Ed's 195 LeeMar build.

[drdoolittle]

does your wife know about this tank? man if i ever get a big tank again i'm gonna do it right like you did.

Hiep, luckily.. my wife support my hobby..she just doesnt know the cost of equipments or corals...haha

I took my time on getting it set up, but that wasnt by choice. If it was up to me, it would have been completed a long time ago. But looking at it now, i'm glad i took my time.

hows your little boy? bet he's all grown up..

 

[gimmito]

Ed,

Can you show more pic's of the "guts" of the system ? And a list of equipment ? CaRx reactor, top off, etc.
How you liking the BK by the way ?

 

[drdoolittle]

Updates..


Got a few coral and started the coral hunt..

True Simplex, still brown out, but coloring up.

New Aussie Acans.

Clam

more Aussie Acans

Full Frag tank Shot

 

[drdoolittle]

here are equipment update.

Left side.. MP40es

Right side

Added a Neptune WXM and linked all 6 vortechs into it.

 

[drdoolittle]

Skimmer at work.. along with Avast Swabbie and Davy Jones.

 

[drdoolittle]

One of the first live stocks.. i could not pass it by... 2 1/2 GoldFlake Angel.. I just hope he leaves my coral alone..

 

[JAR]

Tight!
OMG! sweet set up

 

[gimmito]

Nice additions Ed !

 

[mavjoy]

Cool fish and set up looks clean.

 

[yardartist]

If I could only get the outside of my stand to look as organized as the inside of yours.

 

[drdoolittle]

I apologize for late response and up date, work have been killing me lately.. here are some updates.

I recently took down my Sfiligoi fixture and replaced the stock magnetic ballast with an Electronic ballast, in which i chose to use Lumatek Selectable 250 to 400 watts.

transformers that i removed out of the fixtures.. total weight my be at least 20+ lbs.

Here are the replacement Ballasts. Etremely happy with the selection. I was running 400watts on the stock fixture. I assumed that i would be running the same wattage after the swap. I set the ballast at 250 using Radium bulb, and to my surprise. At 250 watts, it was much brighter than the stock 400.

 

[drdoolittle]

Also added a few more hardware inside the sump area.

PM Phosban reactor using one leg from the return pump monifold.

Also added Bubble Magus pumps, plan on some some supplements.

 

[drdoolittle]

NOW for the corals!!I finally added some of my corals from my frag tank. Poor guys been sitting in my frag tank for a while.. lost half of my Acan colonies.

 

[drdoolittle]

 

[99sf]

Wow, what great chalices & acan colonies. Still in awe of your clean, organized sump.

 

[drdoolittle]

also wanted to thank Robert@Neptunes on great deal of some of my equipment and live stock. thanks Robert

 

[eldiablosrt8]

in the last set of pics the first two a cans OK familiar and look sweet.....

 

[robert4025]

Wow Ed...amazing attention to details in the build. I love the use of those cable trays. Makes all the cabling looks so neat.

Good stuff man. Can't wait to see the tank mature.

 

[drdoolittle]

Thanks Robert..i think Erik is rubbing into me. His attention to every little thing in his tank amazes me. Hopefully i could get my corals to look like his...

Hit me up when you have some nice wild stuff.. thanks.

 

[radar1]

love the rockwork