The Abyss.....Nearly - 220litre Reef

[SYRG WYATT666]

Well its been a while since i have had a chance for a new project, till i got offered this pocket monster reef so.....

heres what i have:

Aqua One Regency 220litre tank and stand
Aqua One Twin T5 light bar (will be replaced with a APS 60cm 6 tube luminaire)
Aquis Advance External Pressure Filter 1250 (gunna use this to take out some heavy particles and contain phos remover and carbon and pump the water into a sump which will house the skimmer and poss come caulpera)
300watt heater

here some pics and tomorrow i will put up some pics of the sump design idea i have had.

[steve]

get it sumped
the external into a sump and back into the tank will not work imho

[SYRG WYATT666]

yeah its gunna have to be a none drilled sump so i am gunna have to get a hob weir

[SYRG WYATT666]

well thats the lights sorted out 4 reef white TMC duo 500's and 2 T5's should be enough to keep softies and possibly LPS

[ian]

Hi Jonny ,

Will look realy great when stocked.

( what are you planning for this one )

PS do you still want to have a look at the small skimmer that i have,
again sorry for missing last meeting i was going to bring it with me
wasnt i. If you are still interested maybe we can do a meet somewhere so you can take a look at it.

Cheers Ian.

[steve]

what about my duncans frags, lol

[SYRG WYATT666]

Jul 10, 2011 19:43:23 GMT ian said:

Hi Jonny ,

Will look realy great when stocked.

( what are you planning for this one )

PS do you still want to have a look at the small skimmer that i have,
again sorry for missing last meeting i was going to bring it with me
wasnt i. If you are still interested maybe we can do a meet somewhere so you can take a look at it.

Cheers Ian.

yes ian i am still after the skimmer lol

as for stock i dont know i am thinking of red sea biotope or a maldives biotope

[SYRG WYATT666]

the LRR will be in a pond media basket to keep things tidy as the sump is a 30x18x12 should be plenty of room to play with

the macro aint going in due to the skimmer been a tad bigger that i thought and the sump is 30inch x 18inch x 12inch.

picking the rock up tomorrow, i have popped in some fiji dry sand which means the tank is milky for a few hours should be clear tomorrow. sump made skimmer picked up and heres some pics!

[SYRG WYATT666]

so stock wise i am thinking

Fish:

purple tang
5 chromis
2 blue neon gobies
2 gold neon gobies
2 green spot mandarins

Inverts:
6 redlegged hermits
6 blue soccer hermits
10 turbo snails
2 peppermint shrimps
2 cleaner shrimps

Corals:
unknown but only LPS and softies like xenia

if you can suggest other fish please feel free

[steve]

biggest personallity in my tank is my lawnmower blenny
he never stops eating anything that grows on the rock or glass

[SYRG WYATT666]

after about 35kgs of rock the scape is pretty much done as this pics show:


5mins after i put the rock in




and thats after 5 hours still abit murky but i was attacked by alittle green crabby which is a mithrax thats in there somewhere while i was putting the rock in and there are 2 dwarf blue legs in there that have appeared out of the rock! theres also a small about the size of a 6mm BB clam aswell but theres abit of hair algae and i have seen 2 aips so gunna zap them soon aswell

still tossing around different fish ideas still thinking tang but yellow or purple i dont know as tbh if you can keep a yellow tang in a red sea max i can keep one in this

[steve]

is the sump running ??

[SYRG WYATT666]

will be in a few days i need to get a return pump but i am having trouble getting info on what size i would need

also do i use green ehim piping and a duck bill or do i have to use PVC pipe plus i am currently using a small power head heater and the external till i finish the sump tomorrow

[steve]

Depends what the overflow box is rated at

[SYRG WYATT666]

not got a clue lol i can probs get away will a 1000L/ph ehiem pump oh and gone for full LED over the mix and it looks fantastic