my first reef 150g and basement room

[card16969]

OK OK OK im not going to lie i copied and pasted the main parts from my build thread on another site i didnt feel like copying all the links seperately for my pics lol

So here we go i'm building my first tank, and here are the pictures of my progress and the build as it goes along. Eventually the system will continue to grow and add a skimmer calcium reactor etc but for now heres my start.

150 gal 72Lx18Wx26T

oak stand

1 1/4 drains coming out of tank to 1 1/2 drain to the fuge & sump downstairs

15 Gallon three chamber fuge draining into 50 gallon rubbermaid short tub which will house a skimmer at a later time

44 Gallon food grade brute trash can for mixing water provided by 100gpd RO/DI, water will be pumped by penguin power head from the brute to the rubbermaid.

Water being returned to tank by little giant 3-MDQX-SC through 1 1/2" pvc at a calculated 9.62 foot of head feeding the tank 628 gph.

Flow in tank will be supplemented by 3 modded maxijet 1200's

Lighting consists of 3 175w MH with 20k Bulbs and a 71" Helios super blue 03 bulb

starting out with 2" sand bed and 100lbs of live rock

Hood will be built here in the near future

shopping list of what i still have to purchase out of next paycheck except skimmer:

brute trash can
rubbermaid tub
skimmer
rodi
maxijet power heads and mod kits
new helios bulb (my cat broke mine lol true story) anybody know anyone who carries them?
lumber for hood
2 buckets salt

as i was tearing down tank from previous owners house way different from how im setting it up
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Tim aka Alwaysfishing
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heres an update on the build, im in the process of cycling which i ofically started on halloween. So hopefully ill be able to add fish before too long. I installed my rodi finished setting up my fuge and sump downstairs and plummed everything together and have changed a few things along the way. I picked up another 150lbs of live rock which puts me at 250Lbs of live rock (about 180-200lbs in my display) and about 80lbs of sand. I keep adding things week by week like more flow and heaters trying to get this thing up to par. Building the canopy should begin when i get paid this week which is going to an interesting adventure as im not sure on how i want to build it exactly. Enjoy the pics from my phone as i havnt been able to find my digi cam.

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didnt like how little rock that my first 100lbs equaled out to be so i added some more
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then started playing with the layout
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and heres the final product so far ive pushed on everything shaking it around trying to get it to move and everything seems pretty stabil and LOTS of places for fish to go in and out
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Cant forget about the RO/DI 6 stage 100gpd and the sump and the fuge in the room down stairs, electrical should be finished this week and not sure when im going to finish the drywall work not exactly a priority since im never in the basement other than laundry and the fish tank
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And at the end of the night tonight this is what i wound up with
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So far i think ive had some pretty good progress

So my cycle seems to be complete so we put the huge tomato clown in there that we call gigantor and testing regularly. Ive been working on my canopy its almost done and have the doors cut for the front of my stand and just waiting to paint them with the canopy. Hoping to have my lighting finished this weekend and adding my blue hippo and my clowns as well. Looking forward to adding my corals into the system and watching them grow. Oh and another update im debating on adding in a frag system and using my 55gal sump that i have laying around into my system. It will further increas my water volume but that decision is still up in the air right now. Here are some newer pics

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PICS FOR MY ADORING FANS LMFAO......heres the pics of the first part of wrapping my hood, i still have to trim it in and sand it and re paint it and the doors for the front of it are drying at my shop. And finally heres the pics of the tank with the halides on it!!


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[Fishgeek88]

Lookin good!

[card16969]

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Got some new inhabitants in my tank finally a little color

6 headed torch on a long branch that looks like a palm tree
green birds nest
Rose bubble tip anenome
2 orange ricordias
3 green ricordias
2 misc zoos no clue what they are they are still opening
and a couple mushrooms popping up out of the rocks
Pink spot goby

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[card16969]

fish thanks.... still working on things but i think im doing half way decent considdering its my first time.....reef virgin lol

[ReeferRob]

Not sure how I missed this build but awesome. Keep the updates coming.

[Bella127]

That Tomato clown is impressive. Is it mean? Mine laid eggs every two weeks ,but attacked every fish I had in the tank.

[card16969]

Not sure how I missed this build but awesome. Keep the updates coming.

thanks i appreciate it, my new naso should be here soon im excited

[whitetiger61]

nice build..i really like your rock work..corals will fill in nice and pleanty of room for fish to swim.

Rick

[card16969]

That Tomato clown is impressive. Is it mean? Mine laid eggs every two weeks ,but attacked every fish I had in the tank.

the tomato has only had a problem with a gold stripe maroon that i added but then again the GSM was a little bigger than the tomato and he went after the tomato first and so after that the tomato had it out for him until i took the GSM out haha but he loves swimming with my blue hippo and with the other clowns.

[card16969]

nice build..i really like your rock work..corals will fill in nice and pleanty of room for fish to swim.

Rick

thanks rick... looking forward to having you over for the next frag meeting

[whitetiger61]

i will be there..i have it marked on the calender.

Rick

[card16969]

looking forward to it, my new naso should be in and hopefully some more corals......

[vmbfreekz33]

bella he is not mean at all he likes to swim with all the little fish

[card16969]

bad day on the reef.... so i get home and the cats have tore up the house, my royal blue damsel (i think thats what its called) was wedged into a crevice of a rock and was dead and one of my Blue Reef Chromis was missing. So i had to tear apart a whole tower of my rock in order to pull out the damsel which sucked why couldnt it have been the A hole three stripe that i dont like not the cool one. Oh and i forgot the fact that when i got home my tank had a huge diatom bloom out of no where. After rebuilding the rock tower which i dont like as much as the old one..... BLAH JUST A BAD NIGHT..... but on a good note the reef chromis came out of hiding later

so heres the fish wedged into the rock
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[whitetiger61]

Arron sorry to hear that..he was a cool fish..glad i got to see him...

Rick

[card16969]

Arron sorry to hear that..he was a cool fish..glad i got to see him...

Rick

thanks rick... yeah he was cool i wasnt too happy that i found him dead and couldnt find one of the chromis

[Sweetpea]

Really sorry for your loss...

[card16969]

so i ordered my naso tang which has always been one of my dream fish so the day after i ordered it i find out my buddy is tearing down his big system and is selling his desjardini sailfin which is another dream fish. So i pick him up expecting a 8-10" naso and him would be a good combo, ifigure he would be 8 at the most since you usually get the small end of what you order. Well not only do i have a new sailfin i get my naso in off order and well when i open the bag he is about 13" lol just a little big for my tank haha. So now i have a ginormous naso in my tank that im goig to have to find a home for because i dont feel that its fair to him to be stuck in my 150g so if someones looking for a HUGE naso let me know

PS. if anybody wants to know how much shipping weight a 13" naso comes with its 42lbs LOL so its not cheap shipping


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[card16969]

heres some update pics of the new frags i just added and how i changed the rock after the giant naso destroyed it, not sure if i like the rock but anyways heres an update, and sorry about the picture quality its off my phone no memory card for the camera yet
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[card16969]

took some new pics of the tank today after adding 2 4' ati actinics and some corals
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[ReeferRob]

Looking good, those ATI actinic really make a difference huh?!

[whitetiger61]

looks very good Aaron..those ati bulbs really make a difference...i get first dibs on a frag of the black hole sun zoas on the botom when they are ready to frag..

Rick

[card16969]

Looking good, those ATI actinic really make a difference huh?!

yeah even with my 20k 175w mh it helped tune the color to what i wanted and they make everything pop alot more

[card16969]

looks very good Aaron..those ati bulbs really make a difference...i get first dibs on a frag of the black hole sun zoas on the botom when they are ready to frag..

Rick

amanda says actually she has first dibs but ur next in line haha

[whitetiger61]

lol..they are so cool..i used to have some but they didnt make the 2500 mile move..

Rick

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[whitetiger61]

very nice aaron..they opened up nicely..

Rick

[card16969]

very nice aaron..they opened up nicely..

Rick

that wasnt even all of them the rest finished opening up

[ryeguy28]

aaron thats more than 60polyps

it looks like 100 or more lol

[Sir Patrick]

Tank looks like its comin along great.

[card16969]

heres some updated pics of the basement room, finished wiring the electrical on a new circuit and still working on things hoping to add a skimmer soon and a uv

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[card16969]

added a rock tank to the system to change up the filtration some and added more water volume to my system i need to clean the display and take some new pics of it since its been re aquascaped. Also adding in a 25x25x12 cube in the bedroom into the system so heres some new pics

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[Sir Patrick]

What size is that rock tank? That rimless 25x25 tank is sweet!

[card16969]

What size is that rock tank? That rimless 25x25 tank is sweet!

rock tank is a 75 breeder

[card16969]

i stand corrected rock tank is a 60 g breeder

[iyachtuxivm]

Hey very nice to see updates!

[vmbfreekz33]

here are some pictures of the bedroom tank thats tied into the big systemhttp://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-sjc1/hs550.snc3/30110_10150183938295383_502155382_12255212_5980317 _n.jpg

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[ReeferRob]

Lookin' good, hopefully there is some good "juju" in that tank, it sure grew a few cherry's for me!!!

[vmbfreekz33]

so far everything is looking really good we have a cleaner shrimp in there a lyretail anthias two semi piacso's

[card16969]

Lookin' good, hopefully there is some good "juju" in that tank, it sure grew a few cherry's for me!!!

yeah im hoping so too lol

[PolskaReefer]

hey for you first reef not so bad, but no you did a really nice job with it

[card16969]

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[Sir Patrick]

Sweet vid bro!!

[card16969]

Sweet vid bro!!

thanks i think the corals are going to go back in tonight

[Sir Patrick]

Sounds like we have another video in the near future....

[card16969]

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haha i love my living room i cant watch tv and the tank at the same time

[igot2gats]

I don't blame you for copying / pasting from another site. I know I wouldn't want to re-type all of that...

Anyhoo, nice pics. Looks like your tank is coming along nicely. Thanks for all the updates, yo!

[card16969]

bought a new toy yesterday.... 6'tall 10" wide skimmer body

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[Sir Patrick]

Thats gonna need lots of bubbles!!!Very cool!

[iyachtuxivm]

Ok now what are you going to do with that? :stars:

[iyachtuxivm]

Hmm... Didnt know you were having a free floating midget problem. Good to know he has something just incase that ever happens here.

[card16969]

im thinking either huge beckett or....... my quietone 6000 feeding it and 3 sedra 9000's recirculating on it

[Fishgeek88]

Love the build! That new skimmer is sweet. I would convert it to use a big external needlewheel pump like the Reeflo or Volcano skimmers use. Side note love the Monitor 70s! Im a big Polk guy.

[Chelle's Ocean]

Such a nice thread! Enjoyed reading and seeing your pics - thanks for sharing!

[card16969]

Love the build! That new skimmer is sweet. I would convert it to use a big external needlewheel pump like the Reeflo or Volcano skimmers use. Side note love the Monitor 70s! Im a big Polk guy.

haha awesome somebody actually recognizes a high end speaker lol, most ppl dont have a clue what they are, ive got the 2 monitor 70's in the front, csm center, m10's in the rear velodyne sub and denon receiver which is on the fritz waiting on them to send me the box to send it out lol, ill have to do some research some ppl were saying use a beckett trying to find out my options

[card16969]

Such a nice thread! Enjoyed reading and seeing your pics - thanks for sharing!

thanks this was my first tank so it was a big learning experience

[card16969]

ok so today was a bad day i realized that a week ago when my mod'd maxi jet dropped off my back wall and started blowing sand everywhere it burried my new frags i recently purchased which were sitting on my sand bed. I finally bought some new zoas that i have been looking at for a while and managed to lose them all because i didnt realize they were missing till today.When i found the frag plugs they were all empty..... RIP blue hornets purple hornets purple deaths and what looked like darth mauls what looked like rastas.

[Sir Patrick]

Thats really sucks man!!!! Sorry to hear the bad news!!!

I wouldnt be happy either.

[card16969]

Thats really sucks man!!!! Sorry to hear the bad news!!!

I wouldnt be happy either.

yeah i went and bought out the last of what a guy was selling from tearing down his tank

[card16969]

YouTube- air stone skimmer build
new skimmer plumed in waiting to pick up air pump tomorrow and stones so i can get it up and going

[Fishgeek88]

haha awesome somebody actually recognizes a high end speaker lol, most ppl dont have a clue what they are, ive got the 2 monitor 70's in the front, csm center, m10's in the rear velodyne sub and denon receiver which is on the fritz waiting on them to send me the box to send it out lol,

Nice, I run Monitor 60s for my fronts, a CS2 Center, m10s for my rear and OWM3s for my sides. Pioneer receiver and two Yamaha subs which I want eventually swap out for polks...it gets expensive lol.

[card16969]

Nice, I run Monitor 60s for my fronts, a CS2 Center, m10s for my rear and OWM3s for my sides. Pioneer receiver and two Yamaha subs which I want eventually swap out for polks...it gets expensive lol.

honestly after selling the stuff for a while i wouldnt run the polk subs unless ur going to the higher end subs, id run velodyne or klipsh, but the high end polk subs are quite nice

[card16969]

heres the skimmer when i first turned it on
YouTube- VID 20100819 223426

and heres the skimmer around 14 hours later already pulling crap out of the water, i need to go to bigger wood stones right now there are 6 2" stones and 2 4" stones which isnt cutting it to my standard but they were free but im going to upgrade them and maybe add in a venturi
YouTube- VID 20100820 155839

[Fishgeek88]

Skimmer looks like its doing a pretty nice job. I was thinking about going with the DSW Pro...not the DSW minis. But who knows at this point.

[Sir Patrick]

Dude!! That skimmate looks NASTY!!!! Nasty as in a good thing- hehehehehe.....

Looks like its working out well for ya so far!!

[card16969]

after about 30 hours this is the result so far, would be less wet but when adjusting things i accidentally forgot to open the drain when i opened the pump to push more water so i got a little splooge over the top but its pulling alot so far well in my opinion

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h129/card16969/859d6a39.jpg
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h129/card16969/f6c602a1.jpg
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h129/card16969/3eea7bfe.jpg

[card16969]

Skimmer looks like its doing a pretty nice job. I was thinking about going with the DSW Pro...not the DSW minis. But who knows at this point.

both awesome series of subs... just a little pricey honestly i run a velodyne and think that i get the high performance at a lower price have played with this sub alot and love it, you can pick it up at abc warehouse if i remember correctly for 299-350 and its amazing great quality great sound nice and deep without distortion

[iyachtuxivm]

Cool finally got the skimmer set up!

[card16969]

Cool finally got the skimmer set up!

hey this was faster then setting up the tank haha it only took me like 2-3 weeks lol but im working crazy hours so its ok

[card16969]

so that last few months have been really bad for my tank, first i set up a frag tank tied into my main system and moved all my frag plugs of corals from my display to my frag tank, and wham about 15 frags of different zoas all closed up to never open and melted away so being really p'd off i took the remainder of my corals out and put them back into my display tank. So now a couple months later i start trying to take better care of my tank by doing additional water changes add in a skimmer etc, well the day b4 the frag swap i realize i lost the several frags of new zoas i had bought including blue hornets purple hornets purple deaths and what looked like darth mauls what looked like rastas now on top of that ive lost several other zoas and sps pieces, a really unique torch 4 heads off of my big torch have several zoas closing up 4 heads of acans.... seriously im about to give up
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h129/card16969/8dee2bbf.jpg

[shovelhead91701]

that sucks man....... Do you know what could be going on yet?

[card16969]

that sucks man....... Do you know what could be going on yet?

ive been pulling white stars out of my tank but other than that no i have no clue i wish i did cause i wouldnt be so p'd off. Ive got to find a way to kill all the majano in my tank and the cpl large aptasia

[Sir Patrick]

Hang in there bro! lets see if we can narow down the problem in your tank, and get this figured out!

[card16969]

U still using that reef fuel stuff? dosing anything else? The stars could be the cause of the zoa problem, but not so much for the sps.... and typically its blue stars not white anyways :shrug:

Effin strange bro!

havnt dosed anything in months and yeah just white stars not blue and ive looked all over, ive been doing water changes and running a skimmer figure that should be helping alot but its not ......:doh:

[alangec]

I'm inspired. Thanks for sharing. :thumbsup: