wrfreeman
Wade
It's past time to post my tank build. I've had this tank for about 10 years and have struggled with it the first 9. Lack of knowledge and trusting my LFS to educate me were my biggest problems. I found out just how valuable belonging to a reef forum like Reef2Reef can be about a year ago and have turned it around! It's in pretty good shape now. For the first time I'm adding coral and feel confident that I can not only keep them alive, but have them flourish! Education is a wonderful thing:) Here's my specs:
72 gallon bow front DT
Eshopps Refugium R-100, 2nd Generation (20 gallon)
SWC Xtreme 160 Cone Protein Skimmer
Neptune Systems Apex Lite
Reefbreeders Photon 48
Tunze Comline Wavebox 6208
Vortech MP40W
2 x Cobalt Aquatics MJ-1200 for 2 x BRS single reactors (carbon, GFO)
Current 1/10hp chiller (below the floor directly under the DT)
Current Gamma UV 15 watt sterilizer
approximately 75 lbs of rock
I make my sw in the basement directly below the DT. The tank water is siphoned into a pipe going through the floor to a garden hose and outside then I use a pond pump to pump it back into the sump. Much easier than lugging water up stairs like I used to.
Here's some pictures of my set up. The biggest challenge for me now is dealing with basically having an aquarium in a closet. Replacing my MH fixture with the Photon has greatly helped with the heat.
72 gallon bow front DT
Eshopps Refugium R-100, 2nd Generation (20 gallon)
SWC Xtreme 160 Cone Protein Skimmer
Neptune Systems Apex Lite
Reefbreeders Photon 48
Tunze Comline Wavebox 6208
Vortech MP40W
2 x Cobalt Aquatics MJ-1200 for 2 x BRS single reactors (carbon, GFO)
Current 1/10hp chiller (below the floor directly under the DT)
Current Gamma UV 15 watt sterilizer
approximately 75 lbs of rock
I make my sw in the basement directly below the DT. The tank water is siphoned into a pipe going through the floor to a garden hose and outside then I use a pond pump to pump it back into the sump. Much easier than lugging water up stairs like I used to.
Here's some pictures of my set up. The biggest challenge for me now is dealing with basically having an aquarium in a closet. Replacing my MH fixture with the Photon has greatly helped with the heat.
