Sps side project

[reefcanada]

This my new tank, just a little sps tank. I have a mixed tank now and I don't want to keep sps with my softies. The tank is 36(L)x 24(W)x 18(H) but only 16" of water. 12mm starphire rimless. I am going to be running a Sifigoi infinity xr6 single 250watt halide with the ACLS. I was thinking of running a
20k mh bulb as the actinic and having the 4 T5HO bulbs as my day light bulbs. The ACLS allows me to dim the mh up and down. What do you guys and girls think? Thanks Jay, here is a pick of the new tank.

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/reefcanada/newtank041.jpg

[Wingin It]

Cool...like the dimable feature for the lights!

[reefcanada]

The new sump is done and the tank is in it's final place. now I just have to wait for the silicone to cure and it will be good to go. Here are some more pictures. With the night light as well and all of the rock going in the tank. Enjoy

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/reefcanada/newertank003.jpg

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/reefcanada/newertank001.jpg

[Kryptic4L]

pretty nice looking for "just a side project"... this may end up being nicer then your main :)

[lastlight]

Diggin' the new tank dude. Tagging along!

[reefcanada]

pretty nice looking for "just a side project"... this may end up being nicer then your main :)

I don't think so, LOL Her is a pic of the new euro for my main upgrade. Thanks guys, I will keep you all posted.

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/reefcanada/IMG_0807.jpg

[lastlight]

Someone held their breath cutting that one. You nail it on the first try?

[reefcanada]

Yup, when you spend 8 hrs a day doing that, you get kind of good at it. I was a little worried as it is starphire.

[Delphinus]

Looks awesome! :)

[michika]

Sexy, very sexy!

[reefcanada]

Thanks guys and gals, This has been one of the longest weeks ever. I just built the tank last Friday and I would like to put water in it. But I have one more week to go. Every time I walk by it I think I could add water, it should be fine. But I know better than anyone that I have to wait. I got a pair of tunze nano streams for it today a 6045 and a 6025. Lastlight has been kind enough to show me how to mod them, so I can get a little more flow out of them. One more week and I will have pics with water in it.

[mseepman]

This is looking like a really nice side project. i agree that SPS does do best without mixing with softies.

Gotta love that eurobrace too! Someone does some nice work!!

See ya this weekend...I've been stocking up on beer. :)

[reefcanada]

Okay, I am one day early on my fill date. The tank is full of RO salt water, that I had made up this week. The new light is hung, I moved my rk lite, tunze ATO and swc extreme 160 skimmer. Here are some pictures with water, Enjoy.

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/reefcanada/IMG_0834.jpg

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/reefcanada/IMG_0833.jpg

[mseepman]

Nice sump...someone pretty smart must have thought up that design:biggrin:

[lastlight]

Nice sump...someone pretty smart must have thought up that design:biggrin:

I had nothing to do with it. Jay did a pretty good job on it tho.

So someone get a little impatient and got'er filled. If that's all the rock you end up with in there it's going to be bangin' once you have some good sized colonies in there.

[reefcanada]

Thanks alot, yes that is all the rock going in the tank. I would like to find a school of small fish for the tank. I am looking for something the size of neon tetras, I am not sure if that is possible with salt water?

[Delphinus]

Hey Jay, there are a couple different species of cardinals that look a bit like tetras and should make a good choice for a small schooling fish. One of them is the threadfin cardinal. There is another one, I can't remember the name of them but they are another cardinal about the same size as a tetra but with more of a candystripe pattern .. Red Coral had some in a few months ago in that tiny cube they have setup in there .. not much to go on but someone remembers what those were??

[reefcanada]

I figured out what small fish I wish to add, Aioliops megastigma. They are mini dart gobies, I have 30 on order. I add a few snails today as well as a some cheato to my fuge.

[reefcanada]

I have all of my sps moved over to thier new home. I don't think there is room fo much more. The Tank is still a little cloudy, I think it is from not enough bacteria in the tank to feed the bio-pellets. This should clear up soon. Thanks and Enjoy

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/reefcanada/spssept610005.jpg

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/reefcanada/spssept610008.jpg

[Veng68]

I don't think so, LOL Her is a pic of the new euro for my main upgrade. Thanks guys, I will keep you all posted.

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/reefcanada/IMG_0807.jpg

How are you cutting that? With a cnc machine or a laser?

Must be nice to have access to something like that. My brother in law is in the glass business but I don't think he has anything that can do that.

Cheers,
Vic

[reefcanada]

It's a cnc machine. The shop I work at has all the cool toys. makes building tanks very nice. I am not sure they use lasers on glass, I know a few shops in town have water jet cutters. But you don't get a finished edge with those.
How are you cutting that? With a cnc machine or a laser?

Must be nice to have access to something like that. My brother in law is in the glass business but I don't think he has anything that can do that.

Cheers,
Vic

[Veng68]

Could be plasma? I had a friend who used to cut out glass signs using a plasma machine.

I could be wrong........ seeing as I am not in the business.

I wish I had access to something like that......... maybe I should suggest it to my brother in law ;)

Cheers,
Vic

[Skimmerking]

that little tank looks wicked O.M.G wow love the sump too. mmmmmmmmm skimmer:biggrin:

[karazy]

looking great jay. You weren't kidding when you said it was full.

[reefcanada]

Just a little update, the tank is clearing up with all the sps added. The corals are looking great under the new lights. I saw my new blenny today, I picked up a little twin spot blenny. I hope all of my mini dart gobies come in tomorrow. I will get some new pics up soon.

[lastlight]

That scape with the largish colonies will look bangin' with a school of fish running amok through there. 30 though...man it's gonna be a frenzy when it's feeding time.

[reefcanada]

I am trying to get better pics out of my camera, here are few. And one for Skimmer King. I am having alot of fun with this little tank. I call it my nano as it sits right next a 400 gal tank. So it looks like a nano. Any one thinking of adding a wavebox, do it. They are worth the money. Enjoy!

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/reefcanada/sept810007.jpg
FTS

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/reefcanada/sept810002.jpg
One of my favortie corals right now,not sure what it is. Any ideas?



http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/reefcanada/sept810010.jpg
Full sump shot for Skimmer King

[lastlight]

That looks a lot like my skimmer does right now...I totally love my 160 and all it's got to work on is some dirty old rock.

[reefcanada]

They are a very good skimmer and you can't go wrong with the price.

[deacon hemp]

The coral looks like a nice sized colony of montipora undata.

[reefcanada]

I have a few new fish in my tank. The mini dart gobies never came in. I decided to go shopping today and found some nano gobies. Coryphopterus personatus, the masked goby. I got 12 of them. I also got a pair of Stonogobiops nematodes, Hi Fin Red Banded Goby. They have not come out yet, so here are a few pics of the masked gobies.

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/reefcanada/015-1.jpg

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/reefcanada/001-1.jpg

A few coral shots.
http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/reefcanada/011.jpg

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/reefcanada/008.jpg

And a FTS.
http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/reefcanada/013.jpg

[lorenz0]

that is an insane monti. tank is looking awesome

[Wingin It]

I like those gobies...cute! Nice tank!

[reefcanada]

I was doing a water change tonight and took a few new pics. I also moved a few corals around. I like the way it looks now alot better.

A few top downs
http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/reefcanada/001-2.jpg

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/reefcanada/002-1.jpg

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/reefcanada/003.jpg

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/reefcanada/004.jpg

A new FTS
http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/reefcanada/007.jpg

Enjoy

[karazy]

i think the new configuration looks better as well.
looking good jay

[reefcanada]

Thanks Evan.

[kien]

That is one nice SPS project you got going on there ! Looks great!

[lastlight]

New layout is twice as balls. Sweet stuff.

[mseepman]

This tank is just looking awesome!!

[reefcanada]

Thanks Guys, I have had to start doseing already. A few of the sps are already starting to encrust the plugs. I am very happy with way this tank turned out. I am not to happy with the rimless tank, I am picking snails up off the floor every morning.

[lobsterboy]

looking good there Jay, that undata is crazy.

you are going to have two dope tanks once the softy is ready to roll.

[lobsterboy]

Jay was nice enough to pick up from frags for me from an order that he was going in on, so i had a chance to see his setup's and grab those frags.

Jay really cares about his fish and inhabitants, all the systems are lively and healthy, best softy tank I seen, corlors and fish are wicked. and i guess i arrived at dinner time, he was just about to feed his morays, it was time for awesome.

thanks for picking the frags up Jay.

[Myka]

Great looking tank! I like the new layout better too...more balanced.

[reefcanada]

Thanks For the kind words and for all the frags Jon. The tank is a bit of a mess right now. I need too get some two part tomorrow and place all of the frags. I think my new favorite coral is the Jedi mind trick that Jon droped off tonight. I will get some new pics up soon. And thanks again Jon.

[lorenz0]

wow, that undata is amazing.

[lobsterboy]

wow, that undata is amazing.

yeah its sick, I was lucky enough to snag a sweet frag if it, its polpys are this metalic bluish, green. sick.

[lorenz0]

I was able to get a piece off of snappy earlier this year and its starting to look great, but a colony like that... wow.

[chris88]

Looking awsome, that green acro is beautiful.

[reefcanada]

Okay, here a few pics of my tank with the mh dimming down for the night.

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/reefcanada/003-1.jpg

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/reefcanada/006-1.jpg

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/reefcanada/007-1.jpg
The one on the right is the Jedi Mind Trick monti. These are not the best picks, I am still trying to figure out my camera. I think it is winning the battle. Thanks again Jon for the awesome frags. Enjoy

[Delphinus]

What are you running for ballasts?

[reefcanada]

The light is a Sifligoi XR4, with the acls running the all of the bulbs.I have no idea what ballast they run in the acls. I am looking at the new XR6 with the acls for my softie reef. The new series of acls have both the metal halide and the T5HO's dimmable. Mine only has the mh dimming function.

[lobsterboy]

lookin good Jay,

I can see a few of those masked gobies in the pics, they are a sweet fish.

Makes me want a few for my own tank.