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lsingh
03/23/2012, 12:10 PM
i am going big!!!!!!
cant believe wifey gave me a green signal on this ....i been wanting to do this from quite some time and finally the time has come....

tank specs r
72" x 30" x 24" Custom AGE Starphire - Eurobraced only, no centers...
and the sump is around 40" long
has nice stand and canopy....
and buddy steve aka teeb out here local is hooking me up with pretty much all the equipment i need
tunze lrg wave box
Reeflo Dart
Deltec AP851 Skimmer
Deltec FR509 Reactor and ext ext...

i hve some more equipment from my breakdown that i'll be using as well
that is another
tunze lrg wave box
mp 40 es
LMIII with two slave modules
2x300 Wtt heater
Apex with wxm and conductivity module
ext ext...

I picked up a chiller here locally
delta star aqualogic inline 3/4hp.. thanks to JT
this chiller is beast...i mean really big so this will get housed outside......

i hve been in a hobby from last 5 years and always been a big fan and collector of rare lps and addiction has driven me crazy..but i guess now its time for me to move to sps world and my dream of collecting all the rare wrasses i could possibly fit in this tank....
wanted to bare bottom right now but dnt know how this will work with wrasses so will see later down the road as my build starts...
will hve a refugium...
considering a very simple and small aquascape with somewhat of around 250lbs of rocks or maybe a little more...
i will stack the rock in 2 different islands and keep is as low as possible where it looks nice to maximum height of maybe 15"from the bottom in this way lots and lots of room for the frags to grow and fishes to swim..
will hve some sand and algae for my copepods population in my refugium..
so far i was considering a bare bottom tank but now i am going DSB
as if now i am planning to use both wave boxe in this tank along with mp40 and 2xmp60


i know for sure that later down the road i am gne hve to sure go up for high capacity skimmer .......



any other thoughts on BB and or anything else would appreciate...

lsingh
03/23/2012, 01:01 PM
as far lights i hve decided to go with with
2x250MH 14k pheonix hqi in lumenbight reflectors with 12x30wtts t5s with all ati bulbs

lsingh
03/23/2012, 03:02 PM
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n556/lsingh1/photo-70.jpg


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jmurr8484
04/11/2012, 12:43 AM
Its always great when the wife give the green light. I hope she knows what she just did. Cant wait to see more progress.

TripsterAK
04/11/2012, 12:55 AM
Looks like it will be a Great build. Deff will be following along!

lsingh
04/17/2012, 09:45 AM
got real busy with work been slacking off to update this thread.....
did a lot of work with tank within last couple months....
..aquascape was the most tuff part
tank is finally in and getting cycled...
did a very low aquascape ..lots of room of coral to grow.
used about 180lbs of rock and about 200 lbs of sand
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n556/lsingh1/photo-81.jpg
lots of caves for fishes to hide
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n556/lsingh1/photo-84.jpg
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n556/lsingh1/photo-85.jpg

plumbing part was also challeging
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n556/lsingh1/photo-87.jpg
shot of my huge skimmer
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n556/lsingh1/photo-94.jpg

under the stand looks messy right now
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n556/lsingh1/photo-95.jpg
huge hammerhead dart pump
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n556/lsingh1/photo-97.jpg

lsingh
04/17/2012, 10:01 AM
canopy is getting delivered
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n556/lsingh1/photo-82.jpg

inside the canopy
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n556/lsingh1/photo-88.jpg
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n556/lsingh1/photo-93.jpg

metal halides sitting on the canopy
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n556/lsingh1/photo-92.jpg
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n556/lsingh1/photo-89.jpg

hooked up my apex unit
order two e8 ports and one e4 so every thing will hve their individual plug and get controlled
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n556/lsingh1/photo-89.jpg

http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n556/lsingh1/photo-104.jpg

lsingh
04/17/2012, 10:10 AM
tank will hve a lot of water movement
using a wave box with 6305 and 6155 controlled by tunze controller


wave box with 6305
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n556/lsingh1/photo-106.jpg

6155
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n556/lsingh1/photo-107.jpg
tunze 7095
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n556/lsingh1/photo-115.jpg

today did the biopellet reactor also
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n556/lsingh1/photo-117.jpg

my dosing system LM111 WITH two slave pumps
for cal mag alk
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n556/lsingh1/photo-114.jpg

will be buying a kalk reactor also

tank as if today getting cycled with just blue plus t5s on
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n556/lsingh1/photo-118.jpg

lsingh
04/18/2012, 02:42 PM
Hooked up my skimmer ... I guess it's still breaking in
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n556/lsingh1/photo-120.jpg
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n556/lsingh1/photo-121.jpg

Bio pellet reactor
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n556/lsingh1/photo-117.jpg

pgr11
04/18/2012, 04:38 PM
Looking real good. It's so nice to get water up in it. What are your livestock plans

lsingh
04/18/2012, 07:39 PM
Stocking plans r so far sps rare wrasses and anthias

I have a borbonius 2xmcclouch clown blk tank in my holding tank...
These will get transfer in couple weeks and maybe be in about another month I will be adding Harlem or flame wrasses and some sort of anthias along with a tamrine wrasse if I can find some