lvsuckerfish
07-02-2010, 08:54 PM
Well this is the Blog world lol I have my 240 up and running I will add photos as I go. all cycled some fish will be coming out of Qt to go in this system soon. corals will be a few more weeks. I want to dose interceptor first. before adding......
system is a 240 gal display tank
50 gallon rubber made vat skimmer section
100 gallon vat just for extra water and return section
My design was based on a few others I just Incorporated with what I had and went from there
DESIGN over flow 1x 2" drain and 3x 1' inch drains all leading to the 50 gallon vat to be skimmer up.... water then travels by gravity to the 100 gallon vat where the Kalk ato is sitting. and other equipment will be. then the return is a Ikwai 70rtl and this tee's off to the tank and also to run all my water fed equipment. also my water changer will be attached controlled by a ball valve. the tank has about 250lbs of rock was going bare bottom but now adding sand I couldn't pass up this wrasse today lol so half the tank will be BB the other half will have some sand. So todays buy for fathers day was a ruby head Fairy wrasse almost adult size and beautiful 29.99 and also a Queen Anthia 24.99 good buys I may add.....
FLOW for flow I have 3 tunze 6100's one in a wave box and 2 out in the open 1.5" to 2" waves going also closed loop with a reef flow dart and 5 exits 2 on sea swirls. and Mj1200 Eco mod hitting the floor of the tank. and the return roughly 1500 gallons give or take a couple hundered...
LIGHTING is 2 400 watt 14k ushio bulbs I want growth now colors i will deal with later. and move back to radiums. also I will add VHO to the mix sooner or later.
INHABITANTS they will consist of 200 snails 100 of those will be certh snails and the other the cone shaped ones forgot the name maybe a cucumber Still in the air about that one as the closed loop may suck it up.
FISH Atlantic blue, powder blue, yellow, naso, Hawaiian Black trigger, shoal of Antihas and a couple wrasses six line and ruby headed fairy.
Corals will be SPS dormant tank few zoas and few LPS mostly High end zoas blue & purple hornets, orange magicians couple others I have in the tank also..... names I forget lol
Filtration Lee's DIY skimmer media reactors for Bio pellets and Carbon, Kalk reactor and Ca reactor filter floss at the end of the drains to catch all big particles skimmer will do the rest this skimmer is built to last.
Stand is a wood one cheap as the tank sits in my garage 3 heaters for the winter time to keep it noce and warm. I will wrap the vats when next winter hits as the temp still is only in the 50's lol I am in shorts lol thinking I am still in las vegas...... video and photos to follow.......
system is a 240 gal display tank
50 gallon rubber made vat skimmer section
100 gallon vat just for extra water and return section
My design was based on a few others I just Incorporated with what I had and went from there
DESIGN over flow 1x 2" drain and 3x 1' inch drains all leading to the 50 gallon vat to be skimmer up.... water then travels by gravity to the 100 gallon vat where the Kalk ato is sitting. and other equipment will be. then the return is a Ikwai 70rtl and this tee's off to the tank and also to run all my water fed equipment. also my water changer will be attached controlled by a ball valve. the tank has about 250lbs of rock was going bare bottom but now adding sand I couldn't pass up this wrasse today lol so half the tank will be BB the other half will have some sand. So todays buy for fathers day was a ruby head Fairy wrasse almost adult size and beautiful 29.99 and also a Queen Anthia 24.99 good buys I may add.....
FLOW for flow I have 3 tunze 6100's one in a wave box and 2 out in the open 1.5" to 2" waves going also closed loop with a reef flow dart and 5 exits 2 on sea swirls. and Mj1200 Eco mod hitting the floor of the tank. and the return roughly 1500 gallons give or take a couple hundered...
LIGHTING is 2 400 watt 14k ushio bulbs I want growth now colors i will deal with later. and move back to radiums. also I will add VHO to the mix sooner or later.
INHABITANTS they will consist of 200 snails 100 of those will be certh snails and the other the cone shaped ones forgot the name maybe a cucumber Still in the air about that one as the closed loop may suck it up.
FISH Atlantic blue, powder blue, yellow, naso, Hawaiian Black trigger, shoal of Antihas and a couple wrasses six line and ruby headed fairy.
Corals will be SPS dormant tank few zoas and few LPS mostly High end zoas blue & purple hornets, orange magicians couple others I have in the tank also..... names I forget lol
Filtration Lee's DIY skimmer media reactors for Bio pellets and Carbon, Kalk reactor and Ca reactor filter floss at the end of the drains to catch all big particles skimmer will do the rest this skimmer is built to last.
Stand is a wood one cheap as the tank sits in my garage 3 heaters for the winter time to keep it noce and warm. I will wrap the vats when next winter hits as the temp still is only in the 50's lol I am in shorts lol thinking I am still in las vegas...... video and photos to follow.......