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mhowe9's 245G Display and Fish Room


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  1. #11
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    Here is the latest video of the display tank. There is also a Pearlscale Butterfly that was camera shy


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    BEETLE60 - Reefkeeper CR Member
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    Good job Mike ,we are looking forward to building a new large tank in the near future and seeing tanks being built on CR is a great source of inspiration

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    Thanks Bruce for the comments!

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    Just an FYI, they have a pair of those butterflyfish from 0:09in the video above at an LFS near me. Picked up a pair of pearlscales from them.
    Thought you might be interested, tank is looking good Mike.

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    Here is the latest on the tank in the last couple of months. I have done 2 major updates:

    This first update was that I bought a MARS unit which allowed me to eliminate the back section breeding setup (which I will later used for larval rearing and other stuff). I spent parts of this weekend plumbing the remaining breeding set up into the sump that was part of the MARS unit. I purchased a Super Reef Octopus 5000 External Skimmer that should be here this week to complete the breeding setup. This allowed me to move the 180G that was the sump in the breeding system and using that as the sump for the display tank along with the ATI 3000 skimmer that was in that system. Here are pics of how the system look now.

    180 Gallon sump ( Divided into cryptic zone --> Refugium with DSB --> Skimmer and Return
    Display Sump 1 - mhowe9's 245G Display and Fish Room

    Full fish room shot looking from the back of the tank

    Fish Room 1 - mhowe9's 245G Display and Fish Room

    The second is that updated the lighting and flow on the display. I purchased a Vortec MP60 and upgraded my MP20s with the wireless module (so now they are basically MP40s). I also go rid of my T5 lights and am running 3 Apollo dimmable fixtures. So far I have been very happy with both. Here is current video of the tank

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgEpzC51ol4&list=UU4HqyqGoFbTk9-66Y-x1CQw&index=1&feature=plcp]100 0046 - YouTube[/ame]
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    THAT IS DOPE! Really nice job!

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    Wow just thinking about all the work involved has ME overwhelmed-lol. Totally awesome job!!
    There's nothing like being a Reefer! www.upmmas.com

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    Thanks all for the comments
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    Nicely done !!! Love the sound track.

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    Thanks binford!
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