Tank of the Month - January 2008

[Vinnie71975]

WOW what an awesome set up! i have 2 questions. How much did it cost to set it up and How much is your Light bill every month?

[MN. Reef crzy]

swan i would go in a heartbeat.

[Energy]

Vinnie- I've pretty thoroughly covered many of the operating expenses and set-up expense in the other thread and briefly mentioned it in this one.

Thanks to everyone for nominating this tank. I really wanted things to grow in and mature before making it public. I also wanted the extra time to perfect the set-up so others could model it(if they want to) after it was thoroughly tested and proven. I took two years testing equipment and configuring it to the point that it is simple and proven. I also feel that the 140 gallon refugium could easily be taken off-line as far as filtration goes. The Volcano skimmer from Aquatic Acyrlics easily handles the demand of the tank. In fact after that skimmer was put online I slowly took off the UV and Ozone with no change to the tank.

[RobbyG]

This is not a slice of the reef, It is the Reef
Spectacular Tank..

[Vinnie71975]

Originally posted by Energy
Vinnie- I've pretty thoroughly covered many of the operating expenses and set-up expense in the other thread and briefly mentioned it in this one.

Thanks to everyone for nominating this tank. I really wanted things to grow in and mature before making it public. I also wanted the extra time to perfect the set-up so others could model it(if they want to) after it was thoroughly tested and proven. I took two years testing equipment and configuring it to the point that it is simple and proven. I also feel that the 140 gallon refugium could easily be taken off-line as far as filtration goes. The Volcano skimmer from Aquatic Acyrlics easily handles the demand of the tank. In fact after that skimmer was put online I slowly took off the UV and Ozone with no change to the tank.

Where is the other thread?

[Skipper]

Vinnie:

http://archive.reefcentral.com/forum...5&pagenumber=1

[MN. Reef crzy]

here is the other thread, it was linked on 3rd page of this topic.

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showt...25&pagenumber=1

[fishtk75]

What do you use for backup power supply?

[Elliott]

Energy, can you describe what you use for flow in such a large tank (pump types, cl's, powerheads,etc)? I don't remember reading much about this in your threads, many thanks

oh, and if you did it over, what would you change?

[Bigbyrd]

this is the most disgustingly insane tank ive ever seen...almost makes me wanna cry..in a good way of course....definately the nicest tank i have ever seen, not only on rc, nicest tank ive seen anywhere....nice job man, congrats