Gimmito's 450 L-shaped display

[gimmito]

We also built a ledger out of 2x8's. I hope to put 3-55 gallon tanks up there. I would like to have a mixing station for saltwater, r/o water, & the last will be a gravity fed fuge. I'm entertaining the idea of incorporating a constant water station up there also.

I plan to build another ledger below it for a qt, culture tanks, breeding tanks, & what not.

[Ripler]

I dont understand why L-shaped. Less to see. Unless im just not following and its opposite hmmmm . curious

[gimmito]

Originally Posted by Ripler

I dont understand why L-shaped. Less to see. Unless im just not following and its opposite hmmmm . curious

Ripler,

The tank is 6' long in the front and tapers back to about 5' going in to the wall. You can get a liitle better idea from the pic's from the first few pages of the thread. The main reason I had to do this was b/c of a post that was in the way. Believe me, I would have loved to have had a tank 4' straight back. I will have bookcases on either side of the tank and will build a large cave w/overhang so it won't be noticable.

Nice 150 build by the way.

[gimmito]

Some goodies courtesy of the mailman.

Heaters
Filter sock
Eductors
Bottle of Revive

[gimmito]

Durso stand pipe.

[gimmito]

Fits like a glove. I also drilled a 1/16" air hole on top.

[gimmito]

H&S 110/F2000 skimmer w/ehiem 1048 feed pump for the frag tank. This is the little brother of the H&S 250 skimmer I'm considering for the 450. I've never used a recirculating skimmer and I'm interested in seeing the skimmate production.

[gimmito]

I thought I would post a picture of my red sea max. I traded a vortech pump for it w/a fellow reefer...not bad eh ? I got it b/c I had to down size from a 75 gallon due to the remodel. It's mainly zoa's, lps, & a rbta which has split twice in a year since I've had it.

[gimmito]

Its been awhile since my last post...been busy with the house, soccer, volleyball, cub/girl scouts, etc. I've been scouring craiglist and picked up a truvu 40 breeder and truvu 30 gallon for the qt. I'll post some pics soon.

[gimmito]

Here's a pic of the 40 breeder. I'm going with a deep sand bed (about half way) and the rest w/chaeto & maybe some graciella for any future tangs. Do you guys think 8" is enough to denitrify the 450 ?

[gimmito]

Here's a pic of the truvu 30 gal I'm going to use as a quarantine tank. I'm thinking of painting the sides black as well to better acclimate the fish...Any thoughts ?

[gimmito]

Gen came over and finished installing the background and overflow covers via magnets and velcro. I have a buddy in the car painting business who will paint the top and bottom of the background acrylic black. This way you won't notice the 4 vortechs as much. I also will put a led in the middle to simulate more depth. A little trick the steinhart aquarium uses in their aquariums. ')

[gimmito]

A few things I picked up from Marine Depot:

-(4) 1 1/2" heavy duty bulkheads for the overflows (I can't believe how big those things are).

-Small AccliMate (used it to pick up a magenta dottyback & sixline wrasse from a buddy and acclimation was a breeze...highly recommend it !).

-Eheim 600 pump (for the 2 phosban reactors in the frag tank sump).

-bottle of prime (always good to have around).

-pisces pro acclimator (makes having to uses your mouth to start a siphon a thing of the past).

-Kold Sterile replacement cartridges (for my Kold Filter system...I'm thinking of adding a Kani-Ani system down the line).

[gimmito]

I thought I'd take a pic of the back of the tank lit up at night.

[gimmito]

A buddy in the car painting business helped me paint the acrylic black on the top and bottom to hide the vortechs. Looks a bit like a flag at this point, but we'll see how it looks with the aquascaping in there.

I can always get another piece of acrylic.