Full tank pics for Bryan

[Samw]

Sam:

How about some closeups of the tank. Neat setup. I see you live downtown. I assume a condo, so what is behind the wall, a spare bedroom?


Hi Bryan. Yes, its a tiny tiny condo. My bedroom is behind the wall. To the left of the tank is my closet and to the right is the exhaust vent for the fireplace.

Luckily, I found a couple of Acro frags that are colorful under PC lights.

First 2 pics are without smartlamp (50/50).

http://www.hyperdream.com/~samw/reef/FullTank/200212/130-3094_img_std.jpg

http://www.hyperdream.com/~samw/reef/FullTank/200212/131-3109_img_std.jpg


Last 2 pics are with my new smartlamp on.

http://www.hyperdream.com/~samw/reef/FullTank/200212/130-3088_img_std.jpg

Bedroom side with new 96W smartlamp. Unfortunately, a lot of the smartlamp's light is leaking out due to lack of a good reflector.

http://www.hyperdream.com/~samw/reef/FullTank/200212/129-2940_img_std.jpg

[Bryan]

Setup looks great Sam. Do you find the noise and humidity/smell bothers you in the bedroom. I live in a small downtown condo as well with a 120 gallon. I thought about putting the tank in the wall.

[Samw]

Yes, the Protein skimmer is a bit noisy. I had both Precision Marine HOT-1 (venturi) and the AquaC Remora. I found the Remora to be slightly quieter but I've gotten use to the noise now and it doesn't bother me. As for smell, there is only smell coming from the skimmer. However, I put Chemipure (or carbon) in the collector cup and empty the cup once every week or 2 and there isn't much of a smell at all when I have carbon in the collector cup. In terms of humidity, its a non-factor. I don't find the room more humid at all.

You got a 120 in a small condo? That's cool. Some condos prohibit aquariums altogether and my condo limits them to 50 gallons. A friend of mine lives in a condo in Kits and an owner there had a 100-200 gal tank that leaked and flooded the floors below them. So, they decided to ban tanks of all sizes. Quite a shame.

[Dez]

Nice pics.... I guess I have it really lucky. We live in a condo and in the main floor (600 sq ft) we have a 180 gallon with 50 gallon refugium, and we have a 150 gallon with a 75 gallon sump/refugium, and we have a 54 gallon with a 20 gallon sump, and we have a 10 gallon for the mantis shrimp. There are no by-laws stating no aquariums... However, we do have a humidity problem though, but they are changing all the windows and doors this next year which would hopefully eliminate the condensation on the windows.. I like all of your monti caps..

Des