Finally my tank build is done. Here's what I have....
I had a diy 75g AIO that I picked up from CL last December. The back 6" is sectioned off with a waterfall on the left half, and the rear right half sectioned off into 2 sections. Waterflow falls over the back left, under a divider to the return pump section. My return pump, which is way overpowered for my configuration, is a Rio 26HF. Maybe I'm overcompensating lol. Return is T'd off with an inline ball valve (not ideal i know) so it goes to the third section of the 75, which then overflows into the right side of the 75. Here's a pic that kinda shows the sump section. Space is really tight, and my choice of return pump was limited by the 6" width of the chamber. I have to hold my tongue just right to fit the Rio in there!
The left half of the 75 is fuge, complete with chaeto, halimedia, and a dsb. Light over the fuge is a 4 bulb T5 with 2 6500k, 1 Blue+(because I hate the yellow/green look of all 6500s), and a 10k. I am experimenting with lighting schedules, mainly because I hate the fuge light being on at the same time as the LED on the opposite end. It looks wierd.
In the 75 I have:
Fish
1 Yellow tang (headed to the 90)
1 Matted filefish (love this guy!)
4 Pajama Cardinals
1 Blue green Chromis
1 Yellow striped Maroon Clown (got her yesterday and she is gorgeous!)
Inverts
Tiger pistol shrimp
Fighting Conch
3 humongous Nassarius from Elite Reef
Assorted hermits and snails
Corals
Fire n ice zoas
Eagle eye zoas
Ugly green plays that grow like weeds
Pink n Gold zoas
CAR zoas
Orange digitata
Toadstool
Green hairy mushroom
Green ricordea
Multicolored open brain
Green mushrooms
Branching hammer (clown hosts this)
Toxic frogspawn
Green trumpets
Green maze brain
Green edged plate
Blastomussa
I am probably going to do fuge light from 1900 hours to 0700 hours.
I just got a JBJ ato controller last week, and have an aqualifter hooked to it that is working well after some initial operator error and experimentation (and bad words). I have an Apex controller that I won from the ReefEd raffle (Thanks, MASC!) Controlling lights on both tanks, return pump, heater, and powerheads. I really should get another EB8, but until then I have the Fire Marshal's and every electrician's worst nightmare-multi outlets plugged into extension cords a few inches from 140 gallons of saltwater! Ghettofabulous!
The top tank is another CL steal. It is a 90rr that my wife and good friend Tony got me for my birthday. Here's Tony:
and here's my wife with some fugly guy
Anyways, the 90 drains straight down into the left sump chamber. The return from the middle sump chamber has a ball valve (I know, I know....) to throttle it down a bit.
Drain from the 90 is a diy Durso which I am very happy with. Lights over the 90 are Chinese led's. Right side is 165w, left side is 120w.....because that's what I had available. Light over the right side of the 75 is another 120w led. I have blues set on from 0400-2100 hours, and whites on 0700-1900 hours.
Flow in the 90 is from two MJ1200 powerheads in addition to the return line. Flow in 75 is from a hydor 600 and an aqueon something.
Here's the 90:
I am wanting to get a few more fish and move stuff around, but I have to catch the little buggers first.
Fish in the 90 are:
Snowflake clown
Her biatch the regular perc
1 Mandarin Dragonette
Coral
I will edit this later
My stand was custom made by a guy named Adam in Reunion. It is steel tubing and angled steel for the canopy, which slides on the front of the 90. Adam made the whole thing to fit within an inch of my existing vertical space!
I had a diy 75g AIO that I picked up from CL last December. The back 6" is sectioned off with a waterfall on the left half, and the rear right half sectioned off into 2 sections. Waterflow falls over the back left, under a divider to the return pump section. My return pump, which is way overpowered for my configuration, is a Rio 26HF. Maybe I'm overcompensating lol. Return is T'd off with an inline ball valve (not ideal i know) so it goes to the third section of the 75, which then overflows into the right side of the 75. Here's a pic that kinda shows the sump section. Space is really tight, and my choice of return pump was limited by the 6" width of the chamber. I have to hold my tongue just right to fit the Rio in there!
The left half of the 75 is fuge, complete with chaeto, halimedia, and a dsb. Light over the fuge is a 4 bulb T5 with 2 6500k, 1 Blue+(because I hate the yellow/green look of all 6500s), and a 10k. I am experimenting with lighting schedules, mainly because I hate the fuge light being on at the same time as the LED on the opposite end. It looks wierd.
In the 75 I have:
Fish
1 Yellow tang (headed to the 90)
1 Matted filefish (love this guy!)
4 Pajama Cardinals
1 Blue green Chromis
1 Yellow striped Maroon Clown (got her yesterday and she is gorgeous!)
Inverts
Tiger pistol shrimp
Fighting Conch
3 humongous Nassarius from Elite Reef
Assorted hermits and snails
Corals
Fire n ice zoas
Eagle eye zoas
Ugly green plays that grow like weeds
Pink n Gold zoas
CAR zoas
Orange digitata
Toadstool
Green hairy mushroom
Green ricordea
Multicolored open brain
Green mushrooms
Branching hammer (clown hosts this)
Toxic frogspawn
Green trumpets
Green maze brain
Green edged plate
Blastomussa
I am probably going to do fuge light from 1900 hours to 0700 hours.
I just got a JBJ ato controller last week, and have an aqualifter hooked to it that is working well after some initial operator error and experimentation (and bad words). I have an Apex controller that I won from the ReefEd raffle (Thanks, MASC!) Controlling lights on both tanks, return pump, heater, and powerheads. I really should get another EB8, but until then I have the Fire Marshal's and every electrician's worst nightmare-multi outlets plugged into extension cords a few inches from 140 gallons of saltwater! Ghettofabulous!
The top tank is another CL steal. It is a 90rr that my wife and good friend Tony got me for my birthday. Here's Tony:
Anyways, the 90 drains straight down into the left sump chamber. The return from the middle sump chamber has a ball valve (I know, I know....) to throttle it down a bit.
Drain from the 90 is a diy Durso which I am very happy with. Lights over the 90 are Chinese led's. Right side is 165w, left side is 120w.....because that's what I had available. Light over the right side of the 75 is another 120w led. I have blues set on from 0400-2100 hours, and whites on 0700-1900 hours.
Flow in the 90 is from two MJ1200 powerheads in addition to the return line. Flow in 75 is from a hydor 600 and an aqueon something.
Here's the 90:
I am wanting to get a few more fish and move stuff around, but I have to catch the little buggers first.
Fish in the 90 are:
Snowflake clown
Her biatch the regular perc
1 Mandarin Dragonette
Coral
I will edit this later
My stand was custom made by a guy named Adam in Reunion. It is steel tubing and angled steel for the canopy, which slides on the front of the 90. Adam made the whole thing to fit within an inch of my existing vertical space!
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