Mikes 80 Gallon Shallow & Rimless Tank

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Just wanted to share a few pictures and details of my tank.

Deep Blue 80 gallon rimless and hallow with a basement sump setup consisting of a 50 gallon refugium and 30 gallon sump. Tank is lit by 8 bulk Tek light and flow is controlled by 2 MP40's and mag 9.5 return pump. Have a skimz 181 skimmer. Rock work is 80% Marco shelf rock that I cemented together to create a nice open scape and lots of places for corals. Tank is a mixed reef but mostly SPS and Zoas with a few of my favorite LPS mixed in.

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Very nice! That scape looks really good. Looks like a pretty light bio load for that skimmer. I loved my skimz.
 
Very nice! That scape looks really good. Looks like a pretty light bio load for that skimmer. I loved my skimz.

Thanks for the compliment!

I agree it's a light bioload, I have one 2.5 inch yellow tang, 2 inch hippo tang, 2 inch naso tang (currently in QT), 1 DaVinci clownfish (mate took a ride on the hardwood floor express along with my purple tang :( side note, only had purple tang before the addition of all other tangs) one chromis, yellow watchmen goby, green mandarin and various shrimps and inverts. My 50 gallon fuge is home to a green spotted puffer as well. I tend to feed heavily sometimes.

It does skim alot of junk though so it's doing and awesome job.
 
I know it's alot of tangs but they are all juvenile, different body shapes to reduce aggression and when they out grow their home my buddy has a 180 that will gladly take them.
 
Very nice aqua scapping, you got some nice pieces there. Wish I would of done something like that when I set my tank.
 
Very nice aqua scapping, you got some nice pieces there. Wish I would of done something like that when I set my tank.

Thank you very much, I just realized how crappy some of these photos look when on a computer, they look so much better on my phone...Really need to get myself a decent camera.
 
Very cool looking aquascape!
 

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