System Specs and pics

[MitchM]

It's been set up for 3 months now since moving.
I have a lot of ideas and a lot of work to do in the future. Looking forward to it!

Main tank is a 204g 72" x 22"h x 30"w
Sump is a standard AGA 180g
Skimmer is an Aquamedic TF5000 - 48" high and an 8" chamber
Lighting is an Aqualine Aquaspacelight 3 x 250w DE MH and 4 x 25w PC Actinic. I also have an Aqualine Moonlight, which is down right now while I make a new bracket for it (2 x white LED)
Sump lighting is 2 NO florescents and a 150w DE MH.

The main tank has 2 corner overflows with 2 drains in each, the upper drains are for overflow and the lower drains are for the closed loop circulation. The pumps for the return are Aquamedic Oceanrunner 6500's, which are either submersible or not. I chose to submerse them both, so the heat could be used to heat the aquarium water. The supply pump for the skimmer is also Aquamedic, rated at 600gph.
In the main tank i've got a piece of eggcrate separating a large pectinia colony from my Emperator angel, and the emperator will be moving to a new system that I will be setting up in the future.

Main tank:

http://www.picturelist.com/auctions/showimagez.asp?user=carpentersreef&pic=full_tank_shot.jpg

http://www.picturelist.com/auctions/showimagez.asp?user=carpentersreef&pic=1079858.jpg

Sump/refugium:

http://www.picturelist.com/auctions/showimagez.asp?user=carpentersreef&pic=sump-refugium.jpg

skimmer and tank for Ca reactor:

http://www.picturelist.com/auctions/showimagez.asp?user=carpentersreef&pic=skimmer.jpg

Mitch :D

[Canadian Man]

Looking good like usual Mitch! 8)

[MitchM]

:) Thanks Jon!

Mitch

[AJ_77]

In addition to your eggcrate partition, you seem to have aquascaped 2 "zones" left and right. Do the fish take notice - any of them stick to one neighbourhood or the other? Did you arrange the rockwork this way with territorial species in mind?

Looks good though, must have been a bugger to move. :wink:

Alan :D

[MitchM]

Thanks Alan!

Yes, it was not an easy move. I would have liked to get everyone's help like I did last move (which again, was very much appreciated!), but the stairs to the basement have a turn at the top, and no matter how many guys would have been available to move the tanks, only so many could have fit. :wink: I hired Danny and crew with their big suction cups to move the tanks in.
There was a fair amount of nail-biting, especially by my new better half!

I set up the rockwork like it is so that I can possibly add more shelf type areas and larger caves. (as soon as I see some nice big flat pieces of LR to purchase) and I also see that this new MACO course will be covering geographical differences around Indonesia (where the coral comes from) and the water flow associated with that. I hope that my tank is going to be big enough so that I replicate a particular corals' natural habitat.
As far as certain fish sticking to certain zones, my Kole tang has definitely claimed one cave as his own, and is turning out to be a very aggressive fish.
There is also definitely one area in there that the cleaner shrimp hang out in that is a cleaning station that all the fish enjoy.

Mitch

[spikehs]

nice tank, lets get some more pics!

[MitchM]

Thanks Sean...I'll post some in the Pictures forum.

Mitch :wink: