The Chef's LED powered 40 breeder (super pic heavy)

[TheChef]

I figured I'd battle my insomnia by sharing my current setup. Though Ive kept bigger and smaller tanks, I really like the size of the 40breeder; enough size to experiment, but not so big that you need a log book to keep track of all the **** you end up buying for it :squigglemouth:
That being said Im still having a very hard time not buying one of the various 75gal tanks i see put up on craigslist every now and again :xd:

anyways, the tank (started nov 09):

night time

Equipment:
40g br, drilled 1 3/4" drain to a 20g sump, 1" return line to dual 3/4" return nozzels
~800 GPH flow rate
TMC clearstream UV 600 and canister filter (used for koi ponds, lol)
Koralia 2 powerheads
Hydor heater
Sander WT350 skimmer (impossible to find, but works really well)

Lighting:
120w custom LED fixture
78w Current Nova ex. with +blue and fiji purple bulbs

Livestock:
Black perc pair
McCosker's Wrasse
Spotted/target/psychedelic mandarin dragonet
Red spot cardinals (4)
flashing tilefish

lots of inverts...

PICTARS!
ill be adding more as i get new livestock or get bored...either way you get plenty of pictures as time goes on

dirty skimmer

simple return lines, nothing fancy here

now some livestock shots:

 

[TheChef]

MOAR

jedi mind trick

the one and only day the tilefish was adventurous

ENJOY
more to come

 

[subielover]

Great looking tank!

 

[joecoastie]

Very Nice!

 

[TheChef]

Thanks guys! More pictures to come this thursday after i pick up some sweet little scolys!

 

[BuyTheReef]

Very nice. I love that big rbta with the clowns! They always put me in a good mood in my personal tank. Great job!

 

[inactive]

Awesome man.. how long have you had the flashing tile?

 

[fab1971]

Love it! looks great. thanks for the pics!

 

[ecfencing]

Looking great! Awesome tank.....I've always like 40 breeders as tank setups. Could you share some details on the lighting setup?

 

[TheChef]

Awesome man.. how long have you had the flashing tile?

ehhh...2 months...ish? Not too long, but he's lasted a lot longer than I thought he would. I figured he'd be carpet surfing in under a week, cause i dont have a lid, but so far so good. Its annoying though, he's found a small cave that gets good flow through it and is impossible to see in, so now he doesn't even need to come out to feed, the mysis float to him :squigglemouth:

as for the question about the LED fixture, I couldnt give you too much info, I had it built for me. It has 120 1w LEDs, 78 white and 42 royal blue, a standard alluminum heat sink, and three cooling fans that pull air from above it and push it out the sides. The LEDs are about 1/2in apart from each other and I believe they have a 40 degree angle, though it may be 60

 

[TheChef]

more pictars! picked up some stuff thats sitting in the tank now, and havent gotten pictures of, but in the mean time here are a few from what i got last week:

 

[nayrgaijin]

Pretty flippin sweet!!!!

 

[Rickyrooz]

Nice tank!

 

[underwaterfirefighter]

Great looking tank.

Dave

 

[TANKSALOT]

Very nice!!

Any updates?

 

[TheChef]

Very nice!!

Any updates?

yessum, will update with more pictars tomorrow

 

[TANKSALOT]

Looking forward to seeing them

 

[TheChef]

ahhh bugger, ran out of time today :sad: Im planning a water change tomorrow, ill grab photos after for sure :xd:

 

[TheChef]

OK! so here are some photos! I hope to pick up some stuff tomorrow, so hopefully more pictures :xd:

 

[big tang]

Very Nice tank i really like the claims where did you get them?