Starting up my first big tank

[dallas reefer]

Nice setup. Great craftsmanship.

How much are the led's?


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[Reef Pets]

Great job!

 

[lerchcon]

I like this as well. Great job on the stand, for your first time it turned out amazing.

 

[bbandu]

Ok so I replaced the T5's on this build with leds. I am now running (3) 120W led panels over this tank.
I had to modify the canopy to hold the leds
Bracket to hold led rack

Leds in place ( I will paint the rack and brackets for corossion prevention)

Led full tank shot (cell phone pic)

 

[bbandu]

The Leds are in a non standard light configuration, I got 35 - 16000K, 28 - 14000K, 28 453nm blue and 28, 468nm blue.

The standard fixture are around $250 + tax each, however I wanted to be able to control each set of lights individually so each one of my lights have 4 circuits in them and 4 plugs, one for each circuit. So they ended up costing around $290 + tax each.

 

[bbandu]

Ok here is about a 2.5 month update on the tank.

 

[lerchcon]

looks great

 

[Henry C]

Sweet build thread!!! Everything looks great!!!

 

[skinz78]

Looking really good!

 

[bbandu]

Thanks, its still a work in progress as most reef tank are.

 

[Mike&Terry]

Nice build. Would love to see some updated pics...

 

[bbandu]

I am getting ready to reaquascape the tank ans once that is finished I will post some updated pics.

 

[bbandu]

Ok sorry for not updating the thread but will try and post some updated pics tonight. This tanks has transitioned to a almost FOWLR tank as I have not taken all of the coral out if it, there is still a very large colony of pink pulsing xenia (My wifes favorite, which is why it is still in the tank), large colony of GSP, some orange yumas and some other mushrooms. I am keeping the coral in this tank to just LPS and softies as for fear that some of my fish will decide the bufffet is open.

I have drastically increased the number of fish in the tank which required some equipment upgrades to handle the bioload increase, I upgraded the sump to a 90g and upgraded the skimmer to a AquaMaxx Cone 3 In-Sump Series Protein Skimmer with a Sicce 3.0 pump rated up to 500 gallons.


Fish list ( all are small except for the Blonde naso, powder blue and blueface angel)
trio Blue star african leopard wrasses
red velvet wrasse
yellow flanked wrasse
solinaris wrasse
red coris wrasse
yellow coris wrasse
lighting wrasse
coral bueaty
lemon peel angel
multi colored angel
watanabie female angel
blue faced angel
Blonde naso tang
powder blue tang
convict tang
Princess Parrot
Pair Banggaii Cardinals
Pair Pajama Cardinals
black sailfin blenny
squirrelfish
flame hawk
Pair Percula/Ocellaris clowns
blue green chromie
blue reef chromie

 

[bbandu]

I forgot to add a Pair of blue Jaw triggers to the fish list.

New Video

20130930_214028_zpsfef0dfbe.mp4 Video by bbandu | Photobucket

 

[skinz78]

Looking great!

 

[KingOfPain86]

Love the steel stand. Wanted to make one similar for my 200g. I don't know if the 1.5 steel steel tube at 3/16 is enough tho

 

[ShippD]

Looks great

 

[bbandu]

Love the steel stand. Wanted to make one similar for my 200g. I don't know if the 1.5 steel steel tube at 3/16 is enough tho

It should be plenty strong enough to hold a 200g

 

[PCygni]

Nice build!

 

[Zero Nitrates]

Wow! Amazing build.
Love the amount of livestock.