Post your reef tank here

[cap'n pete]

Mods,
I don't know what you think, but other BB have seperate forums for pics and stats of the members tanks. Maybe we can just make this sticky.
The rules are simple:
(1) Each member allowed only one post per tank owned.
(2) One pic (no bigger than 500 x 400 pixels) of the front of the tank. Try and get the whole tank and not just a spot.
(3) Include a BRIEF equipment list and maintenance schedule.
(4) You may update the pic or description using the EDIT feature
(5) No comments on everyone's tanks. Make a seperate thread if you want to let someone know how good their tank looks or want to ask a question. If mods. are able, they could make this a seperate forum, allowing you to rate tanks using the rating feature.
Let's see if this works.

 

[cap'n pete]

Equipment
29 gallon glass aquarium
overflow
5 gallon sump
Prizm protein skimmer (in sump)
heater
Hagen 402 powerhead
CAP-1800 return pump
2X65W powercompacts (10,000K & Ultra-actinic)
Livestock
baby Yellow Tang
Royal Gramma
soft corals incld. mushrooms, star polyps, and button polyps
50 lbs. of Fiji LR
Astrea snails
Scarlet hermits
Maintenance
daily RO topoff
weekly cleaning of prefilter sponge, algea, lights
weekly addition of calcium and trace elements

 

[barry769]

Not much yet except diatoms and rock, but my cycle is done and I'm getting my first fish this weekend.

 

[cliffrouse11bas]

29 gallon reef
Circulation: 2 maxi-jet 600's, penguin 330 bio-wheel, and cpr bakpak 2r with maxi-jet conversion..
Live Rock: 40lbs
Sand: 4 inch dsb
Lighting: 65 Watt Smartlite (Awaiting a canopy for my 300 watt vho retro kit)
Fish: False Percula, Yellow Watchman Goby
Corals: Fox Coral, Green Button Polyps, Yellow Polyps, Brown Button Polyps, Orange Zoos, Green Star Polyps, and Blue Mushrooms.
Inverts: 5 scarlet hermits, 6 small blue leggs, 10 turbo snails, 1 emerald crab, and 1 cleaner shrimp

 

[barracuda]

Here's mine.Tank:
100 gal AGA in wall
Equipment:
Build-in sump
Red Sea Berlin Classic skimmer with Kent Marine venturi valve driven by EHEIM 1060 pump.
1/5 HP Chiller
2 return pumps (2000 and 2800 l/h)
2 in-tank powerheads
6 T5 fluoricsent bulbs 54 watts each + Night light simulator
Kalkwasser drip top-off system working 24/7
Filtration:
5"DSB and LR
Livestock:
Different corals, 1 Purple tang, 2 Lyretail anthias, 2 Lawnmower Blennies, 1 Blue Green chromis, 1 Sixline wrasse, Clean-up crew.
Tank running from November 2002

 

[salty rick]

Nothing fancy. 55 gallon tank. 155 watts on NO flourecent lighting, 300 series Fluval canister filter, Seaclone 100 skimmer and three powerheads. Inhabitants listed below.

 

[grouperhead]

BigMac, that is incredible! Great tanks all, I can only hope my little reef will look this nice. Bo

 

[justinx]

Here is my little piece of home made ocean!

 

[mlm]

This is my new 120 gallon reef ready tank.
Equipment includes:
2 400 watt metal halide blueline e ballast with 6500k Iwasakis
2 110 watt VHO hellolights ballast with URI super actinic bulbs
MAG 24 return pump plumbed into two outlets
ETSS type LFS made skimmer with mag 12 pump
Aqualogic 1/4 hp chiller
30 gallon tank skimmer
Filtration:
120 pounds liverock
235 pounds livesand

 

[richard rendos]

120 gallon (48 X 24 X 24)...2 X 400 watt MH 20K radium... 4 X 110 watt VHO actinic...1/4 HP custom sealife chiller...osciwave with MaxiJet 1200, and 2 MJ 1200 on wavemaker...Little Giant 4-MDQX-SC return...30 gallon sump with ETSS Reef Devil III skimmer running on a RIO 3100...dual chamber calcium reactor holding about 8 pounds of media.

 

[richard rendos]

and the other side

 

[mlm]

Richard, how is your CSL chiller. I was debating over that one and the Aqualogic. I ended up with the aqualogic and like it but the fan is kind of annoying.

 

[beefcake]

Keep em comin people !

 

[richard rendos]

mlm - I have had both, and I prefer the aqualogic. the CSL is louder in my opinion. Maybe there is something wrong with yours. Do you still have the outer casing on yours? I took mine off the CSL and it helped cut down noise from vibration.

 

[64ivy]

Tank: 500 Gallon In-Wall Barebottomed Reef.
Equipment: MTC Pro Cal calcium reactor, MTC Power Pro IV Skimmer, DIY 44 gallon Kalkwasser dosing system, Lifeguard MD-40 UV modules, UMI 1 hp. chillers, wavemaker, 6 seperate circulatory systems, refugium.
Maintenence: Approx 8-10 hours a week.
Livestock: Over 40 'sps' type coral colonies, 12 'lps' type coral colonies, 2 leather corals, 2 clams, a couple hundred snails and hermit crabs. 28 Fish.

 

[mlm]

Richard its not so much vibration its just the noise of the motor of fan.

 

[hollywood85]

My 90..

 

[plum70rt]

This is before the Dual 400watt MH,

 

[64ivy]

Originally posted by BigMac
64Ivy,
Has your tank always been bare bottom? I'm guessing you have had a DSB before, have you noticed any differents in nitrates between the two?
In an effort to respect Cap'n Petes wishes, I'll respond in a separate thread.

 

[grumpyoldman]

My 50 gal bow, just getting started.