Scott's 270g aka Project Mayhem

[Scythanith]

I got an A200 from Abyzz instead of an A100 since it wasn't ready yet. I pulled the Quietones out and adapted the 1.5" output of the Abyzz to the 1" manifold.

Here is the A200 on the bottom sump.

You may have noticed the large white zip ties holding the silicone connectors on to the Abyzz pumps. This is why I took the stainless shell hose clamps off.

And my little buddy was hanging around so I had him pose for a couple.

I still need to add two more MP40's. I have one running on the 40g coral tank that will be transferred once that tanks shut down.

I added some corals. I hope to get some shots this weekend. A nice green/orange scolymia, an aussie pink wall hammer, an aussie orange frogspawn, a nice aussie acan colony, and a small zoa frag.


Cheers,
Scott

 

[Scythanith]

Haahaa does anyone else feel like a drug dealer when they are working on the tank? Breaking Bad blue crystal anyone?

 

[Scythanith]

Some new shots! The growth is amazing!


The new games table is in place.

This one has streaks of pink in it as well

And this thing is amazing.

The growth on the Monti's has been the most noticeable.

 

[Scythanith]

Some more SPS.

The one half of this monti shows a nice whorled growth pattern where as the other side is freaking out!

And this is the toughest one to photograph. It's a yellow hammer with gold base and blue tinges on the periphery of the hammers. Super cool!

 

[Scythanith]

Well I have another little problem. I knew the bottom sump was too small after the first time I unplugged my main return pumps and the water from the display overwhelmed the bottom sump and dumped ~10g down the emergency drain. I had two power outages yesterday and each time it left my lower sump pump running half dry and emptied my ATO pail into the system. Now the ATO pail is currently only a 5g pail so it wasn't an issue but I made a promise to myself to not compromise anything in this project. So, I will need to build a larger bottom sump that can handle that extra volume. Right now the lower sump is 14 deep x 48 wide x 12 3/8 to the emergency overflow. That works out to ~36g. I need to up it to ~50g. SO I need to add ~14g of capacity. The stand itself can accomodate another 2" of sump to the front. I don't really want to go any taller and can't go any wider.


If I get a new sump made that is 5" deeper front to back that will add ~12.9g of volume which should be enough. That would also require me to build an add-on to the bottom of the sump stand to support the extra 3" of sump overhang.


Wendy suggested a sensor and pump that would start draining the lower sump when it got to a certain level and while I like that idea I know it would be fairly complex to work out not to mention the problem occurs when the power goes out so all the programming in the world isn't going to help at that moment. I honestly think a larger bottom sump is my safest & simplest solution. Any opinions or suggestions?

 

[Scythanith]

DV Crazy Chalice

SniperSPS Purple Urkle Chalice

DV Miami Hurricane Chalice

Tubb's Blues

Nice Zoa carpet

Yellow Hammer

DV Mystic Monti

Tahitian Blue

DV Kushberry acro

 

[Scythanith]

Watermelon Chalice

I mentioned I have weird recession on my Sunset Monti, well here it is. Any guesses as to what's causing it?

Monti setosa

Bonsai Acro

Captain America Paly's

Palythoa grandis

Close up on the mystic sunset monti

The monti is winning the turf war!

Some new Japanese zoo's

Halloween Hermit out for a stroll

 

[Scythanith]

Top shot of the clam

Green monti with clam in background

Not the most colourful until you get in real close and see the blue.

Blue Hippo Chalice

Another of the CA Paly's

Another of the DV Kushberry Acro

Side shot of the Bonsai

Whole tank

 

[Scythanith]

Some new pictures


This is my new hammer... I am tickled blue and gold

 

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A new blue tipped Aussie elegance

This is new as well. Tough to tell but the hammers are rainbow coloured

 

[Scythanith]

Space Invaders as bright as ever.

 

[kingator]

Amazing , well thought out project ,love it ... Pics are also amazing ,thx for sharing that with us

 

[joeyhatch11]

Da*m is that a beautiful set up!!! I would NEVER leave that basement, those would be my new living quarters. LOL Very well done, great job. Cant wait to see it all grow out and mature.

 

[WeLoveReefers]

Very impressive. Did you stop keeping track after $50,000?

 

[Mattiejay6]

WOW!!! This is an amazing build! This is my dream build thread! Freaking awesome! The coral photos look great! Keep up the good work!

 

[ReeferMan420]

what a great looking tank!

 

[vampire tang]

Fantastic tank and lovely corals c u love hammers just the same as me