Bignose's 95G reef

bignose · #1 01-17-2009, 07:46 PM

Oops I for got to list that I have 2 Koralia 4 powerheads so I updated.

mark · #2 01-17-2009, 08:24 PM

Don't have siphon breaks myself (room in the sump) but wondering if you're running them?

Tangman · #3 01-17-2009, 09:14 PM

Two things that I noticed from the pics. and from Mark said, as there is no check valve in the return plumbing, I would suggest a siphon break, a drilled hole just above or right at the water line in the main tank on the return line and i would relocate the electrical power bar away from the top of your skimmer, because if your skimmer were to over flow ( and they do ) it looks like the power bar would get very wet.

bignose · #4 01-17-2009, 11:23 PM

I was thinking about drilling the return but I haven't yet. I going to eventually I hope the power dosen't go out

What size holes would you drill?

mark · #5 01-17-2009, 11:28 PM

Will your sump flood if the power goes off (draining back from the tank), if it does, you need to do something. If your sump has the volume, no worries.

bignose · #6 01-18-2009, 01:05 AM

Quite a bit actually. I'm going to drill the holes today.

Tangman · #7 01-18-2009, 06:31 AM

Then I would address the power bar issue as well

fishytime · #8 02-05-2009, 02:59 AM

Nice coral scores. Looks good. To soon for a clam tho imho.

bignose · #9 02-05-2009, 04:35 PM

Thanks for the compliment. I asked before I bought the clam if it would be ok and he said yes. I'm not going to name the store but it is a reputable store. I'll hope for the best because it was expensive.
On a different note this is where the hobby started for me. Here is a couple pictures of my 10 gallon nano.

This is when I had this tank in its prime. You can see in the back it was skimmerless

When I moved the tank crashed and it never recovered I lost almost all my coral.

So I thought to myself start a NEW TANK!!

It all started with a thought to upgrade to a 30 then a 55 then a 75. One day a 95 showed up on Canreef.