Pics of the fish room
<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/QCv0UHXLtIHRPbgtE7LTyQ"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_NPIRWKuZUJQ/SRZDWLxhKWI/AAAAAAAABXA/O_xLtxkjYAA/s800/IMG_0019.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/strendo718/Tank11108">tank 11/1/08</a></td></tr></table>
1.)The raw water gets fed into the reeflow skimmer and comes out of 2 filter socks.
2.) The first sump has 3 chambers. One has a frogfish that I can't keep in the main tank, the other cheeto and a sick puffer. The third has a heater.
3.) It flows down into the 40g breeder. I use this mainly to quarantine fish and keep extra rock.
4.) The water flows into the small sump. This has another filter sock and a smaller ellos skimmer, as well as a float valve for top off. From there it goes into the main pump. The line has a T in it and feeds the chiller and media reactors, and gets dumped back into the small sump.
5.) Along the back wall there is a 20g top off that has kalk in it and a 30g reservoir that is always filled with fresh salt water for weekly water changes.
<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/lxC68dV2psJ904XnrcdJhQ"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_NPIRWKuZUJQ/SRZDHAnFBSI/AAAAAAAABWg/y1SEkh8gRwE/s800/IMG_0010.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/strendo718/Tank11108">tank 11/1/08</a></td></tr></table>
The pump in the bottom here is plumbed straight into my washer drain so I can do quick water changes.
<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/jBN_2N2KLd4NbcvtMK-TPw"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_NPIRWKuZUJQ/SRZDDGtIb5I/AAAAAAAABWY/bbfrLBYOdxY/s800/IMG_0011.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/strendo718/Tank11108">tank 11/1/08</a></td></tr></table>
The reeflo skimmer is amazing
<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/REiTh-9nMtg-osIm605XlA"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_NPIRWKuZUJQ/SRZC_jalVfI/AAAAAAAABWQ/ciGWSl0hbp0/s800/IMG_0012.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/strendo718/Tank11108">tank 11/1/08</a></td></tr></table>
<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/6RuDTemKD-pUdJe4RODTZA"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_NPIRWKuZUJQ/SRZC7nOspBI/AAAAAAAABWE/T7sf9BEiJ8g/s800/IMG_0013.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/strendo718/Tank11108">tank 11/1/08</a></td></tr></table>
You can see the vodka and Magnesium doser here. I dose 1 pump daily.
<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/kk0YLv8qqp8aONuS6tXWew"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_NPIRWKuZUJQ/SRZC34eB_9I/AAAAAAAABV8/oui7ji4Zpwo/s800/IMG_0014.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/strendo718/Tank11108">tank 11/1/08</a></td></tr></table>
I'm always worried about something going wrong. I have remote monitoring with 2 cameras (one upstairs and one downstairs) as well as a water sensor on the ground that will text/email me if it senses moisture.
<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/CnSSQpd56mJRALqoQj-7WA"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_NPIRWKuZUJQ/SRZCzqI6ekI/AAAAAAAABV0/uX3TC6Lwit8/s800/IMG_0015.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/strendo718/Tank11108">tank 11/1/08</a></td></tr></table>
<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/3_qYg0UOT6YJXAGzskmqWQ"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_NPIRWKuZUJQ/SRZCx5-mSpI/AAAAAAAABVs/C1hoBCMs6_8/s800/IMG_0016.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/strendo718/Tank11108">tank 11/1/08</a></td></tr></table>
<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Fmc-zNcxXbTxGklJ5V0vgg"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_NPIRWKuZUJQ/SRZCv4qv8CI/AAAAAAAABVk/Anxrkg1BU80/s800/IMG_0017.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/strendo718/Tank11108">tank 11/1/08</a></td></tr></table>
I made this out of acrylic to keep the external skimmer from overflowing. When the box gets full it dumps into the 40g breeder tank underneath.
<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/7avJoPIp-EPGrcXX0KQNuw"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_NPIRWKuZUJQ/SRZCszeCfLI/AAAAAAAABVc/FtgZoGRdynw/s800/IMG_0018.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/strendo718/Tank11108">tank 11/1/08</a></td></tr></table>
<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/QCv0UHXLtIHRPbgtE7LTyQ"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_NPIRWKuZUJQ/SRZDWLxhKWI/AAAAAAAABXA/O_xLtxkjYAA/s800/IMG_0019.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/strendo718/Tank11108">tank 11/1/08</a></td></tr></table>
1.)The raw water gets fed into the reeflow skimmer and comes out of 2 filter socks.
2.) The first sump has 3 chambers. One has a frogfish that I can't keep in the main tank, the other cheeto and a sick puffer. The third has a heater.
3.) It flows down into the 40g breeder. I use this mainly to quarantine fish and keep extra rock.
4.) The water flows into the small sump. This has another filter sock and a smaller ellos skimmer, as well as a float valve for top off. From there it goes into the main pump. The line has a T in it and feeds the chiller and media reactors, and gets dumped back into the small sump.
5.) Along the back wall there is a 20g top off that has kalk in it and a 30g reservoir that is always filled with fresh salt water for weekly water changes.
<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/lxC68dV2psJ904XnrcdJhQ"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_NPIRWKuZUJQ/SRZDHAnFBSI/AAAAAAAABWg/y1SEkh8gRwE/s800/IMG_0010.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/strendo718/Tank11108">tank 11/1/08</a></td></tr></table>
The pump in the bottom here is plumbed straight into my washer drain so I can do quick water changes.
<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/jBN_2N2KLd4NbcvtMK-TPw"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_NPIRWKuZUJQ/SRZDDGtIb5I/AAAAAAAABWY/bbfrLBYOdxY/s800/IMG_0011.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/strendo718/Tank11108">tank 11/1/08</a></td></tr></table>
The reeflo skimmer is amazing
<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/REiTh-9nMtg-osIm605XlA"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_NPIRWKuZUJQ/SRZC_jalVfI/AAAAAAAABWQ/ciGWSl0hbp0/s800/IMG_0012.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/strendo718/Tank11108">tank 11/1/08</a></td></tr></table>
<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/6RuDTemKD-pUdJe4RODTZA"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_NPIRWKuZUJQ/SRZC7nOspBI/AAAAAAAABWE/T7sf9BEiJ8g/s800/IMG_0013.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/strendo718/Tank11108">tank 11/1/08</a></td></tr></table>
You can see the vodka and Magnesium doser here. I dose 1 pump daily.
<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/kk0YLv8qqp8aONuS6tXWew"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_NPIRWKuZUJQ/SRZC34eB_9I/AAAAAAAABV8/oui7ji4Zpwo/s800/IMG_0014.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/strendo718/Tank11108">tank 11/1/08</a></td></tr></table>
I'm always worried about something going wrong. I have remote monitoring with 2 cameras (one upstairs and one downstairs) as well as a water sensor on the ground that will text/email me if it senses moisture.
<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/CnSSQpd56mJRALqoQj-7WA"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_NPIRWKuZUJQ/SRZCzqI6ekI/AAAAAAAABV0/uX3TC6Lwit8/s800/IMG_0015.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/strendo718/Tank11108">tank 11/1/08</a></td></tr></table>
<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/3_qYg0UOT6YJXAGzskmqWQ"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_NPIRWKuZUJQ/SRZCx5-mSpI/AAAAAAAABVs/C1hoBCMs6_8/s800/IMG_0016.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/strendo718/Tank11108">tank 11/1/08</a></td></tr></table>
<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Fmc-zNcxXbTxGklJ5V0vgg"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_NPIRWKuZUJQ/SRZCv4qv8CI/AAAAAAAABVk/Anxrkg1BU80/s800/IMG_0017.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/strendo718/Tank11108">tank 11/1/08</a></td></tr></table>
I made this out of acrylic to keep the external skimmer from overflowing. When the box gets full it dumps into the 40g breeder tank underneath.
<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/7avJoPIp-EPGrcXX0KQNuw"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_NPIRWKuZUJQ/SRZCszeCfLI/AAAAAAAABVc/FtgZoGRdynw/s800/IMG_0018.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/strendo718/Tank11108">tank 11/1/08</a></td></tr></table>