That looks like it was a great system, it love the idea of different systems that are each a bit different. I love the idea of an eel garden, that looks like it was pretty awesome.
This was my probably my reefkeeping peak circa 2015
90 gallon garden eel system
180 mixed reef
40 gallon anemone tank plumbed into main reef.
I also had a frag tank along the other wall and some qt systems. The 40 gallon tank actually leaked as it was my first homemade tank and I replaced it with my old 112g display.
Now in 2018 I've moved far away, had to give away the eels, the 180 gallon smashed, but I am setting up 90g again as a reef. I actually have 3 separate reef systems now but they are in different rooms (no basement in new house). The 112 gallon that is not pictured in this is now my thriving main display.
As fun as it is to have a wall of reefs and how nice it is not to worry so much about spills and mess, having one nice tank in your dinning room is a lot better in many ways. I see it for hours a day everyday vs an hour or 2 a day max. Also I'm not a huge fan of plumbing tanks together. In this case the anemone needed it's own space since its not fish safe so it made sense to have it plumbed into the reef, but the garden eel tank got fed like crazy so it had it's own filtration where nitrate and phosphate were not as much of a concern as a tank with hard corals in it. Once I get this 90g going again I'm not going to run it at all like my other display tank. I like to have different tanks and do things differently otherwise I might as well just have one huge tank if they are all going to be plumbed together and ran the same way.
This was my probably my reefkeeping peak circa 2015
90 gallon garden eel system
180 mixed reef
40 gallon anemone tank plumbed into main reef.
I also had a frag tank along the other wall and some qt systems. The 40 gallon tank actually leaked as it was my first homemade tank and I replaced it with my old 112g display.
Now in 2018 I've moved far away, had to give away the eels, the 180 gallon smashed, but I am setting up 90g again as a reef. I actually have 3 separate reef systems now but they are in different rooms (no basement in new house). The 112 gallon that is not pictured in this is now my thriving main display.
As fun as it is to have a wall of reefs and how nice it is not to worry so much about spills and mess, having one nice tank in your dinning room is a lot better in many ways. I see it for hours a day everyday vs an hour or 2 a day max. Also I'm not a huge fan of plumbing tanks together. In this case the anemone needed it's own space since its not fish safe so it made sense to have it plumbed into the reef, but the garden eel tank got fed like crazy so it had it's own filtration where nitrate and phosphate were not as much of a concern as a tank with hard corals in it. Once I get this 90g going again I'm not going to run it at all like my other display tank. I like to have different tanks and do things differently otherwise I might as well just have one huge tank if they are all going to be plumbed together and ran the same way.
Wow that's a massive system, I love the idea of being able to tie together a predator system with a reef system since I love puffers and eels but also love corals. I see a few puffers in your tank that's awesome!I love my multi tank system. From the left is a 720 gallon aggressive reef, 480 gallon reef tank, and on the far right in the fish room is a 150 gallon refugium.
Nice! It's great to see some systems that are a bit more tangible for me, or maybe I shouldn't be getting realistic ideas30L frag tank on the left and 220 on the right. 2 separate systems.
I love the rocks that stick out of the water in your frag tank such a cool aesthetic imo.
Thank you, They were rocks I had in my Nuvo Black 40 gallon that had some mushrooms and gsp growing on them and I just threw them in there. I will say that when I set up the 30L it was the first time I have used T5's and cannot believe the growth I am getting. Think I will end up putting all T5's over the 220. Since the picture I have installed a dimmable ati sunpower over the 30L using 2 Blue+ and 2 Actinic.Nice! It's great to see some systems that are a bit more tangible for me, or maybe I shouldn't be getting realistic ideas
That's awesome, I'm not fluent in lights, just getting by with some black boxes for now. Sounds like you've got a whole lot of lights in there!
That's awesome, I feel the pain of not enough space. One day right?Nuvo 20 on the left, Aquamaxx 2.5 on the right. Two different systems, lol I want more when I get more space!
I love my multi tank system. From the left is a 720 gallon aggressive reef, 480 gallon reef tank, and on the far right in the fish room is a 150 gallon refugium.
hahah I love that pictureThis is for humor:
