Mirage's 40 Gallon Breeder

[MGDMIRAGE]

Tank has been up since 2010.

Equipment:
Current Nova Extreme 6 bulb T5HO fixture
WP-40 circulation pump/wavemaker
250 ebo jager heater
quiet one 4000 return pump
reef octopus 8 NWB skimmer rated for 250 gallons
bulk reef supply dual reactor running Rox carbon and BRS bio-pellets
Korallin c1502 calcium reactor with 10lb co2 tank
tank is drilled with 2 1" bulkheads.
sump is a 40 gallon long
70 watt Current Sunpod over sump for frags

FTS 6-15-2013

 

[MGDMIRAGE]

Pics from the beginning:

 

[IPisces]

Wow, very nice! I love that monti hanging off the side of the tank! Very cool tank!

 

[Peppie]

Why did you change out your PVC Coast to Coast.That was a great idea.
Tank looks great!

 

[MGDMIRAGE]

Why did you change out your PVC Coast to Coast.That was a great idea.
Tank looks great!

It was a great idea had the PVC been cut perfect, but some spots were taking in all the water and others were untouched. I currently have 1.5" couplers with teeth but they plug up too fast so I'm wishing I had done the norm and made a overflow with teeth and perhaps a bean animal overflow.

 

[Airphotog]

40 breeders make really nice reefs and yours is looking good.

 

[MGDMIRAGE]

Thanks everyone, as always it is a work in progress.

 

[Krish]

The tank looks great. I had a 40 gal breeder once, but it was fresh water. I really liked the dimensions compared to the 55 gal.

Good luck with the tank.


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[DTECH07]

Very nice 40 breeder and really nice colony. I agree 40gal breeders just seem like a nice size tank for either softies/sps/lps/ or fish only.

 

[MGDMIRAGE]

Yeah it is a good versatile foot print that is in between small and large.

 

[MGDMIRAGE]

Some Mandarin pics during mysis feeding time:

 

[NemCrazy]

Nice tank! I love the pics of the mandarin

 

[IPisces]

Wow, those are fabulous pics!

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[MGDMIRAGE]

Thanks you two