My new 600 gallon reef - Page 4

Goodwin9 · #76 01/31/2007, 06:08 PM

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Originally posted by triggerfish1976
Congrats on the tank. I have a 600g (96x48x30) and love the 4' depth.
I am using the Lumen Max reflectors as well and they are awesome. I run (3) 400 watt radiums with T-5 supplements and the reflectors do a great job of spreading out the light across a 4' wide tank. They are a little bulky but are really efficient.

Thank you! I just finished hanging the Lumen Max fixtures and fired them up for the first time. WOW! Looks like you could light a football field with them. Will try and post some pictures of the completed lighting later tonight. I am so happy that I went with the 48" width. It really adds to the tank. Can hardly wait to get some fish swimming around in the tank and the corals in place.

Goodwin9 · #77 02/01/2007, 07:44 AM

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Originally posted by Goldleaf Reef
Those life Guard canistars look like a set of Scud Buster Rocket Launchers. Man you are rocking. How are you going to finish off the rest of the basement ? are you going to paint that beam to give it some protection from the salt air ?

Never been to SD but lookin at that clean white snow might need to make a winter visit one day.

No immediate plans right now for the basement. I want to get the tank up and running right now.

As for the snow, look at pictures, right now it is 5 below with a high to day of 18. If you decide to visit, I would suggest making it a short one....

triggerfish1976 · #78 02/01/2007, 08:22 AM

Here are pics of my tank with the Lumen Max reflectors.

Goodwin9 · #79 02/01/2007, 04:13 PM

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Originally posted by theroon
This a great set up...

I was wondering if you thought about the heat dissipation that the chillers are going to give off? I have a 1/2 hp chiller in a large closet and the room heats up to 103 degrees!!!

The basement area has its own central air cooling system which keep area at a nice temperature. That was another consideration for locating the tank in the basement.

Goodwin9 · #80 02/02/2007, 10:48 AM

Time to get the lights up. I chose the Coralife Aqualight Pro 250 W MH 96 w compacts along with 3 Lumen Max 2 reflectors with Ushio 14K 400 watt bulbs. I am using Sunlight's Galaxy 2 electronic ballast.

WangoTANGo · #81 02/02/2007, 03:05 PM

nice pics triggerfish! tank is coming along goodwin! i really need to spend more time on this site to see whats going on.

-Justin

clekchau · #82 02/02/2007, 04:03 PM

wow triggerfish your tank is amazing, especially the school of purple tangs.

three-spot · #83 02/02/2007, 10:08 PM

Have you thought of hooking this tank in with your old ones? Personally, I would, for the added volume and the fact that your tank would be long established within a few hours of work instead of more years of work.

three-spot · #84 02/02/2007, 10:08 PM

Have you thought of hooking this tank in with your old ones? Personally, I would, for the added volume and the fact that your tank would be long established within a few hours of work instead of more years of work.

three-spot · #85 02/02/2007, 10:08 PM

Have you thought of hooking this tank in with your old ones? Personally, I would, for the added volume and the fact that your tank would be long established within a few hours of work instead of more years of work.

Goodwin9 · #86 02/03/2007, 05:46 AM

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Originally posted by three-spot
Have you thought of hooking this tank in with your old ones? Personally, I would, for the added volume and the fact that your tank would be long established within a few hours of work instead of more years of work.

My tanks are located in different rooms, so connecting them would be a major project. I did take 100 gallons from the 470 to set up the new tank. Not sure if that is going to make a difference. Will have to wait to see how things cycle.

Goodwin9 · #87 02/03/2007, 03:38 PM

The lights are finally up. Not the neatest job, but they are still hanging and will have to adjust them later on. Make the tank look a heck of a lot different with some light on it.

Pico Keeper · #88 02/03/2007, 04:38 PM

Love everything so far!!! Can't wait to see it in a few years!

Love the depth of the tank and the aquascape!! Props!

quy_nquyen · #89 02/03/2007, 07:47 PM

i love the island look!

bbehring · #90 02/03/2007, 10:47 PM

man Goodwin, that's lookin beyond super! Love it! Well done!!! What's next?

ccole · #91 02/04/2007, 01:33 PM

Great looking project!

Do you happen to know the type of steel used for the stand? Dimensions and thickness?

Goodwin9 · #92 02/04/2007, 11:14 PM

Finally got the calcium reactor put together and running along with the phosban reactor & sand filters.

Goodwin9 · #93 02/04/2007, 11:18 PM

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Originally posted by Pico Keeper
Love everything so far!!! Can't wait to see it in a few years!

Love the depth of the tank and the aquascape!! Props!

Thank you! I can't wait to see it with fish & corals. I really like the depth also. I can see now that to maintain the look, the back wall is going to have to be kept clean of coralline algae.

Goodwin9 · #94 02/04/2007, 11:22 PM

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Originally posted by quy_nquyen
i love the island look!

The more that I look at the tank, the more I am liking the look. Main reason for the rockwork was to keep the majority located under the MH pendants for the corals. This look is quite different from my other tanks. Lot more caves and plateaus.

clekchau · #95 02/05/2007, 10:13 AM

the aquascaping is fantastic. where did you get the base rock?

Goodwin9 · #96 02/06/2007, 05:26 AM

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Originally posted by clekchau
the aquascaping is fantastic. where did you get the base rock?

Live rock came from exoticfish.com in CA.

Goodwin9 · #97 02/08/2007, 07:34 AM

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Originally posted by triggerfish1976
Here are pics of my tank with the Lumen Max reflectors.

Thanks for sharing the pictures, Your tank looks awsome! I hope that mine will turn out looking that good.

chainsaw5vent · #98 02/08/2007, 08:49 AM

goodwin9. i looked in your gallery and WOW! an octopus. i've never seen one in a private tank. will he outgrow the tank??

also, your previous tank shows a skimmer installed into the corner. how was the performance of the skimmer at that location compared to others that you may have tried?

Goodwin9 · #99 02/09/2007, 06:50 AM

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Originally posted by chainsaw5vent
goodwin9. i looked in your gallery and WOW! an octopus. i've never seen one in a private tank. will he outgrow the tank??

also, your previous tank shows a skimmer installed into the corner. how was the performance of the skimmer at that location compared to others that you may have tried?

My octopus should only grow to a mantle size of 7 or 8 inches with a 2 to 3 foot leg span, so I don't think he will out grow. I'm not sure which picture of the skimmer that you are referring to, but on my smaller tanks, (220 gal or less) the skimmers are hang on, or internal skimmer located at the sumps. They seem to do a good job. My two largest tanks use external skimmers which do a fantastic job. They are a much bigger skimmer and considerably more expensive so I assume that they should be a better job in skimming. From my experiences, I believe that an external skimmer works better, and skims a little better than the hang on, or internal skimmers. If I were to build another tank today, I would go with an external skimmer hands down.

tanya72806 · #**100** 02/09/2007, 10:40 AM

Loooks amazing so for best of luck