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Bignoses' 90G sps reef
I'm currently building a setup at my new house. I will be using everything from my old setup but will be built totally different. My display will be in my basement and the equipment will be in the storage room. I have finished the basement to the point where I can start the build.
The equipment I have is: 90G display 48"x24"x18" 50G sump 48"x16"x15" Sunlight Supply Tek5 6x54w T5 Euroreef RS135 2-Koralia 4 2-Koralia 3 Quiet one 5000 Vertex PuraTek 100 GPD RO/DI Live stock: 120pnds of LR Yellow Tang Green Chromis Midas Blenny 3 PomPom crabs many different kinds of soft and hard corals All my livestock is currently in a 100G poly tub I borrowed from The Codfather. The tub is in my good friend Oshiney's storage room. Display The stand is a design from reefcentral that kien told me about. Started from this pile of wood Originally I had a taller stand for the sump but decided I would keep it lower just to be safe I had room for the plumbing Display stand Here is the poly tub with all the livestock This is Oshiney's 15G nano which has my midas blenny. I wish my first tank was this nice. Good work oshiney Last edited by bignose; 06-05-2010 at 05:47 PM. |
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update March 16th.
I put the tank on the stand and figured out how to plumb everything. This is the first time I have plumbed through a wall so I was winging everything. I plumbed the drains and returns first. Then I plumbed the other side of the wall. I also plumbed in the RO/DI unit and mounted a couple of powerbars. This is where I am now. |
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wow, that looks so neat and tidy, love it :-)
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I raised the salinity to 1.025 and the temperature to 79F. Next I will rinse and add sand. I'm going with 40 pounds of sugar sand. The last time I used 40pnds sugar and 20 pounds crushed argonite which was too much. |
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It was 3 weeks ago but here is a picture of me and my gf adding sand.
2 weeks ago I added about 40 pnds of base LR, I put half of it in my sump. Last week I added 10 hermit crabs and 8 narcissus snails. Yesterday I put in my yellow tang. Here is a picture I took today. I still have around 60 pnds of LR to go in yet but it's going in when I transfer my coral. |
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nice work!! not gonna paint the back of your tank?
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Looking great! +1 to the "Plans for the back of the tank". I WISH my plumbing was that neat and tidy!
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"120 Gallon - Fastest Build in the West" 20Gal Sump, 2x 250 PFO Metal Hallides running 2 20k XM Bulbs, 2X54 HOT5 1 KZ Coral Light 1 Fiji Purple, Euroreef RS 100 Skimmer, Quiet One 6000 Return Pump, 2X Tunze 6025, Nano Wavebox ~To Live Is To Reef~
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Acoustical batting would help with that noise through the wall.
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Calvin --- Planning a 29 gallon mixed reef... |
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I know it seems simple, but is the pump sitting directly on the sump glass? i put a sheet of foam insulation under my sump, then the rubber legs on the pump and you can hardly hear it anymore.
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"120 Gallon - Fastest Build in the West" 20Gal Sump, 2x 250 PFO Metal Hallides running 2 20k XM Bulbs, 2X54 HOT5 1 KZ Coral Light 1 Fiji Purple, Euroreef RS 100 Skimmer, Quiet One 6000 Return Pump, 2X Tunze 6025, Nano Wavebox ~To Live Is To Reef~
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