Ok It's here, The Official Show off your tank thread. (1 Viewer)

[rxonco]

Looks great!

 

[tmgrash]

A preview of the new tank 240 gal

I cant wait to get it as far along as the old one

Looks great! Make sure to do a build thread.

 

[flexrac]

Nice! what does the fish room look like?

 

[kevinandnadine]

I try to post tank room pics when I get home tonight

 

[rxonco]

Love the tile work on that wall. Can't wait to see what it all looks like when complete. Build thread is definately in order here.

 

[tmgrash]

Well, since this thread is the "Official" show off your tank thread here goes.

My tank is a 240gal starfire front glass, glass cages aquarium. I have three mp40's set to reef crest, and a koralia 4 (just cause it was lying around) for flow. Return is a mag 9. My skimmer is an aquaC 240 ev powered by a mag 18. 2, 26 watt cfl's lighting my refugium with cheato. Spectrapure 90 gpd rodi hooked up to a dual float autotopoff.com float switch for water topoff. Currently I am manually dosing calcium and alk daily. Between the display and the sump I have somewhere around 400lbs of LR. The tank is illuminated by an Aquaillumination 6 x 72w led system.

Here are the inhabitants thus far
galaxea
frogspawn
trumpet coral
hydnophora
few zoas
orange digitata monti
pink birdsnest
superman monti
purple w/white polyp acro
yellow acro
blue tip green stag
blue tipped white acro
green polyped purple acro
polynesian maxima
20k lokani
sunset milli
strawberry shortcake
pink digitata monti
war coral
fuzzy brown acro
true echinata
orange w/green polyp ora bn
bird of paradise
green bn
purple w/green polyp acro bushy
lime green acro
DFS raspberry limeaid subulata
ora plum crazy
green w/peach polyp acro
golden eye chalice
red planet
pearlberry
purple and green scroll coral
Royal plum
extreme blue milli

Fish

sohal tang
Tomini Tang
Yellow tang
Copperband Butterfly
purple firefish
mystery wrasse
flame angel


Here are a few pics. I only have a camera phone, I was playing around with the white and blue settings with the lights, most were taken with the lights at 25%white and 100%blue.

Oops wrong hobby

 

[darbex]

Oh man those are some beautiful reds making me hungry looking at them

 

[kevinandnadine]

Well im just getting the water salted and circulating with some riged lights but heres the layout and the first access area pic

 

[HongT713]

some more pictures of some of my corals not good pictures from camera phone.

 

[bennito]

Here's a few shots of my 34 gallon cube.
I run a skimmer and chemi-pure elite.
Lighting is 4 T5 HO running on a workhorse ballast.
Flow is handled by an MP10 and 2 return pumps.

 

[flexrac]

NIce setup bennito, Why two return pumps, are you running a closed loop with one?

 

[nicky]

I guess I will have a go at this.
my old tank roughly 50 gals, with only a oversize skimmer, gfo, carbon and lights. 2/150wt radium with 2 overdriven 60wt actinic.

 

[nicky]

oh, sorry, hit the button too soon.
my new tank is a 75 display. 40 x 24x18. I wanted bigger but the wife said I can't.
I took apart a 90 gallon and with a little help, cut down the glass and put back together with those dim above.
pics of tank and stand and canopy.

sump that i built

top off container

lights

sump

led for refugium

OM 2way

one side

other side

tub's

toadstool

chalice

red planet

tri color

krypto candy

rbta

bonsai

 

[nicky]

the other side pics

 

[Llama]

I see no pics.

 

[jamesw]

Beautiful Nicky - you are a brave man resealing your own tank

Cheers
James

 

[nicky]

Beautiful Nicky - you are a brave man resealing your own tank

Cheers
James

I have to admit that I got help with the tank from benny. He showed me all the little tricks and the steps to put it back together.

 

[bennito]

I run 2 because the tank is an old red sea max 34 and that's just how it's set up, i was only running one for a while but the reduced flow in the rear chamber of the tank caused a nasty film to accumulate on the surface. The 2 returns plus the mp10 is a little to much for the big green brain so i use a mag float to block some of the flow coming from the returns.

 

[r_jay]

You all made me stay late after work looking at your beautiful tanks! Can't wait till I gain the time and experience to make my tank as nice as everyone's. I'm still battling the Houston temperatures and my wife's AC modifications while I'm away at work. Those two factors make reefing difficult with 84.7 degrees. This after I just sold a chiller I had lying around not being used, doh!

 

[Llama]

r jay,
Are you running MH? Do you run any fans?