Aqua Man
05-09-2010, 09:14 PM
Well I have had many salt water setups in my time but have now settled on two really nice projects, this one is the largest of my collection and took a team of professional movers to install in my basement.
Size is 80"Long x 30"High x 36"Front-Back, Featuring dual hebie overflows and 380LBS of Live rock and Corals
http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo1/Corey-James/018.jpg
Now with such a large tank comes such a large sump, custom 100 gallon 6 stage sump w/natural refuge, measuring 60Lx20Hx20D and hosts aprox 80-100LBS of live cured rock, buble algae and cheato. And of course insane skimmer
http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo1/Corey-James/020.jpg
http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo1/Corey-James/022.jpg
So with all this water to be moved around she is powered by 2 massive Dart 4700 gall/hr external pumps and 4 powerheads Korillia #5's and two very simmilar
http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo1/Corey-James/021.jpg
As for lights I am running 2x 72" Coralife Strips with 6x 250watt MH and 8x 96watt Actinic PC's
http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo1/Corey-James/024.jpg
Now doing water changes and mixing all that new salt water had to be considered so I installed a mixing station running off one RO system, and a top off bucket of fresh water from another RO system. I also plumbed pex lines from the sump to the laundry tub with a pump to pump out old water; and pex lines from the mixing tank to the sump via another pump so I never have to carry buckets of water again....http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo1/Corey-James/025.jpg
http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo1/Corey-James/028.jpg
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And last but not least the glory.....
http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo1/Corey-James/NewTank001.jpg
http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo1/Corey-James/019.jpg
Thanks for looking everyone, I will add more cool things on this thread down the road, I do want to get a really good Camera eventually to take HD pics.
Also a special Thanks to Gordon who was a very big help into this project.
Corey
Size is 80"Long x 30"High x 36"Front-Back, Featuring dual hebie overflows and 380LBS of Live rock and Corals
http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo1/Corey-James/018.jpg
Now with such a large tank comes such a large sump, custom 100 gallon 6 stage sump w/natural refuge, measuring 60Lx20Hx20D and hosts aprox 80-100LBS of live cured rock, buble algae and cheato. And of course insane skimmer
http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo1/Corey-James/020.jpg
http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo1/Corey-James/022.jpg
So with all this water to be moved around she is powered by 2 massive Dart 4700 gall/hr external pumps and 4 powerheads Korillia #5's and two very simmilar
http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo1/Corey-James/021.jpg
As for lights I am running 2x 72" Coralife Strips with 6x 250watt MH and 8x 96watt Actinic PC's
http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo1/Corey-James/024.jpg
Now doing water changes and mixing all that new salt water had to be considered so I installed a mixing station running off one RO system, and a top off bucket of fresh water from another RO system. I also plumbed pex lines from the sump to the laundry tub with a pump to pump out old water; and pex lines from the mixing tank to the sump via another pump so I never have to carry buckets of water again....http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo1/Corey-James/025.jpg
http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo1/Corey-James/028.jpg
[B]
And last but not least the glory.....
http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo1/Corey-James/NewTank001.jpg
http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo1/Corey-James/019.jpg
Thanks for looking everyone, I will add more cool things on this thread down the road, I do want to get a really good Camera eventually to take HD pics.
Also a special Thanks to Gordon who was a very big help into this project.
Corey