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Old 02-14-2008, 05:11 AM
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Looks good.
Keep up with the pics.
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Old 03-16-2008, 09:27 AM
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Today I picked up the Lumenarc reflector, and installed it. What an awesone reflector, i've got coast to coast coverage across the entire tank. A special thanks to Ryan and Steve for making that happen!

So now that I had lights I got the ich to do he swap right away, and I did. Didn't finish until 3 am. I'll take some pics tomorrow, I'm going straigt to bed.
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55 gallon cube - 50 lbs LR - ASM G3 skimmer - 30 Gallon sump - 22 Gallon refugium / frag tank - 4x 24 watt HO T5's - Mag 9.5 return - Pin Point PH monitor - 400 watt XM 20K MH in Lumenarc reflector - Dual stage GFO/NO3 media reactor - 6 stage RODI auto top up -Wavemaster Pro running 3 Koralia 2's.

Fully stocked with fish, corals and usually some fine scotch
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Old 03-16-2008, 01:12 PM
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Awesome!!!

I can't wait to see how she looks
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Old 03-16-2008, 04:41 PM
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Old 03-17-2008, 05:13 AM
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Ok, as promised, here are a few shots of the complete setup.

Please keep in mind that this tank will eventually become an inwall tank. So nothing really had to be that pretty, it just had to be functional. Enjoy!

The back side of the tank while running. The wife thinks it looks like some kind of bio-mechanical machine, and I said it is!



The sump. Nothing fancy, just a chamber for the skimmer, a couple of baffles, and a chamber for live rock. There's plenty of room to add macro algae if I want to build a refugium down the road.



The lighting structure. This posed the biggest problem for me, just look at the venting I had to work around. The lumenarc is actually hanging from a rail structure so that I can move it out of the way when I need to get my hands wet. Like I said, it's not fancy but it does work well. The T5's are simply screwed to 2 x 4's to raise them up above the closed loop manifold.



I messured like 12 times before placing the tank here just to make sure that I got it right. Over the next while I'll build the walls around it. There will be a door to the right of the tank to access the back of it, as well as the house utilities. I chose this area because I'd have to build a wall around the furnace and HWT anyway, so as to prevent the rug rats from messing around wih everything. They are 2 and 1 year old, so building a wall is way easier than chasing them every where.

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55 gallon cube - 50 lbs LR - ASM G3 skimmer - 30 Gallon sump - 22 Gallon refugium / frag tank - 4x 24 watt HO T5's - Mag 9.5 return - Pin Point PH monitor - 400 watt XM 20K MH in Lumenarc reflector - Dual stage GFO/NO3 media reactor - 6 stage RODI auto top up -Wavemaster Pro running 3 Koralia 2's.

Fully stocked with fish, corals and usually some fine scotch
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Old 03-17-2008, 05:21 AM
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I love having 3 feet of depth to work with. Here's some shot of the inside of the tank. Things might change a bit regarding coral location etc. but they alway change don't they.









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55 gallon cube - 50 lbs LR - ASM G3 skimmer - 30 Gallon sump - 22 Gallon refugium / frag tank - 4x 24 watt HO T5's - Mag 9.5 return - Pin Point PH monitor - 400 watt XM 20K MH in Lumenarc reflector - Dual stage GFO/NO3 media reactor - 6 stage RODI auto top up -Wavemaster Pro running 3 Koralia 2's.

Fully stocked with fish, corals and usually some fine scotch
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Old 03-17-2008, 05:30 AM
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Freak'n Sweet tank. That White background looks Amazing. WOW just looks Great

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Old 03-18-2008, 05:01 AM
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Looks great really like your plumbing nice and clean.
You must of moved all those corals out of another tank no??
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