90 Gallon Reef Setup... Update April 22, 2009...Oceanic Corals with Pics! - Page 2

Rbacchiega · #11 12-15-2008, 07:01 AM

well, in trying to help me out the "man of the house" proceeded to break the bulkheads..and then tried siliconing them...and then broke them again. So now I'll have to plug said bulkheads, get a piece of glass cut that will prevent water from going into the overflow and have a skimmer hanging off the back of the tank...looks like this 90 gallon is going sumpless..which is a total PITA, but I dont' knwo what else to do.

on a plus note,
I ordered my 4 bulb tek T5 unit earlier today

Rbacchiega · #12 12-15-2008, 03:54 PM

After a good nights sleep I figured out a way to still use the sump and all the stuff that goes with it...

Because of where the other half siliconed the bulkheads, they are garbage. I'll have to cut them out, pull off all the silicone, and buy two new bulkheads. The rest of the plumbing is still good, just the bulkheads themselves need to be replaced.

Who knew getting water into a tank would be so hard....

Rbacchiega · #13 12-16-2008, 06:50 PM

PICTURES~!!!!
The tank is up and running, waiting for lights and new skimmer before adding any corals (obviously) or fish...

The Supervisor:

Tank, without Flash:

With Flash:

The Boss after a hard days work:

And The Chameleon, because well, it's a chameleon:

Rbacchiega · #14 12-23-2008, 12:35 AM

Got a call from where my Tek was supposed to come from and apparently they've lost the shipment (wha?!?!) so they refunded my card and I headed up to Red Coral...

Where Kevin gave me a SMOKIN' deal on a 48" Metal Halide Unit with moonlights and 4 PC Actinics, a Euro Reef Skimmer and some stuff for the fuge...

pictures tonight!!!

JDigital · #15 12-23-2008, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Rbacchiega

Got a call from where my Tek was supposed to come from and apparently they've lost the shipment (wha?!?!) so they refunded my card and I headed up to Red Coral...

Where Kevin gave me a SMOKIN' deal on a 48" Metal Halide Unit with moonlights and 4 PC Actinics, a Euro Reef Skimmer and some stuff for the fuge...

pictures tonight!!!

Why shop anywhere else! LOL

Look forward to the pics.

Rbacchiega · #16 12-23-2008, 05:15 PM

Okay, so it wasn't last night...(got caught watching House...I love House)

But here we go:

Tight fit..but it fit damnit!

Lighting Unit on top..I was a little fustrated, you'd figure a 48" unit would fit just straight on...but I forgot about the extra width/length of the unit when you add the legs..so that took a smoke or two

Actinics:

Metal Halides...not all the way warmed up:

Also took out the small Koralia on the right and swapped it out for a Koralia 2.

Now the flow comes from:

Quietone 4000 High head pump: figure 800gph (just over 4 feet of head)
Koralia 4: 1200gph
Koralia 3: 850gph
Koralia 2: 600gph

So 3450 gph movement in a 90 gallon tank so 38X the tank volume...am I calculating that right? Is that enough for eventual SPS to populate the tank? (the more I look at mixed reefs the more I want)

Mik_101 · #17 12-23-2008, 05:34 PM

nice tank. I can see this tank becoming realy nice. What do you plan on having in it for corals and fish?
BTW awsome light fixture.

Rbacchiega · #18 12-23-2008, 08:59 PM

for the longest time I was going to make it a softie/mushroom/lps tank. But the more I look at it the more I want to have a complete mixed reef. SPS,LPS,Mushrooms, Clams EVERYTHING!!!

Now that I've got the MH bulbs I assume it'll be a little easier to maintain SPS...right?

As for fish, I want small ones so that the main focus of the tank is the corals. Red Coral has some Dart Fish and they are by far, the coolest fish I've ever seen, so definately want some of those...

I kind of want to avoid getting into what everyone else has. Don't get me wrong, they're beautiful, but everyone has tangs, clowns etc.

Must have a pair of mandarin dragonets though. The so called "Psychadellic" ones

fishytime · #19 12-24-2008, 01:06 AM

Now I know who you are here...mua ah ah

Glad to see that you made it back and got what you needed. The dartfish you were looking at are "scissor tail darts". Hope I see you at the store again. Happy Holidays.

Doug

Rbacchiega · #20 12-24-2008, 02:35 AM

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Originally Posted by fishytime

Now I know who you are here...mua ah ah

Glad to see that you made it back and got what you needed. The dartfish you were looking at are "scissor tail darts". Hope I see you at the store again. Happy Holidays.

Doug

yes, but you still don't know where I live...so taking a look at the "pool" in the quanset won't be an option

Keeping saltwater fish is a breeze compaired to this whole intricate reef jargon. The big tank is simple, because it's simple corals....

atta spoil my cover...jeeze