I have been a lurker on this forum for a long time. I figured since I have some time this week I would finally get to work on my own build thread. This thread will be picture intense and as detailed as possible.
The build started in 2012 with my plan of a 120 gallon leemar tank to be put in the house. That quickly changed when I was given the green light to put the tank in the garage. That's when I took off and ran with it! :rockon:
The main display is a Leemar 48x30x20 eurobraced with the front and right side panel starphire glass. The stand is a custom wood stand made by a friend. This tank was to be a 100% sps bare bottom display.
Original sketch
I Then decided to add a frag tank next to it that would be connected with the same sump.
Frag tank original sketch
Frag tank is a custom leemar 60x30x14 eurobraced front pannel starphire glass with a coast to coast overflow. I made the mistake of only doing two 1" drains. After filling it I realized the drains couldn't handle the flow I was throwing at it, so I decided to plug one return and open up a third 1" drain. The frag tank was made to grow out frags of the colonies from the main display. It is also bare bottom. I had a custom steel stand made by a friend for this tank.
Then came the sump. I wanted to design a large sump to accommodate the filtration I desired.
Sump original sketch
Dimensions of the sump are 55x26x18 custom made by john of advanced acrylics. Red baffles with a white bottom.
I also had john make me a custom ato box and dosing container. The ato holds about 25 gallons of water and each segment of the dosing container holds about 6 gallons of product.
Flow in the main display is achieved by two ecotech mp-40w es and the main return pump which is a Reef Octopus hy-5000 going through a single enducted 1" return.
Flow in the frag is achieved by two Ecotech mp-40w es and 1 tunze 6085. The main return is a sicce syncra 5.0 going through a single 1" enductor.
Other equipment:
Skimmer = ATB 1050a
GFO reactor = Two little fishies phosban 550
Carbon reactor = Two little fishies phosban 150
Controller = Neptune Aquatics Aquacontroller apex w/wxm module and milwaukee PH probe.
Heating = 3x300w ehiem elements(apex controlled)
Cooling = Jbj Articia 1/3 hp chiller(apex controlled)
Lighting = 2x Ati sunpower 8x54w and 2x 48" Reefbrite blue Tech leds(apex controlled)
Dosing = Bubble Magus BMT01
ATO = Tunze osmolator
H20 purification = BRS 5 stage chloramines plus 150 gpd w/aquatek booster pump
Next I will document the preparations of the garage.
The build started in 2012 with my plan of a 120 gallon leemar tank to be put in the house. That quickly changed when I was given the green light to put the tank in the garage. That's when I took off and ran with it! :rockon:
The main display is a Leemar 48x30x20 eurobraced with the front and right side panel starphire glass. The stand is a custom wood stand made by a friend. This tank was to be a 100% sps bare bottom display.
Original sketch
I Then decided to add a frag tank next to it that would be connected with the same sump.
Frag tank original sketch
Frag tank is a custom leemar 60x30x14 eurobraced front pannel starphire glass with a coast to coast overflow. I made the mistake of only doing two 1" drains. After filling it I realized the drains couldn't handle the flow I was throwing at it, so I decided to plug one return and open up a third 1" drain. The frag tank was made to grow out frags of the colonies from the main display. It is also bare bottom. I had a custom steel stand made by a friend for this tank.
Then came the sump. I wanted to design a large sump to accommodate the filtration I desired.
Sump original sketch
Dimensions of the sump are 55x26x18 custom made by john of advanced acrylics. Red baffles with a white bottom.
I also had john make me a custom ato box and dosing container. The ato holds about 25 gallons of water and each segment of the dosing container holds about 6 gallons of product.
Flow in the main display is achieved by two ecotech mp-40w es and the main return pump which is a Reef Octopus hy-5000 going through a single enducted 1" return.
Flow in the frag is achieved by two Ecotech mp-40w es and 1 tunze 6085. The main return is a sicce syncra 5.0 going through a single 1" enductor.
Other equipment:
Skimmer = ATB 1050a
GFO reactor = Two little fishies phosban 550
Carbon reactor = Two little fishies phosban 150
Controller = Neptune Aquatics Aquacontroller apex w/wxm module and milwaukee PH probe.
Heating = 3x300w ehiem elements(apex controlled)
Cooling = Jbj Articia 1/3 hp chiller(apex controlled)
Lighting = 2x Ati sunpower 8x54w and 2x 48" Reefbrite blue Tech leds(apex controlled)
Dosing = Bubble Magus BMT01
ATO = Tunze osmolator
H20 purification = BRS 5 stage chloramines plus 150 gpd w/aquatek booster pump
Next I will document the preparations of the garage.