[jhale]

here she is, my little reef,







LIGHTING
three 250 EVC 10k Bulbs one EVC electronic ballast, and two one IceCap electronic ballasts.
back 2 actinic white 48" VHO tubes run by a ice cap 430
front 2 blue actinic 60" VHO tubes run by a second ice cap 430
hood circulation provided by 2- 4" icecap variable speed fans and one continuous 4" fan.

FLOW
return pump sequence snapper, 100 watts / 2400gph

tunze 6060 left side
tunze 6080 right side

bottom, pair of MJ 1200's plugged into a tsunami wave maker, keeping the desirous off the cutting board.
oh, this is a bare bottom tank by the way, with 1/2" black marina board.

the tank is from glass cages it's 60" long, 24" wide, and 20" deep. It's made of 1/2" glass with bracing on the top and bottom. the front panel is low iron glass aka starphire. it weighs a ton and is built like a tank

SKIMMER
DAS EX-2 needle wheel skimmer with two aquabee pumps.

REACTOR
two little fishies phosphate reactor with phosban run by a MJ600.

MR-C 1 Calcium Reactor with a milwaukee controller and 5 lb. Co2 tank

Temperature control
250 watt won brothers heater
1/2 hp Red Sea inline chiller

Top Off
water top off via a double float switch connected directly to the RO/DI, passing through double solenoids as backup.

other threads

jose the mandarin

coral from 4/05

coral from 4/05 cont.

let's get ready to rumble!

arts and craft power heads

old school QT

biotopes

1994 Reef

my battle with red bugs

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	VHO Very High Output Fluorescent Lighting - Fluorescent bulbs that run on special ballasts and have an output that is significantly higher than normal tubes. It is very possible to run an entire reef system on VHO lighting providing the proper number of bulbs and mixture of spectrums are chosen. For most hobbyists, these tubes are used in conjunction with Metal Halide lighting for simulating dawn and dusk. They often provide the "bluer" end of the light spectrum and thus a more aesthetically appealing display.

[jhale]

stingnyc came over today and helped hook up my second closed loop.
It's running off a quiet one 6000, 140 watts rated for just over 1500 gph.

the pump is sitting on top of my overflow on eggcrate. I was originally going to burry the intake pipe in the overflow to hide it. this was good on paper, not so good in reality. the intake in the overflow worked like a charm, if you did not mind the bubble storm that obscured the entire tank
so after a bit of thinking we moved the intake over the side of the overflow, on the outside, it was not hidden any more, but it's in the corner and once I sharpie it black won't be seen at all. the other problem was keeping the pump from tipping over. the return pipe is about 2' long and was tipping the pump over. we solved this by zip tying the intake pipe to the eggcrate the pump is sitting on. so in effect the pump is using it's own weight to keep it in place, it works. right now all the flow is coming out one 90 degree elbow, and it's a lot of flow it's gentle enough so no corals are getting knocked over, and the clown fish are getting a workout staying in the scroll coral they have been hosting in. I don't have any pics right now, but I'll get some later on. total flow in the tank is now a blue line 40x rated at 1270, the quiet one at 1500, and the return putting out maybe 500 or so. I also have two mj 1200's on the bottom keeping the garbage off the cutting board, they are on a timer and alternate every 40 minutes. I'm also going to put the new closed loop on a timer, it will run during the daytime hours.

[ShaunW]

Wow!! Sounds like a lot of flow. Are you still going to add the DIY maxi-jets that Dave's making. Your flow is going to be off the wall!

Oh, I am sorry that you didn't make it yesterday (sat). I worked and didn't get home until right before Dave showed up. He lost my phone number with the site change so didn't contact me until too late. But we still met up!

Well next time.

[jackson6745]

Tank is looking sharp Jonathan! We need to get some better pics for you though.

[jhale]

yes I like the flow, i don't like all the watts that I'm using.
I'd like to run four of the DIY props, one in each corner. that would double the flow of my CL for only 100 watts max of power. I would run two at a time so it would only really be 50 watts at the most, now that rocks.
I'd take the CL off line or just run them a few hours a day for extra flow
the only downside is size of the power props, that's my new name for them , you heard it hear first, don't go stealing the name haha. I'm going to market Dave, Power Props by Spykes Inc.

I'll need you to come over soon. Steve looked in my tank and swore he saw some orange bugs on some of the acro. I looked but could not make out what he was pointing to. there were just a few he saw. if they are bugs, i will freak out just one thing after the other in this hobby

[jhale]

full surface shot,


left side closed loop


intake, and the hole for the intake that is not being used now

[nanoreefer22]

Tank looks really good John. I still have to get you your dish back...hehe

-Kris

[jhale]

left side flow


surface level

[jhale]

right side closed loop, split to two returns,

[jhale]

Quote: Originally Posted by jackson6745 Tank is looking sharp Jonathan! We need to get some better pics for you though.

I know, i want to get a 20D, I'm working with a power shot sd500 :sigh1:

anytime you want to visit kris just give me a call.