Harry's Custom Reef Tanks...

[Quatro]

Hey Everyone,

Teasers - - - - - - -

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My two current reef tanks deserve a thread of their own!

I am a senior at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA. I have been "reefing" for 10 years, starting out with a 55 gallon UniQuarium from a LFS that housed fish only. My first reef tank came a few years later and was a mixed 29 gallon Jaubert "plenum" style reef aquarium. Next was a 25 gallon octagonal aquarium that featured rare blue, red, purple, and green carpet anemones and even a super rare rose bubble anemone before they discovered the cheap ones from China =)

Here is the 29 gallon tank with a 5 inch sand bed (covered in wood paper to disguise):

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Here is the "anemone" tank:

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Next are my two nano reefs that I maintained at college which are no longer running....

12 gallon UniQuarium with AquaC Remora skimmer, carbon, bioballs, and a 96watt Compact Flourescent Bulb:

Fall 2003-
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Red carpet was with me for 3 years, but died of a bacterial infection when I introduced a sick green carpet :(
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Right before the take down in Summer 2006
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Next is my 5.5 gallon Clear for Life tank which started my Acan craze!!!:

Beginning - Canister filter with carbon, denitrate, and phosban, 32 watt CF light:

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After taking the tank home during the Summer of 2006, I decided to set up a bigger tank and dedicate this one to my ricordeas, hence the last FTS during Summer 2006:
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Unfortunately, I recieved a colony of ricordeas that had died, and stupidly, I introduced them into the aquarium, which cause a tank crash, and killed nearly everything :(
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After my 5.5 crashed, I set up this custom 12 gallon reef:

15"x15"x12" tank, Tunze ReefPack200 (9002 skimmer and filter), Aqua Medic 70 watt HQI with 70 watt Ushio 20k:

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additional pictures...
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So, this tank is currently with me in my apartment here at LMU. My real pride and joy is at home in Sacramento.....

[hgbarwick]

those are some sweet tanks!

[Quatro]

Here it is-

My custom 3 sided, peninsula style, 20 gallon tank. Made my SoCalCreations in the beginning of Summer 2006. Here is a pic during construction:

24"Lx16"Wx12"H-
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Equipment:

20 gallon custom tank - 24x16x12
Tunze 6025 powerhead

Light - 4x24 watt T5 HO Tek fixture (2xB+,1xSA,1xAB)

8 gallon sump
Mag 5 return
ATI BubbleMaster 200
Chaeto
ROWAphos in phosban reactor
Carbon in second phosban reactor
Dual returns next to external overflow

Chiller - Aqua-Euro 1/10th HP chiller running inline with Mag 5 return

Supplements:

Salifert "All in One" - 15mL/week
Salifert "Magnesium" - 15mL/week
K-Z Potassium, Strontium - just started
Lugols Iodine - 1 drop/week
hW SeaSalt for make up water - 5 gallons a week

Livestock:

Fish-
2x Hawaiian Resplendent pygmy angels
1x Ocellaris clown
1x Percula clown

Corals-
30x Ricordea Florida
5x Ricordea Yuma
3x Carribbean mushroom
1x LE Green Polyped Leather
1x Cepitularia
3x Xenia
1x Green A. millepora
1x LE M. danae "sunset"
1x LE M. danae "superman"
1x LE M. danae "rainbow"
1x Leng Sy cap
1x Puple rim cap
1x M. danae "orange" from Mike @ thecaptivereef
4x LE Cyphastrea
2x Challice
1x LE Pink Watermelon challice
1x Green Catspaw acro
50 or so Acanthastrea Lordhowensis (hundreds of polyps)
1x Acanthastrea echinata
10 or so Micromussas

Clean up crew of snails, urchins, sand-turners

:bum:


Initially, the tank was set up with an 8 gallon sump and housed a Euro-Reef 5-2. This later was sold and switched out to an ATI Bubble Master 200. Chateo grows in the sump as well, and there are two phosban reactors, one holding RowaPhos and the other containing Carbon. A mag 5 acts as the return via 2 1" bulkheads drilled in the "back". The overflow is external. Lighting consists of 4-24 watt T5 HO bulbs in a Tek fixture, two BluePluses, one UVL Super Actinic and one AquaBlue. Recently, a Tunze NanoStream 6025 was added for additional flow. Feeding is flakes twice a day and frozen brine or mysis every evening and target feeding of the acans/dendros/balanos every few days. Supplements consist of 15mL per week of Salifert's "All in One" and magnesium. 1mL K-Z Potassium and Strontium and one drop of Lugol's Iodine weekly. I do a 20% water change (5 gallons) using hW salt.

I've been collecting acans and micros for a long time, and ricordeas have always been one of my favorites. I've always wanted a pair of resplendent pygmy angels, but Frank at RCT hasn't had any for a long time, so when the hybrids came out (resplendens x fisheri) I knew I had to have a pair. I've had the clowns for a long time as well. :)

Pictures:

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Start up - Summer 2006 -


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Various pictures at different stages -

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Big shipment ;)
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Video...
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HYBRIDS!!!!!!!
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ATI BM200
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ATI BM200 Video...
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Last look...
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OT: I'm also into frogs :)

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Thanks for looking!!!!!!

[neyugn0w01]

Very nice Harry.

[Doglover_50]

wish you had a few more photos ;-)
Looks great!

[2OceanLovers]

How big are your angels and how big will they become?

[OnlyCrimson]

wow, thats awesome! good pictures

[Quatro]

Thanks for the complements Lam and others, much appreciated! ;)

2OceanLovers,

The angels will most likely grow to 2-3 inches, however no one knows for sure because these fish have never been produced before. The C. resplendens grow to nearly 3 inches and the C. fisheri grow to about 2.5 inches. Check out this thread for more info...

http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=982928

[neyugn0w01]

I think you should sell that BM200 to me. Just Kididng.

[Quatro]

LOL Lam! I'll think about it. The BM200 is grossly oversized for my tank.

I'll tell you one thing, the ATI Bubble Master series skimmers make your tank's water sparkle. It just looks so fresh and clean, never got that from my old Euro-Reef.

Hmmm, I've got a H&S calc reactor that I've been itching to hook up, but the BM200 takes up all the room in the sump, maybe a downgrade to a BM150 is in order. I'll let you know.......

[DallasNYC]

I'm truely Inspired. Very nice!

[racerw]

Awesome acans & angels. I have a trio of the hybrids & love them. How are the angels with the acans?
Nice pictures

[hammerswinger]

awesome tanks. I think you could have a prblem and you may need to go to reefers anonymous!! :)

[Quatro]

LOL, hammerswinger, that's what everybody says, and they don't know the half of it!

racerw, there appears to be some nipping, my thoughts about it are posted on page four of this thread (congrats on the trio BTW, I'd love to set up a group, but the tank is too small)....

http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=982928&perpage=25&pagenumber=4

Thanks again for the complements!

[Quatro]

Sump Design:

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[DarkXerox]

Wow you have some killer frags in there. What are you gonna do when you graduate though? I got lazy this year and just left my 29G at my house when I came back from studying abroad.

[Quatro]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9196672#post9196672 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by DarkXerox
Wow you have some killer frags in there. What are you gonna do when you graduate though? I got lazy this year and just left my 29G at my house when I came back from studying abroad.

Thanks!

Actually, my tank is at home too. It would have been too difficult to move a tank that size down to LA, so my family just keeps it running, and I go up every once in a while to do water changes and make sure everything is running smoothly. My GF has been keeping it safe for me :love1:

After I graduate, I'll get a real job, then it'll be time for an upgrade :dance:

[AVALover5498]

Dude, Throw up a FTS of that Dart tank. I'm also into amphibians. Though I've never attempted to keep darts.


-Chris-

[M.Maddox]

Using student loans to pay for corals = bad :P

[beemer]

hceiv,
I know I'm resurrecting an old post but where did you find a bunch of single polyp acans at one time? You just made me want to start up a nano again! amazing tanks.
Jerod

[Quatro]

Hi beemer,

Thanks! I appreciate the compliment and resurrection.

I've recieved nearly all of my acan lords from Mike at thecaptivereef.com. I went through many vendors, but the captive reef blows them all away hands down. Don't waste your time or money, go straight to the best ;)

The tank has taken on a new look. I had to move all of my lps, including all acans, to a separate tank because the two pygmy resplendent/fisheri hybrids have developed a taste for them :( Really unfortunate because I don't think some morphs will recover, but at least now they are safe from pickers.

Here's a semi recent photo of the tank. Now it has turned into an aquarium exhibiting my first love, ricordeas!

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More updates coming soon, stay tuned, it'll be a sight to see for sure.......

[tapmorf]

Wow, I am speechless, very nice tanks.

[Quatro]

Everything changes and affects everything. (pratitya samutpada)

Newest developments are an Elos System 70:

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And an Elos System 120XL:

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The custom 20 is still active (see in background through system 70's glass), but is more of a holding tank for acans. The rics have moved to the system 70. The 120xl will be sps.

More information can be found on the Elos system 70 here:

http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1270796

More information can be found on the Elos system 120XL here:

http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1270794

I'd like to keep this thread as a historical archive rather than a day by day journal, so updates will come as major changes ensue...

[Jarob]

Where do you get your rics?!?! Thats my main attraction as well. GORGEOUS tanks man...

[Quatro]

Thank you. Phishy Business, Reef Gardener, Caribbean Corallimorph, and Coral Fanatics are my favorites, but I'm sure there are many more quality dealers...

[mathias999us]

All I can say is WOW.