richard rendos
Active Member
In November of 2002 I started a coral farm project. I converted the storage room in my garage to a tank room to grow out frags. Well, since then I have gotten a lot done. I currently have a 125 gallon SPS growout tank with 4 X 400 watt MH lights (2 X 20K, and 2 X 10K) I also have a 90 gallon softies tank with 4 X 110 watt VHO's. I will be adding a clam vat, and several smaller tanks for species tanks. It is all plumbed together into a 100 gallon rubbermaid sump. I have an ETSS 800 Pro skimmer running off a Little Giant 4MDQ-SC pressure pump. I have a couple of 350 watt titanium heaters, an Iwaki 100 RLT for my return pump, and a Little Giant for the closed loop on the SPS tank (which needs to be a bigger pump). I am building a dual chamber calcium reactor for this system...2 chambers 3 feet tall each and 6" in diameter using a Little Giant 2MDQ-SC pump for circulation (will hold around 30 pounds or ARM media). I have a humidity activated fan in the ceiling, and will be buying a 3/4 HP chiller very soon. I can see that heat is already starting to be an issue. Here are a couple of pics...will update as I progress...