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[Dale]

Here's the CSD (Carleson surge device). It's basically a three gallon bucket with three bulkheads. One for the surge line, one for the feed line and one for an emergency drain line.



It, the chiller and eventually the skimmer (not the current skimmer) are fed by this externally mounted pump (Pondmaster 250)



Here's a shot of the refugium portion of the sump. It is lit by a Coralife CF unit sitting on the wide center brace. Some additional flow is provided by a small Hydor powerhead with a rotating head. The refugium currently houses three Pacific green burrowing anenomes and a tuft of Macroalgae. There is about 150 lb's of LR in the sump and display and I have used some pieces to make a bridge in and out of the refugium for hermits and other dentrifores. The blue bottle is just being used to trap out some rock pricklebacks that have been attacking the anenomes.



Here's what a prickleback looks like:



They are amazingly curious fish that can last 17 -23 Hr's out of water but they are savages. I originally trapped them out of the display (and put them in the sump) after they began attacking my sun star and now I must trap them out of the sump as well. It's back to the quarentine tank for them!

Here's a shot of a burrowing anenome



and what it looks like when it's had enough

[mark]

Great for the update.

For your CSD, how's it for putting bubbles in the display?

[Dale]

Hi Mark,
Not so bad, I'd say. It drains at the surface so I think that helps. I tried putting the outflow lower in the tank but the back pressure wouldn't allow for a complete syphon break. I'll add a video of it down the road.

Here are some more Fauna shots (sorry, I'm a lousy photographer)

This is a Staghorn sculpin



and some Three spine sticklebacks




An Aggregating anenome



and this is my sun star. Keeping one of these was the inspiration for this whole set up. I'm afraid he is raiding the cookie (mussel) jar.



So far all of the Fauna has taken readily to frozen mysis, bloodworms and clam meat as well as phytoplankton, rotifers and cyclopeez for the barnacles and mussels.

[Whatigot]

awesome...
can you post some more pics of the whole set up?
I'd also love to see a video or more pics of your sunstar.
really cool and original set up man.
props.

[Dale]

Thanks Whatigot.
Rather than reposting pics, here is the link to our thread on RC (the pics should start on the last page):
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...&pagenumber=13

[Eyford01]

amazing tank! i'm actually looking to do something similar although not quite as big since i don't have the room, but i'm thinking of a 30-40g with a diy mini fridge chiller, but what is there for bio filtration? i'm sure live rock wouldn't do at all in those temperatures, i think i would have to theme mine around a few abalone to match the 9 holes in my reef, love those guys!! but any tips at all would be awesome its hard to find too much info... i was thinking on my next trip to the coast i could just scoop a couple buckets of sand and a few rocks