Cprowler's 120 [Archive] - Canreef Aquatics Bulletin Board

cprowler

01-02-2007, 03:44 AM

I set this tank up in December 05 and transferred everything over from my 40g long on 21/05, so I guess that is it's birthday. :mrgreen: I acquired most of my corals from the local reefers like chwkreefer, Chin Lee, pocilipora, smokinreefer, Anthony, Jesse, Ivy & John and a few others.

This is what it looks like today.

http://zld.ca/reef/fs002.jpg

http://zld.ca/reef/fcu022.jpg

Here are a few of the construction.

http://zld.ca/reef/fs003.jpg

http://zld.ca/reef/f02.jpg

http://zld.ca/reef/f003.jpg

http://zld.ca/reef/fs005.jpg

http://zld.ca/reef/fs007.jpg

http://zld.ca/reef/fs011.jpg

http://zld.ca/reef/fs013.jpg

http://zld.ca/reef/fs015.jpg

http://zld.ca/reef/fs017.jpg

http://zld.ca/reef/ts01.jpg

http://zld.ca/reef/ts02.jpg

http://zld.ca/reef/p001.jpg

cprowler

01-02-2007, 03:51 AM

http://zld.ca/reef/fs019.jpg

http://zld.ca/reef/fs021.jpg

http://zld.ca/reef/fs023.jpg

http://zld.ca/reef/elec001.jpg

http://zld.ca/reef/fs025.jpg

http://zld.ca/reef/fs027.jpg

http://zld.ca/reef/vent009.jpg

http://zld.ca/reef/fs029.jpg

http://zld.ca/reef/fs031.jpg

http://zld.ca/reef/fs33.jpg

http://zld.ca/reef/fs033.jpg

http://zld.ca/reef/fs037.jpg

http://zld.ca/reef/fss023.jpg

http://zld.ca/reef/fss022.jpg

http://zld.ca/reef/zc003.jpg

cprowler

01-02-2007, 03:52 AM

http://zld.ca/reef/full-upper001.jpg

http://zld.ca/reef/fr0029.jpg

Tom R

01-02-2007, 04:41 AM

Hi Bill

You tank looks fantastic. Your workmanship puts us cabinet makers to shame.

Tom R

untamed

01-02-2007, 05:15 AM

Very nice. Well thought through.

Chin_Lee

01-02-2007, 06:19 AM

Bill
i've seen your system in person and that was what gave me inspiration on the cabinet work on my new system. Its first class worksmanship and well thought out system. Very nice.

PS - i was wondering when you were going to post up your Tank journal...... :mrgreen:

WWWD

01-02-2007, 06:58 AM

Wow Bill. It looks great, you must be proud.

Ruth

01-02-2007, 11:47 AM

Just beautiful - you should be very proud of yourself.

Johnny Reefer

01-02-2007, 01:37 PM

Very nice! Is that a 70g?

Delphinus

01-02-2007, 01:56 PM

Very nice!!

muck

01-02-2007, 02:55 PM

Im really liking the side-cabinet built into the stand.
Its nice to have a shelf for all your food/additives/other junk and the control panel is great too.

Good Stuff Bill!

Skimmerking

01-02-2007, 03:00 PM

MAn that looks awesome man , love the stand I made one for my 75 gal a couple years back....

cprowler

01-02-2007, 11:38 PM

Thanks for the kind words everyone!

The tank is a 120g AGA, 48 x 24 x 24 and the sump is a Seastar 40g long, 48 x 12 x 16.

I'll give more details with pics as we go. :mrgreen:

cprowler

01-06-2007, 06:17 AM

I had two main goals when building this system, not to have stray light coming out the back or top and little to no noise. I don't have any stray light but the noise is not quite where I would like it to be.

The biggest challenge with having a completely sealed unit is heat. I have the Mag 9/return and the Dart/CL in the crawl space to reduce noise and to help keep them cool. I also have experimented with a exhaust system to get the hot air out. I suck it out from above the display where the lighting is and blow it out the side of the house. It works quite well now, it comes on when the MH’s come on and off an hour after the MH’s go off.

When I was trying to get the sump drilled for the return I could only find a place to drill 1" holes and I wanted at least 1 1/2", so I got two 1" holes drilled and T it into the pump. After I had it drilled a glass company called me back saying they can go up to 3", oh well at some point I will be upgrading the sump and pump. Maybe :mrgreen:

You can see the two black bulkheads in the back middle of the sump.

http://zld.ca/reef/sump0029.jpg

And in the crawl space you can see the pumps and plumbing. First the Mag 9/return and then with the Dart/CL.

http://zld.ca/reef/Plum.pump001.jpg

http://zld.ca/reef/closedloop013.jpg

I was originally using a inline ducting fan rated for around 80 cfm's and that wasn't doing it so I went to a 309 cfm fan I got from Chin Lee. Thanks Chin I haven't forgotten about that. :wink:

Here you can see the flexible aluminum ducting.

http://zld.ca/reef/fs027.jpg

http://zld.ca/reef/vent009.jpg

This is the old fan in the c/s inline with the ducting and then removed from the ducting.

http://zld.ca/reef/venting001.jpg

http://zld.ca/reef/nf03.jpg

New fan

http://zld.ca/reef/nf02.jpg

I first set it up like the old one but vibrations were going through the floor.

http://zld.ca/reef/nf01.jpg

How it is now.

http://zld.ca/reef/nf09.jpg

I have it vented through the side of the house using a dryer vent.

http://zld.ca/reef/vent011.jpg

Johnny Reefer

01-06-2007, 03:00 PM

.... Is that a 70g?
:lol: It says 120 right in your title. Silly me. Anyway, looking very good.

Cheers,

Joe Reefer

01-06-2007, 08:29 PM

Love the finished look.

How sealed (air tight) is the stand? Maybe you want to try adding a transfer grill for the exhaust fan to draw more fresh air in. That may help your heat issues.

Delphinus

01-07-2007, 02:37 AM

I thought you've had that ritteri longer than 1 year? Did you have it in your 40g before? Or am I mistaken?

cprowler

02-06-2007, 01:20 PM

Sorry for the way late reply. I’m not getting notification on replies.

Tony – yes your right, I have had it for just over 2 years.

Lando – I don’t have any heat issues at the moment, I have considered that.

cprowler

02-06-2007, 01:42 PM

For a CL I am running a Dart, I don’t have it on any timers or pattern changers. It’s just a steady flow from right to left 24/7. It seems to work, I think I’m getting good growth, color and PE. I do however adjust the nozzles every few months.

Here are all the pieces all laid out.

http://zld.ca/reef/closedloop001.jpg

The intake.

http://zld.ca/reef/closedloop007.jpg

http://zld.ca/reef/closedloop009.jpg

Manafold

http://zld.ca/reef/closedloop005.jpg

The intake just goes over the top of the tank and the manifold is just above also. This way I did not have to drill any holes in the tank.

Intake

http://zld.ca/reef/ef3.jpg

Manifold

http://zld.ca/reef/12vfans.jpg

http://zld.ca/reef/closedloop015.jpg

I just used some locline fittings that screwed into the PVC fittings on the manifold.

http://zld.ca/reef/ss013.jpg

christyf5

02-06-2007, 02:12 PM

Wow fantastic photos Bill! Your side equipment storage cabinet puts me to shame :redface: Its so organized and well thought out. Makes me want to redo my setup.

muck

02-06-2007, 02:17 PM

Hey Bill, that last pic of the side tank shot with the multiple locline returns looks sweet. Gives me ideas for my next tank.. :wink:

cprowler

03-19-2007, 05:18 AM

http://zld.ca/reef/fscu0022.jpg

fastfish

03-19-2007, 07:16 AM

Nice! Your tank is doing very well.

woodcarver

03-19-2007, 08:51 PM

That last shot is stunning . Great tank ,great photo !!
.................Dave.

michika

03-22-2007, 07:09 PM

Phenomenal thread! I love how the stand came out.

Can you do a close up shot of the control pannel?

cprowler

03-23-2007, 12:20 AM

Thanks everyone!

Catherine - I have a few things off line right now and I'm changing a few things, I'll get a pic up before too long.

cprowler

05-11-2007, 06:38 AM

Time for an update.

I haven't discussed lighting yet, I have MH, VHO, T5 and moonlighting.

I have a 250w MH 10K XM above the coral wall side and a 400w MH 10K XM abouve the Anemone, both driven by magnetic ballasts.

I also have 3 x 48" 110w and 1 x 36" 95w VHO Super Actinics run off a Ice cap 660

& 2 x 54w T5 (1-10k & 1-actinic) by Tek and 2 x 1w Blue LED by Aqualight

Giving me about 1185 watts of lighting. :mrgreen:

Here is the lighting schedule from the ACjr programming.

If Time > 09:30 Then VHO ON
If Time > 21:30 Then VHO OFF
If Time > 11:30 Then MHs ON
If Time > 19:30 Then MHs OFF
If Time > 10:30 Then T5s ON
If Time > 20:30 Then T5s OFF
If Temp > 79.9 Then EAN ON
If Temp < 79.0 Then EAN OFF
If Temp > 84.0 Then MHs OFF
If Time > 11:25 Then EXH ON
If Time > 20:00 Then EXH OFF

EAN is the fans in the unit.
EXH is the exhaust fan under the house that sucks out the hot air from the canopy.

VHO only
http://www.zld.ca/reef/cvho1.jpg

T5's only
http://www.zld.ca/reef/ct51.jpg

VHO & T5's
http://www.zld.ca/reef/cvt1.jpg

MH's only
http://www.zld.ca/reef/cmh1.jpg

VHO & T5 & MH
http://www.zld.ca/reef/cal1.jpg

cprowler

05-11-2007, 06:39 AM

VHO only
http://www.zld.ca/reef/vho1.jpg

T5's only
http://www.zld.ca/reef/t51.jpg

VHO & T5's
http://www.zld.ca/reef/vhot51.jpg

MH's only
http://www.zld.ca/reef/mh1.jpg

VHO & T5 & MH
http://www.zld.ca/reef/alllighting1.jpg

christyf5

05-11-2007, 02:18 PM

Wow you've got a lot of lights crammed in there :wink:

Thats pretty impressive just looking at the photos of the T5's alone. The XM bulbs look pretty yellow without the supplementation. I tried some XM's earlier this year but unfortunately one was white and one was yellow.

The tank is looking great, I see a lot of new corals in there (and not many of the old). Did I miss something or did you redo the tank?

cprowler

05-11-2007, 02:27 PM

Yeah, those pics were from last year. I still have most of the corals now they are just bigger and some are in different places. :biggrin: This is the most recent pic I have from last month, I'm going to get some more pics today hopefully.

http://zld.ca/reef/fscu0022.jpg

christyf5

05-11-2007, 02:29 PM

hehe that makes more sense, I was thinking "gee why did he get rid of all that nice stuff and put little frags in?" :razz:

Delphinus

05-11-2007, 03:52 PM

I see the anemone is slightly larger now too. :p

Awesome looking tank BTW.

cprowler

05-12-2007, 04:55 AM

The tank will be 18 months old in a few days and I will be out of town so here are some pis now.

http://zld.ca/reef/fs022.jpg

http://zld.ca/reef/fcu024.jpg

cprowler

05-12-2007, 05:11 AM

18 months apart

http://zld.ca/reef/fcu009.jpg

http://zld.ca/reef/fcu024.jpg

justinl

05-12-2007, 05:48 AM

wow, that 18 months really made a huge difference. really took off didnt it? gorgeous reef, i love the way you set it up

cprowler

05-12-2007, 06:08 AM

wow, that 18 months really made a huge difference. really took off didnt it? gorgeous reef, i love the way you set it up

Thanks

cprowler

05-12-2007, 06:09 AM

http://zld.ca/reef/fs023.jpg

cprowler

05-12-2007, 04:20 PM

http://zld.ca/reef/wider-view001.jpg

robzilla

05-12-2007, 05:47 PM

nice looking setup. my wife wants me to build a stand, like yours, for my up and coming 120g.

Skimmerking

05-12-2007, 06:32 PM

Bill I noticed that you had your hot tub under a tent Sorry for off topic. How much space did you need for it I have my hot tub on the side and have only 9.9 long and 9.5 wide

cprowler

05-12-2007, 10:41 PM

Bill I noticed that you had your hot tub under a tent Sorry for off topic. How much space did you need for it I have my hot tub on the side and have only 9.9 long and 9.5 wide

That one is a 8'x8' that we got from Zellers last year, they are harder to find than a 10x10.

cprowler

05-12-2007, 10:58 PM

April 2 / 05 (6,500K)

http://www.zld.ca/reef/newfrag2.jpg

June 13/05 (10,000K)

http://www.zld.ca/reef/milly01.jpg

Oct 24/05 (10,000K)

http://www.zld.ca/reef/milly03.jpg

Dec 30/05 (T5 10k & Actinic)

http://www.zld.ca/reef/milly04.jpg

Jan 18/06 10K XM's & T5 10k & Actinic

http://www.zld.ca/reef/milly05.jpg

March 25/06 10K XM's & T5 10k & Actinic & VHO Actinic

http://zld.ca/reef/milly06.jpg

April 25/06 10K XM's & T5 10k & Actinic & VHO Actinic

http://zld.ca/reef/milly07.jpg

Sept 12/06 T5 10k & Actinic & VHO Actinic

http://zld.ca/reef/milly08.jpg

May 11/07 10K XM's & T5 10k & Actinic & VHO Actinic

http://zld.ca/reef/pm0155.jpg

cprowler

05-12-2007, 10:59 PM

http://zld.ca/reef/nc05.jpg

http://zld.ca/reef/mm1.jpg

http://zld.ca/reef/acro01.jpg

http://zld.ca/reef/030.jpg

http://zld.ca/reef/039.jpg

http://zld.ca/reef/pb01.jpg

http://zld.ca/reef/pt0042.jpg

cprowler

05-12-2007, 11:00 PM

April 2/05 - 6500K Iwasaki's, pic taken the day after I got it, color is still from the lighting it came from

http://www.zld.ca/reef/newfrag1.jpg

June 13/05 - 10K just after I changed so color still from 6500K

http://www.zld.ca/reef/oc01.jpg

Jan 18/06 - 10K xm and T5 10K & Actinic

http://www.zld.ca/reef/mm2.jpg

March 25/06 - 10K xm and T5 10K & Actinic & VHO Actinic

http://zld.ca/reef/acro02.jpg

May 11/07 - 10K xm and T5 10K & Actinic & VHO Actinic

http://zld.ca/reef/ppp041.jpg

Chaloupa

06-01-2007, 03:32 PM

Beautiful growth sequence pictures! Gorgeous corals too! :biggrin:

cprowler

08-04-2007, 02:29 AM

An updated FTS

http://oceanv.net/zld/reef/fcu026.jpg

Left side

http://oceanv.net/zld/reef/cwcu001.jpg

Jason McK

08-04-2007, 03:14 AM

Cool how is the puffer doing in his new bigger home?

J

Mik_101

08-04-2007, 07:51 AM

MAN youv got a beautiful tank.

michika

08-04-2007, 03:53 PM

I love all the growth shots, they are great.

Your tank looks great too!

Mik_101

08-04-2007, 06:37 PM

I love all the growth shots, they are great.

Your tank looks great too!

Those are pritty good growth shots.

cprowler

08-06-2007, 06:46 AM

spoot

08-11-2007, 08:47 AM

I've seen this tank in person! Pictures don't do it justice. The anemone on the right side of the tank is outright massive :mrgreen:

Thanks for the pump again bill! Lets see some pics of your puffer :razz:

cprowler

11-08-2007, 11:00 PM

Someone asked for some close-ups of the control panel a while back, I have made some changes so here they are.

http://zld.ca/reef/fs023.jpg

Flash
http://oceanv.net/zld/reef/rs0017.jpg

No flash
http://oceanv.net/zld/reef/rs0021.jpg

Closer with flash
http://oceanv.net/zld/reef/rs0025.jpg

CLINT

11-08-2007, 11:17 PM

That is sweet.Very clean looking.Clint

christyf5

11-09-2007, 02:19 PM

Wow! Thats impressive! So organized, it puts my ratsnest of wires to shame :redface: :razz:

untamed

11-09-2007, 07:00 PM

Very nice. I'm a big fan of neatness and the ability to switch things off without yanking out power cords.

skylord

11-09-2007, 07:56 PM

I need to get 3 of those DJs....very impressive. To just shut things off without having rows of electical box's. Nice job...very clean.

Scott

Tom R

11-09-2007, 08:02 PM

I need to get 3 of those DJs....very impressive. To just shut things off without having rows of electical box's. Nice job...very clean.

Scott

Scott

I would like 3 of those DJ units too. If anyone else is going to order them I will go in on a group order.

This is all your fault Bill. As always your tank is one of my favorites.

Tom

Jason McK

11-09-2007, 11:57 PM

This is where I got mine.

http://www.progearwarehouse.com/Catalog/Effects-Controllers

I was able just to call them up and order over the phone. Got them 2 days later

J

fkshiu

11-13-2007, 11:35 PM

I noticed that you're using the Aquamedic temperature controller. Seeing that it's a fair bit cheaper than either a Ranco or a Medusa, have you have any issues with it?

I would imagine that it isn't as heavy duty as those industrial units, but if it does the job reliably I'd strongly consider picking one up for my system.

Oh yeah Tom, Axe Music out of Alberta also sells the Chauvet/American DJ power strips which would save you a bit on the shipping and the brokerage fees. They are just so convenient!

Van-rookie

11-13-2007, 11:56 PM

Thanks everyone!

The puffer seems to be happy in the bigger tank, lots more going on and is plumping up again. I have not seen him nip at any corals or have I seen damage to any. He shows little interest in snails or hermits but occasionally he sees one and devours it shell and all, crunchy but good. :mrgreen:

Are you saying that your puffer is reef safe ?
I am shutting down my FOWLR. I like to keep my puffer but I am not sure if its a good idea to move it to the reef tank.

cprowler

11-14-2007, 01:49 AM

Fkshiu – I’ve only had it a week or so. It has not come on yet since my tank generates so much heat, I only need heaters in the dead of winter. I also cut the heater element of a won bothers and put a three prong plug on it and plugged it into the Aquamedic so that may alter it’s performance.

Van-rookie – They are not RS but I took a chance that he would not nip at the corals and I lucked out. He leaves the hermits alone but has gone through all my snails.

spoot

11-14-2007, 03:50 AM

hey bill, any chance of getting some pics of your puffer? Would be awesome to see how he has filled in :D

titus

11-14-2007, 02:37 PM

Hello,

Very nice my friend.

Titus

cprowler

01-01-2008, 09:15 PM

Well it's been a year since I started this thread and I figure a good time to give a update. The tank is just over two years old now so here is a pic from Jan 06,07 & 08.

http://www.zld.ca/reef/fcs0007.jpg

http://zld.ca/reef/fcu022.jpg

http://www.zld.ca/reef/fcu034.jpg

I have to do a scrape of the sides and back and will be changing a few things so hopefully in the next few weeks I will get some better pics up.

michika

01-01-2008, 09:26 PM

Nice changes! I'm really impressed.

I keep getting confused between this thread and your thread on RC!\

In regards to the lighting is it all just changes in bulbs between the years?

cprowler

01-01-2008, 10:08 PM

Yeah it can get a bit confusing when people have threads on both :wink: :mrgreen:

Yes it has changed, a few months ago I changed the VHO to T5. I forgot I have not updated this thread with the lighting change. I hope to tonight sometime. So the lighting on the first two are the same and the last is the new combination.

cprowler

01-02-2008, 12:23 AM

Here are some pic's to compare the new lighting, all T5 - 5x54w & 1x39w. Instead of the 4 vho and 2 T5's supplementing the MH's. It looks better in person, I need to adjust the white balance. As I mentioned I will be doing some other changes and will update them in a few weeks when I get them completed.

http://www.zld.ca/reef/fcu026.jpg

http://www.zld.ca/reef/fcu034.jpg

danny zubot

03-29-2008, 04:11 PM

That anemone has sure grown!

Chowder

03-29-2008, 04:41 PM

Tank looks great Bill.

Parker

03-29-2008, 04:44 PM

Wow...very nice!

cprowler

03-30-2008, 03:28 AM

Thanks guys, I will do a update when I get my camera back from the shop.

Tom R

03-30-2008, 03:40 AM

Hi Bill

The new lights look great. Then again your tank always look great. Looking to see it in person.

Tom R

bv_reefer

03-30-2008, 05:28 AM

beautiful tank, gotta get a monti colony like that

cprowler

04-03-2008, 06:19 AM

Here is a quick shot from a new camera I picked up, a Canon SD550 in underwater mode under exposed by 2/3 of a stop.

http://www.zld.ca/reef/xxftcu0101.jpg

Delphinus

04-03-2008, 06:22 AM

Hmmm, nice. :) What is underwater mode on that camera, just white balance and a bunch of other settings?

Question, what do you feed your CBB?

thanks

cprowler

04-03-2008, 06:40 AM

Yeah it's basically a white balance mode like Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten & Fluorescent but it's not in the white balance menu it is it's own mode.

The CBB was eating mysis at J&L so I got it and that's all I see it eat here.

cprowler

04-03-2008, 06:49 AM

Here is a quote I found on the underwater mode, "Underwater mode adjusts the white balance specifically for underwater shots, allowing capture of the most authentic colors and minimizing any blue cast".

I'm going to get a housing and use it as my dive camera.

cprowler

04-03-2008, 04:27 PM

hey bill, any chance of getting some pics of your puffer? Would be awesome to see how he has filled in :D

You can see it in the latest pic but it's not great. I'll keep working on it.

cprowler

06-18-2008, 05:56 PM

A couple top down shots with my dive camera.

http://www.zld.ca/reef/potmjune01.jpg

http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_00020.jpg

Midknight

06-18-2008, 06:54 PM

Those are some beautiful zoo's you have there.
Now if any fall off the rock you will let me know right. :wink:

cprowler

06-18-2008, 06:58 PM

Actually I will be fraging a bunch of the blue/orange ones tonight along with the caps, pm me if your interested.

cprowler

07-15-2008, 04:26 AM

Not sure when but back when my D70 was not working I changed the sump/fuge, return pump, skimmer feed, ATO, and phosban rector feeds.

This pic is what I had before, A 40g long. You can see the float valve I had for ATO fed by my Kalk reactor. That's my old ASM G2 but my new skimmer was feed by a Mag 5 and my phosban reactors that were not in this shot were both fed by a MJ900.

http://www.zld.ca/reef/sump0029.jpg

http://www.zld.ca/reef/tofv001.jpg

A old shot of the mess it had become
http://www.zld.ca/reef/sc01.jpg

In these shots I took today you can see I now have a 75g and took out the fuge and baffles and now have a open sump. I could not keep any macro's alive in the fuge since using ReefResh and didn't like how the light from the fuge would grow coroline on the skimmer and other equipment so I took it out.

I plumbed in a manifold to get rid of all the pumps I had in the sump to feed the skimmer and PB reactors. The sump has a two inch bulkhead in the bottom right that feeds a Dart in the crawl space, then it comes up and feeds the manifold that feeds the tank, skimmer, PB reactors and soon to be Ozone reactor. I left two open ports on the manifold incase I want to add something later.

Canon SD550
http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_0062.JPG

Nikon D80
http://www.zld.ca/reef/DSC_0506.JPG

Nikon D80
http://www.zld.ca/reef/DSC_0507.JPG

I'm off to siphon the detritus out of the sump that you can see and scrape the glass that I have neglected for a week. :redface:

Jason McK

07-15-2008, 05:04 AM

Great Idea Bill. I love the manifold

When did you do all that

J

cprowler

07-15-2008, 05:56 AM

It was after my D70 broke and before my D80 and SD55 so around February I guess, since I didn't have a working camera and didn't document it and now I forget. :mrgreen: Some where in there, I have many more upgrades that I have to update here but I'm leaving town in the morning so it will have to wait some more.

fkshiu

07-15-2008, 04:33 PM

Nice work on the manifold. I've always found them to be quite finicky. Adjusting one outlet always requires some re-adjusting of all the other ones - water will always choose the path of least resistance. Have you found this to be the case with yours?

cprowler

07-20-2008, 05:49 PM

Sorry for the late reply fkshiu, I have been out of town for a few days. I have not found it to be a problem yet, I have the skimmer feed and the return feeds wide open and adjust the phosban reactors.

cprowler

08-11-2008, 04:07 AM

Here is a FTS from a few minutes ago, MH's are off so just under T5's. It's not very good and the tank needs cleaning and pruning...but hey...it's the middle of August. :cool:

http://www.zld.ca/reef/fta.jpg

christyf5

08-11-2008, 04:21 AM

WoW! :eek: Great colors! Those caps and that anemone are gorgeous :cool:

cprowler

12-17-2008, 10:09 PM

I'm going to be moving the sump into the garage soon and start using a fuge again and also a frag/prop tank so I can keep the sandbed clear of frags. The biggest thing I'm not liking is I will have to loose my control panel but I guess I can have something similar in the garage.

http://www.zld.ca/reef/ftcu.1208.jpg

http://www.zld.ca/reef/ftdocu.1208.jpg

http://www.zld.ca/reef/cpcu.jpg

OCDP

12-17-2008, 10:13 PM

Wow, so neat and tidy.. very well organized. All that monitoring equipment and controllers.. looks like your running some big heavy, high tech machine rather than a fish tank!

cprowler

12-18-2008, 04:23 AM

Wow, so neat and tidy.. very well organized. All that monitoring equipment and controllers.. looks like your running some big heavy, high tech machine rather than a fish tank!

Yeah I like having everything handy and not having to trace wires to unplug something, I think it looks cool too.

fishytime

12-18-2008, 05:04 AM

Your right it does look cool:cool: Awesome looking tank!

cprowler

10-12-2009, 11:33 PM

Here is a end shot from a few minutes ago.

http://www.zld.ca/reef/endshot-12-10-09.jpg

Tom R

10-13-2009, 04:22 AM

Hi Bill

The tank looks great.

Tom R

Sebae again

10-13-2009, 04:45 AM

That acro colony looks HUUUUUGE! Any other pics of your corals and a full tank shot.

cprowler

10-14-2009, 12:12 AM

Hi Bill

The tank looks great.

Tom R

Hi Tom, thanks for the kind words.

That acro colony looks HUUUUUGE! Any other pics of your corals and a full tank shot.

It is kinda large but unfortunately just some of the tips are thriving after the couple issues Ive had over the last year.

Just after I posted the end shot pic I took a look to see when my last post was....10 months....wow.

In that time I have had a couple issues, the auto top off going crazy and flooding the house and killing most of my sps colonies being the big one. So that's the big reason why I haven't posted much, who wants to post pics of that.

I've had a couple other life altering things happen to me in that time including the birth of our Daughter Mackenzie two weeks ago.

So anyway I'll see if I can muster up the courage to post pics of the carnage...it makes me sad. :cry: :lol:

I just plan the upgrade and that makes me feel better. :mrgreen:

argan

10-14-2009, 05:21 AM

cprowler

10-14-2009, 11:55 PM

upgrade already? to what size?

your tank is one of my top 3 faves on here, next to superfudge's tank and untamed's tank. i love the giant nem and the Macro algae and the caps.

also your dive pics are the best

Your far too kind...

It has been 4 years so I think I'm overdue for a upgrade :mrgreen:, it will be a 180 or 220 most likely.

I'm working on get'n some new dive pics too. :smile:

Parker

10-14-2009, 11:58 PM

I've always loved your tank, attentions paid to every detail.

cprowler

11-08-2009, 09:41 PM

Well over the last few months I have been moving my sump and all the equipment out to the garage to a sump cabinet (I guess you would call it).

Display cabinet now, get'n ready for the upgrade.

http://www.zld.ca/reef/DSC_0016.jpg

The sump cabinet in the garage with lots still to finish.

http://www.zld.ca/reef/DSC_0021.jpg

Top left is my 50g water change tank.

To the right of that is my 50g refugium.

Top right is my 20g hospital/quarantine tank.

The frag tank will go middle left, you can see the 250w Aqua medic pendent.

The middle center has my GAC/GFO reactor & will have my RO/DI.

The middle right is my Manifold and control panel.

Bottom left is the 85g sump.

Each tank can be isolated with valves if needed.

I estimate that after the frag tank is up and running it will be just over 300g for the whole system

Jason McK

11-08-2009, 09:58 PM

WOW that looks spectacular. Brilliantly clean setup

J

christyf5

11-08-2009, 10:27 PM

WOW that looks spectacular. Brilliantly clean setup

J

+1 I've always been super jealous that this tank is so tidy and organized AND the tank itself looks fantastic.:mrgreen:

cprowler

11-09-2009, 12:38 AM

Thanks, but you guys are far too kind.

I've been reluctant to post any pics since it's not done and looks...well...not done. :mrgreen:

It's not Ideal having everything out in the garage but I think it's the best I can do with this tiny house. I would like to have a in-wall & fish room but it doesn't work in our 1500sf 2 bedroom rancher. Luckily we will be getting a bigger house in the next year or two. one thing I do like is cleaning the skimmer collection cup right out side the door to the right of the unit, I just hose it out. Water changes are great with the W/C tank, I isolate it, drain it, hose it out, drain and wipe clean, fill and mix salt, open valves to put in back online.

I siliconed my frag tank together today finally, so at least I got something done on it.

cprowler

11-09-2009, 01:50 AM

Here is a pic of the frag tank.

I need to get some foam for under it.

I will water test it in the next few days.

http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_1314.jpg

SeaHorse_Fanatic

11-09-2009, 02:50 AM

Psst. Painter's tape won't hold that tank together once you add in the water. According to Red Green, you need DUCT tape for that :biggrin::wink:

Very clean looking system, CProwler.

Anthony

cprowler

11-09-2009, 04:46 AM

Do you like the lighting for the tank?

That reminds me I have been acumulating equipment for this for over a year now.

250w pendant - SeaHorse_Fanatic
T5 lighting for Fuge - 04scoobysti
50g - Targa81
50g - Pansy-Paws
Sump - Denis (that reminds me I have to talk to him)
Skimmer - fastfish

untamed

11-09-2009, 06:02 AM

Nice work! Looks like a good example of....think first...then do.

lastlight

11-09-2009, 06:29 AM

manaf

11-09-2009, 08:33 AM

these pictures are awesom the growth of the tank is amazing!

cprowler

11-09-2009, 01:08 PM

Nice work! Looks like a good example of....think first...then do.

Thanks Brad, but I wouldn't go that far. I think it's more...fixing mistakes from the past. :biggrin:

cprowler

11-09-2009, 01:12 PM

Your tank and that new frag tank are gorgeous. That's also the biggest ball of chaeto I've ever seen! Must be podtropolis in that thing lol.

Love the whiteboard idea on your cabinet door. I'm going out and getting one for my waterchange cabinet now.

I also keep track of when I replaced different bulbs, changed filters in RO, Carbon, ....

The cheato is even bigger now, need to thin it out.

cprowler

11-09-2009, 01:12 PM

these pictures are awesom the growth of the tank is amazing!

Thanks

cprowler

11-10-2009, 12:48 AM

Some shots of my skimmer in action.

http://www.zld.ca/reef/er-1.jpg

http://www.zld.ca/reef/er-01.jpg

Lance

11-10-2009, 01:12 AM

One of the nicer setups I've seen: clean & organized, well thought out, good equipment and a beautiful tank. Well done!

cprowler

11-10-2009, 02:34 AM

One of the nicer setups I've seen: clean & organized, well thought out, good equipment and a beautiful tank. Well done!

Thanks Lance.

cprowler

11-10-2009, 02:37 AM

I think I forgot to mention the skimmer is a Euro Reef SC 12-2 with two Sedra 5000's

globaldesigns

11-10-2009, 02:37 AM

One of the nicer setups I've seen: clean & organized, well thought out, good equipment and a beautiful tank. Well done!

+1, I have to agree... Very nicely layed out and very clean. Keep up the good work.

cprowler

11-23-2009, 11:02 PM

Here is a pic of the frag tank.

I need to get some foam for under it.

I will water test it in the next few days.

http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_1314.jpg

Well it's up and running and I just put some frags in it today.

http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_1342.jpg

hillegom

11-24-2009, 12:39 AM

Nice build. Love it. What an inspiration.

lastlight

11-24-2009, 12:51 AM

Wish I had the room to incorporate something like this. Very nice.

Delphinus

11-24-2009, 01:08 AM

cprowler

11-24-2009, 01:56 AM

Nice build. Love it. What an inspiration.

Thanks.

Wish I had the room to incorporate something like this. Very nice.

I'm sure glad I did the move out to the garage, now I have the room to do things like this.

cprowler

11-24-2009, 02:22 AM

Are you running it off the same sump return pump, T'd off to this tank, or do you have a separate feed pump? I'd love to see how you've got the plumbing routed. What size pipe you have feeding it? Looks like 2" on the drain line. How far laterally does it have to travel?

http://www.zld.ca/reef/DSC_0021.jpg

Everything is running of the same (only) return pump (Dart), it's fed by 2", the outlet is 1 1/2" and that goes into a manifold. The manifold feeds the display, frag tank, water change tank, refugium, Carbon/GFO reactor, and hospital tank (I have not used yet). I still have one outlet left on the manifold that I have not used yet.

I'll try and get some pics soon.