Jimmy's big boy tank build

[newe70]

Dang...that is a clean and nice plumbing works. Great job bud!!!

 

[SandStorm]

Have you fix the small problem u have last night? When are we going to see water on it?

 

[jimmy007]

Nice plumbing Jimmy and Bryan.

 

[SandStorm]

Nice plumbing Jimmy and Bryan.

Took a lot of time with plumbing. Only one big pump will handle all Water distribution. Skimmer , light and mp's.. His targeting the lowest electric consumption to this build.

 

[SandStorm]

Hoping 600-700 watts...

 

[lowbudget]

Hoping 600-700 watts...

does that include heaters and light?

 

[misterjqn]

does that include heaters and light?

Haha i think bryan got it wrong. Its impossible for my system run with only that much power. My light alone is already 800w. just trying to make it clean with 1 big pump. Not trying to save energy when im going with t-5s.

 

[lowbudget]

bryan did not convince you to go radions?

 

[misterjqn]

i don't really like leds. All my tanks right now are running on atis. although i do have a radion setup on a qt tank. i get frustrated with the programming and all that techy stuff. My plan is to get the ati/led powermodule in the near future so i can use the leds as a blue supplement instead of adding an atinic strip to my current light.

 

[lowbudget]

nice nice.

 

[red13]

Very nice tank you got there. I am going to have some Marco mortar left from my build. Probably won't be enough for your build but you are welcome to it. Bryan has my contact info.

 

[SandStorm]

does that include heaters and light?

He don't need that much light to use it all.. He'll get his corals sunburns. His sump is outside with less issue of water temp. All he need is fan. Hahaha!

 

[SandStorm]

Very nice tank you got there. I am going to have some Marco mortar left from my build. Probably won't be enough for your build but you are welcome to it. Bryan has my contact info.

Thanx reed. Will let u know if needs them. By the way where is the tank build? Your not being fair... I know u setup ur tank already and we'd like to see.

 

[SandStorm]

Jimmy update us with pic man... Share so that peeps can get idea if they go big like yours.

 

[red13]

Thanx reed. Will let u know if needs them. By the way where is the tank build? Your not being fair... I know u setup ur tank already and we'd like to see.

http://www.socalireefs.com/forums/showthread.php?72206-50-gallon-LeeMar-build&p=825747#post825747
You will have to stop by and check it out.

 

[misterjqn]

Need help with substrate choices. I'm going to be doing mostly sps but i want the substrate look instead of bare bottom. I have a lot of experience with bare bottom because my current tank is bare bottom and i dont mind the look because the tank is acrylic and the bottom is white so it looks like a sand bed. This tank on the other hand is glass so when filled up its black at the bottom and i dont like that. I have narrowed it down to tropic eden argonite reef flakes vs tropic eden reef flake grand select. Could someone with experience chime in on what direction i should go? I bought a bag of each to see how big the sand is so i can buy more of one or the other and mix it.

Reef Eden reef flakes 3.0mm

Reef Eden reef flake grand select 4.5mm

side by side

 

[mark.a.smith405]

Let's see an update jimmy!

 

[Smite]

For appearance I like smaller grain size, what did you end up using [MENTION=4989]misterjqn[/MENTION]?

 

[misterjqn]

Time for an update of my tank. Its been slow but finally have all the parts and now stocking up with corals.

Here is the backbone of the system.

outdoor sump cabinet

led lit and pc fan ventilated

Some hardware under the sump

Now tank some old tank shots

first 2 months

added somefish and test corals

reef buddy donated a clam

coraline started to kick in

recent fts

 

[BeanMachine]

Now that is one ***** en aquascape! What rock did you use [MENTION=4989]misterjqn[/MENTION]?