Sonny's Rimless Shallow Reef

[SunnyX]

Hello!

Some of you may know me, some you may not. I have been around for a while now and recently joined this great community you have here. I wanted to share with you my setup and any knowledge that may assist you in your quest for healthy and colorful reef systems.


I hope that I can contribute well to this community and that you all enjoy my little slice of the ocean!


This is my prior 225gl in wall setup:

And here is my newest tank which was setup August 2008:

Display Tank
48" x 24" x 20" Rimless
100 gallons from Quality Custom Aquarium Manufacturer - Toronto Canada
2 Sided Starphire glass( Front and left side)
Right Side Corner Overflow with 1" return and 1.5" drain

Stand
The stand is hand built and tiled. No equipment will be under the tank. The sump and all equipment will be located in the room directly behind the tank.

Sump
Existing 45 gallon AGA tank

Water Movement
Ehiem 1260 for Return pump
1 Un-modded Tunze 6025 Nano Stream
Vortech Mp40w
Vortech Mp20
2 Un-modded Tunze 6045’s Nano Streams(now in sump)

Lighting
Aquactinics Constellation 7x54W T5
The fixture will be hung from the ceiling
The bulbs will consist of the following:

3-ATI Aquablue Special
4- ATI Blue+
1-Aquascience 22k

After running high powered Metal Halides for years I decided to change things up a bit. After running the fixture over my holding tank I can tell you that the color combo is outstanding. Along with the great color and output the unit runs very cool and quiet.

Skimmer
Existing Deltec AP851

I am hoping that this will not be over kill on a smaller tank such as this. Worst case scenario I can just feed the fish more; I’m sure they won’t mind.

Calcium and Alk Addition
Randy’s Two Part Solution
I ran both a CA reactor and Kalk Stirrer in the past and honestly have had better results will a simple DIY two part solution. I may also look into the Balling Method, but for now I am happy with the two part solution.

Substrate
The bottom of the tank will be covered with a SSB consisting of .
CaribSea Seaflor Special Grade Reef Sand

Filtration and supplements
Carbon in a mesh bag
Microbacter7
Prodibio Reef Booster
Vodka
Lugol’s Solution
Reef Crystals Salt
Seachem Strontium

Daily
CA: 110ML
ALK: 110ML
Strontium: 1 Teaspoon
Lugols: 1 drop
MB7: 14 drops
Vodka(80 proof): 2ml

Weekly
MG: 110ML
AA's: 6 drops(twice a week)

Monthly
30gl Water change Reef Crystals
Carbon replaced (3-4 cups in a mesh bag)
Coral List

SPS
ORA Pearl berry
ORA Red Planet
ORA Blue Voodoo
ORA Turquoise stag
ORA Aussie Delicate
ORA Chip’s Acro
ORA Nathans Green Millie
ORA Tri-color Staghorn
ORA Tri-color Valida
ORA Marshall Islands Blue Bottlebrush
ORA Blue Tort
ORA Green Stylophora
ORA Green Birds nest
ORA Pink Birds nest
ORA German Blue Acro (getting this weekend)
ORA Green Bali Slimer
ORA Joe the Coral
ORA Hawkins Blue
ORA Miami Orchid
Blue and Busy Acro
Red Milli
Yellow Table
Yellow Tort
Blue hairy Tenius
Purple Monster
Unknown Deepwater acro
Green Slimmer
Blue Slimmer
Elias stag
Purple Bonsai
Deswali tabling acro
30,000 Leagues Lokani
Lime Green Lokani
Tyree Pink Lemonade
ATL Strawberry fields
ATL Pink Tulips acro
Palmers Blue Mille
Blue Turaki acro
Random Blue Stag

Monti
Orange cap
Idaho Grape
Pokerstar Monti
SupermanMonti
Superman Digi
Green Digi
Orange Digi
M. Setosa

Acan
Rainbow, orange, green, red, etc..
Multicolored acan's
Multicolored Chalice
Red Favia with green base
Red Rings of fire Lobo

Zoanthids
Rasta
King Midas
African Blue's
Tubs Blue
Watermelon
Green Bay Packers
Assorted colors

Clams
Two Blue Maximas
Gold Teardrop Maxima
Derasa​

 

[MarvinsReef]

very nice bro... looking forward to seeing this set up in person one day...

 

[subielover]

Incredible tanks. I am in awe, great job!

 

[SunnyX]

very nice bro... looking forward to seeing this set up in person one day...

Come on by anytime! I am home after 3PM today and ALL day tomorrow. Lots of people over this weekend for frags.

 

[mpoletti]

Great stuff Sunny. I always was a fan of your 225 that was a really nice tank.

 

[Old School Reefer]

One of the most colorful tanks I've ever seen. Outstanding!

 

[amore169]

Great tank, the colors really pop.

 

[MarvinsReef]

Come on by anytime! I am home after 3PM today and ALL day tomorrow. Lots of people over this weekend for frags.

I'll swing by one of these days... I know you're not too far from me...

I still have your no so I'll call yah...

 

[SunnyX]

Thanks guys for the kind words!

Nice to see you here Mark.

Call me anytime Marvin!

 

[revhtree]

One of the best tanks I have seen! Awesome!!

 

[gnoles]

Spectacular tank! Send one frag of everything to the following address...

:tongue: Didn't think that would work... but Michigan is such a long drive. :bigsmile:

 

[143gadgets]

Welcome Sonny!!!! Looks awesome!

 

[Blackhawk Fan]

Spectacular!
I remember when your last tank was TOTM, this one looks even better.

 

[H20Junkie]

Awesome!
I am always amazed when I see your tank.

 

[BigRed]

Awesome tank man!

 

[underwaterfirefighter]

Wow both tanks look amazing! Welcome to R2R:bigsmileave

 

[joecoastie]

Welcome Aboard Sunny! Love your tank! Do you have any pictures of your filtration? Look so forward to seeing more pictures of your tank!!!
Joe

 

[gilmour01]

whats your growth been like under that color combination of t5's?

tank looks great!

 

[justin_freebords]

speechless

 

[SunnyX]

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome! I will see if I can dig up some filtration shots. My setup is very simple and I really dont have anything fancy in the fish room behind the tank. I have a 30gl rimless frag tank along with a simple sump. My plumbling is flexi-PVC and only one return line and one drain.

Nothing really to crazy here, just lots of flow,skimming, T5's and tons of bacteria.