72 Bowfront

[james30ct]

Starting new thread here because I posted it in the wrong place origionally

 

[james30ct]

Couple more

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

Looking good!!! Can you tell me some info about the tank? Age? Livestock? Equipment?

 

[HPballer76]

looks awesome! i would love to see some equipment shots as well.

 

[revsgirl]

Lookin' good!! Thanks for sharing!

 

[james30ct]

Sure, tank is a 72 bowfront with custom satnd and hood I built. It has diy cree led fixture, 2 ebay 1600gph powerheads, bean animal coast 2 coast overflow, sro1000int skimmer in a diy rubbermaid sump with a 425gph return pump. I will see if I have some equipment pics. Its been up and running about a year and a half.

LIVESTOCK
clarkii clown
yellow tang
2 chromis
bangaii cardinal

various snails
squamosa clam
feather duster
trumpet, duncan, acan, zoas, green montipora digitata, hammer, lobo, gsp, waving hand xenia

and today I got a rose bulb tip anemone

 

[james30ct]

Diy cree 3w leds with sheet aluminum heat sync. Its run with dimmable drivers and a typhoon controller.

 

[james30ct]

Beginning of led fixture. I will get a sump pic tomorrow.

 

[james30ct]

Equipment

 

[skinz78]

Great looking tank, and nice looking Squamosa!

 

[james30ct]

Thanks. I have a couple growth pics I will try to get put up tonight.

 

[jlbzixxer]

any paticular reason you when with a BB?
and look at that skimmer working overtime
gotta love reef octopus

 

[james30ct]

any paticular reason you when with a BB?
and look at that skimmer working overtime
gotta love reef octopus

I was thrying to keep nutrients low and make cleaning easy. My wife hates that I went BB. I've been contemplating going with sand again because I get very little detrius that settles in the display. Most of it gets caught in the overflow box.

 

[james30ct]

waving hand before 2/12 and now 11/12

 

[james30ct]

nuclear green palys before 3/12 and now 10/12

 

[james30ct]

candy cane before 2/12 and now 11/12

 

[james30ct]

acan before 3/12 and now 10/12

 

[james30ct]

I got a really good deal on craigslist today.
3 frags of orange montipora digitata
2 frags of green stylo
1 piece of grubes gorgonian
and 1 I'm not sure of. It was called a chalice but looks like yellow scroll coral

Pics to follow

 

[james30ct]

3 frags of orange montipora digitata

 

[james30ct]

2 green stylo