steven11
Somethingotherthannormal!
Hello,
So a little bit about me. I have been in the hobby off and on for the last 15 years. I have had all sorts of setups from FO to full blown reefs. My very first fish was a volitan lion in a 55 fish only. That first tank is the inspiration for the build that I am in the process of finishing.
For the last year I have had a 125 setup in my garage with the intent of grow out/frag tank. I can say that idea dissolved very quickly. But none the less I had some fish ,including a lion, and a tank full of corral.
I got my current setup from my aunt who unfortunately had about every issue possible with her tank. Some things that I have never heard of. The tank is a marine land 250 DD and was setup as a reef with 2 250 halides, 8 t5's and an octopus 250 extreme skimmer. One difficulty was that there was no room under the stand. I had two acrylic tanks built for sumps. The last straw and what resulted in this tank being taken down was a cracked halide that was still firing. This in turn "burnt" everything on the left side of the reef and killed 95% of the live stock let alone throwing the tank into a nose dive of a crash from the die off. I tore down the tank in April and so started the planning, designing and set up of my new system.
This tank would be perfect for me because of the type of build that I wanted to do. The tank has sweet dimensions. It is 5' x 3' x 27" tall. My idea for the system was an aggressive reef based around the fish. As far as the reef part, the corals in the tank would be what ever the fish would allow. Knowing that I would still like to keep some nice corals in a traditional reef, I setup one of the acrylic sumps as a reef. It's dimensions are 32" x 24" x 14.5" tall, about a 46 gallon tank. Both these displays are in the same system.
After modifying the stand to give me more room under the stand and some changes to the lighting, I got it in the house and started plumbing.
The nuts and bolts of the setup are a 250 gallon display lit by two 400 watt halides and 4 t5's. Current inhabitants are my volitan lion, miniatus grouper, yellow and sailfin tank and a leopard wrasse. Future fish will be some combination of a panther grouper, snowflake eel, clown or niger trigger, porcupine and/or some version of a dog face puffer and a harliquin tusk. The small reef is lit by a single 250 w halide. It currently has a yellow eye tang and three clowns. Would like to get some type of anthias, a pipe and maybe a goby/shrimp pair. The common sump is 4' x 2' x 26" tall and houses my refugium. I am using a G4 skimmer and a dart as the return pump for both displays. A fairly simple system.
Now for the fun part, pictures! Here is the 250 setup as a reef at my aunts, the 125 I had in my garage and the current setup. I will get some more detailed pics tonight plus there has been a few slight changes in rockwork.
Let me know what you all think or if you have any suggestions for additions. Thanks!
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So a little bit about me. I have been in the hobby off and on for the last 15 years. I have had all sorts of setups from FO to full blown reefs. My very first fish was a volitan lion in a 55 fish only. That first tank is the inspiration for the build that I am in the process of finishing.
For the last year I have had a 125 setup in my garage with the intent of grow out/frag tank. I can say that idea dissolved very quickly. But none the less I had some fish ,including a lion, and a tank full of corral.
I got my current setup from my aunt who unfortunately had about every issue possible with her tank. Some things that I have never heard of. The tank is a marine land 250 DD and was setup as a reef with 2 250 halides, 8 t5's and an octopus 250 extreme skimmer. One difficulty was that there was no room under the stand. I had two acrylic tanks built for sumps. The last straw and what resulted in this tank being taken down was a cracked halide that was still firing. This in turn "burnt" everything on the left side of the reef and killed 95% of the live stock let alone throwing the tank into a nose dive of a crash from the die off. I tore down the tank in April and so started the planning, designing and set up of my new system.
This tank would be perfect for me because of the type of build that I wanted to do. The tank has sweet dimensions. It is 5' x 3' x 27" tall. My idea for the system was an aggressive reef based around the fish. As far as the reef part, the corals in the tank would be what ever the fish would allow. Knowing that I would still like to keep some nice corals in a traditional reef, I setup one of the acrylic sumps as a reef. It's dimensions are 32" x 24" x 14.5" tall, about a 46 gallon tank. Both these displays are in the same system.
After modifying the stand to give me more room under the stand and some changes to the lighting, I got it in the house and started plumbing.
The nuts and bolts of the setup are a 250 gallon display lit by two 400 watt halides and 4 t5's. Current inhabitants are my volitan lion, miniatus grouper, yellow and sailfin tank and a leopard wrasse. Future fish will be some combination of a panther grouper, snowflake eel, clown or niger trigger, porcupine and/or some version of a dog face puffer and a harliquin tusk. The small reef is lit by a single 250 w halide. It currently has a yellow eye tang and three clowns. Would like to get some type of anthias, a pipe and maybe a goby/shrimp pair. The common sump is 4' x 2' x 26" tall and houses my refugium. I am using a G4 skimmer and a dart as the return pump for both displays. A fairly simple system.
Now for the fun part, pictures! Here is the 250 setup as a reef at my aunts, the 125 I had in my garage and the current setup. I will get some more detailed pics tonight plus there has been a few slight changes in rockwork.
Let me know what you all think or if you have any suggestions for additions. Thanks!
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