Dunc's already built reef build (75g)

[duncangweller]

Hi everyone,

I've been knocking around here chiming in whenever I see fit and looking at everyone else's stuff but have yet put any pictures of my setup on here. Seeing as I have just bought my first place, a condo in Langley, and now have everything set up I thought I'd add a few pics (albeit they are a little bit rubbish due to me using my phone). I'll perhaps get out the DSLR sometime soon and take some half decent ones.

Any who......my set up is as listed below.

Tank: 75 gallon 48L x 21H x 18D bottom drilled aqueon tank
Overflow: Herbie with 1" main drain and 3/4" emergency
Sump: 33 gallon with 3 sections (skimmer, return and refugium)
Lighting: 6x54w Sunlight Supply Tek5 with Giesmann and ATI bulbs
Skimmer: Reef Octopus NWB-150 in sump skimmer
Return pump: Mag 9.5 pump
Heater: 250w Eheim Jager heater
Power heads: 3x Hydro Koralia 1050gph
Dosing: 2x BRS dosing pumps (alk and calc)
Carbon and GFO: BRS dual reactor with Cobalt MJ-1200 pump)
RO/DI: BRS 5 stage deluxe 75 gpd

I also have a 10 gallon QT tank with a 100w Eheim Jager heater and small power head/biological filter combo.

Livestock:

A pair of Occelaris Clowns
Blue Chromis
Pink Spot Goby
Cleaner Shrimp

In the QT:

Orange Back Wrasse
Melanarus Wrasse
Helfrich Firefish

As far as corals go I have a number of zoa's, a few LPS and I'm starting to get into SPS. Nothing particularly exotic just yet but in time....

Tested my parameters today and here is what I had:

API test kit:

Nitrate: 0ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Calcium: 440
Phosphate: 0-0.25ppm
Ammonia: 0ppm
Alk: 8.0

Salifert:

PH: 8.0

Elos:

Magnesium: 1350

So that's that,
Dunc

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[duncangweller]

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[FishyFishy!]

Thats a great start! Love the scape.

Have any pics of the sump and equipment?

[The Guy]

Hey Dunc,looks good. Is that the same tank you already had?

[duncangweller]

Its still a 75 gallon, I just switched out tanks as my other tank was drilled through the back and this one is bottom drilled. I don't have the luxury of a corner to tuck the tank into so as the tank is parallel to my sofa I didn't want to be able to see the plumbing protruding from the back of the tank.

I like this aquascape a lot, my favourite of the three I have done so far.

The pic doesn't really do it any justice.....but give me a year or nine and I'm sure it can be looking pretty sweet.

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