47G LPS Domination (sumpless, skimmerless)
 

Sup fellow nerds,

After much consideration, I decided to do a bare-bottom LPS dominated reef tank. Skimmer-less, and sump-less.
Why? Because I noticed an intense growth of my frogspawn corals, torch, zoathids (etc) when I placed it inside a 10 gallon holding tank. Did some research and decided that this was the best way to do it. I love how they move with the wave, I just can’t seem to really love sps yet 
I will be housing limited livestock to make room for soft corals.
Specs:
95 x 45 x 45 cm starphire tank (roughly 47 gallons)
Custom ada stand with fireproof/waterproof black matte film
Pharos 90W led lighting
Vortech MP40W Gen 2 with new SKF Bearings
Fluval 300w digital heater
Livestock:
2 clownfish
1 yasha ray goby
Might add an angelfish and a wrasse later on.
Corals:
Acans, acans and more acans!

Here are some pictures!
The stand doors are not done yet :redface:

http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/...ps0a5bafc8.jpg

There are kicks for the bottom portion, so if I ever change my mind on adding a sump, then I can. You can also tell that the back is open because I originally wanted a sump
http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/...ps1f86b0d7.jpg

http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5291fa51.jpg

I hope you guys enjoyed the pictures! I'll keep the thread updated with what not.

Thanks for looking!

'Sup nerd. Love the look of the rimless tanks. Keep the updates coming.

That is a whole lot of umbrellas...

Did you DIY the stand or have it made? Looks great, I'm looking to do something similar and would love some extra details :)

Hahaha how can you tell hes from the lower mainland?

Theyre really nice. Have you seen the 'infinity' style ones? Where the water overflows over the whole tank!





Hahaha theyre handy here. But i would like to relocate them.






I had it made. My friend's uncle is a carpenter and he has a shop. This one was a gift. I am pretty lucky :)






Haha its troublesome. Just got a humidifier for the house off a member here. Too bad theres no itrader on this forum :(

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I will be replacing the old bearings on the mp40 today. Its really noisy. Should I do a video recording? First time replacing them.

2skf bearings:
Skf 607-2z
Skf 619/8-2z

Nerds?? No you got it wrong we are addicts of salts...:biggrin:
Nice setup keep the updates coming.

Do anything for a frag...anything haha

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Finally got the bearings off

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