3/4" Sea Swirls)

Temperature Control
~2 - Won titanium heaters 300W ea
~Delta Star In-line chiller 1/3 hp
~both controlled with AC II

Sump/Refugium
~Trigger Systems Sump with built in refugium

Source water
~SpectraPure Deluxe 5 - Stage RO/DI 90gpd
~SpectraPure Multiple tank replenisher
~Brute containers for reservoir and salt water changes

Electrical
~3 dedicated circuits

Monitor/Controller
~Aqua Controller II

Hopefully I didn't forget anything...

Andrea

[Reefland]

What kind of mh bulbs are you using and what is the kelvin?

[fishgeeksrus]

Here is one before the mantle and trim... (before we had the actinics up also)

[fishgeeksrus]

250w Xm 10k

[Reefland]

That is what we are running however your tank (in the picture) appears to have better coloration. Are the pictures close to true color?

[fishgeeksrus]

sorry about the size....

The colors are pretty accurate, but we can't get our white ballance on our cannon powershot G3 to adjust correctly. We are in need of some new actenics. Hopefully that will help.

[Reefland]

Well we don't run any actinics so it's hard for us to find a great colored MH bulb. I think next go around we will try some of the Phoenix bulbs or Hamilton's in the ~14k range.

[fishgeeksrus]

There was a LFS near us that had run Hami's and the Phoenix bulbs @ 14K. Honestly we thought the Hamiltons were far inferior to the Phoenix. The hamis didnt show much of the blue and the Phoenix brought out much more color and fluorescence (sp) Just our opinion

[jasutton]

now i see why you are trying to win that free entry to IMAC...wooo!!!, thank god for tax returns!!!

nice stuff! i am getting ideas...

[vtec si]

Very NICE! More pics please.

[charlie]

Really nice, I like the woodwork a whole bunch, I agree, we would like more pics!!!

[johnny gray]

looks nice more pics

[Little fish]

Wow that is really nice, that is what my wife wants some day. How do you get to the tank for cleaning and stuff?

[fishgeeksrus]

We have a 15 inch opening for front access. The mantle is on a hinge that can be propped up. plus we built a 4' X 8' room on the back side (plus the remaining angle) for equipment.

[Poseidon]

Smokin!

[BubbaWPB]

Your work looks better than some of the professional stuff I've seen around here! It's AWESOME!

[fishgeeksrus]

Just a couple more, and thanks for the kind words.


Dennis and Andrea