The build of CP's 1000Litre SPS Reef Tank

[leochu]

Hi, everyone!

This is Leo, from China. In this thread I'll post up the pics of how my new 1000Litre Reef tank it build. Hope you guys like it.

The size of the display tank: 163cm * 90cm * 60cm

Equipment lists:

Red-Dragon Power-Wave 9000 L 58 Watt/h¡¡
PJ9000 Pump
bubble King 300(External£©Protein Skimmer¡¡
TUNZE 6100 Wavemaker * 4¡¡
TUNZE 7095 Multi-controller * 1
SIEO Wavemaker * a few
KZ Coral Light T5HO 80W White*5 Fiji Blue*3
Lately I'll upgrade to 3 * 250 w HQI

Zeovit system
Calcium Reactor

PinPoint PH Controller, PinPoint ORP Measuer.

Hanna PO4 Measuer.

and a lot more. be adding.



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Power points.

[leochu]

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[leochu]

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[leochu]

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[leochu]

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[leochu]

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[leochu]

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[leochu]

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TO BE CONTINUED........................[

[leochu]

any comments?

[alex93se]

Looks great so far. Can you take more pictures of your chiller and how you built it? Thanks.

[leochu]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10370813#post10370813 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by alex93se
Looks great so far. Can you take more pictures of your chiller and how you built it? Thanks.

The chiller is modified with a standard air conditioner which is 1.5HP, and the copper tube is connected with titanium coil, and add a temperture control module. and that's done.

just connect this titanium coil to the copper tubes.

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For many experiences, for this type of chiller is much effient than traditional aquarium chiller.

[boozeman]

beautifull !!!
please continue

[nauticac4]

wow....what floor do you live on...

[neverwouldof]

Wow... you got all that done in one day !!!

Seriously though, nice setup

[ReefingBuddha]

very nice setup... seems like you have great access to equipment and livestock. Where in China are you located? What direction are you planning on taking with this tank? Do you have your stocking list figured out yet?

Keep us updated on the development on your system, hell of a nice start.

[leochu]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10372723#post10372723 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by boozeman
beautifull !!!
please continue

Thank you!

[leochu]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10373558#post10373558 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by thirschmann
very nice setup... seems like you have great access to equipment and livestock. Where in China are you located? What direction are you planning on taking with this tank? Do you have your stocking list figured out yet?

Keep us updated on the development on your system, hell of a nice start.

I live in the east part of china, closed to shanghai.

Actually it isn't so easy for me to get equipment and livestock.

I ordered all the equipment on internet. any way they were domestic sellers.

I usually purchase livestock from southern cities by Air, because they're closed to the south sea of China. But domestic livestock were not so good, corals were ugly, so do the fishes.

Normally, Great looking corals were imported from Indonesia and other S.E Aisa countries.

I was a little bit jealous with U.S reef keepers. cause you guys can easily get caribbean rics. :mad:


I'll be adding a lot more SPS and LPS corals, and some fishes later.

[leochu]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10372783#post10372783 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by nauticac4
wow....what floor do you live on...

11th floor. LOL!!

[storagedaddie]

Very nice... More on the details please... Equipment, livestock, etc.

[green_frogspawn]

very nice mate, love the zoo's looks like your making yourself a very nice zoo garden there :)

[leochu]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10375345#post10375345 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by storagedaddie
Very nice... More on the details please... Equipment, livestock, etc.

Thanks man. I'll keep updating shortly.

[leochu]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10375593#post10375593 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by green_frogspawn
very nice mate, love the zoo's looks like your making yourself a very nice zoo garden there :)

Just bought these beutiful zoo's from HongKong. I'll make a collection of zoo garden.:D

[cbonito]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10375339#post10375339 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by leochu
11th floor. LOL!!

HAHA! That's too funny.

[erics3000]

WOW AWSOME ...

[OZreefhead]

did you get that algae problem under control?

[Ebisan]

Nice tank. Is the sump facing the window? How do you get to your fish room?

[Klaus Jansen]

@Leochu...
congratulation... very nice tank and nice equipment...
Where you buy the BK-Simmer ? DeepBlue/Beijing ?

best regards... Klaus Jansen

[leochu]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10381296#post10381296 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Klaus Jansen
@Leochu...
congratulation... very nice tank and nice equipment...
Where you buy the BK-Simmer ? DeepBlue/Beijing ?

best regards... Klaus Jansen


THANKS MAN!

Yes, I bought most of equipments from DeepBlue BeiJing.

I'll try I best to make this tank a 'perfect' tank.

[leochu]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10379437#post10379437 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Ebisan
Nice tank. Is the sump facing the window? How do you get to your fish room?


Actually the sump and the window were just behind the main tank.

:p ;)

[NYCREEF69]

that is crazy looks great keep up the build

[leochu]

This afternoon I went to ShangHai, and bought 6 Indonesian SPS Frags, 1 yellow tang and 1 purple tang plus 2 3 stripe bla..bla.. fish.

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[leochu]

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[leochu]

the cost per sps frag is about USD $40 ... sigh....

[majesticangelfish]

Hi leochu!

Great tank mate! Love the purple tang, just got one myself.

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[leochu]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10396796#post10396796 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by majesticangelfish
Hi leochu!

Great tank mate! Love the purple tang, just got one myself.

:thumbsup:

G'day mate, nice to see you!

Are you from Australia?

I was in Australia for serveral years. I used to live in Balwyn, Melbourne.

[green_frogspawn]

Im an aussie too! :) your tank is really starting to look great, the aquascaping is very cool, looks very natural great work

[erics3000]

Wow.. Absolutely beautiful. All that water was that from the ocean or just RO water?

[leochu]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10399830#post10399830 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by green_frogspawn
Im an aussie too! :) your tank is really starting to look great, the aquascaping is very cool, looks very natural great work

THX MATE.

Actually, This is my third tank.

My 1st tank is 180cm wide and it's a pre-made tank, so the glass thickness was terrible, lastly whole tank were crashed.

My 2nd tank was 150cm 80cm 80cm, it has plenty of sps,lps and fishes, it fails because of the main pump failed (the pump was a local brand). So this time I bought a Red Dragon. :D

[leochu]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10399950#post10399950 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by erics3000
Wow.. Absolutely beautiful. All that water was that from the ocean or just RO water?

All the water is made from TM salt and purified drinking water. :)

[majesticangelfish]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10399639#post10399639 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by leochu
G'day mate, nice to see you!

Are you from Australia?

I was in Australia for serveral years. I used to live in Balwyn, Melbourne.

Certainly am! I'm sure the many Aus. reefers on www.masa.asn.au would love to see this thread!

:thumbsup:

[cbui2]

very awesome build Leo, could you explain the controller system you have installed?

[JL9210]

Leo,

Great work. I'm just getting back into the hobby after moving to Shanghai. To say the least, its VERY VERY hard to get started out here. Lack of equipment, quality control, fake equipment/chemicals/food, lack of live stock / rock / sand...

Have you been able to locate other Reef Keepers in the Shanghai / Jiangsu / Wuxi area?

I've been trying, but with my limited Chinese reading ability, navigating www.cmfish.com has been difficult.

Again, great work! Especially in China!

[leochu]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10416124#post10416124 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by cbui2
very awesome build Leo, could you explain the controller system you have installed?

which controller do you mean?:eek:

so far, I just have these:


For lighting, there are 2 timer controller.

for wavemaker, there is a tunze multi-controller.

fot water level, there is automatic RO/DI water re-filling controller.

[leochu]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10444219#post10444219 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by JL9210
Leo,

Great work. I'm just getting back into the hobby after moving to Shanghai. To say the least, its VERY VERY hard to get started out here. Lack of equipment, quality control, fake equipment/chemicals/food, lack of live stock / rock / sand...

Have you been able to locate other Reef Keepers in the Shanghai / Jiangsu / Wuxi area?

I've been trying, but with my limited Chinese reading ability, navigating www.cmfish.com has been difficult.

Again, great work! Especially in China!

Nice to meet you~ !

Actually you can get most of equipments online. So as live stocks.

Do you have other contact information, or we can talk on instant

messenger.

Just show me the problem and things you want, maybe I can help a little.

[cbui2]

this looks like a command center?

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[leochu]

just a few power switches. : )

[bristlebasher]

Coming along very nicely Leo.

It looks like you need a lot of perseverence to be able to run a reef tank in China.

Best of luck.;)

[JackJack7]

Love it

[JL9210]

Leo,

In case you missed it, check your pm. Want to see if you can chat via MSN messenger.

Cheers,

[leochu]

New CA Reactor ordered

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New light system 250w * 3 + 80w t5ho blue *3

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[erics3000]

You are the picture king. Looking good ... keep them coming..

[ReefingBuddha]

Looks great... I agree with eric... keep'em coming.

[leochu]

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[leochu]

I've updated some pics.

Thanks for you guys! :)

erics3000 & thirschmann

I'll keeping'em coming, good news.

New fishes will be added tomorrow.... haha

[leochu]

front View

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[leochu]

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[leochu]

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[amashun]

Hey Leo,

i'm another aussie member and I'm Chinese too....lol
great looking setup. I may thinking to get some equipment from China or HK :D

Love the skimmer and split chiller system

Cheers,
Adrian