March 2008 TOTM - 700g reef in the desert

[KEEPERZ]

Edit - Congratulations on being our first TOTM here at Club-Zoa, you certainly earned it!!! Check out the article HERE!!!


Just wanted to share some build pics of my 700 gallon 108"x48"x32"that began just over a year ago and still progressing. I had a 450g that some of the corals were transfered from, but most of my corals began from frags. I have mostly tangs , wrasses,couple pairs of clown fish-no crabs-some snails and a queen conch. 700g display-150g refugium-200g sump half full-50g frag tank. H&S skimmer I just sold but upgrading to a volcano in the next few weeks,2-deltec c.reactors(1 with arm media the other has zeomag), deltec phos reactor,2-dart closed loops and main pump is a sequence hammerhead. I run 4-tunze 6100's,2-waveboxes and eductors on my returns.Lighting is 6-20k 400w helios on galaxy ballasts and 2-48" vho's on icecap-I think that's most of it-

 

[dc_909]

That clam is MASSIVE!

 

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The 450g that got emptied-

 

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[edwing206]

That tank is BEASTLY. Looks great.

 

[raider77]

Very nice tank Joe!

 

[I-K@ndY]

Nice Set up you got there.. dang I wish I have a big tank like that

 

[turbois300]

Man o man!!! Very nice set up!!!! Do you have more pix of the entire fish room?

Also it looks like the tank is recessed the width of a 2x4 or so. Is that correct? Love the setup!!!

 

[NapoliNewJersey]

:marv :marv :marv :marv :marv :marv :marv :marv


Hey Keeperz,

What do you do for a living? .... you hiring? ... I'm a fast learner!!:D

 

[msman825]

thats a beauty, welcome to CZ

 

[Teeka]

Just Beautiful. Wish I had the room for a tank that size.

 

[killingseed2000]

everyones dream tank for sure!!! great tank , wish you lots of fun.

 

[cobraz]

Rock work is excellent

 

[JGoslee]

Thats a huge tank! Welcome to club-zoa.

 

[J. Montgomery]

Wow, thats a really nicely constructed, clean looking system you got there. Makes me wish I lived in Vegas so I could check it out.

Though I hate to be the bearer of bad news, CZ is limited to those reefers with tanks less than or equal to 695 gallons :(

 

[KEEPERZ]

Thank you all for the welcome to this site-much appreciated!!

Edwing206-Thank you!!

Raider77-Thank you-how's your corals doing? Al has lost his mind!!

Pnoyreefer-Thank you!

coralnutz-Thank you!

turbois300-Thank you and your correct,the tank is recessed the depth of the studs, mainly because I preferred the look over flat. I will try to find more fish room pics.

NapoliNewJersey-I am fortunate to have learned the stainless steel trade in a city that demands food service-insaying that, I was able to do all the metal work inside the fish room.

msman825-Thank you!!

Teeka-Thank you!!

killingseed2000-Thank you!!

cobraz-Thank you!! It evolved to what it is, as you can see by the old pics.

JGoslee-Thank you!!

J. Montgomery-Thank you-can we get someone to raise the tank size limit?