Wayne's 225

waynemah · #1 05-10-2011, 05:54 AM

Current equipment:
225 Gallon Tank 72lx30wx24h
DIY LED! 4 Dimmable Pendants of 36x3w Cree's. Each pendant will have 24 XP-E Royal Blue and 12 XP-G Cool white.
Skimz SM201 Skimmer
Tunze 3155 Osmolator ATO
Reeflo Super Dart Gold
Profilux Controller
BRS ROX/GFO
BRS Dosers (3) w/two part
Finnex 300w heaters
Biopellets with TLF reactor
IN-SUMP frag tank LED lit
RO/DI
Koralia 8 (one per side in back)
EcoTech MP40WES (one per side in front)
140lbs of rock
120lbs of sand

lastlight · #2 05-10-2011, 06:05 AM

I'm obviously tagging along.

phi delt reefer · #3 05-10-2011, 03:23 PM

go barebottom but leave that blanket there - looks awesome.

lastlight · #4 05-10-2011, 03:42 PM

He's already got sun and moon coral with a few star polyps as well. Not bad at all...

waynemah · #5 05-10-2011, 03:53 PM

Oh that tacky blanket is coming back to bite me...

Delphinus · #6 05-10-2011, 04:22 PM

Man I sure do like that tank. Great score Wayne! Can't wait to see this one back at it.

Dez · #7 07-26-2012, 03:44 PM

Wayne, thanks for the props. I would utilize the sides of your tank since your tank is not viewable from the sides. You have a "mountain" look now. I leaned rock on the sides of my tank. Some people don't like to do that, but my overflow and returns are on the sides and I'm never selling my tank anyway so I wasn't worried about scratches. Also, the magnet trick, you could mount another 20 frags with magnets on the side and back wall. My tank is viewable both sides, so I have no back wall. That's prime real estate for you.

waynemah · #8 07-26-2012, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Dez

Wayne, thanks for the props. I would utilize the sides of your tank since your tank is not viewable from the sides. You have a "mountain" look now. I leaned rock on the sides of my tank. Some people don't like to do that, but my overflow and returns are on the sides and I'm never selling my tank anyway so I wasn't worried about scratches. Also, the magnet trick, you could mount another 20 frags with magnets on the side and back wall. My tank is viewable both sides, so I have no back wall. That's prime real estate for you.

Thanks Dez

The rock is placed to utilize the available spread of light I have right now. It's fairly dark towards the back and the sides.

I might need to consider different / more lighting... or Lower my lights and take the optics off.

I then run into adding more rock to the DT. I've done it once with no problems, but not sure I want to risk it again.

waynemah · #9 08-30-2012, 04:15 AM

Another FTS for good measure, bad picture but I'll likely get the hang of it some day.

I'm starting to think the spilled lighting is causing my camera to go crazy.

fishytime · #10 08-30-2012, 04:35 AM

looks awight to me.....you could try throwing a towel or two over the lights to block the spill....