The RRC tank picture thread...

[mr294]

I've met quite a few of you guys so far, but I haven't gotten a chance to see many of your tanks. Why doesn't everyone post a picture or two of their tank as well as a brief description and list of equipment.



Tank/sump:
120g perfecto (4'x2'x2') with homemade overflow
28g Amiracle sump
GRI 510 pump with eductor for return

Lighting:
2x250w 10k Ushios on Bluewave pulsstart ballast
2x110w Actinic VHO on LN ballast
LED moonlight courtesy of rufio173

Filtration:
Euroreef CS8-2+
100 or so pounds of kalini, fiji, and marshall island live rock

Other stuff:
Tunze stream 6100 w/ controller
Phosban reactor (running purigen now instead of phosphate remover)
GEO dual chamber "shorty" calcium reactor
$2 clip on fan from Target

Fish:
pair of green mandarins
achilles tang
chevron tang
9 green chromis
leopard wrasse

[bobherbertperry]

while my tank is not quite so impressive here goes....









Tank/Sump:
60 gallon cube 2x2x2 Glasscages/Twin Oaks w/ center overflow
20 High AGA for sump
Mag9.5 with eductor for return

Lighting:
1 250DE 14k Hamilton Reefstar Pendant

Filtration:
Euroreef ES 6-2+ w/ sedra 5000
30+ pounds fiji liverock

Other:
Seio 820 for additional flow
$2 clip on fan from Target(I think its only worth .50, it sucks)
CA reactor on the way for christmas

Fish:
4 green chromis

Thanks Tom for the excellent carolinia, and Brandon for the many corals and continuing advice and reccomendations. You all will get a close up look of this on Thursday.

[mr294]

I see that Target clip on fans seem to be an essential piece of equipment

[Charlie Davidson]

At the meet, you guys teach me a little more about how to post pics and I gladly will. We also need pics of Waynes!!

[AQUAN8TOR]

anybody wanna come take some pics with a digital camera at my place??? All I have is a 30 year old Mamiya 35mm (takes damn good pictures).

[mr294]

Nate - I can stop by sometime in the next week or two with my camera if you would like to get some pictures.

If anyone else has pictures but needs a way to host them, just PM me for my email address.

[mr294]

I know more people have pictures of their tanks! Manderx? Strictly Marine?

[manderx]

ok, i didn't know if i should post pics in this thread since i'm not really a local. but since you're asking

all my tanks are plumbed together- way too lazy and poor to keep up with more than 1 system. it's got a turboflotor, a geo calcium reactor, and a homemade chiller (well water running through a coil of 1/4" poly in my sump controlled by a temp controller+solenoid).

here's my 50. it's got 2 250w giesemann 14.5's and a t5 blueplus and actinic. i'm still working out the aquascaping and moving corals back in after a total re-build a few weeks ago.


30 cube. it's got a 175w 20k XM over it. the bracket on the back glass is holding an orange zoo rock to attach.


my trusty teardrop. i got this ~4 years ago i think, back before they were even called teardrops or overpriced. it doesn't look it in this pic, but it's at least 7".


a cluster of SPS. this was taken shortly after a total scrape-down and coralline hadn't re-established itself yet.


the blue and green zoos.


pink millie w/blue tips


scripps pink millie

[mr294]

Beautiful tanks

[bobherbertperry]

nice tanks manderx. I'm thinking the next time you are able to make it to a frag meet, i will need a piece of your scripps mille.

[SunDragon]

Well, heres my little slice of Reef.

Left:


Middle:


Right:


Sump:


Stand:


Canopy:


This is the closet behind the tank where I keep the ballasts, a 30 gallon trash can for mixing salt water, my top of resivour, kalk reactor, ballasts, and my DIY tank controller:




And a quick shot of the DIY controller:



Now, some info:

125 gallon All-Glass tank

Welded steel stand that I designed and welded.

Birch doors for the stand that I DIY'd. They have rare earth magnets in the back of them that hold them to the stand for easy removal.

33 long sump:
EuroReef CS8-2 Skimmer
Fuge in the middle
Mag 9.5 return pump

2 Tunze Streams on the multicontroller using tide mode

120 lbs figi and lalo live rock

3 175 MH's with XM 10K bulbs in my DIY canopy

Cheap blue rope light for moon light.

ReefTek Kalk Reactor
10 gallon Top Of resivour

DIY computer controller:
This controls all of my lighting schedule, kalk stirring, and even turns the RO/DI unit on twice a week to fill up the top off resivour. It also monitors the UPS battery backup I have installed in the shed behind the tank room that everything in the tank is hooked to. So, if the power goes out, it notifies me then shuts down any unnecessary equipment until the power returns. And, the thing only costs like $50 to build if you got a old computer laying around.

Fish:
Marroon mated Clown pair in a 12-15 inch BTA.
Yellow tang
Marine Betta
Yellow watchman gobie
Scooter blennie
Lawnmower Blennie
and a powder blue Tang in QT

Mostly softies and alot of frags:
Colts
Fuzzy finger leather
mushroom leather
few red mushrooms
some ric's (green, peach and blue, orange and blue)
couple of zoo patches(lavander, green, sherbet pink, red ring, pastels brown with orange mouths, it goes on)
Blue Tort
Red monti Cap
Green Monti digita
German Blue(read as brown in my tank) monti digita
a brown blue staghorn
GSP's
Xenia
Kenya Tree.

[Charlie Davidson]

Too kool! hey, we going to meet at brandons? PM me.

[prop-frags]

Tank/sump:
125g AGA (78x18x22) with AGA oldstyle corner overflows
40g long AGA sump
lots of pumps and little holes that have hose connect to them

Lighting:
2x250w PFO DE pendants 14k aquaconnect on Icecaps
1x250w PFO DE pendant 14k hamilton on Icecap
2x160w Actinic VHO on Icecap
DIY cold cathode moonlight

Filtration:
Turboflotor Multi
150 lbs +/- kalini, fiji, and heinz 57 live rock

Other stuff:
Tunze stream 6100 (2), alas controller-less
MRC CR2 calcium reactor
PCI ¼hp chiller
Trusty HOT magnum canister

Fish:
Ostracion cubicus, centropyge loricula, ctenochaetus strigosus, siganus vulpinus, (4) chromis viridis, lactoria cornuta
1 amphiprion percula in the QT, and a partridge in a pear tree.

Left Side:


Middle:


Right Side:


SPS Island (yes I have brown acros!):


There are some other shots in my gallery, I'm getting too lazy to post them!

[mr294]

Steven - Very nice set up! I really like the canopy set up, and the DIY controller is entirely too cool I think I spy a clip on fan as well

Mike - I see a lot more colorful acros than I do brown ones That teal staghorn in particular looks quite nice! Could you do me a favor and take a close up picture of the Tunze magnet holders. I've been debating on whether or not to purchase a couple. Thanks.

[SunDragon]

No clip on, its a old desktop fan that I screwed upside down to the canopy so I didnt have to balance it on the rim!

[SUMMERS]

Hey Sundragon what is the name of the computer program you are using?

Larry

[SunDragon]

its a custom program controlling the beige box in the bottom of the last picture.

[prop-frags]

Originally posted by SunDragon
its a custom program controlling the beige box in the bottom of the last picture.

Steven is a PIC guru!!

[Charlie Davidson]

Damm, I am still having a problem controlling hair alage! LOL Steven call you in a few.

[AQUAN8TOR]

Brandon---I'll definitely take you up on your offer. I'm sure I can repay you somehow.

[AQUAN8TOR]

sundragon--I'm assuming the beige box is something like a solar 1000 controller.....tell us more!! BTW, you've still got plenty of room for other equipment.....Ca reactor....LOL

[Charlie Davidson]

Nate, on your 40- what is your lighting. I have a 175 14k and 2 PCs. plan to change to 1- 250w 14k.

[bobherbertperry]

charlie, by reading nate's signature you might be able to make an accurate assumption of the lighting on his 40, needless to say its BRIGHT....see you tommorrow night

[SunDragon]

Nothing fancy here. The beige box has 8 relays rated for 120v 15amps. It connects to the computer through a serial interface and has a very simple set of commands such as "R1" = relay 1 on. So I wrote some simple software that can be used with windows scheduling(or any other program scheduler) to turn things on and off as needed. The box runs something like $70. The only draw back is the box is DIY, so you have to sit and read the schematic and solder everything on the PCB yourself(or pay $100 to buy it preassembled). Its also got 4 analog inputs that can be monitored so you could program a 4 float switch style top off and refill system if wanted. I have experimented with using it as a wave maker, and as a top off controller, but never but them into application on the tank for longer than a few days. Its not limitless, but with a little thought you can do alot of neat things with it.

[mr294]

I know you people have pictures! Quit holding out on me.