wakeboardgeek
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After being away from the hobby for about a year due to work and the birth of our daughter, my wife gave me the green light to build the “stick†tank that I want. This will probably be a slow build due to our 3 month old daughter and I don’t want to break the bank. I did save some equipment from my previous tanks and I was lucky enough to find a rimless starfire tank with an external overflow from a local reefer.
Planned Equipment List:
Tank: 32x24x20 tall rimless with external overflow (60 gallons internal dimensions without overflow)
Sump: Custom sump
Return Pump: Eheim 1260 (not yet purchased, going to use a mag7 initially)
Water Movement: (2) MP40ES (not yet purchased)
Skimmer: Skimz SK201
Main Lights: 250 watt SE Halide (Phoenix or Radium) on icecap ballast
Actinic Light: LED (445 nm blue, 453 nm blue, and magenta)
Controller: ACjr with DC8 and DC4
Cooling: Planning to use fans but have a reserved output in the manifold in the event I have to use a chiller.
Dosing: Bubble Magnus Doser
ATO: Tunze Osmolator (not yet purchased)
Other: Water Mixing Station
Planned Coral List:
This will be a BB tank with mostly “hairy†SPS. I may try to keep acan lords at the bottom of the tank but not sure how they’ll do if the water is “too cleanâ€. Details on the SPS will come later.
Planned Fish List:
Orange-back Fairy Wrasse
Carpenter's Flasher Wrasse
McCoskr's Flasher Wrasse
Yellow Banded Possom Wrasse
Green Mandarin (male) - I will have a decent size rubble section in the sump for pods
Spotted Mandarin (female)?
Midas Blenny?
Now for some pictures:
This is a picture of the tank when I purchased it.
This is a picture of the tank after I've refinished the stand (without the door attached) and panted the back of the tank black.
This is a picture of the lights within the floating canopy and the canopy hanging. Room was purposely left on the sides so I could add another row of LEDs if I wanted.
Planned Equipment List:
Tank: 32x24x20 tall rimless with external overflow (60 gallons internal dimensions without overflow)
Sump: Custom sump
Return Pump: Eheim 1260 (not yet purchased, going to use a mag7 initially)
Water Movement: (2) MP40ES (not yet purchased)
Skimmer: Skimz SK201
Main Lights: 250 watt SE Halide (Phoenix or Radium) on icecap ballast
Actinic Light: LED (445 nm blue, 453 nm blue, and magenta)
Controller: ACjr with DC8 and DC4
Cooling: Planning to use fans but have a reserved output in the manifold in the event I have to use a chiller.
Dosing: Bubble Magnus Doser
ATO: Tunze Osmolator (not yet purchased)
Other: Water Mixing Station
Planned Coral List:
This will be a BB tank with mostly “hairy†SPS. I may try to keep acan lords at the bottom of the tank but not sure how they’ll do if the water is “too cleanâ€. Details on the SPS will come later.
Planned Fish List:
Orange-back Fairy Wrasse
Carpenter's Flasher Wrasse
McCoskr's Flasher Wrasse
Yellow Banded Possom Wrasse
Green Mandarin (male) - I will have a decent size rubble section in the sump for pods
Spotted Mandarin (female)?
Midas Blenny?
Now for some pictures:
This is a picture of the tank when I purchased it.
This is a picture of the tank after I've refinished the stand (without the door attached) and panted the back of the tank black.
This is a picture of the lights within the floating canopy and the canopy hanging. Room was purposely left on the sides so I could add another row of LEDs if I wanted.
