Lap's 90 Gal Reef - Need flow help

[Ryan_Lap]

Hello All,

After having freshwater tanks for years I got bit by that nasty saltwater bug. Now I find myself with an empty wallet

I bought the tank back in the beginning of March 2008 with the intention of running a sumpless setup. After many many hours of research online I figured that I may as well go with a sump as there is no better time than in the beginning. I soon contacted the best custom tank and sump guy I could find and the planning began.

The tank is currently still cycling so there isnt anything in it yet. Ill post what I have for equipment thus far below along with some pictures. As I know we all love pictures.

90 gal with custom herbie overflow
Acrylic Sump/Fuge
Custom Stand
75ish Pounds of LR
30 pounds of LS
150watt MH Coralife Fixture
Controllable Koralia with 2 Koralia 4's
Octopus NW-150 Skimmer
Quiet One 4000 Return

Feel free to ask any questions and any questions I have I will surely ask in this thread.

[JDigital]

Sweeet aquascaping... How stable is it?

[Ryan_Lap]

Well if look closely you can see acrylic rods. They are 1/2". Just drilled through the rocks and piled em up. I feel comfortable with the stability. I dont expect it to fall over anytime soon.

[Phanman]

nice work! how is your acrylic rods done at the base? just stuck into the bottom rock? or did you make a H type of support?

[Ryan_Lap]

The rods are just but into the bottom rock. I kind of wish Id done a base, but this seems to be working quite well.

[superduperwesman]

I really like the rock work

[sphelps]

Looks great Ryan, keep us posted on the progress and thanks for sharing.

[Ryan_Lap]

Thanks Steve for building the sump and building the overflow for the tank. A+ Guy!

[Lance]

Originally Posted by superduperwesman

I really like the rock work

I agree. It looks great. Can't wait to see some corals on it.

[theredben]

I am in the process of building a similar setup. Can you explain how your rocker switches are setup (ie. wiring, enclosures and the like.)?