Acropora dream tank !!!

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Tank / Glass :

Tank size is 124 gallons.
51” long, 28,5” wide, 20” high
Glass thickness is 19mm or 3/4 “ on sides.
Bottom glass is 2x12mm or 2x 1/2”.
Eurobracing top and bottom 5/8 “.
Powder coated custom metal stand.

Flow / filtration :

The tank is plumbed into a 550 gallon growout system.( huge sump )
Skimmer is a Royal exclusive Supermarin 250.
Algae reactor from tunze + refugium.
Filter sponge.
Flow pumps in the tank are 2x tunze 6255 eco hub edition.

Light :

Lighting used are 2x Giesemann Spectra 400W mh and 4x 24W t5, so 1000 W of light over this tank. Kessil spot lights will be added in the near future.

Rockwork :

Rocks used are all real tonga branch.

Corals :

30+ Acropora.
1 pocillopora verrucosa.

Fish / inverts :

1- Purple tang
1- Mimic tang ( pyroferus )
6- damsel fish ( different kinds ) 27 more will be added.
1- algae blenny
Various snails.
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Is the bottom 2 full sheets of glass or 1 full, with a second brace layer at the edges? I think that is what I see, just checking to see how they are making things over there!

Your lights are really close to the water surface, you must be crushing the parr at the bottom of the display?

(Your sump is too small :rolling-on-the-floor-laughing: ) Actually sounds perfect, or very close to it. :cool: Do you have live rock and/or other biological media / filtration in the sump, besides the sponge?

Thanks for posting. I have to get my own tank back on track, you motivate me.

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Is the bottom 2 full sheets of glass or 1 full, with a second brace layer at the edges? I think that is what I see, just checking to see how they are making things over there!

Your lights are really close to the water surface, you must be crushing the parr at the bottom of the display?

(Your sump is too small :rolling-on-the-floor-laughing: ) Actually sounds perfect, or very close to it. :cool: Do you have live rock and/or other biological media / filtration in the sump, besides the sponge?

Thanks for posting. I have to get my own tank back on track, you motivate me.

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Hi there, yes 2 panes of glass glued together with a special foil. Kind of like safety glass. + the brace on the edges. Even if both panes would break it would still hold water.

Lights are 400W mh 8 inch from water. Iam getting 500~ PAR near the bottom. 700-900 Par in the top half.
“Sump” is the whole grow out system 550 gallons.
Yes it has a lot of liverock, corals, fish.
Running activated carbon atm.
 

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Hi there, yes 2 panes of glass glued together with a special foil. Kind of like safety glass. + the brace on the edges. Even if both panes would break it would still hold water.

Lights are 400W mh 8 inch from water. Iam getting 500~ PAR near the bottom. 700-900 Par in the top half.
“Sump” is the whole grow out system 550 gallons.
Yes it has a lot of liverock, corals, fish.
Running activated carbon atm.
Following.

This is going to be sweet as it grows!
 

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