Joost's 80 gallon azoox project

[Joost_]

It isn't very impressive yet but here we go:

Vision
When I designed the tank I wanted to be different, a cave with lots of Dendronephthya, sponges, tunicates and cool critters like basketstars, sea-apples, cucumbers and maybe a feather star. Fish wise I'm not completely sure yet, it will include a schoal of Psuedomugil getruadea and a Paracheilinus carpenteri. I'd also like to add a Paracentropyge multifasciata a small group of Aioliops megastigma and a goby/ pistol shrimp pair.
I build the cave with styrofoam and concrete which I'll elaborate on later. I plan on growing a “bonsai-ed” mangrove out of the canopy.


Equipment
DT: 80 gallons 48x18x21 1/2
Sump 10 gallon sump
ATO 10 gallon tank
Feeding: A fridge mini fridge with dosing pump and a Wolfgang Colsman system in the freezer section.
Foods Mix of rotifers, cyclop-eeze, FM foods, shelfish diet and oyster feast
Filtration:
Octupus NW150 skimmer
Biopellets (around 1250 ml)
ATB Carbon
ATB GFO (maybe, I have a bag laying around so why not use it?)
Return: Danner Supreme Mag-Drive 9.5
Flow: Flow will be provided by a vortech mp40w es, a vortech mp10 and the mag-drive 9 return on a SCWD
Light: LeDio 9 watt blue LED along with other LED spotlights
Stand: The stand is DIY from 2x4, it's 43'' high. Eventually I'll skin it, but I'm focusing on the tank itself right now.
Sand bed: 2'' sand bed in two thirds of of the tank

Inspiration
I'll end this post with some inspiration:

(screen shot form this video: The Maldives in RED on Vimeo (a must watch!)

Updated FTS: (01-13,-2011)

 

[adolfo425]

Very Nice can't wait to see more progress. I like your rock scape.

 

[Joost_]

Tank before curing rock:

 

[Joost_]

2 1/2 months of curing later:

 

[Joost_]

A not so up to date FTS:

 

[Joost_]

Here is my (not so) awesome flow diagram sketch:

 

[JAR]

What temperature do you plan to keep your tank?

 

[Joost_]

Thanks Adolfo!
BTW, if anyone is looking for a new home for their azoox corals, PM me

 

[Joost_]

@ JAR
71-73F

 

[Joost_]

Unknown azoox polyp (most likely Balanophilia) I picked up from anathema a couple days ago:

Thanks dude!

 

[euod]

Talk about being different and thinking out of the box, great vision. The placement of the vortechs is also out of the ball park but I have hesitation with the 2" sand bed. I got some rocks like that and I may redo my tank this weekend. Can't wait to see the bonsai mango canopy, too.

 

[Plumstr8]

Looks great! I like the picture used for inspiration :bigsmile:

 

[ModernReefKeeper]

thanks for the message about azoox.org
already a member,
just checked out your setup.....

WOW

Awesome when its all lit like the first post!!

Im even more motivated to do one now!!

 

[GreshamH]

Come to the darkside Wil

 

[mavjoy]

Definitely be tagging along for this...great looking tank!

 

[Joost_]

Time for an update I suppose...
Everything is doing great and slowly filling the tank up.
Tubastrea sp.

Dendronphilia sp. with Diodogorgia sp. in background

Diodogorgia

Dendrophilia:

Dendrophyllia gracilis:

Tubastrea sp. closed:

open:

Sorry that the last pics are a bit cloudy

 

[Joost_]

Dendrophilia:

 

[Joost_]

More Tubastrea:

 

[jellygeee]

Wow, I need to get me on of these Dendrophilias and Tubastreas

 

[Coral reefer]

Wow, I need to get me one of these non photosynthetic tanks so I can keep Dendrophilias and Tubastreas