Neils little reef

Hi all,
Been on here a while, so thought I would posta pic or 2.
The system is 1700l approx with the main display about 1000l.
The 'engine room' as it has become know is in the shed. This houses all the equipment except the 4 x 10,000l Sequence pumps which are setup as closed loops. The tank below the main display was installed only to enable me to keep my lionfish without creating a seperate system.
Enjoy,
Neil

 

thats awsome we need loads more pics

 

Here is one of my stainless steel lighting rig. For work at the front of the tank, the actinics slide out the way. Their slide is just visible. When I need to access the tank, I can swing it away from the tank. Helps for those difficult to reach places:

 

One of the closed loop pumps during installation and before the stand oak cladding was added.

 

A few on the corals and fish

 

WOW! Some beautiful and unique fish you have there! Great System!
Please let us know more about your "engine room"?

Also: what additives do you use? Do you have a DSB? Skimmer? CA reactor? Phosphate reactor? Do you use kalkwasser? etc.... What do you "feed" your fish and corals, and how often?

And what are your personal believes regarding this hobby (what to do and what not to do)....

Sorry about the 20 questions - just curious about what your secrets are in keeping such a beautiful piece of coral reef in you lounge.

Thanks.
Jacques

 

OMG !!!!!!!!!!
That is just awesome... Lighting rack design is really cool.

Some beautiful there, love that Multifaciatus.

 

Here are a few of the shed.
The extreme right houses the skimmer. It originally recided in the main shed, but was upgraded and would not fit in the shed. Therefore I had to extend the shed.
First a reminder. Note the LHS extension:


Here is the skimmer extension:


Here is the RHS of the shed: The space in front of the filter chamber is where the old skimmer was. The 63mm pipe is the return from the new skimmer.


And the LHS of the shed:

 

THanks,
More unique fish to follow .
Engine room pics now added. I run a shallow sand bed, Grotech HEA250 skimmer, Deltec 509 Ca reactor, phosphate in a sack (read, girlfriends stocking) in sump, Aqua Medic Kalk stirrer and run carbon a few hours a day.
#Fish are fed morning and evening. a mix of pellets, flake and frozen. Corals must make do with lighting.
The what do I do and not do are still under scritiny, will let you know if I am correct in a few years.
Neil

 

man this is awesome !!!

 

stunned like a mullett

 

very impressive!!