***AquaViva 110Gal Solatube Reef Tank Build***

[Sahin]

Very nice!

 

[AquaVivaCoral]

Thank you Sahin

 

[WilRams]

Awesome build, great looking corals, and sweet pictures well done all around!

 

[AquaVivaCoral]

 

[AquaVivaCoral]

Just added a Maxspect Gyre 150 and Orphek P300 18.000K to my tank

 

[AquaVivaCoral]

By the way I don't think this is 18K and orphek shipped the light with wrong apex cable + dimensions was wrong on their website so won't fit between the two solatubes...

 

[Dnehn]

Love the solatubes! Amazing setup

 

[Martin H. Lawton]

Probably a stupid question but do you see any light at night from the moon through the tubes ??

 

[AquaVivaCoral]

Probably a stupid question but do you see any light at night from the moon through the tubes ??

Martin Actually a lot of moon light is reflected when it's full moon. I will upload some photos tomorrow

 

[Martin H. Lawton]

Martin Actually a lot of moon light is reflected when it's full moon. I will upload some photos tomorrow

That is what I thought. I would love to see pictures!

 

[Martin H. Lawton]

Have you noticed any difference with natural moon light on your tank?

 

[GrndHog]

Details on the stand? It looked like a modular setup.

 

[JPC1974]

Very nice

 

[Fin]

Awesome set-up! Following along...

 

[Hlmarlowe]

So cool, never seen a daylight setup like that! Following for sure.

 

[AquaVivaCoral]

Details on the stand? It looked like a modular setup.

I seen first time this modular stands at Aqua Medic USA coral farm. I sent an email and Thomas from Aqua Medic was kind enough to help me with the stand. He is a grate guy feel free to contact him.
My stand is made with 40x40 extruded aluminium profiles, the 72x24x30 inch with anti-vibration "legs". It is for life worth to invest in it, cero corosion and no vibration transmited to the floor.

 

[AquaVivaCoral]

That is what I thought. I would love to see pictures!

The second full moon of July 2015, a so-called Blue Moon on July 31, 2015

 

[AquaVivaCoral]

Have you noticed any difference with natural moon light on your tank?

It's hard to say... there are so much parameters on this equation, I think this project is so much experimental...

1. No live rock at all!
2. Solatubes with only supplemental lighting
3. I use skimmer only at night "If Time 02:00 to 06:30 Then ON" 4 and a half hours
4. Heavy feeding
5. The tank is at 7200 feet above sea level

It's hard to judge if the moonlight is making any difference .... In general the tank is doing grate, lately I experimented some color fading I think because I tried to remove Pohl's Xtra and use AcroPower but is maybe just the winter sun...

Some pics with only solatubes

 

[AquaVivaCoral]

Soon I'll move the tank to our new greenhouse here is some pre
I'll post to a new thread everything about the project from day one

 

[AquaVivaCoral]