New member from Calgary

Brent F · 08-19-2008, 06:37 PM

My name is Brent and I live in Calgary, Canada. I have had fish tanks for 10’s of years. In my old house in the 90’s I had a 180 gal salt fish only tank and a 130 gal fresh water stingray tank. After moving I decided to go with nano tanks.

I have a 34 gallon Red Sea Max (RSM), a 16 gallon clam tank and a Nanocube 6 all hooked into the same sump (83 gallons total). This way I can share a skimmer and ATO making maintenance far easier than three separate tanks would be. In addition to the three reef tanks I am slowly setting up a 90 gallon tank / 67 gallon sump fish only salt tank and have an outdoor koi pond.

Older full room shot

The RSM

The clam tank (9 inches deep with a 250 watt MH)

The Nanocube 6

BEELZEBOB · 08-19-2008, 06:39 PM

welcome and way to go.

is that a viper on your clam tank? if so how you like it?

AndtheBonus · 08-19-2008, 06:44 PM

Welcome! Your tanks look great!

Brent F · 08-19-2008, 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BEELZEBOB

welcome and way to go.

is that a viper on your clam tank? if so how you like it?

It is a Viper 70 and I wasn't happy with it. I had the ballast go after 3 months. I bought a 250 watt pendant because the 70 wasn’t enough light for clams even thought the tank is only 9 inches deep.

BEELZEBOB · 08-19-2008, 06:47 PM

nice. im ponderin the 150 for my nano......

ballasts suck huh?

cheeks69 · 08-19-2008, 07:07 PM

Welcome to RS

Love the Clam tank in particular, any topdown shots ?

Brent F · 08-19-2008, 07:15 PM

Here's a top down showing my Frogfish and Chromis in the clam tank.

and another showing a couple clams

cheeks69 · 08-19-2008, 07:44 PM

Beautiful Clams !

Brent F · 08-19-2008, 08:08 PM

Thanks, They love the very shallow tank with the 250 watt MH. SPS are the only other thing that will live under that intense of lighting. Here's a picture showing the 250 fixture I replaced the Viper 70 with and cooling fan I had to add to keep the temperature down.

goldenmean · 08-19-2008, 08:35 PM

Howdy Hooooo!
Welcome to RS!

Thats a beautiful system you have going!

AQTCJAK · 08-19-2008, 09:27 PM

Welcome Aboard

blue_eyes53813 · 08-19-2008, 09:46 PM

Hello and Welcome... Very Nice looking tanks..

Reefmack · 08-19-2008, 09:51 PM

Well Hi Brent! I've seen that beautiful tank set up before. As you know I'm new here also, but I still think I may be allowed to say Welcome!'

Arreola · 08-20-2008, 12:33 AM

HI Brent F.
Good to see friends here!

slakker · 08-20-2008, 12:50 AM

cool... how'd you connect the "cubes" to the sump? Did you have to drill the back?

08-19-2008, 06:37 PM	#1 (permalink)
Brent F Bryozoan Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 43 View Gallery Karma Komment	New member from Calgary My name is Brent and I live in Calgary, Canada. I have had fish tanks for 10’s of years. In my old house in the 90’s I had a 180 gal salt fish only tank and a 130 gal fresh water stingray tank. After moving I decided to go with nano tanks. I have a 34 gallon Red Sea Max (RSM), a 16 gallon clam tank and a Nanocube 6 all hooked into the same sump (83 gallons total). This way I can share a skimmer and ATO making maintenance far easier than three separate tanks would be. In addition to the three reef tanks I am slowly setting up a 90 gallon tank / 67 gallon sump fish only salt tank and have an outdoor koi pond. Older full room shot The RSM The clam tank (9 inches deep with a 250 watt MH) The Nanocube 6

08-19-2008, 06:39 PM	#2 (permalink)
BEELZEBOB -CHAUVINIST PIG- Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Boulder Colorado Posts: 4,851 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: New member from Calgary welcome and way to go. is that a viper on your clam tank? if so how you like it? __________________ 18Gal Mantis Tank 28lbs LR 22lbs Black Sand D&D Typhoone Skimmer96W CL PC (10K + AC) 2 Rio 90 P.H., 1 Nano Korilla Bane the Mantis Shrimp (G.Smithii) LIFE LESSON 8/8/08: Dont Poke Squirrells... LIFE LESSON 8/12/08: Chicks dont dig comic books... LIFE LESSON 8/26/2008: Pain is relative... LIFE LESSON 9/13/2008: Sometimes you just gotta pee in the sink... LIFE LESSON 10/1/2008: Her eyes say more than her mouth... LIFE LESSON 10/1 B: In retrospect, the shooting range was a bad first date idea... LIFE LESSON 10/19/2008: Bleach doesn't work well with out DETERGENT... But with it, WOW! LIFE LESSON 10/25/2008: "You're Such a Man," isnt necessarily a compliment... LIFE LESSON 10/28/2008: RC Helicopters are not Bob Proof... LIFE LESSON 10/29/2008: Dont ** where you eat, UNLESS, you are the company pooper scooper... BARB FREGGIN RULES**

08-19-2008, 06:44 PM	#3 (permalink)
AndtheBonus Plate Coral Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 774 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: New member from Calgary Welcome! Your tanks look great! __________________ 24g Aquapod Want GSP? PM me.

08-19-2008, 06:47 PM	#5 (permalink)
BEELZEBOB -CHAUVINIST PIG- Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Boulder Colorado Posts: 4,851 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: New member from Calgary nice. im ponderin the 150 for my nano...... ballasts suck huh? __________________ 18Gal Mantis Tank 28lbs LR 22lbs Black Sand D&D Typhoone Skimmer96W CL PC (10K + AC) 2 Rio 90 P.H., 1 Nano Korilla Bane the Mantis Shrimp (G.Smithii) LIFE LESSON 8/8/08: Dont Poke Squirrells... LIFE LESSON 8/12/08: Chicks dont dig comic books... LIFE LESSON 8/26/2008: Pain is relative... LIFE LESSON 9/13/2008: Sometimes you just gotta pee in the sink... LIFE LESSON 10/1/2008: Her eyes say more than her mouth... LIFE LESSON 10/1 B: In retrospect, the shooting range was a bad first date idea... LIFE LESSON 10/19/2008: Bleach doesn't work well with out DETERGENT... But with it, WOW! LIFE LESSON 10/25/2008: "You're Such a Man," isnt necessarily a compliment... LIFE LESSON 10/28/2008: RC Helicopters are not Bob Proof... LIFE LESSON 10/29/2008: Dont ** where you eat, UNLESS, you are the company pooper scooper... BARB FREGGIN RULES**

08-19-2008, 07:07 PM	#6 (permalink)
cheeks69 Wannabe Guru Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Northeast Posts: 7,386 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: New member from Calgary Welcome to RS Love the Clam tank in particular, any topdown shots ? __________________ Robert My Cube “A spirit is manifest in the laws of the Universe—a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the face of which we with our modest powers must feel humble.” Albert Einstein

08-19-2008, 07:15 PM	#7 (permalink)
Brent F Bryozoan Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 43 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: New member from Calgary Here's a top down showing my Frogfish and Chromis in the clam tank. and another showing a couple clams

08-19-2008, 07:44 PM	#8 (permalink)
cheeks69 Wannabe Guru Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Northeast Posts: 7,386 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: New member from Calgary Beautiful Clams ! __________________ Robert My Cube “A spirit is manifest in the laws of the Universe—a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the face of which we with our modest powers must feel humble.” Albert Einstein

08-19-2008, 08:08 PM	#9 (permalink)
Brent F Bryozoan Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 43 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: New member from Calgary Thanks, They love the very shallow tank with the 250 watt MH. SPS are the only other thing that will live under that intense of lighting. Here's a picture showing the 250 fixture I replaced the Viper 70 with and cooling fan I had to add to keep the temperature down.

08-19-2008, 09:27 PM	#11 (permalink)
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08-19-2008, 09:46 PM	#12 (permalink)
blue_eyes53813 Hey!Its not my fault Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lancaster, Wisconsin Posts: 8,024 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: New member from Calgary Hello and Welcome... Very Nice looking tanks.. __________________ 265 Gallon Reef built into basement wall. Lighting = 6x250 watts MH, 2x96 watt PC ,and 2x140 watt VHO for a total watt of 1,972 watts . New addition on 4-14-07 of 100 gallon sump and 100 gallon refugium. I think I have lost my mind. Gotta love this hobby Vicki Life is like a pathway of untrodden snow. Be careful how you step in it for every mark will show Definition of FRIENDSHIP: All lives touch other lives to create something new and alive My tank chronicles. http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...wall-reef.html

08-19-2008, 09:51 PM	#13 (permalink)
Reefmack NaClH2O Addicted Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Charlotte, NC, USA Posts: 6,127 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: New member from Calgary Well Hi Brent! I've seen that beautiful tank set up before. As you know I'm new here also, but I still think I may be allowed to say Welcome!' __________________ aka Terry Excellence in reefkeeping is achieved by mastering the fundamentals, and learning from mistakes. No such thing as an evil crab. Only humans have the ability to be evil. "If you don't like what your fellow forum neighbors are doing, then don't pay so much attention to them" 34g Red Sea Max 130 (April 07), ~50-60 lbs. live rock, Aragonite substrate. Lighting: Current USA Outer Orbit Pro - 150W HQI, 2 x 24W Blue Plus T5 HO Fluorescent by ATI, 2 x 24W Super Actinic T5 HO Fluorescent by UVL, Vortech MP20, LifeReef RSM Siphon, EShopps RS-75 Sump, Euro-Reef custom sump skimmer, Simplicity media reactor, Tunze Osmolator ATO, ReefKeeper Lite L3 controller Reefmack's RSM 130 and...Red Sea Max Owners Club and My JBJ 6G in this thread[/color][/i]

08-20-2008, 12:33 AM	#14 (permalink)
Arreola Serpent Star Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 212 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: New member from Calgary HI Brent F. Good to see friends here!

08-20-2008, 12:50 AM	#15 (permalink)
slakker Scopas Tang Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 440 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: New member from Calgary cool... how'd you connect the "cubes" to the sump? Did you have to drill the back?

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