72 Bow Front... My Final Upgrade

[aznt1217]

Hello All,

This will kind be a log of my whole history with this hobby so far. Long THREAD

I started July of 2008 with a 14 Gallon Biocube promising myself and 6 Gallon Eclipse.... to not go into bigger tanks. :irked:

Of Course, I am totally full of it. 2 Months later I bought the 54 Corner tank from JLAudio. Absolutely fantastic set up!

Then I started to add more tanks, which I broke down shortly after setting up.
40 Breeder

55 Gallon Standard size

Well Finally to the Final Upgrade ... till I get a house and have enough money

Credit goes to Domboski, Chemchef, Lazyreefer, BoostFeen, Chanman, JLAudio for helping me with advice/setting up/equipment.

The Goal is to have an open space structure so my fish can swim and so that I can find them lol. Tank has been up and running for 2 days and I used 75% of my 54 Gallon Corner tank water into this tank.

Equipment List:
72 Bow Corner Flow Reef Ready Tank
Black Stand
Glass Canopy
8 Bulb Tek Light
Mag 7 Return pump
Octopus MSX 160 Extreme Skimmer
Aquaripure XL Denitrator
Vortech MP20
20 Gallon Sump w/ Refugium and LR Rubble
Chemipure Elite (Soon to be paired up with Purigen

Empty Tank and Stand from Dom:

Sump Setup

Woohoo Vortech

Plumbing Setup:

and Finally... the full tank shot! Of course I am going to stock up steadily and will update this thread.

Thanks for reading! :splitspin

 

[chanman]

bravo! that is a MONSTER of a skimmer!

 

[aborrero4u]

Beautiful Tank

 

[masterswimmer]

Looks nice. Just wait till it matures and fills in. Going to look so natural.

Kudos to you.
Best of luck,
Russ

 

[CHEMCHEF]

I saw this setup in person. The rockwork is amazing. This system is so quiet, you dont even think its running.
Great job Ted.

 

[aznt1217]

Thanks Chemchef! That rock I got from you is AWESOME. My blenny LOVES it.

Russ, I am hoping to get that leak fixed by this weekend, but we'll see what happens =X

 

[Domboski]

Looks great Ted. Nice job.

I read your leak thread. Do what Russ says! :lol2:

 

[Awibrandy]

Really nice looking set up you have there!!! My best wishes with it. Can't wait for it to mature!!!

 

[reefnewbe]

Nice tank Ted
(the Jury is still out on this whole "last tank upgrade thing")
Have you seen the 120 M Tech tank yet?

 

[aznt1217]

I refuse to look at any tank bigger only because it will temp me. I live on the second floor so I would prefer to keep my floor .

Dom... that's what I get for being overeager. I saw the nylon tape come out a bit and was like bah it'll be fine... GUESS NOT -_-.

 

[CHEMCHEF]

What Leak??? What Did I Miss?

I refuse to look at any tank bigger only because it will temp me. I live on the second floor so I would prefer to keep my floor .

Dom... that's what I get for being overeager. I saw the nylon tape come out a bit and was like bah it'll be fine... GUESS NOT -_-.

 

[Quang]

nice and open design ted.

 

[aznt1217]

It was a tiny leak in my return line due to my rushing to set the tank up (nylon tape on a PVC Coupling got loose so it left a gap in the threading between the hose barb so a few drops come out). I got another thread up on it.

 

[aznt1217]

I need more fish!!!!! Any suggestions?!

So far

5 Green Reef Chromis will be in next week lol.

 

[Domboski]

What else do you have in there?

Get a Christmas Wrasse (Halichoeres ornatissimus):

<img src="http://www.manhattanreefs.com/gallery/files/4/8/8/7/img_9277.jpg" alt="Xmas Wrasse 8/18/09" />

 

[Awibrandy]

What else do you have in there?

Get a Christmas Wrasse (Halichoeres ornatissimus):

​

DITTO​

A beautiful fish, and very active you will not be dissapointed.​

 

[knugenx]

Nice!

 

[aznt1217]

You know... it's funny I was JUST looking at a Christmas wrasse. I will get one this week. I got a few questions for those with experience.

Current Livestock:

1 Small Blue Hippo Tang
1 Small Sailfin Tang
1 Pink Anthias
2 False Percs
1 Firefish Goby
1 Green Chromis-- will be adding 5 more this Friday.
1 Yellow (not so yellow anymore) watchman goby--- I want to buy him a mate... but not sure how to pick any ideas?

1 Flame Angel-- Dom, can I add one of your Potter's Angels or an African Flameback Angel with this guy? He seemed pretty mellow when the tank I got him from had like 4 other flame angels.

1 Peppermint Shrimp-- will be adding 2 more if I can get to Manhattan Aquariums this weekend
1 Cleaner Shrimp... will be adding a mate for him soon

Future Potential Livestock:
1. Male flasher wrasse
2. Red Head Solon fairy wrasse
3. 3 Small Yellow Tangs (maybe)
4. Potter's Angel... if possible.
6. Anthias triplet (Lyretail)

 

[E.intheC]

the bow looks great Ted! Great job with the rockscape.
Christmas Wrasse looks like a great idea. IDK about the Yellow Tangs or the Angel though.

 

[NDY]

Nice Christmas Wrasse Dom
But That Seems To Be Lots Of Fish For Ur Tank Side
On The Future Plans