[Jeremy0322]

or ran out of money?

[kylebower224]

Originally Posted by e_baer

That must have cost you a pretty penny! That looks very nice so far. What sorta of coral and critters will you be getting? Live rock? how many punds of it?

see i was wondering the same thing at the end will you tell us how much it is? or anything like that cause that would be a hobbyist's dream...i looked at the first few pictures in amazement and it only got better

[Azreal]

wow, great work. Can't imagine what your NEXT tank is going to be!! LOL

[kylebower224]

probably nothing after all this is said and done lol :-p

[arctictwist]

wow. Im new to the forum and i just found this thread. AMAZING set up. I cant believe everything youve got going on in that back room! I was thinking about my own house when i move out and having a room surrounded by tanks with a room all the way around for that stuff, but after seeing that, It may just be one big tank!

[blind1993]

he has restarted the whole tank>

[arctictwist]

oh no! why?

[blind1993]

he had ich and corals had RTN. if you want all the info go to his thread in rc.

[elvis142]

hello, what is RC?

[arctictwist]

reefcentral.com

[kylebower224]

where would that thread be located and whats his name on that?

[plecosword]

i know youve heard this many times before but WWOOOOWWWWW
I love your pluming and everything else.

[johnmuha]

How much all together and where did you buy the Tanks

[Blackjack2359]

WOW, is about all I can say. What you have done makes my 90 gallon reef tank look tiny in comparison. You have done (and have the space to do it) what a lot of us wish we could do. Good luck and don't forget to let us see your finished reef tank, fish and all. Great job!!

[corbeano619]

post some updated pics. need more

[mocker]

OK if any of you did not know his system crashed!!! go to reef central their is a thread like this and it talk a little about it. or become a member OF LARC and there is another thread about it. Hey if you want me to take this down let me know and i will.

[cbui2]

sorry guys and gurls, but just a little side track

after all that hard work and dedication I could never see myself tearing down the system which i had never begun to enjoy in the first place.

heres what been done for the past 4 months

1. 125gal weekly water changes
2. remove and replace top layer sand bed weekly
3. clean & remove detritus for sump monthly
4. clean & remove detritus for 1st fuge tank monthly (no sand bed)
5. no cleaning require for 2ng fuge tank since snails and crabs are taking care of most of the work for me w/5"
sand bed. just mag float to keep front glass clean
6. clean & remove detritus for frag tank monthly
7. finish lighting rack, added 8 36" & 3 72" VHO's super actinic w/ 9 PFO moonlights,
3 Reef Optix V Reflectors w/400w PFO Ballast and 3 separate circuits feed the light rack
8. clean skimmer pumps every 3 months, neck every 3 days. i really need to get the SCH.

just about caught up in work and reef keeping so I will be able to make more time on the forum with current updates.

[cbui2]

ok i have some pics saved few months backs, but
took me awhile to learn how to post pics again

here are the VHO's brackets that was mounted onto .5" x 1" white pine strips. 6 pc's were made to hold a total 11 bulbs. 1/4" bolts were used to hold them in place of aluminum light rack since wood screws was not reliable.

[cbui2]

ok got some more pics, i'm getting better at this now
all lights are mounted then electrical wiring was done.
commercial velcro was used to hold 9 PFO moonlights in place.
question on the 3 icecap 660 looking at how they were installed will i need to installed the heat sink that comes with them where i have them mounted at?

[cbui2]

here’s how the vho’s look like with all of them installed.




3 Reef Optix V Sun System w/400w PFO ballast 20k Radium will power the front of the main display
& currently 3 400w reeflux 12k for the rear on LA3

[cbui2]

sorry guys and gurls, but its just been so busy at work and taking care of the system is 2 jobs & not enough hours in a day to complete all the task. i am pretty much caught up now with the entire system, but overall everything is doing very well. thanks again all for continue to believed in me that this can be done. i wil continue to post updates

[mocker]

So is what in the fourms on RC and LARC true or what

[thelastmucci]

If his tank did crash then I feel bad but it doesn't look like it from the way he's talking..man this thread still blows my mind away whenever I look at all that's needed to be done...lord knows how much money per gallon this beast costs....

[cbui2]

yes, i did have a minor setback on all of my livestocks and corals where one of my sps rtn on me and panic then brought all of my corals to LFS to baby sit, which was a big mistake (lesson learned). so back in sep i drain the entire system completely and restarted everything, then whatever livestock i saved placed them in QT with hyposalinity treament for 6 weeks then they made it back into main display.

again sorry for any misunderstanding that i may have cause.

i will continue to post on this forums if anyones is still interested in my build, thanks again

[thelastmucci]

lemme guess the LFS either sold some of your corals or they died on his/her watch...blah...that sucks man.