Sneak peak of a 12,000 gallon reef we built in the Cayman islands .

[Pigpen]

sand filter , automatic valves and sensors for flow, ph , orp and temp .

 

[Pigpen]

main heat exchanger made out of titanium .

 

[seitzjh]

Your having everybody drooling over the pictures.

 

[Crimson]

I think when you building reefs this large its more like building a pool that supports life. Really cool! A 10% water change is 1200 gallons lol. At what point do you just start plumbing into the ocean?

 

[Pigpen]

Adding the first fish and corals . sorry for the bad pictures .

 

[Pigpen]

in floor pond we built at another house in cayman .

 

[Vahanyos]

Wow - impressive! Cannot wait to see more pictures!

 

[Elliott01]

wow, nice builds

 

[Land Shark]

Amazing setup. I was wondering if you make the saltwater or if you use sterilized natural saltwater out of the ocean?

 

[nmqtrhrse]

I will be down Dec 8-15 going thru Grand Cayman on my way to Little Cayman. I would love to see this in person if you're around. Maybe???

 

[joseserrano]

Wow. Cool crazy builds

 

[Daryl.Norton]

Crazy stuff!

 

[Sallstrom]

we have also got rid of all of the leds we had on this tank as they were not growing coral well and would fail a lot .I had the same problem on my tank and tossed 13k worth of leds and went back to halides .

Thanks for sharing!

About the LEDs, could I ask what type you have used? We're running a couple of Kryos 300W as a test now at work. The LEDs on the first picture looks very much the same.

/ David

 

[Javier Leon]

Wow I can only say is ridiculously beautiful, is like having slice a piece of the ocean and brought it home.
Please keep us posted with new picks

 

[oldfishman]

Now that’s a tank!!!!

 

[Urbanknight]

Holy Cow Batman! They don't have to go far to get a dive in! Beautiful setup!

 

[Pigpen]

we were using maxspect 500 watt units . I had the same ones on my tank . most of the ones on my tank caught fire and burned up due to the ****** wiring and wrong gauge wire inside . I was ok with that since I found out you cant grow coral with them . went back to 1000 watt halides and I never looked back , just an expensive lesson to learn .

 

[Pigpen]

Its pretty cool , when we go down we go diving and catch fish to keep in the tank . everything does great . funny thing I have noticed is fish right out of the ocean will eat anything like pigs . no issues with ich since there is very little stress .

 

[Sallstrom]

we were using maxspect 500 watt units . I had the same ones on my tank . most of the ones on my tank caught fire and burned up due to the ****** wiring and wrong gauge wire inside . I was ok with that since I found out you cant grow coral with them . went back to 1000 watt halides and I never looked back , just an expensive lesson to learn .

Thanks!

I think they are from the same factory as the Pacific Sun Kryos. Looks exactly the same
Probably not the best LEDs for coral tanks.

 

[baslewprime]

omg! impressive! keep it up