WOW...Its been a looong time.....

SunnyX

SunnyX

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Its been a long time since i posted here.
Many things have changed.
Some of you may remember I had a 120gl Reef.
Well now I have a 225gl Custom Starphire tank.

Heres somes specs and pics for you guys:

225gl Starphire(60Lx36Wx24H) Reef
*Deltec AP851
*GEO Calcium Reactor
*Sequence DART
*TUNZE 6100 Stream
*SEIO 1500
*2xAquaclear 270 Powerheads
*3x250w MH ROIII+
*Pheonix 14K DE HQI
*2x110w VHO URi Super Actinic



Stats


*36.6 Total System Turnover Per hour
*4.6 Watts of light per Gallon
*45gl water change every two weeks
*10 Drops of Lugols Solution a week
*1 Inch sandbed only in front; Rocks sitting on Cuttingboard

 
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jimeluiz

Active Member
Hey SunnyX -welcome back.

Can't find pics on your post and your gallery is still from the ol' days. Can ya give it another try?

Eager to see...
 
mps9506

mps9506

Well-Known Member
Looking great! You've been up to a lot of work.
Huge improvement over your old setup (not that the last one was bad).
 
ReefLady

ReefLady

Well-Known Member
Staff member
Very nice Sunny, and glad to see you! I think your tank grew by 100 gallons and we grew by about 1500 members. :)

T
 
Witfull

Witfull

Well-Known Member
hey sunny, LTNS,,,,i was looking at old post and wondered what happened to ya, good to see ya.
 
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Jiddy

Active Member
Why your aqauscapin makes mine look like "i need to redo", lol. I was curious if you rock is touchin the back wall? I can get seem to get a nice incline like you with my 220, course you have an extra foot of width, but i was curious none the less!
 
Woodstock

Woodstock

The Wand Geek was here. ;)
RS STAFF
:hallo: SunnyX... NICE upgrade! Well done!

Jiddy, my rocks touch the back glass. I just use a powerhead to blow out any diterus that might hide back there :)
 
blue_eyes53813

blue_eyes53813

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Very Awesome tank Sunny, I have some questions for you. Quick story first. I did the same thing recently. I moved , sold my house in Jan. 2005. Broke my 125 gallon tank into 3 small tanks that have been at my moms, and 2 different friends houses ( bless all of them for putting up with me and all my critters,). I moved into my new house in April 2005. I set up a 265 gallon in the basement wall in July. Just this week I am slowly moving all my critters live rock and sand to new tank. I am soooooooooooo afraid the beneficial bacteria isnt ready. Did you add anything to the water to help in aid in making sure the water is ready?

I notice you have alot in your tank and the tank being so new. I thought about adding water from the smaller tanks, But with having the tanks in different places( friends houses) The water quality wasnt how it should of been. I didnt add any water from the other tanks. I am crossing my fingers. Dont mean to steel you thread either. Thanks :rolleyes:
 
Flatlander

Flatlander

Member
:drooool: What a beautiful aquarium. Nice colours.Just happens to be the identical size I was looking at making. I planed on running a pair of 400w bulbs though, instead of three.

I see you went with no front access. How the problems with reach across the 3ft. span. My 24in. was bad enough, but it was 30in. deep. I see a single center overflow. Does it have one or two drains?
 
SunnyX

SunnyX

Member
blue_eyes53813 said:
Very Awesome tank Sunny, I have some questions for you. Quick story first. I did the same thing recently. I moved , sold my house in Jan. 2005. Broke my 125 gallon tank into 3 small tanks that have been at my moms, and 2 different friends houses ( bless all of them for putting up with me and all my critters,). I moved into my new house in April 2005. I set up a 265 gallon in the basement wall in July. Just this week I am slowly moving all my critters live rock and sand to new tank. I am soooooooooooo afraid the beneficial bacteria isnt ready. Did you add anything to the water to help in aid in making sure the water is ready?

I notice you have alot in your tank and the tank being so new. I thought about adding water from the smaller tanks, But with having the tanks in different places( friends houses) The water quality wasnt how it should of been. I didnt add any water from the other tanks. I am crossing my fingers. Dont mean to steel you thread either. Thanks :rolleyes:
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Well I moved almost all 120gl of water over to the new house.
I belive this helped the tank out alot.
Moving water and rock from an old tank really helps out.
 
SunnyX

SunnyX

Member
Flatlander said:
:drooool: What a beautiful aquarium. Nice colours.Just happens to be the identical size I was looking at making. I planed on running a pair of 400w bulbs though, instead of three.

I see you went with no front access. How the problems with reach across the 3ft. span. My 24in. was bad enough, but it was 30in. deep. I see a single center overflow. Does it have one or two drains?
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I tank has Two 1.5 inch drains fully open.

Yea it took some effort designing the tank from the back.
 
SunnyX

SunnyX

Member
Jiddy said:
Why your aqauscapin makes mine look like "i need to redo", lol. I was curious if you rock is touchin the back wall? I can get seem to get a nice incline like you with my 220, course you have an extra foot of width, but i was curious none the less!
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I have about 6-8" from the wall to the rocks in the back of the tank.

I am waiting for many of the corals to grow because I still have a foot of from the farthest coral. Rockwork is about 30" back, corals only about 24".

Need a year of good growth to be able to move some to the back.
 
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