After all of the help that I got here, I thought I would throw a few pics up of my set-up as it stands today. I still have a lot of work to do, but it has already been a lot of fun...
Picture of the tank without the canopy for the lights. It is a 175 Oceanic bowfront with 72" Hamilton fixture 4 96w PC, 3 MH. I have done zero aquascaping. This is where the rock ended up when I was 'throwing' in at first set-up. I actually don't hate it so I am living with it for a while to get a better vision of how I want to change it...
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This is the sump. It is a 40g divided into ~1/3 segments, acrylic baffles and the return in the middle. Kevin from Warehouse Aquarium 'helped' with the plumbing (ie. he did it). 100 micron mesh socks on the 2 drains, and a Lifereef skimmer.
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They grey thing under the sump is a shower liner that I put in (idea gained from this board, thanks all). I still need to attach it properly so it will 'hold water' should there be a leak.
Other things still on the to-do list...
- Hook up ReefKeeper and move the heater into the sump.
- Hook up ATO system. I am going to put a small'ish water repository in the stand (think ~13 gallons or so). MY RO/DI is about 50 feet away so I'll have to keep it filled up.
- Hook-up Calcium reactor
- Organize wiring before I electrocute myself
- Many other misc items (but I gather I will always have those
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- Aquascape
- Add corals and more fish
BTW, many thanks to Kevin for his plumbing assistance. I won't say that I could not have done it without him, but it certainly would not have been as professional or as fast.
Picture of the tank without the canopy for the lights. It is a 175 Oceanic bowfront with 72" Hamilton fixture 4 96w PC, 3 MH. I have done zero aquascaping. This is where the rock ended up when I was 'throwing' in at first set-up. I actually don't hate it so I am living with it for a while to get a better vision of how I want to change it...
This is the sump. It is a 40g divided into ~1/3 segments, acrylic baffles and the return in the middle. Kevin from Warehouse Aquarium 'helped' with the plumbing (ie. he did it). 100 micron mesh socks on the 2 drains, and a Lifereef skimmer.
They grey thing under the sump is a shower liner that I put in (idea gained from this board, thanks all). I still need to attach it properly so it will 'hold water' should there be a leak.
Other things still on the to-do list...
- Hook up ReefKeeper and move the heater into the sump.
- Hook up ATO system. I am going to put a small'ish water repository in the stand (think ~13 gallons or so). MY RO/DI is about 50 feet away so I'll have to keep it filled up.
- Hook-up Calcium reactor
- Organize wiring before I electrocute myself
- Many other misc items (but I gather I will always have those
)- Aquascape
- Add corals and more fish
BTW, many thanks to Kevin for his plumbing assistance. I won't say that I could not have done it without him, but it certainly would not have been as professional or as fast.
