stimpy4242
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So it was getting unbearable to have to wait for all the pictures to load so I thought I would start a part II. This is good anyway because it is the beginning of the actual tank and its inhabitants.
This has been a long drawn out process since September when I first received the tank from glasscages.com, since then I have had a custom stand, electrical and plumbing routed and rerouted to make this tank nearly automated.
It is on a RODI drip with auto switch and backup. It has a timer for the water change with auto pump to both pump out the water and pump in the water. It has a solaris 28 day lunar cycle LED hood which controls every aspect of a nearly natural environment with cloud cover and proper sunrise and sunset according to my time zone. It has a closed loop system pumping about 3000gph and a sump/fuge return of 55g pumping about 1800 gph for a total turnover of 4800 gph or roughly 35-38x. Everything is hidden with a well integrated closed loop system into the rockwork.
Thanks to PSUSOCR1 I was able to acquire the LR and LS finally to finish off the setup process. I finished aquascaping yesterday, but would love criticism to make it even more amazing. The concept I want is a sandy ravine in the middle which I do have and odd shapes in the rock surrounding. Plus the side windows need to have a unique design as well as they are just as visible with one being on display through a window I cut into the wall to see the tank from the kitchen.
At this time there are no major inahibtants other than a cleaning crew a couple conch and two starfish that all came with the LR and LS. Will hopefully be adding some stuff soon...
Enjoy and comment as much as you like.
This has been a long drawn out process since September when I first received the tank from glasscages.com, since then I have had a custom stand, electrical and plumbing routed and rerouted to make this tank nearly automated.
It is on a RODI drip with auto switch and backup. It has a timer for the water change with auto pump to both pump out the water and pump in the water. It has a solaris 28 day lunar cycle LED hood which controls every aspect of a nearly natural environment with cloud cover and proper sunrise and sunset according to my time zone. It has a closed loop system pumping about 3000gph and a sump/fuge return of 55g pumping about 1800 gph for a total turnover of 4800 gph or roughly 35-38x. Everything is hidden with a well integrated closed loop system into the rockwork.
Thanks to PSUSOCR1 I was able to acquire the LR and LS finally to finish off the setup process. I finished aquascaping yesterday, but would love criticism to make it even more amazing. The concept I want is a sandy ravine in the middle which I do have and odd shapes in the rock surrounding. Plus the side windows need to have a unique design as well as they are just as visible with one being on display through a window I cut into the wall to see the tank from the kitchen.
At this time there are no major inahibtants other than a cleaning crew a couple conch and two starfish that all came with the LR and LS. Will hopefully be adding some stuff soon...
Enjoy and comment as much as you like.
