600 Gallon Hawaiian Reef Addiction

[thedropoffreef]

Hey Reefing Community! This is my first thread on R2R. I have been in the saltwater hobby for the past 10 years but have recently built my first major system. It has been under construction for the past 4 months and I have just started adding livestock. I thought I would be short and sweet to start with giving a general idea and a lot of pictures of the progression of my system. In the future I will go through all the steps of building my system and updates on the main display. I welcome comments and questions and look forward to talking with all of you!

My current system “ when everything is added†will be a total volume of 600 gallons give or take. Everything hooked up to this system was either used on one of my prior systems, a hand me down or used and given to me. The only new things our electrical hardware, plumbing parts “ Ball valves, PVC, Elbows, Etc.†and bulbs. If it were not for my generous friends and some lucky hook ups this wouldn’t have been possible! All the livestock is from my two smaller systems, which I have now torn down. Here are the tanks and some equipment:

90 gallon SPS Reef with Hawaiian fish
100 gallon mixed reef. Mostly LPS.
55 gallon SPS frag tank
60 gallon LPS frag tank
150-gallon sump
Two 60-gallon mixing bins, inline with main system.

Filtration:
4000 watt Aqua logic Heater
1 HP Aqua logic Chiller
120 Watt UVS
2 Reefflo Hammerhead gold pumps “5500gphâ€
Coralife Mixing pump “1500gphâ€
Dosing Pump
Eight Filter Socks
Phosphate Reactor
Carbon Reactor
Three G-2 Skimmers

Lighting:
SPS 90 reef
Two 250-Watt Metal Halides
Two 120 Watt VHO
Two 3-Watt Moon Lights

LPS 100 gallon reef
Three Kessil A350

SPS Frag Tank
Two 400-Watt Metal Halides

LPS Frag Tank
Two 250-Watt Metal Halides

Here is the 90 Gallon Display Progression

Ocean Motion – Date 9/9/13

Tanks Filled, Rockwork completed And Cycle Started – Date 10/25/13

Here is the Filtration System/ Frag Tanks and Equipment Area.

Running The Lines From The Main Tanks To The Garage – Date 8/13/13

Lumber Ready To Go – Date 9/20/13

Structure Completed – Date 9/27/13

Plumbing Plan – Date 10/27/13

Where to put the UVS? – Date 11/5/13

Frag Tanks Installed – Date 11/3/13

Main Pumps Completed – Date 11/10/13

Chiller And UVS Installed – Date 11/10/13

System – Date 11/10/13

Frag Tank Lighting – Date 11/7/13

Only Thing Left To Do Is Install Mixing Bins – Date 11/18/13

Mixing Bins Installed With A Dedicated Mixing Pump And Drain Line – Date 11/20/13

Frag Tank Lighting – Date 11/23/13

System Completed and Running – Date 11/23/13

SPS Frag Tank – Date 12/4/13

LPS Frag Tank – Date 12/4/13

Sump – Date 12/7/13

Filtration And Frag Tanks 12/7/13

Frag System 12/15/13

Thanks for Viewing My Thread!

 

[eliramos]

wow thats awesome man good job! well thought through

 

[TheGrimmReefer]

Awesome. The rockwork in the display is incredible. It's going to look great all filled in.

 

[TJ's Reef]

NICELY DONE. Welcome to R2R. Subscribed and waiting for more.

Cheers, Todd

 

[tuna_bullet]

wow i love how clean looking everything is..............

 

[yalpal]

Looking great buddy! The pictures look awesome, but it looks even better in person! Looking forward to seeing it all fill in soon! Keep up the good work

 

[inurocker]

What a sweet build waiting on more.

 

[Reefer831]

Wow I love how clean you did everything… Looking forward to following it.

 

[BlueZreef]

That is a sweet system! Any reason why 3 g2's instead of maybe 2 g4/5's?

 

[Mattiejay6]

Wow! That's pretty awesome!

 

[kschweer]

Very nice build. As everyone already said very clean. Can't wait to see more of the display.

 

[YHSublime]

The tonga in the display is amazing. I will be interested to see how you do SPS off such an already beautiful aquascape!

 

[mike007]

Looking awesome keep them pics coming.

 

[Squishie89]

We need pictures of the displays!

 

[thedropoffreef]

Thanks for the nice comment. The reason I used three G-2 skimmers is because I had them. My friend gave me an old reef octopus but it was old and I needed a new pumps for it which are hard to find these days. At first I didn't know how I was going to like having three skimmers but its really grown on me. I don't know if its just the G2 skimmers but when I dose kalk the airline inlet gets clogged about once a month. Its a little more work but if one fails its nice knowing I have two backups.

 

[MoeManTheSnowMan]

Killer system! Can't wait to see the rest of it...

 

[thedropoffreef]

Very nice build. As everyone already said very clean. Can't wait to see more of the display.

We need pictures of the displays!

Heres an updated display picture of my 90 gallon taken on 12/17/13
The 100 Gallon LPS tank is still dry. It will be an in wall tank in the entry of my house. Unfortunately I won't have time to install it until after the new year. I will post on it when I get started!

 

[Fin]

Very nice set-up! Will be following along...

 

[thedropoffreef]

I got some amazing species today! I will post in tank pictures ones everyone get acclimated!

Tinkers/Burgess Hybrid Pair 1.5-2" (Will Go Into My 90 SPS Until I Come Across True Tinkeri Then Moved To 100 Gallon LPS Tank)

Tinkers/Declivis Hybrid 1.5" (100 Gallon SPS Tank)

Flame Wrasse Pair 1.5 & 3" (90 Gallon SPS Tank)

Blue Line Angelfish 2.5" (100 Gallon LPS Tank)

Pin Tail Fairy Wrasse (100 Gallon LPS Tank)

Bicolor Anthias & Longnose Hawkfish (90 Gallon SPS Tank)

 

[Worldwide reefs]

Amazing tank~ thank you for sharing.

Gorgeous flame fairy male - for sure a good pick.

Butterflies are great specimens, cant wait to see how they come along in the tank.