My Custom 66

[BullyBee]

I found this post because you responded to one of mine. Wow. I’m sure you aren’t discouraged and I’m sure your tank will look phenomenal.

 

[PokeFish]

love the tank!

 

[mfinn]

love the tank!

Thank-you

 

[mfinn]

My last update was about a year ago and this tank has had some changes.
Some new additions and some losses.
Started picking up a few torch corals and a few others.
Had big problem with bjd on my lps.
Lost alot of nice colonies, but things have seemed to stabilize.

I took a few pictures with a Samsung S10+ with a orange filter and just the Reef Brites on.

 

[mfinn]

Sunday morning fts.
Just a single reef brite on

 

[mfinn]

Not alot new coral wise, but I did buy a new sump and got it installed this week.
The previous sump I bought about 15 years ago and was used when I got it.
It worked very well but it was time to get a new one.
The new one is just a simple setup. Skimmer chamber/incoming water, then refugium, then return area.




Tank picture,

 

[mfinn]

Got my new CoralCare gen 2 fixture mounted, that I won in the Partner Membership drive.
I kept the 2 Reef Brite XHO's.
I love the fan less fixture.

 

[mfinn]

Been trying to use different camera settings on my Samsung S20 Ultra and I found that by going to the Pro mode and setting WB to 10k ( the highest), it comes pretty close. Still alot of blue in the picture and the colors are a tiny bit muted, but it's close.

 

[Zuma]

Really dig your reef! Curious how you plumbed the over flow and return? 2 x 1" and 3/4"?

 

[mfinn]

Really dig your reef! Curious how you plumbed the over flow and return? 2 x 1" and 3/4"?

Thank-you.:)
The return is just a single 3/4" pvc pipe out of the Vectra M2.
My drain is a 2 x 1-1/2" Herbie style. 1 is the main drain and gate valve and the other is the emergency drain.

 

[Zuma]

Thank-you.:)
The return is just a single 3/4" pvc pipe out of the Vectra M2.
My drain is a 2 x 1-1/2" Herbie style. 1 is the main drain and gate valve and the other is the emergency drain.

Thanks, appreciate the info.

 

[Dierks]

Your sump is as pretty as your tank! I also really enjoyed your build thread.

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Nice little tank man.
Devin

 

[mfinn]

Your sump is as pretty as your tank! I also really enjoyed your build thread.

Thanks

 

[mfinn]

Nice little tank man.
Devin

This is my back room tank. Had one up in this room since 1991. First one was a custom 40 gallon I had made. Then came the diy 50 gallon. This one is a Crystal Reef tank ( do you remember Mike? ) . I picked up this tank and a week later the company closed their doors.

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Nope don't remember Mike.
That's too bad about crystal reef.
Sweet room tank man.
D

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Tried a 10g way back in my room back at mom's but I ended up upgrading it to a 20L and moving it out to the hallway area. Lol.
D

 

[mfinn]

Nope don't remember Mike.
That's too bad about crystal reef.
Sweet room tank man.
D

Mike O'Brien?
Aquariums By Design?
You helped move my 240 into my house. That was a Mike O'Brien tank.

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Ehhhhh I was being sarcastic. He's a hard guy to forget
D

 

[mfinn]

I can't believe I haven't updated this thread since 2022.
A lots happened, good and bad.

Lost most of the lps in a crash.
Been picking up a couple pieces, but recently lost control of the aiptasias.
So I moved what branching lps I had ( a few zoanthid colonies) into a 10 gallon frag/holding tank and moved a matted file fish into the 66.
See if he can do in this one what he did in the 240.