Eddies 120G Zoa/Paly Divider Tank w/ PICS

[socalireefer]

Hello, its long overdue, im happy to share one of my lastest tank projects.
DIMS: 72x24x16H 3/4''thick Acrylic Divider Tank 120G Made by AA
Black bottom, black back, no substrate.
Sweet custom stand made by family member, thanks man!

I had three small tanks set up at my house, two Nanos, and a 40g frag tank.
It became to difficult to stay on top of.
To little water volume for even the smallest of errors for me.
So i had a bigger tank made to condense these three smaller ones into.
The problem was i had a pair of Picassos clowns in one of the Nanos and a Snowflake clown in the frag tank and the other Nano setup for seahorses only.
The solution.. Divider tank, the Snowflake clown now lives with the seahorses on one side with lower flow. Left side where i keep most my Zoa/Paly collection.

The Picassos live on the other side with much more flow. Right side where its more mixed reef.

Anyhow let me know what you think, its been a fun little tank to try and balance just right. So far so good.

 

[Letsgotothezoo]

OMG Eddie, What have you done ? You dug yourself a bigger hole....:rofl:

Keep the pictures coming....I am loving it.

 

[socalireefer]

Yea i know Dave, I cant control my self! I need a place to hold all those killer zoas and palys im going to be getting from you.

 

[FOSELONE]

that is one sick tank...& it looks even better in its current state...
picked up some of them pipefish like yours eddie...i like :top:

 

[socalireefer]

Thanks Javier, those pipefish add alot of personality to the tank.

 

[socalireefer]

Sorry for the crappy pics in advance, i need new camera and macro lens

RPPE

PH

Paly Grandis

Darth Maul, Unatainables,

 

[socaltropicalfish]

Eddie, very nice tank.

 

[EyeReef]

this tank is gonna be awesome. Love the stand. How bout some pix of your current systems..specifically those clownsGoldfish

 

[socalireefer]

Thanks Tom and Mikee


He seemed to pair up with this particular seahorse, there always together.
Maybe they will mate,lol

These yellow skirt are some sick Indo zoanthids that i just got. No name for them yet.
I wish i had a Macro Lenz to get a close up of these beauties

 

[coral diver]

Looks good there Eddie more please.

 

[socalireefer]

Looks good there Eddie more please.
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Thanks yes i have lots more pics uploading at the moment and will post more tomorrow.

 

[Reefer08]

Nice tank. Is that stand safe? Is their going to be any other supports other than those 4 legs?

 

[zatoichi]

Livestock is looking great! That is a cool tank, I love that you get all the joy of two tanks but only have to deal with one water system. It would make a great tank for coloration/lighting experiments

Can we get a shot of the underside of that stand? A 120g tank is 1200 pounds so it's definitely not the type of thing you want to come smashing down especially with kids in the house. Once it is full it should stay pretty solid but those legs better be dead on plumb & level because they have no support bracing at the bottom to keep them aligned and square. (You can tell I'm a little paranoid)

PS- when your Captain America paly grows out I'd love to see it as a colony; keep on feeding!!!! :marchmellow:

 

[d_signr]

did you accidently spill some paint on that clown fish while painting the stand?

I agree on the structure of the stand, it looks a little unstable (no bracing) better be safe than sorry. IMO

Look good though.

 

[socalireefer]

Thanks all,
Yea ill get some pics of the structure of the stand later tonight for you, but its Solid. The legs are 4x4 post that were widdled to the current design.
But its framed in solid with 2x4s underneath and the bottom shelf holding the sump is connecting the two back legs together to further stabalize it.
Its also level.

Tubbs, Kedd Reds and others

So the livestock on the left side of tank is
Tomini Tang ( Green Hair)
Copperband ( Aptashia all gone now)
Lawnmower Blenny
Snowflake Clown
6 line wrasse
6 seahorses
1 big Emerald green crab

 

[d_signr]

you got some nicccccccccce zoas/palys. I need to come raid your tank and add to my collection.

 

[socalireefer]

you got some nicccccccccce zoas/palys. I need to come raid your tank and add to my collection.

That can be arranged, im sure you have some that i need.
Always open for trades

Seahorses shots
They look thin but they eat like pigs, there fed three times a day. Mysis

Emerald Crab, In the middle of pic

 

[socalireefer]

Livestock is looking great! That is a cool tank, I love that you get all the joy of two tanks but only have to deal with one water system. It would make a great tank for coloration/lighting experiments

Can we get a shot of the underside of that stand? A 120g tank is 1200 pounds so it's definitely not the type of thing you want to come smashing down especially with kids in the house. Once it is full it should stay pretty solid but those legs better be dead on plumb & level because they have no support bracing at the bottom to keep them aligned and square. (You can tell I'm a little paranoid)

PS- when your Captain America paly grows out I'd love to see it as a colony; keep on feeding!!!! :marchmellow:

Thanks Charles, that was the whole goal to elimanate dealing with three separate cleanings, water changes etc..
Its so nice now only dealing with this one system at my house anyways.
The light thats on there now is a old 2x4 T5 8 bulb Sunlight. Only one switch for all bulbs, I am trying to decide what will be the best light to switch to considering one sides primarlly Zoas/Palys and the other will be Acans and Chalices. So torn, any advice there?
Each side is exactlly 3ft.

The Captian America Paly is doing well, but not that impressive as only one poylp, and its still coloring in to whats on WWC website. But from what i understand they are fast growers, so hopefully will see some babies soon!
Ill get pic of that one up soon.

 

[socalireefer]

From the center divide..

 

[Clownfish123]

sweet stuff Eddie.