Bullitts 90 Gal

[Bullitt519]

June 26 2020

Decided to make a thread here. I have one on my local forum from the start. Ive been in the saltwater hobby since 2003-04 ish

My current setup is 5 years old but only 1 year since I changed the rock structure and switched to SPS / LPS mostly.

Here is when I first reconfigured in January 2019

How it sits after 1 year

Equipment
Standard Aqueon 90 Gal nothing special
4 x Hydra 26 HD's and 36" Hybrid AL T5HO 4x39W ATI 2 Coral Plus 2 Blue Plus - I haven't used the T5 for the last 9 months but its still on the system
Trigger systems ruby 36 sump
Bubble Magus Curve 5 protein skimmer
BRS Carbon Reactor
JBJ chiller 1/5 Chiller
1 x Jebao DCP Sine Wave Water Return Pump (DCP-13000)
2 x Jebao SOW-15 Water movement
1 x Jebao CP-120 Cross Flow Pump
1 x Jebao PP-8
Geo 618 Calcium Reactor with GLA regulator
Apex Classic Gold for control and monitor
Eshopps AEO19085 FV Gravity feed ATO with 12 Gal Storage

30 Frag tank / Tied into main system
1 x Hydra 26 HD's
2 x Jebao PP-8
1 x Eheim Jager 300 Watt

 

[Bullitt519]

 

[Peace River]

Wow! A lot to like! Remember that you can add the URL of your build thread to your “account details” to get a Build Thread Contributor banner.

 

[Bullitt519]

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Thanks, And done!

 

[Tahoe61]

Official Welcome to R2R.

Beautiful tank and corals, the orange digitata is gorgeous.

Are you using a filter for those images?

What lighting type on the display?

 

[Bullitt519]

Official Welcome to R2R.

Beautiful tank and corals, the orange digitata is gorgeous.

Are you using a filter for those images?

What lighting type on the display?

Sorry I forgot to put equipment list. Its on the first post now. Just an iphone 11 with "orange lens coral glasses" the ones they hand out for free at shows haha

 

[Bullitt519]

Few pictures of my frag tank

 

[Bullitt519]

Haven’t posted an update in awhile.

 

[Tahoe61]

Gorgeous.

The last image, what acro is that?

 

[Bullitt519]

Gorgeous.

The last image, what acro is that?

Idk I bought it as a wild acro mini colony, it was brown / orange tone when I bought it

 

[Bullitt519]

 

[Houstoner]

I see you Marsh Reefian!

 

[Bullitt519]

A little update shot. Been battling a nitrate issue but think I have it down now.

 

[Mini colony]

A little update shot. Been battling a nitrate issue but think I have it down now.

Your tank look so nice

 

[Bullitt519]

Your tank look so nice

Thanks I try. It gets tiring sometimes. Been in the hobby for along time now.

 

[Bullitt519]

 

[jeffrey750750]

I hope mine will look like that in a year or two. Its perfect!

 

[Bullitt519]

I hope mine will look like that in a year or two. Its perfect!

I'm sure it will. Just take your time and don't get discouraged.

 

[Bullitt519]

Decided to go ahead and post a build and grow out thread. Tank has been remodeled in 2019. I have been keeping tanks for years. I started in salt water around 2004-2005 and have had a tank ever since. I moved around a lot and never really got my tank to where I wanted it. I am now more stable and hope to resolve this. We have had our current tank since 2015 and transitioning to more SPS dominant system. Here are some of my older tanks moving to the current one.

Tank from 2004 / PC Bulbs / Lost most items after a vacation someone was watching my tank

Tank from 2007 after a move / I still have the Favia, Polyps, and Red Serpent Starfish / Retro 4 x T5HO

Tank from 2009 / Changed lighting to 8 x T5HO / moved some items

Tank from 2011 / Moved to Louisiana and downgraded to a 58 Gal / 4 x T5HO

Tank from 2012 before I moved back to Houston

Tank from 2015 / Moved back to Houston / Upgraded back to 90 Gal / 2x 250w MH 20k / equipment in the garage

Tank from 2018

Tank from 2019 / Wife decided we need more color and to change to SPS / Lighting 36" Hybrid AL T5HO 4x39W x 2 Hydra 26 HD's / New rock work

Frag tub above sump / plumbed into system / 1 x 250w MH

Equipment:

2x Hydra 26 HD's and 36" Hybrid AL T5HO 4x39W ATI 2 Coral Plus 2 Blue Plus
Trigger systems ruby 36 sump
Bubble Magus Curve 5 protein skimmer
Two Little Fishies Phosban Reactor 150
JBJ chiller
Return Pump Danner Supreme Aqua-mag 12
2 x Jebao SOW-15 Water movement
Eshopps AEO19085 FV Gravity feed ATO

I'm sure I'm forgetting stuff but that is what I have for now. Its not that fancy but I work with what I have.

 

[Bullitt519]

First pictures of the tank in February 10 2019 after remodel.

February 28 2019
Started building a new sump, frag, and chiller stand. I am removing the 10 gal tub frag tank and setting up a new 24Lx24Wx12H 30 gal frag tank. I will be resealing the tank before setup so it will be while before I can finish. Just thought I would share this update.

Progress, started cleaning up the seams on the tank and got the top of the stand mostly done. Now just to paint and get the plywood mounted.

Got the stand mostly done. I need to reseal the tank and get everything moved into place

April 12 2019
I finished up on the tank and the stand.

I moved the new stand into place but my grandpa passed last week so I really haven't done much. Waiting on a few hoses to arrive and need to finish up pluming and making a light stand.

Updated tank shot. I had my ATO stick open which dumped about 5-10 gal of RODI/Kalk into the tank a few weeks ago. I think I have got everything stable again. I had some STN/RTN and most corals seem to be recovering. Some burnt tips while others took a week or more to show signs. Everything appears to be stabilized now.

April 14 2019
Finally put the new elbows on the chiller and moved it to its new home. Need to pickup a few more fittings and hopefully have the new tank in place this weekend.