leslie hempel
Professional Aquarist
Ok so i suppose its official since the glass has been recieved and the tank partially put together,
stand will arrive next week and filter will be planned soon. i have also recieved my new skimmer so im pretty sure now is a good time to start a thread on it all.
Tank: 1.5m x .800 x .650 (water level .580) out of 15mm normal float glass
Stand: 1.5 x .800x .760 out of 38 x 38 square tubing to be cladded out of shutterply
Skimmer: Skimz Sm202 external
filtration:
No DSB, i have always thought them to be a waste of time as they can hardly ever be in the correct proportioned to properly service the system capacity suffieciently,
LR: I will seed the tank with the LR i have left, unfortunatley i had to dry allot of my old stuff out. as we moved and just dident have the place or time to try save it.
Flow: 2 x Tunze 6105 on 7095 controller set on a pulse mode
Return: Main return pump will be a OR3500 i may upgade to a OR6500 in time im trying to get 1 pump to run the majority of the system, feed chiller, skimmer, etc etc
Lighting: Considering T5 for my lighting this time but still have my 2 x 16k 150w Hailide + 2 54w T5 unit so will get that going in the meanwhile.
Aim of the tank: everyone is so sps orientated and to be honest they don’t appeal to me in the way they do to others, I prefer seeing the effects of flow on coral and LPS does this for me.
I intend to go mostly LPS dominated with a few softies and a few hardy sps, and a clam or 2. I would like to create a pinnacle scaping wnd attack my frogspawns and hammer corals to create a branching bonsai effect with a lot of swimming space for fish.
Im trying to very electricity consious this time.
here is a teazer
stand will arrive next week and filter will be planned soon. i have also recieved my new skimmer so im pretty sure now is a good time to start a thread on it all.
Tank: 1.5m x .800 x .650 (water level .580) out of 15mm normal float glass
Stand: 1.5 x .800x .760 out of 38 x 38 square tubing to be cladded out of shutterply
Skimmer: Skimz Sm202 external
filtration:
No DSB, i have always thought them to be a waste of time as they can hardly ever be in the correct proportioned to properly service the system capacity suffieciently,
LR: I will seed the tank with the LR i have left, unfortunatley i had to dry allot of my old stuff out. as we moved and just dident have the place or time to try save it.
Flow: 2 x Tunze 6105 on 7095 controller set on a pulse mode
Return: Main return pump will be a OR3500 i may upgade to a OR6500 in time im trying to get 1 pump to run the majority of the system, feed chiller, skimmer, etc etc
Lighting: Considering T5 for my lighting this time but still have my 2 x 16k 150w Hailide + 2 54w T5 unit so will get that going in the meanwhile.
Aim of the tank: everyone is so sps orientated and to be honest they don’t appeal to me in the way they do to others, I prefer seeing the effects of flow on coral and LPS does this for me.
I intend to go mostly LPS dominated with a few softies and a few hardy sps, and a clam or 2. I would like to create a pinnacle scaping wnd attack my frogspawns and hammer corals to create a branching bonsai effect with a lot of swimming space for fish.
Im trying to very electricity consious this time.
here is a teazer
cant wait to come check it out this weekend!....ill take a few pics for you aswell
