270 gallon acrylic show tank 72”L x 24”W x 36”H.
Been up and running for over three years.
Upper foam wall with live rock rubble set in.
About a three inch sand bed.
Made two medium size shelves with egg crate and pvc pipe to stack
live rock on and in front of, so the fish have two large caves to swim in and out of on both sides of the tank.
Circulation in the main tank is provided by two dual twin wave makers (3200gph each) and two 1300gph wave maker.
Lighting is with two 400 watt MH, 15k bulbs with Lumenarc III reflectors, and one all blue LED panel in the center just to entertain myself.
Fish:
Purple Tang
Scopas Tang
Yellow Tang
Foxface
Maroon clown x 2
Clarkii x 2
Coral beauty Angel
Green Chromis x 7 + 3 (12Feb2011 AIM) -1 dead.
Lawnmower blenny
Black spotted cardinalfish x 3
SailFin Tang (12Feb2011 AIM)
1-22-11 (from 50g)
Yellow Tang
Blue Tang
Added three Monster Tangs today (20Feb2011)
Show size Desjardini Tang,
7 inch Blue Tang
6 inch Powder Blue Tang.
28 Total
The sump is a 55 gallon tank with one chamber to hold the skimmer and filter sock.
I have some sand and rubble with 5 mangroves and some cheato in the sump. I have one small maxi jet 600 for water circulation in the sump, and a RIO 2500 for the return.
I have a flood light 5100k bulb feeding light to the Mangroves and just installed a Blue/White LED panel today to see if it’s enough light for the cheato.
I have a canister filter that slowly pulls water from the main tank into the sock filter.
The closed loop has been down for many months due to a leak in the plumbing and maybe one day I’ll rework the plumbing and get it back up and running.
1 and a half inch bulkhead in the upper right hand corner of the main tank feeds water to the filter sock.
One 300 watt heater in the sump.
Been up and running for over three years.
Upper foam wall with live rock rubble set in.
About a three inch sand bed.
Made two medium size shelves with egg crate and pvc pipe to stack
live rock on and in front of, so the fish have two large caves to swim in and out of on both sides of the tank.
Circulation in the main tank is provided by two dual twin wave makers (3200gph each) and two 1300gph wave maker.
Lighting is with two 400 watt MH, 15k bulbs with Lumenarc III reflectors, and one all blue LED panel in the center just to entertain myself.
Fish:
Purple Tang
Scopas Tang
Yellow Tang
Foxface
Maroon clown x 2
Clarkii x 2
Coral beauty Angel
Green Chromis x 7 + 3 (12Feb2011 AIM) -1 dead.
Lawnmower blenny
Black spotted cardinalfish x 3
SailFin Tang (12Feb2011 AIM)
1-22-11 (from 50g)
Yellow Tang
Blue Tang
Added three Monster Tangs today (20Feb2011)
Show size Desjardini Tang,
7 inch Blue Tang
6 inch Powder Blue Tang.
28 Total
The sump is a 55 gallon tank with one chamber to hold the skimmer and filter sock.
I have some sand and rubble with 5 mangroves and some cheato in the sump. I have one small maxi jet 600 for water circulation in the sump, and a RIO 2500 for the return.
I have a flood light 5100k bulb feeding light to the Mangroves and just installed a Blue/White LED panel today to see if it’s enough light for the cheato.
I have a canister filter that slowly pulls water from the main tank into the sock filter.
The closed loop has been down for many months due to a leak in the plumbing and maybe one day I’ll rework the plumbing and get it back up and running.
1 and a half inch bulkhead in the upper right hand corner of the main tank feeds water to the filter sock.
One 300 watt heater in the sump.
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