beachsidereefer
Active Member
Just quick recap of how this all came about:
I've known a gentleman who lives in Miami through a business relationship between the companies we work for. He's been into saltwater aquariums for 25 years and the thank you are seeing is a culmination of 25 years of experience and he designed it as the last one he would ever own. So about 6 months ago he decided he decided he had gone as far as he could go with the hobby and it was consuming so much of his time it wasn't enjoyable so he gave away all his fish and corals and nuked the system with fresh water :shocked: So we have talked about aquariums and he knew I had a 120 gal. mixed reef aquarium and so out of the blue he asked if I would want his entire set up and the only condition was I would set it up and enjoy it and not selling things off on Craigslist to make a quick buck... well you can imagine I said Heck Yeah I'll take it! :rockon: I do realize how blessed I am in receiving this gift as I could never afford such a complex system with all the bells and whistles. It was off to Miami with my pick up and rented cargo van and transported everything back to Cocoa Beach and over the past month I've been setting it up.
Here's a short list and some pics
1. Controller system.
2. 2 Iwaki pumps with a special valve to create wave circulation in the tank and a wave controller.
3. Sump with two reactors (Phosphate and Carbon) and a huge protein skimmer. Denitrifier
4. Canopy lights look like they are a combination LED and Power Compacts
5. RO/DI filters with 50 gallon make up tank and Kalk storage tank.
6. Chiller
7. UV sterilizer
8. Stand and tank appear to be custom made with numerous thru holes drilled for separate intake, out flows for the wave maker pump and circulation pump.
9. The mother load of salts, dosing stuff, tools, PVC fittings, spare parts, etc.
10. Battery back up to run the system in the even of power failure.
Here's some pics of how the sump was set up at his house.
I decided to reorganize the stand and here's some pics of it coming together. The large valve is to switch current back and forth to simulate waves and it works really well!
This was the hardest part... explaining to the wife why a aquarium needs a AC unit and why you have to drill holes for one inch pipe through the wall house to plumb it to tank :xd: Also a buddy of mine who is a electrician split the electrical load across two house circuits to avoid any power issues.
sump completed and water flowing :rockon: An astute observer will probably notice the valve is missing for the wave maker and that's because it burned up and would cost 500 bucks to replace so I T'd it and set the pump to cycle on and off every 40 minutes. Not the best solution but it will have to do until I have save up 500 bucks....
and finally, here's the tank!
BRS pukani coral heads which are awesome and some of my live rock from the 120 to start seeding the tank.
Controller system and UV
completed! all live stock switched over and no fatalities!!!! :rockon:
I've known a gentleman who lives in Miami through a business relationship between the companies we work for. He's been into saltwater aquariums for 25 years and the thank you are seeing is a culmination of 25 years of experience and he designed it as the last one he would ever own. So about 6 months ago he decided he decided he had gone as far as he could go with the hobby and it was consuming so much of his time it wasn't enjoyable so he gave away all his fish and corals and nuked the system with fresh water :shocked: So we have talked about aquariums and he knew I had a 120 gal. mixed reef aquarium and so out of the blue he asked if I would want his entire set up and the only condition was I would set it up and enjoy it and not selling things off on Craigslist to make a quick buck... well you can imagine I said Heck Yeah I'll take it! :rockon: I do realize how blessed I am in receiving this gift as I could never afford such a complex system with all the bells and whistles. It was off to Miami with my pick up and rented cargo van and transported everything back to Cocoa Beach and over the past month I've been setting it up.
Here's a short list and some pics
1. Controller system.
2. 2 Iwaki pumps with a special valve to create wave circulation in the tank and a wave controller.
3. Sump with two reactors (Phosphate and Carbon) and a huge protein skimmer. Denitrifier
4. Canopy lights look like they are a combination LED and Power Compacts
5. RO/DI filters with 50 gallon make up tank and Kalk storage tank.
6. Chiller
7. UV sterilizer
8. Stand and tank appear to be custom made with numerous thru holes drilled for separate intake, out flows for the wave maker pump and circulation pump.
9. The mother load of salts, dosing stuff, tools, PVC fittings, spare parts, etc.
10. Battery back up to run the system in the even of power failure.
Here's some pics of how the sump was set up at his house.
I decided to reorganize the stand and here's some pics of it coming together. The large valve is to switch current back and forth to simulate waves and it works really well!
This was the hardest part... explaining to the wife why a aquarium needs a AC unit and why you have to drill holes for one inch pipe through the wall house to plumb it to tank :xd: Also a buddy of mine who is a electrician split the electrical load across two house circuits to avoid any power issues.
sump completed and water flowing :rockon: An astute observer will probably notice the valve is missing for the wave maker and that's because it burned up and would cost 500 bucks to replace so I T'd it and set the pump to cycle on and off every 40 minutes. Not the best solution but it will have to do until I have save up 500 bucks....
and finally, here's the tank!
BRS pukani coral heads which are awesome and some of my live rock from the 120 to start seeding the tank.
Controller system and UV
completed! all live stock switched over and no fatalities!!!! :rockon:
