My 6x2x2 sumped dream tank is born!

[1979fishgeek]

Its taken 48 hours to fill, but now my 6x2x2 is finally running. Feeling really excited!
I also included a separate setup in the cabinet next to ATO for my breeding Clarki Clowns and hopeful a Bangai Cardinal breeding project.

 

[jsker]

Welcome to the new reef, what a great start.

 

[RyanCSGO]

Lookin Good! i find the set up to be so much fun

 

[Tautog]

I have one of those, just over a year old. Good luck!

 

[1979fishgeek]

Thanks everyone. Been enjoying the planning and researching, trying find the second hand bargains. learnt so much and this tank is incorporating all the wish list items I wanted but could not fit, or hide away in the old tank.

Sump going to contain, bio pearl reactor, skimmers (yes two as I can't quite bring myself to get rid of the awesome old one but will be running a Bubble Magus NAC 6) Ozone which I am really looking forward to running, ATO, auto dosing, UV, phosphate reactor, carbon....

Tanks going to house Powder Blue Tang, Desjardinii Tang, Lemon Peel Mimic Tang, pair of gorgeous Clarkii, Pink Spot Goby, 3 chromis.

Want to eventually add Bangaii Cardinals too and start a breeding project.

Plus corals on every square inch! Zoa garden, Hammer/frogspawn garden, various softies, few LPS and my SPS collection. Got nearly 500 watts of LEDS (AI sol and Chinese black boxes) to hang!

Fun! Fun! Fun! Happy Dance! Lol

 

[hybridazn]

Looking good! I like the 180 myself haha

 

[Dragonreef202]

Enough room for a lot of nice things. I getting into corals more away from fowlr tanks

 

[1979fishgeek]

Corals and inverts are becoming a obsession , I do love my Tangs...getting a Tang thing too. Lol

I am trying to keep track of my corals...but still got quite a few missing from this list.

SOFT CORALS
Green star polyp X 3
Purple star polyp
Toxic green star polyp
Blue clove polyp - Sarcothelia edmondsoni
Jasmine Polyp
Briareum
Kenya tree Soft Coral
Devils Finger Leather soft coral
Toadstool Leather
Green Finger Leather Coral - Sinularia sp
Maxi Mini Anemone
Photosynthetic Gorgonians X 2 species

XENIA
Pom Pom White Xenia - Xenia Umbellata
Anthelia

MUSHROOMS
Toxic Green Fuzzy Mushroom
Rhodactis indosinensis - Neon Green Hairy Mushroom
Ricordea Yuma - Bubbly Mushroom
Metallic Mushroom

ZOANTHIDS
Radioactive Dragons Eyes Zoa
Mint choc chip Zoa
Gorilla's nipple Zoa
Laser Lemon Zoa
Reverse Space Monster Zoa
Green People Eaters Zoa
Dragonfly Zoa
Orbitron Zoa
Ultimate Metallic Emerald Zoa
Pink Sherbet Zoa
Hawaiian Hypno Zoa
Palythoa (unknown giant)
Palythoa (unknown green/blue/grey)
UNKNOWN ZOA X 12

SPS
pocillopora green polyp SPS
Porites Yellow SPS
Pavona Coral (cactus coral) (Pavona decussatus)
Guttatus Birdsnest Coral (Seriatopora guttatus)
Seriatopora hystrix green
Seriatopora hystrix rainbow
Stylophora Green
Montipora Undata Encrusting Purple Monti SPS
Montipora spongodes green
Montipora digitata silver
Montipora plating Red

LPS
Frogspawn Coral (Euphyllia)
Hammer Coral Ultra Metallic (Euphyllia)
Hammer Coral Ultra Purple Tipped (Euphyllia)
Hammer Coral Toxic Green (Euphyllia)
Hammer Coral Green and Purple (Euphyllia)
Orange Short Tentacle Plate Coral (Fungia sp)
Green Short Tentacle Plate Coral (Fungia sp)
Australian Big Polyp Blastomussa Coral (Blastomussa wellsi)

 

[Hi.Gene]

What type of lighting are you going to use?

 

[Hi.Gene]

What type of lighting are you going to use?

 

[EquinsuOcha]

I have never had to setup up a sump, can I ask why what it looks like to be a cement slab is on the bottom?

 

[1979fishgeek]

What type of lighting are you going to use?

I will have 2 X AI Sol in the middle and a 165w Chinese black box either side. Nothing fancy yet, all second hand.

 

[1979fishgeek]

I have never had to setup up a sump, can I ask why what it looks like to be a cement slab is on the bottom?

It's just grey polystyrene underneath to even out weight and keep it level, this is the first sump I have totally built and plumbed in myself too. The tank was pre-drilled and came with the weir. The stand is DIY as had too many issues in the past with cheap wood they expands with a splash of water on it.
Bought 5mm black acryllic to make sump baffles and kept it real simple.

 

[1979fishgeek]

I have one of those, just over a year old. Good luck!

Just read your thread. Your tank setup is seriously awesome!