raeh1 Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 Well after months of planning and seven days of building this is it.............................................. Sorry it reads like scrabbled eggs. But My wife is sick of me spending the week on the tank, and now this.. (after all she has beeen so supportive) 500 litre tank. 130cm * 60cm * 60cm (10 mm glass) eheim 1260 return pump twin 150 watt light unit with built in twin T5's and two moonlight LEDs sea swirl return, for random water flow. 3 * tunze nano's 6045's on timers (one still to come) tunze auto top up. (with calcium mixing unit to come) four plug surge protector 3*6 plug multi switches Deltec MCE600 skimmer Sump with designed to run carbon, phos remover, and filter wool (slappers order one as well) 2 * 300 watt jager heaters plus other assorted stuff. Sump and Plumbing Designed for no flooding if power trips (tested as well). 25 mm plumbing overflow (with doorso) handles the 2400 litres per hour from the eheim as planned. 20mm return from the ehiem through the sea swirl. The sump is perfect and fits the skimmer perectly leaving room for the eventual calcium reactor... (that will have to be a deltec naturally) Also notice its black around the sump, thats the rubber paint to stop moisture damaging the tank. Also my baffel design allows me to run filter wool, carbon, and phos remover without any troubles, (also to add my homemade nitrite remover and calcium auto mixer in the next couple of weeks) Tank and Stand This time I went for solid wood. (Pine) Thanks to swampy for adding extra supports to it so I felt comfortable that it would last the test of time. Tank 10mm glass, with square overflow, as the triangle overflow always annoys me when fiddling with plumbing, As well as an almost accident two years ago when I almost fell off a stool with my arm trapped down near the overflow, this overflow elimates that risk. Flow and Lighting The new unit from Australia is the best light combo I have come across. The twin metal halides, with twin T5's and built in twin moonlight LEDS is common sense.... This unit is awesome and in hind sight I would have imported heaps to sell on. The flow is from 3* 6045 nanos on timers, as the 6055's are to much. The nanos hands down whip the seios,or any other flow pump for that matter. The magnets to secure them have saved so much time and effort, and damage that my old flow pumps did to my corals. Heaters and cooling 2 jager heaters 300 watts each, as I noticed in winter my tanks temperature drops considerably even when running a single 300watt heater. Also the precision is amazing. Both heaters switch on at exactly the same time..... The corals and fish all made the change ok even with nitrites at about 75ppm when transfering stock over. (The decision was made to move them after 3 days in holding, and the water started to get smelly) Cannot wait until the corals colour up again, and anemones settle down, boths clowns have their own anemones now, But get confused at times as the are identical. (from a split 3 months ago). I managed to get a small fluro bubble tip anemone for the time being to see if it colours up but I am still saving to try another rose bubble. Still stuff to finish and more rock to add but I'll keep up up dated on this post.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slappers Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 one of thoses heaters alone is for 1000ltr tank, just to be sure aye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 wow it looks good 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctsniper86 Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 That looks great Wish I could afford a set up like that. Oh well I suppose in time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raeh1 Posted September 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 here are some more. My current livestock is. 1 Blue Tang 1 Yellow Tang 4 blue chromis 2 pink clowns 2 percula clowns (one true one false ""they can't tell the difference) 1 Coral Beauty 1 Copperband (9 months so far, will get a pic of him feeding from my hands) 3 anemones (all bubble tips) 1 serpent star 1 clam 25-20 soft, LPS's and SPS's 1 cleaner shrimp (3 years old), I need to get him a new friend.. (also the hand rail is an excellent addition, as is the stall $35 from bunnings, and the RCD has already saved me when setting up the tank....... :oops: (every tank should have one..... ) more photos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 looks great- well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifty Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 looks very nice well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 That is a REALLY nice job! Well thought out at every stage, and quality workmanship also, did you make the stand yourself? Clever idea having the heaters in the overflow, I guess as long as they are in the circuit somewhere, it doesn't matter, good thinking! Great thing about a tank like that you've got everything sorted, now you can sit back, relax, and enjoy it. Cute little green anemone, everything looking healthy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted September 16, 2007 Report Share Posted September 16, 2007 Looking good, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raeh1 Posted September 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 ammonia: Nil nitrites: Nil Nitrates 20 ppm all back to normal. :lol: getting a little more rock in the weekend, and extra nano... :lol: also fix the old tiny tiny things that bug me. Otherwise the planning has paid off huge. All things work extremely well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raeh1 Posted January 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 updated Well finally an update. (cose we now have a camera) 4 months on, I am happy with the tank, The only change will be a Calcium reactor in the future. Also I am now experiencing the tunze nano problems of braking brackets which I hope the company will foot the bill and replace them with a better designed bracket. (as everyone I know is now experiencing their failure). I have taken at least 30 frags in the past 4 months, and this is the current picture progress. enjoy. still fiddling with the camera options so hopefully photos will improve soon. :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fmxmatt Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 Thats just Well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markoshark Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 Looking great, nice to see that the CBB is still a happy chappy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 Coming along very nicely 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony law Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 nice set up you must be proud of it , 8) 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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