oceanprimecorals2012
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Hey guys, I know this is my first post on here but I am not new to the R2R community.
Let’s begin with the tank...
We started from the ground up with a custom acrylic rimless tank. Then, we built our stand exactly how we wanted it with minor tweaks here and there so that we could utilize every bit of space possible. The tank itself is about 105 gallons and its dimensions are 48x48x12. There are two external pumps powering this monster, a Reefflo Super Dart and a Regular Dart, both pushing some serious flow through the tank. The sump for this tank is very simplistic in its design. It is a 30 gallon Rubbermaid bin with everything from the protein skimmer to the media reactor sitting inside. For the protein skimmer we use a Reef Octopus 6. We use a Two Little Fishies Phosband 150 Media Reactor with a 1200 MaxiJet powering the reactor. To help kill water-born parasites — such as Ick— we use a Coralview Turbo Twist 36W UV Sterilizer on the tank. Switching gears to the most important piece of this tank: The lighting. We use four of the Radion Generation 2s by EcoTech to help make this tank truly come to life. This lighting system offers many daylight sequences as well as other unique features. One of the main features we use to accentuate the volcano is the lightning storm effect. Just to make this set-up even sweeter, we have Neptune System’s Apex which gives us the ultimate control over the lights anywhere and everywhere we go.
Now to the goodies inside the tank…
First, we will begin with the volcano and waterfall structure. The Volcano stands about the three and a half feet tall and has multiple waterfalls coming out of the rocks. The Volcano is constructed out of about 250lbs of free - standing live rock. When looking at the inside of the tank, you notice the volcano is not only there for decoration. The rock wall inside the tank actually is stacked in a way to showcase many of our prized corals. The caves and holes the live rock has is used as many hiding places for the fish inside the tank. Not only is the volcano used to help the corals and fish feel more at home, but the water running over the live rocks above the water allows the algae to grow on top instead of growing in the tank, which helps keep the nitrates and phosphates down, thus acting as an algae scrubber.
Let’s begin with the tank...
We started from the ground up with a custom acrylic rimless tank. Then, we built our stand exactly how we wanted it with minor tweaks here and there so that we could utilize every bit of space possible. The tank itself is about 105 gallons and its dimensions are 48x48x12. There are two external pumps powering this monster, a Reefflo Super Dart and a Regular Dart, both pushing some serious flow through the tank. The sump for this tank is very simplistic in its design. It is a 30 gallon Rubbermaid bin with everything from the protein skimmer to the media reactor sitting inside. For the protein skimmer we use a Reef Octopus 6. We use a Two Little Fishies Phosband 150 Media Reactor with a 1200 MaxiJet powering the reactor. To help kill water-born parasites — such as Ick— we use a Coralview Turbo Twist 36W UV Sterilizer on the tank. Switching gears to the most important piece of this tank: The lighting. We use four of the Radion Generation 2s by EcoTech to help make this tank truly come to life. This lighting system offers many daylight sequences as well as other unique features. One of the main features we use to accentuate the volcano is the lightning storm effect. Just to make this set-up even sweeter, we have Neptune System’s Apex which gives us the ultimate control over the lights anywhere and everywhere we go.
Now to the goodies inside the tank…
First, we will begin with the volcano and waterfall structure. The Volcano stands about the three and a half feet tall and has multiple waterfalls coming out of the rocks. The Volcano is constructed out of about 250lbs of free - standing live rock. When looking at the inside of the tank, you notice the volcano is not only there for decoration. The rock wall inside the tank actually is stacked in a way to showcase many of our prized corals. The caves and holes the live rock has is used as many hiding places for the fish inside the tank. Not only is the volcano used to help the corals and fish feel more at home, but the water running over the live rocks above the water allows the algae to grow on top instead of growing in the tank, which helps keep the nitrates and phosphates down, thus acting as an algae scrubber.
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Looks even better in person!
