Bye-bye sw fish room, Hello 220g reef tank :)

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Well, my wife & I decided to convert my sw fish room back into our spare bedroom for 2 Korean homestay students who are coming in Dec.
The bad news is that I have to tear down & transfer out 300g of sw tanks, sumps & refugiums.
Bye, bye smaller reef tanks.
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a322/SeaHorse_Fanatic/Dualreef-1.jpg
Hello new 220 gallon reef tank with 72 gallon sump :D
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a322/SeaHorse_Fanatic/DSCN0675.jpg

Side view of the sump/plumbing.
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a322/SeaHorse_Fanatic/DSCN0676.jpg
Front view of new sump/plumbing (Thanks TomR :D )
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a322/SeaHorse_Fanatic/DSCN0677.jpg
Big thanks goes out to Chris, Rippin, Fkshiu, yvr, and Fishbreath for helping move the tank & equipment over. Also to DeepRed for selling me the system for a great price. And especially to my friend TomR who spent Saturday here helping me to plumb in my tank.

Anthony

[Tom R]

Hi Anthony

It looks great and it is all still standing. Just add water, salt, rock (BB), corals and fish and you will never give another thought to the old fish room again.
Your more than welcome for the help. Anyone who would trust an accountant to do there plumbing can't be all wrong.

Tom R

[Ruth]

Anthony where are you putting the new tank? It looks like it is going to be an amazing system when you get all you livestock transfered.
I just wish I could recriut that many people to give me a hand when I set up my 300g cube.
I know someone that will be coming down to stay with your in-laws that has lots of practice cleaning out old tanks when you get the transfer done and would "love" to give you a hand!

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Tom,

Thanks again for helping with the plumbing-brainstorm. The plumbing is so clean & out-of-the-way this time, my sump will be much easier to access. Those steel L brackets really strengthened the stand, that's for sure.:biggrin:

Ruth,

The new tank will go where our old hutch used to be for hold fancy plates & glasses. Unfortunately, my parents want us to keep this "family heirloom" (go figure:lol: ) so that will have to go into the spare room "formerly known as Anthony's marine fishroom." So the big tank will be in the dining room area, on the other side of the kitchen wall. I'm debating whether to set up the 90g split cube tank/seahorse refugium again in the living room or just a 20" cube as the new seahorse refugium.

Anthony

[Joe Reefer]

Yet another great start to a great "Canreef Tank".:mrgreen:

[marie]

The new tank will go where our old hutch used to be for hold fancy plates & glasses. Unfortunately, my parents want us to keep this "family heirloom" (go figure:lol: ) so that will have to go into the spare room "formerly known as Anthony's marine fishroom." So the big tank will be in the dining room area, on the other side of the kitchen wall. I'm debating whether to set up the 90g split cube tank/seahorse refugium again in the living room or just a 20" cube as the new seahorse refugium.


Rupert and I were looking at the pictures last night wondering where on earth you were going to fit another large tank in the main living area :lol: . Now I know :biggrin:

[untamed]

Just looking at your plumbing...If you've got two bulkheads in the bottom of each overflow, you might consider using both as exits. (It looks like you are using one of the bulkheads in each for a return)

If you could stand to run the returns over the top of the tank, you could get a much quieter system. If you would like to listen to the difference, you are welcome to visit... but you'll have to do it soon as I'm going to take water out of the tank by the end of the week.

You would also need to purchase a couple of gate valves.

Trust me..the difference is truly amazing. Best to do it now, than wish you had done it later.

[untamed]

Hmm...I just realized that your overflow boxes also allow water to enter in the lower and middle portions.

Hmm...No..it would still work, even with those entrances. You would just have to dial back the gate valves until the water rose above those entrances. The entrances would still pull water just the same.

B

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

:biggrin: Well, just spent most of the week making new RODI/saltwater. The all day Friday was spent transferring Live Rock first, then corals, & finally fish into the new 220g. Thanks Morgan for a hand in the morning & thanks TomR for a hand plumibing in the return pump. That pipecutter is sure handy.

Plumbed in my 40w Lifeguard UV sterilizer in last night around 1:30am. No leaks detected & with the help of a micron sock, the tank is looking spectacular this early morning. Usually not a morning person, but this is like Christmas morning to a fish nut like me to check out the new tank the morning after. Will post pics as soon as I can find my battery charger.

I'm really pleased with the aquascaping & I took advantage of the 2-sided viewing & 24" width with the rock work.

So far, the fish & corals seem to like the new tank. Heck, the Powder Blue Tang didn't even ick up & I would have bet money that it would.

Seahorses have now been transferred into their new home in the sump.We'll see how well they do in their new environment.

Sorry for the lack of pics, but soon. For local reefers, you're welcome to swing by to look at the new tank in person:biggrin:

Anthony

[Joe Reefer]

How did you manage to have your sump bubbleless enough to put seahorses in it?

Oh and......................
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[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

I shifted the skimmer farther away from the baffle & I have my little plastic frag tray between the skimmer & the baffle to also trap bubbles. Almost zero bubbles get into the seahorse section. I'll take pics soon.

Anthony

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Finally found my battery charger, but these are pics taken by my buddy shadowboy.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a322/SeaHorse_Fanatic/PC022311.jpg


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Hope you like:D

Anthony

[Joe Reefer]

WOW looks awesome, the powder blue looks very happy!

[shadowboy]

Looks waaayyy better in person, no camera can capture its beauty and those are some happy tangs
tristan

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Taken this afternoon. (Day 4): Full tank shot

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a322/SeaHorse_Fanatic/DSCN0731.jpg

Left side
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a322/SeaHorse_Fanatic/DSCN0732.jpg

Center shot
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Right side
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a322/SeaHorse_Fanatic/DSCN0736.jpg

Anthony

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

My seahorse refugium (center section of my 72g sump):

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a322/SeaHorse_Fanatic/DSCN0746.jpg

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a322/SeaHorse_Fanatic/DSCN0745.jpg

Newest Anemones: Mottled Green Bubble Tip with Pink Tips

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a322/SeaHorse_Fanatic/DSCN0747.jpg

Neon Green Long Tentacle Anemone (just bought today)

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a322/SeaHorse_Fanatic/DSCN0748.jpg
That last anemone is slightly bleached but hopefully it will recover & be a beautiful tank specimen.
Anthony

[Justusfish]

I love the bare bottom approach. Is it more work or less? Less likely to crash or more?

[Delphinus]

Cool mottled BTA. :cool: And those pink/purple tips .... WOW, please put me in line for a split down the road please and thank you. :)

Tank is looking good too. :)

[Ruth]

Anthony that looks very very nice. I love that hammer coral - watch out for me and my snippers when I am down after Christmas. Great job.

[Der_Iron_Chef]

Wow, looks beautiful. Something to aspire toward!

Just wondering: did you have most of your corals glued/epoxyed to your live rock? And if so, did you just break them off and re-glue them or what?

Again--looks fantastic! :biggrin:

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Never glue or expoxy my corals (other than frags to small rubble)

The Live Rock structure is stable (hopefully) but not glued or anything. I chose to layer the top with "holey" LR so there are holes to stick the branching corals.

Ruth, I have fragged that hammer several times because the bottom heads don't get enough light.

Delphinus, that's my wife's new favourite anemone too.

[tomini]

what kind of bulbs are you using?
looks great!

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

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