Reef23
08-05-2011, 12:55 AM
Hi all,
I recently just upgraded from a 75G LPS tank (setup for about 1 yr) to a custom Miracles 52x26x23 3 sided starphire tank with C2C overflow. It took me about a week to swap everything over using rubbermaid bins for livestock and existing water. I setup the tank in my basement against a wall that backs onto a storage room. The tank has 3 drains and 2 returns. I drilled 3" holes thru the drywall in 5 places behind the tank to run all my plumbing into the storage/fish room. In the fishroom I setup a stand that is 96x24x14. I have a 40G custom saline solutions sump and a 40G breeder (my sump from previous tank) that I plan to plumb in for online water changes. My stand was handmade by the previous reefer who owned the tank. The stand is made out of mahogany and is showroom quality, he did an amazing job! I have in the ballpark of 150+ lbs of tonga/fuji/ecoreefer rock and a 1.5" special grade reef sand substrate. It was actually a fairly smooth swap over from the 75 - 140 only real issue was 2 leaky bulkheads that never leaked during the initial FW test run. They only started leaking (very slow drip) after the 2nd day. I was able to drain the overflow and silicon around a small area were the water was dripping. The aquascape went really well as I added roughly 60lbs of dryrock and a few large tonga pieces to the new tank. The Ecoreefer dryrock is sooo nice to work with, so many shapes that seem to almost snap together (Thanks to Torsten for letting me picka nd choose to get exactly what I wanted!) I used mainly epoxy and some tieraps to form a rock arch near the center of the tank.
Tank shot attached, tank setup pics to follow...............
My Equipment list is as follows:
ATI sunpower 8x54W 48" fixture
36" vertex illumilux marino blu LED accent lighting
2 x mp40's
Super Reef Octopus 3000int skimmer
Red Dragon 6.5 return pump (feeding 2 returns and reactor)
Vertex uv-15 reactor
Water General RD106 RODI units
RKL Controller
Stocklist:
Yellow Tang
Blonde Naso Tang
Mandarin Dragonet
Royal Dottyback
Blackcap Basslet
Sand Sifting Goby
Flame Angel
Whip Fin Fairy Wrasse
Ocellaris Clowns (x2)
I recently just upgraded from a 75G LPS tank (setup for about 1 yr) to a custom Miracles 52x26x23 3 sided starphire tank with C2C overflow. It took me about a week to swap everything over using rubbermaid bins for livestock and existing water. I setup the tank in my basement against a wall that backs onto a storage room. The tank has 3 drains and 2 returns. I drilled 3" holes thru the drywall in 5 places behind the tank to run all my plumbing into the storage/fish room. In the fishroom I setup a stand that is 96x24x14. I have a 40G custom saline solutions sump and a 40G breeder (my sump from previous tank) that I plan to plumb in for online water changes. My stand was handmade by the previous reefer who owned the tank. The stand is made out of mahogany and is showroom quality, he did an amazing job! I have in the ballpark of 150+ lbs of tonga/fuji/ecoreefer rock and a 1.5" special grade reef sand substrate. It was actually a fairly smooth swap over from the 75 - 140 only real issue was 2 leaky bulkheads that never leaked during the initial FW test run. They only started leaking (very slow drip) after the 2nd day. I was able to drain the overflow and silicon around a small area were the water was dripping. The aquascape went really well as I added roughly 60lbs of dryrock and a few large tonga pieces to the new tank. The Ecoreefer dryrock is sooo nice to work with, so many shapes that seem to almost snap together (Thanks to Torsten for letting me picka nd choose to get exactly what I wanted!) I used mainly epoxy and some tieraps to form a rock arch near the center of the tank.
Tank shot attached, tank setup pics to follow...............
My Equipment list is as follows:
ATI sunpower 8x54W 48" fixture
36" vertex illumilux marino blu LED accent lighting
2 x mp40's
Super Reef Octopus 3000int skimmer
Red Dragon 6.5 return pump (feeding 2 returns and reactor)
Vertex uv-15 reactor
Water General RD106 RODI units
RKL Controller
Stocklist:
Yellow Tang
Blonde Naso Tang
Mandarin Dragonet
Royal Dottyback
Blackcap Basslet
Sand Sifting Goby
Flame Angel
Whip Fin Fairy Wrasse
Ocellaris Clowns (x2)