Hi again,
thanks for your warm welcome and overwhelming judgement.
@Greg
the tank is running for nearly a year now, some coral/fish are a lot older
'cause this isn't my first tank.
Well i have to confess that some critters have been bought already bigger.
The 19" diameter Braincoral and 15" Tridacna derasa for instance.
@lunchbucket, alphabet
you're too kind.
The reef is completely built of LR.
It mainly consists of pylons made of drilled LR plates, put on PVC pipes.
@white tiger
as it is a in wall tank with its own room behind (see following pics) i can
easily access it from both sides. There is a frame on the tank which allows
me to put a plank on it and lie myself down on it if i really have to.
The lighthood can be lifted with a winch (taken from a sailboat supplier).
But i don't do cleaning other than cleaning the windows every 3 days.
About 200 snails, 150 hermits, 2 sea cucumbers, 3 sand cleaning starfishes,
a Amblygobius phalaena and other fishes are doin' the rock- and sandcleaning.
The return pipes of the external current pumps are behind the reef so no
detritus shows up there.
@dalbrecht
you're right, the large pannels above the tank are to be lifted.
I attached a pic to show it.
I hope i did not overlook a question.
Well, here are some pictures "behind the scenes":
One of the pannels for frontaccess lifted:
The tankroom, sump with skimmer to the right, one of the PVC-pannels which
hides the tankroom from being seen from the frontside is removed.
Sump with skimmer and Caulerpa (cover removed):
Electr. setup, fuses, clocks for lampswitching etc.:
The previously mentioned 11 channel dosing pump and the "winch" for lighthood-lifting:
The lifted lighthood (made of V2A-steel)
A view from the back into the tank (removed pannel), which no visitor normally sees ;-)
The sink in the tankroom (with mask for coral placement)
(unfortunately you can reach the button of the tank either by hand or gripper,
but then you could't see what you're doin' anymore.
So one will have to put on the diving-mask and put the head into the water.)
A room in the cellar where i store 400 gal ro/di water, salt, spare parts etc.
and do my saltwater mixup. With switches in the tankroom i can switch
pumps for saltwater or ro/di water in this room to be able to see what happens
to the tank when pumps are on.
T(h)anks for viewing,
Ralf