Currently we have:
30 gallon rimless mixed reef tank in our bedroom
40 gallon hodge podge tank (currently a holding ground for everything with bubble algae on it)
120 gallon tank dedicated to our Oyster Toadfish - he can't have no buddies cause he'll just eat them!
120 gallon mixed reef
The 40 & 120's are all up and running in what used to be our dining room. We've been wanting to throw in a shallow frag tank but just had not run across the right tank - until this past weekend.
I mentioned how hard it was to find a reasonable price on a shallow tank in the 4 to 6 foot range to the owner of an LFS. He responded with - how about a 3' X 5' acrylic tank that I used before we upgraded in the store? He threw a price that was very easy to work with and now we're off and running.
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Our plan so far:
I want to run the 120 reef & frag tank together - which means, at least in our house, they need to be pretty close to each other. Since our dining room is full - we've decided to move our living / tv room into the dining room (we have no kids and rarely do friends or relatives spend time at our home) and move all the tanks, including the not yet set up frag tank, to the living room.
While I've been throwing this frag tank idea around, the biggest obstacle has been the stupid prices for lighting. I'm not too keen on spending $2k on lights.
So - I've decided to try out halides over the frag tank. The same lfs owner made me a great deal on 3 ballasts and 1 pendant. I'll need to pick up a couple more pendants in he near future - along with some blue LED strip lights. More on all that later when I get to that part our new setup.
So far I have the following:
I should be able to build the stand this weekend and hopefully get the tank polished and plumbed. I'll get rolling with a few random photos of what we have today.
30 gallon rimless mixed reef tank in our bedroom
40 gallon hodge podge tank (currently a holding ground for everything with bubble algae on it)
120 gallon tank dedicated to our Oyster Toadfish - he can't have no buddies cause he'll just eat them!
120 gallon mixed reef
The 40 & 120's are all up and running in what used to be our dining room. We've been wanting to throw in a shallow frag tank but just had not run across the right tank - until this past weekend.
I mentioned how hard it was to find a reasonable price on a shallow tank in the 4 to 6 foot range to the owner of an LFS. He responded with - how about a 3' X 5' acrylic tank that I used before we upgraded in the store? He threw a price that was very easy to work with and now we're off and running.
s
Our plan so far:
I want to run the 120 reef & frag tank together - which means, at least in our house, they need to be pretty close to each other. Since our dining room is full - we've decided to move our living / tv room into the dining room (we have no kids and rarely do friends or relatives spend time at our home) and move all the tanks, including the not yet set up frag tank, to the living room.
While I've been throwing this frag tank idea around, the biggest obstacle has been the stupid prices for lighting. I'm not too keen on spending $2k on lights.
So - I've decided to try out halides over the frag tank. The same lfs owner made me a great deal on 3 ballasts and 1 pendant. I'll need to pick up a couple more pendants in he near future - along with some blue LED strip lights. More on all that later when I get to that part our new setup.
So far I have the following:
- 3'X5'X14" tank
- 50 gallon rubbermaid stock tank for sump
- Ordered an 8"X30" Bashsea skimmer
- Will start with 2 400 Watt MH - 14000k
- Slotted Aluminum frame will be suspended from the ceiling for light mounts
- Currently most of the tanks are controlled via an Apex. The upstairs tank has been my guinea pig for converting over to GHL. During this move of tanks I'll be switching all the other tanks over to GHL.
I should be able to build the stand this weekend and hopefully get the tank polished and plumbed. I'll get rolling with a few random photos of what we have today.