Red Coral Lethbridge's Display Tank Build

[RedCoralLethbridge]

Just figured we'd move our build thread to Canreef. Hope some of you don't mind tagging along.

Here is what we have:
Tank: 110 gallon starphire custom tank with black silicone, black Lexan overflow and black vinyl covering the back wall.
Skimmer: Vertex IN-180 in sump skimmer
Light: 3' Vertex Illumina 200 LED fixture
Return pump: Eheim 1262
Powerheads: 1 MP 40, 1 K4
Sand: about 1" of CaribSea Aragonite Seaflor special
Live rock: Combination of Jakarta live rock and dry Marco rock

Don't have any pics from when the tank was empty but here is the series of pics of when we opened the Vertex Illumina...

The box
http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/sps/image14.jpg

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Box within a box
http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/sps/image16.jpg

Within a box
http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/sps/image17.jpg

This is it
http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/sps/image18.jpg

Fancy...and surprisingly heavy!
http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/sps/image22.jpg

This is one panel...the LED's are way smaller than I expected...
http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/sps/image23.jpg

Comes with the hanging kit
http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/sps/image25.jpg

Looking good
http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/sps/image24.jpg

It's on...
http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/sps/image26.jpg

a little more blue
http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/sps/image27.jpg

moonlight cycle
http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/sps/image28.jpg

[RedCoralLethbridge]

MP40 in action http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/sps/IMGP3066.jpg


It's mainly an SPS tank, here are some of the inhabitants when we first put them in:


Right side
http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/sps/IMGP3078.jpg


Red and green favia...all the pictures turn out really blue without the flash on...
http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/sps/IMGP3060.jpg

Sunset monti colony...the colours need to brighten up still...
http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/sps/IMGP3059.jpg

Green stylo
http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/sps/IMGP3056.jpg

Blue acro with green undertones
http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/sps/IMGP3055.jpg

This fella will end up being teal!
http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/sps/IMGP3051.jpg

Aussi acro...purplish hues
http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/sps/IMGP3050.jpg

Pink pocci with greenish undertones starting to show
http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/sps/IMGP3049.jpg


http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/sps/IMGP3057.jpg

Monastrea
http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/sps/IMGP3048.jpg

http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/sps/IMGP3047.jpg

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Love this green plate...

http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/sps/IMGP3040.jpg

Unknown pocci that came in just as a itty bitty knob...and look at it now!
http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/sps/image32.jpg

http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/sps/image31.jpg

http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/sps/image29.jpg

A few new frags and Mr. Bluethroat...(taken with flash with moonlight on)
http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/March%202010/IMGP3126.jpg

http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/March%202010/IMGP3129.jpg

http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/March%202010/IMGP3128.jpg

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Full tank shot
http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/March%202011/IMGP3876.jpg

Since last we've added a Koralia 1050 on the other side and some locline
http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/March%202011/IMGP3866.jpg

Current fish list is Male bluethroat trigger, Randall's goby, Sand sifting goby, Yellow coris wrasse, 3 Dispar anthias, Yellow tang, Magnificent foxface, and Clown fairy wrasse

http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/March%202011/IMGP3890.jpg
http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/March%202011/IMGP3860.jpg

Here is Scott's awesome "watermelon" Ricordea
http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/March%202011/IMGP3854.jpg

This pocci started off all pink, now it has a completely pink base with green polyps...awesome!
http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/March%202011/IMGP3874.jpg

Love my Meteorshower Cyphastrea...
http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/March%202011/IMGP3886.jpg

Mr. Crabby
http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/March%202011/IMGP3861.jpg

If you've been to our store lately, you've probably noticed the pictures on the wall. Here they are again and a few more. Special thanks to Colin Friesen for taking such wonderful pictures!!!

http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/NKN_1975.jpg

http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/NKN_1212.jpg

http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/NKN_1240.jpg

http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/NKN_1978.jpg

http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/NKN_1119.jpg

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Awesome Craig and Nora! Tagging along! That's one nice light! Great job guys! It will be fun to watch it all grow up and fill in! :mrgreen:

[RedCoralLethbridge]

And now for some current pics:

Full tank shot
http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/IMGP3989.jpg

This is a huge pagoda cup
http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/IMGP3987.jpg

A bright branching hammer
http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/IMGP3986.jpg

Zoa island
http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/cchomistek/IMGP3984.jpg