Hello Forum (MASC)
I saw the MASC booth at ReefStock and got on here as quick as possible.
My name is Ben, I live in the Lone Tree area.... I have been away from aquariums for about 7-8 years. Previous tanks were 125gal glass tank with rare african cichlid tank, which became extinct when I left for a week long vacation and had a friend come over to feed them everyday. Needless to say, my friend forgot to turn off the lights the entire week, which as you can guess increased the water temps to well over 90 degrees and practically fried all the fish.
Next tank was a 72gal custom acrylic tank (salt water this time). I ened up moving and shut the tank down and never got back into the hobby... until now.
Currently I have 130gal in-wall see through acrylic tank 3/4" walls (59L x 16W x 32H). I am going as high end as I can on everything.
Contents of tank so far are:
Fish so far are a pair of black clowns, fire shrimp, cleaner shrimp, peppermint shrimp, emerald crabs, and snail/hermits.
Hoping to grow the tank into a mixed reef tank with about 8 - 10 fish and LPS/SPS corals.
Once the tank is worth showing, I would be up for hosting a meeting or two.
I saw the MASC booth at ReefStock and got on here as quick as possible.
My name is Ben, I live in the Lone Tree area.... I have been away from aquariums for about 7-8 years. Previous tanks were 125gal glass tank with rare african cichlid tank, which became extinct when I left for a week long vacation and had a friend come over to feed them everyday. Needless to say, my friend forgot to turn off the lights the entire week, which as you can guess increased the water temps to well over 90 degrees and practically fried all the fish.
Next tank was a 72gal custom acrylic tank (salt water this time). I ened up moving and shut the tank down and never got back into the hobby... until now.
Currently I have 130gal in-wall see through acrylic tank 3/4" walls (59L x 16W x 32H). I am going as high end as I can on everything.
Contents of tank so far are:
- I have some large 40+lbs pieces of live rock and few 20+lbs live rock for aquascaping
- Digital Aquatics RKE, MLC, SL1, PC4, APC modules (Current for sale), I am wanting to replace with an APEX setup
- Tunze 6105 circulation pumps w/magnet extension
- Custom 2 piece refugium/sump (cheato), sump modelled after the Trigger system sump, built this myself using Plasticare to laser cut 3/16 acrylic (red and clear)
- Danner Mag Drive 18 return
- Danner Mag Drive 9.5 (supply) for AquaC EV180
- EcoTech Marine Radion Gen2 LEDS x2
- WavePoint HO LED Sump light
- SpectraPure MaxCap RO/DI system with ATO to sump
- 55Gal Ace Roto Mold saltwater mixing reservior (in basement)
- APC UPS 1500 series for 1hr battery backup (entire tank and all components), networked to enable email notification on power outages
- Custom cabinetry surrounding tank/wall
- Eheim Jager 150w heaters x3
- Eshopps probe holder, 4" sock filter
Fish so far are a pair of black clowns, fire shrimp, cleaner shrimp, peppermint shrimp, emerald crabs, and snail/hermits.
Hoping to grow the tank into a mixed reef tank with about 8 - 10 fish and LPS/SPS corals.
Once the tank is worth showing, I would be up for hosting a meeting or two.
