Werdlone's 150

Werdlone · 10-28-2009, 05:50 PM

Well I think it is time for me to post my reef. I had humble beginnings with a 50 gallon breeder when I started in 2004 with soft corals. The obsession did not take long to set in, and the soft corals turned into sps and...well, most of you know the rest. This tank has been set up since Jan of 2008. Here is a somewhat current shot...July 2009

here is when it was first set up...jan 08'

Mike · 10-28-2009, 05:52 PM

Vwery nice looking tank!

Werdlone · 06:00 PM

I built the stand and a fish room behind the tank. The tank is in the basement and the furnace is in the room behind it with the water softener, etc. Perfect place to keep the sump and equipment.

my first inhabitant...

Werdlone · 10-28-2009, 06:12 PM

The tank is a 150 gallon wide 72"x24"x20"high. I like the dimensions for an sps setup...not too deep so I can use 250 watters and easily reach the bottom and there is plenty of depth for aquascape. The tank is 3 sided starphire built by Great Lakes Aquarium. They did a great job and had great pricing.

Lighting is supplied by 3 250watt phoenix bulbs run on blue wave magnetic hqi ballasts to overdrive them to about 300watts. I also run 2 60" VHO actinics on an icecap 660. (I still don't think you can get the same pop from the t5 actinic that you do with the vho...we can argue later....)

I run a Geo 618 calcium reactor as of last month, but had successfully been using a DIY reactor. I changed because the probe holder was leaking. I may fix it and go back to it. It is more efficient than my Geo!!

I use a MSX 250 skimmer and love it. Had some startup issues in the beginning but once broken in, runs great.