mnreefman
Well-Known Member
well its about time i get this started, with us closing on the house on may 13th, its time i start to resurect this tank. lets start with the basics. the tank its self is being made by a local guy, he runs reefmania, greg sheilds is his name, and hes based out of apple valley minnesota. i started talking to him about 2 months ago trying to figure out if i could get my dream tank up n going. i origonally had a 210 aga duel overflow, but the glass tank was just to heavy. i went back to the store and asked if i could return it for store credit, which they graciously did for me... even after 8 months... the tank never saw water so they said sure. i then proceded with greg to build me this tank. ive been askin for pics, but so far no luck...
the dimensions are 72x30x25. figures to be roughly 233 gallons. i wanted more depth than height so i could finally do some decent aquascaping.it has a 36" external overflow with (2) 1 1/2" bulkheads running down to a 55 gallon sump. the back of this tank is drilled with 2 more 1 1/2" bulkheads. one on both sides of this overflow which will be 2 seperate closed loops, powered by sequence darts. for returns i have (10) 3/4" returns placed sparatically on the back and sides. 8 of these are for the 2 closed loops and 2 are for the return from the sump. the return from sump is a mag 15.
the lighting will consist of alot. i want to use my current set up (2) 175w mh in conjuction with my (3) 250w se's... all will be 20k bulbs. in addition i will also be using 2 110w vho 03 super actinics.... (yes i like blue tanks)
my sump area will be lit by 2 55w pcs... i will be useing all xm 20ks for the metal halides.
skimmer!!! now this is the part that scared me, i bought a mrc mr2 skimmer, not know really what it was that i was getting... OMG this thing is huge.. its almost intimidating. ican honnestly say i have owned such a piece of equipment... i dont even know how to hook it up! but andy is gunna send me a new set of instructions...
i will be placing an order of 300 lbs of fiji lr, from yet another local with hook ups. i decided since it was the cheapest and it will eventually be covered in corals, why spend the extra 3$ a lb on the new stuff.... fiji is good. so ill be happy with that
my stocking list is simple..
fish
1 coral beauty
1 yellow watchmans golby
7 lyretail anthias
7 blue green chromis
2 saddle back clowns
coral
lps, lps lps...
blastos
acans
micro's
zoas
scolys
frogspawns
torches
cynairas
favities
encrusting montis as well as plating are going to be my only sps.
heres the kicker for me.
i will have 4 carpet anemones.
i have green and a blue in a holding tankat a neighbors house, and i will be ordering a red and yellow once the tank is mature enough for them.... however i recently saw a purple one and i might have to consider more of these.
i will be startin on the stand in 2 days and ill post pics as they come along...
heres is a poor diagram of the tank
the top is a top pic. the red are the open spots in the top... yes it has euro bracing...
the middle shows the cl and overflow... the light blue is the external overflow. the green are returns and the dark blue are drains for closed loop...
the bottom shos the 2 bulk heads on the sides of the tank...
i know the paintings suck... but im no atrist
the dimensions are 72x30x25. figures to be roughly 233 gallons. i wanted more depth than height so i could finally do some decent aquascaping.it has a 36" external overflow with (2) 1 1/2" bulkheads running down to a 55 gallon sump. the back of this tank is drilled with 2 more 1 1/2" bulkheads. one on both sides of this overflow which will be 2 seperate closed loops, powered by sequence darts. for returns i have (10) 3/4" returns placed sparatically on the back and sides. 8 of these are for the 2 closed loops and 2 are for the return from the sump. the return from sump is a mag 15.
the lighting will consist of alot. i want to use my current set up (2) 175w mh in conjuction with my (3) 250w se's... all will be 20k bulbs. in addition i will also be using 2 110w vho 03 super actinics.... (yes i like blue tanks)
my sump area will be lit by 2 55w pcs... i will be useing all xm 20ks for the metal halides.
skimmer!!! now this is the part that scared me, i bought a mrc mr2 skimmer, not know really what it was that i was getting... OMG this thing is huge.. its almost intimidating. ican honnestly say i have owned such a piece of equipment... i dont even know how to hook it up! but andy is gunna send me a new set of instructions...
i will be placing an order of 300 lbs of fiji lr, from yet another local with hook ups. i decided since it was the cheapest and it will eventually be covered in corals, why spend the extra 3$ a lb on the new stuff.... fiji is good. so ill be happy with that
my stocking list is simple..
fish
1 coral beauty
1 yellow watchmans golby
7 lyretail anthias
7 blue green chromis
2 saddle back clowns
coral
lps, lps lps...
blastos
acans
micro's
zoas
scolys
frogspawns
torches
cynairas
favities
encrusting montis as well as plating are going to be my only sps.
heres the kicker for me.
i will have 4 carpet anemones.
i have green and a blue in a holding tankat a neighbors house, and i will be ordering a red and yellow once the tank is mature enough for them.... however i recently saw a purple one and i might have to consider more of these.
i will be startin on the stand in 2 days and ill post pics as they come along...
heres is a poor diagram of the tank
the top is a top pic. the red are the open spots in the top... yes it has euro bracing...
the middle shows the cl and overflow... the light blue is the external overflow. the green are returns and the dark blue are drains for closed loop...
the bottom shos the 2 bulk heads on the sides of the tank...
i know the paintings suck... but im no atrist
