2oo gallon tank (reef one day)

[mazza]

well it all started some 5 years ago or so when we first watched finding nemo with the kids and already had a trigon 190 set up as tropical got to admit if it was'nt for that film i don't know if i ever would have got into marines.
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the tank
the tank is 72"x30"x20" and the sump is 72"x15"x20".i had spotted this tank in a lfs but we had a problem that it did'nt fit anywhere so (i) made the call and removed the chimney breast.wow you should have seen the look on our lass's face when i took an hammer and started knocking it out.

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the surround was made buy joiners at work and the 40x40mm box section stainless steel frame was made at my work.
lighting
the lights a system 2000 triple 14k 150w halides and two 54w t5 actinics.
filtration
80kgs of liverock,a ati bubble master 250,a korallin s1501 denitrator and a deltec fr509 with phos remover take care of all the mess of the fish (tangs)

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circulation
is a 6500 lph oceanrunner for the return and 2 tunze 6100's linked to a 7095 multicontroller.
automation
is a aquatronica taking care of lighting,heating,cooling was using ozone till a while back but desided to stop using it.also a tunze 3155 takes care of topping up.
fish & coral
fish are powder blue tang,yellow tang(bubbles),sailfin tang,dory oops i mean regal tang,copper band,flame angel,cleaner wrasse,two common clowns and five chromis.plus about a dozen each turbo's and hermits.softcoral wise there is alot of mushys purple,rics and yuma's also some buttons.lps there is ancora hammer,branching hammer,torch and frog spawn.sps there is montipora and hysterix.also have a green bubble tip anemone which is doing great.i have no camera at present but as soon as i get a new one i will add pic's.
maintinance
is fairly simple i do 5% water change every 2 weeks using instant ocean salt but more inportantly correcting magneisium and calcium levels of the new mix.drip about 1/2 ltr of kalk a night and check alkalinity twice a week,clean glass once a week and clean and empty skimmer once a week.

salanity is 1026
temp 26 degrees
magneisium 1340
calcium 420
kh 8
nitrate 5ppm
phosphate <0.03
feeding
i feed 4 blocks off frozen mysis rinsed,half a sheet of nori and a bit of flake a day.

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[sky1ine]

that looks sound mate, not bad for a first crack at all, sounds like you've had some ups n downs aswell! i like the aquascaping.... personally i like to see lots of ope space for the fish to swim in :)

as for the pipe you were on about, could you not put a weir in front of it? it would at least hide it? as for the plenum question..... you'll have to wait for someone else im afraid! :o havent got a clue myself!

love the old skool RS TURBO..... got a 2ltr turbo tomcat in my garage i dont use anymore, i wanted a rsturbo but being 22 at the time, couldn't get insured! :o

atb
marc

[chrisj_]

Is that skimmer going to be up to the job? I think it's the same one they put on the perc 120 and people complain it's not good enough for that. I know it's all too easy to say go for better equipment but I think that a better skimmer may save you a lot of headaches.

[mazza]

sorted skimmer today got a 5000 shortyhttp://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2006Q4/gkguhuhuhuufdddder.JPGcheers for the compliments skyline too late for weir.still got more rock to buy so al keep building over pipe.

[mazza]

whats this outlet inlet for.http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2006Q4/nnjhgaaq.JPG

[sky1ine]

i havent got a clue im afraid mate! if you dont get a quick response in here, try making a new thread up elsewhere, should get a bit more traffic to answer your question quickly then! :)

[AlanM]

you "dug out 250 tons for garage and drive and two young ones."

:laugh:

I know kids can get to you but that may be a bit extreme.

[chrisj_]

Nice skimmer :D
Can't answer your question though 'bout how it works :o

[mazza]

"had" was the missing word and yeh definatly drive me crazy:)

[Kevin Douglas]

whats this outlet inlet for

That's to drain the skimmer for maintenance.

Atb

[mazza]

won't fit in the section of my sump because of this does it need it

[punkrockdad]

have you finished your garage yet? got any pics? When I first read the thread I thought the hole was gonna be a marine pool!!

[mazza]

heres up to winter i have finished all the building ready for roof which is gona be decked cause our lass whats her garden table to go on it 6 seat affair.http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2006Q4/4322wsffgbjjjm.JPG
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[mazza]

and what a nightmare laying all that concrete was i just knew something was going to go wrong i had ordered 4.5 square metres of it,but it was'nt till we had emptyed the truck that something did'nt look right(not enough)then the truck driver give me the invoice and it said 3.5 square metres aaarrrhhh and this was 4 oclock in the afternoon anyway they got it sorted after i give them some abuse over the phone.and all this on a very hot day so stopping it setting until the next truck arrived was'nt easy.

[arrows]

mazza,

I know how you feel we are nearly finished with our garage project it was a massive job and at times a real head ache, we ordered 6 meters of concrete a full truck load only to find we did not have enough and needed another 4 meters, luckly we broke it into two sections as they could not deliver it all in one day and also trying to float a floor that size is a head ache as well.

I have moved into it as my offices and store room but my tank has not moved in with me yet, had my outside sump house built and moved the sump tank in last Sunday so now the tank needs moving.

Good luck with your build. :thumbsup:

[mazza]

thanks and good luck with your move:)

[Nikolai]

that tanks impresive! - especially the stand, youve done well with that mate, now all youve gotta do is fill it with some big centerpiece corals!!!
nikolai

[mazza]

yep so any one with some nice lps and softys pm me will travel 25mile radius of huddersfield area.
thanks for the complement:) .as i say one day a reef progress is slow even slower now the nice weathers here our lass is kicking me into touch to get on with the garden:(

[kissypoos]

hi wicked tank bet it looks even better in the flesh. nice to speak to a local.

[mazza]

thanks for the compliment:D

[mazza]

well got a bit stalled with tank and ended up selling loads of stuff.

only to change my mind,now i have the challange of getting it all back,nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[Espocrespo]

What are the tank and sump dimensions???

[Manta]

Been there got the t-shirt with the hair algae - know exactly how you feel. Skimmer does look a bit lost in that size of system, is it possible you could pick up something from the classifieds, shorty or 701 eg? On saying that you've done a good job - doesn't look bad at all in that bottom pic.

[mazza]

tank dimensions are 72"x30"hx22" main tank and sump is 72"x15"x22"
yes that wee skimmer is definatly too small,have an ap701 lined up.saying that theres only 5 small fish in there at the moment.tryed a shorty but did'nt think much to it.
need a load of turbos as i sold my others.

[mazza]

well the s1501 denitrator was one off the things i sold but i think i am going back to running a plenum in the sump.

[mazza]

well desided to have a redo and finally get round to drilling another hole and fitting a weir box as when we first got it,it only had 1 40mm downpipe with no weir which was pants,so drained 580 ltrs and set about getting it sorted.

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and heres my parts.

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[mazza]

well here's how it went

hole drilled with cheapo £7 diamond drill,took about 10 minutes

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weir and pipe in

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and finally acrylic and weir combs on job,done and am nacked.and by eck this empty tank stinks.

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