My Semi-annual upgrade

[Elite]

Cool.. Post more pics when you can

 

[tuberider]

Looking good Ian!

 

[iani]

Thanks Jeremy.

Here you go Phong.

 

[Elite]

Oh you paint the display.. I thought you paint the fuge ;D .. I'm wondering if you paint the sides white or something shinny, would it help reflecting the light?

 

[bluenassarius]

wow its looking great man!

 

[moo0o]

wow dude, awesome dimensions, i think if i were to upgrade, hopefully in the next 6-7 months, im gonna steal them =)

also, who built the tank?

 

[iani]

LOL, Phong. I was thinking about painting the fuge too.
Thanks, Sam
Charles, WMS built it. The build quality could be better, but he was about 600 dollars less then Gen.

 

[LeviT]

Man it's looking good. Just out of curiosity, what type of turn over are you expecting from that overflow?

 

[iani]

Well, I am going low turnover to the sump. My options right now are either 700gph or 500gph total to both tanks (this and the frag tank). So I plan on either 400gph or 300gph to this tank. Norm thinks I'll be fine with the smaller pump. I'm not sure what I want to use. Low turnover = better skimming.

 

[Ibn]

Looking sweeter by the day.

 

[jrock]

Lookin' killer Ian.

 

[tuberider]

[quote author=iani link=topic=4283.msg54272#msg54272 date=1220376424]
Well, I am going low turnover to the sump. My options right now are either 700gph or 500gph total to both tanks (this and the frag tank). So I plan on either 400gph or 300gph to this tank. Norm thinks I'll be fine with the smaller pump. I'm not sure what I want to use. Low turnover = better skimming.
[/quote]I concur, less turnover is better, do you plan on using a submersible pump? If so what kind?

 

[iani]

Thanks, jrock.
Jeremy, I'm going to use your favorite pump. Quiteone 3000 or 4000. I have 2 of each (one back up of each). One is going to run the chiller the other will run both tanks.

 

[Elite]

So are you going to put a PH in a fuge or something? That thing is big 300-400GPH is not for that tank. Algae does need flow too.

 

[iani]

Phong not sure about that yet. Maybe a small one. Going to have sea horses in there and I know they don't like too much flow.

 

[fishnfst]

Ok dude we need updates with lots of pics.....

 

[iani]

Damm man, here we go.

Thanks to Arnold, Eric, Jeff (and Jeff's GF who watched haha) and David.
Shot of the old display right before we broke it down.

Shot of my frag tank that Arnold took (he was the photographer)

Breaking down the display

Coral holding tubs

 

[iani]

Setup shots
Arnold seeing if he can reach the bottom

Installing the reefkeeper elite

Flush mount

Placing coral back in

Final picture a bit cloudy

 

[iani]

I'll probably be adding a bit more rock once things settle down a bit. I have tons and tons more room in this tank. The fish are already liking their new home a lot.

 

[fishnfst]

Looking good dude... Glad it all went smoothly.. Thats an awesome looking sump as well Fits perfectly next to the fuge...