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Well it looks like it's finally going to happen. My old system is going to be stripped down and removed and replaced with the tank below.
It will be run as a mainly fish system but will have a few of the more noxious soft corals until I can get used to not having a reef system. The beauty of this tank is that it can easily be used for both depending on what my final outcome will be. Basically due to running my own business I'm finding it harder to maintain a full reef as good as I'd like to. Fish and some hardy soft corals will withstand a minor spike in nutrients and nitrates without any disasters.
As the tank starts to take shape and progress I'll keep adding posts to keep you informed. I hope you will all enjoy the read as much as my last tanks pages.
Aqua-medic Anthias 120
The following link will direct you to Aqua-medics own site with the full specifications of the tank
http://www.aqua-medic.de/seawater/en/7/Anthias/
The filtration system that comes with the tank is the riff 500. Although not a bad system, it needs a little help along the way to be more efficient. I either plan on altering the sump setup or running another more powerful skimmer alongside the existing one to cope with the large fish bioload.
The following link will direct you to Aqua-medics own site with the full specifications of the riff 500 filtration system
http://www.aqua-medic.de/seawater/en/10/Riff%20500/
The enclosed sump and pipework, it has twin sliding doors on the front and a removable lid for full access.
The sump ready to fit and the tank/cabinet in place. The tank is actually on a metal stand inside the cabinet with the feet sticking through the base. The feet have levelling screws to adjust the tank.
The sump installed and plumbed in
Water in and light installed with the Tunze stream fitted to a magnet holder on the right hand side. I have kept the bactoballs in place ( right hand side ) with eventually converting to a mainly fish based sytem. The light is mounted onto acrylic stands, this eliminates the need for hanging wires. The light unit is a twin 150watt ocean light.
Aquascaping, left open with plenty of room all around to enable the fish to swim the full length of the tank. I wasn't planning on putting that many corals in the tank but when they're stuck to 35kgs of living rock, I didn't have much choice. I have placed the remaining 12kgs of rock into the sump with a 't' piece from the return pump flowing over it.
All corals and fish in their new home. When everything settles down and the corals open in full I'll add a few more pictures.
The current fish stock list:
Blue ring angel (juv.)
Blue throat trigger
Pink tail trigger
Regal tang
Paletail unicorn tang
Magnificent rabbitfish
Lipstick tang
Lemonpeel angel
Maroon clownfish
Cleaner wrasse
Convict blenny
The following link will direct you to Aqua-medics own site with the full specifications of the tank
http://www.aqua-medic.de/seawater/en/7/Anthias/
The filtration system that comes with the tank is the riff 500. Although not a bad system, it needs a little help along the way to be more efficient. I either plan on altering the sump setup or running another more powerful skimmer alongside the existing one to cope with the large fish bioload.
The following link will direct you to Aqua-medics own site with the full specifications of the riff 500 filtration system
http://www.aqua-medic.de/seawater/en/10/Riff%20500/
The enclosed sump and pipework, it has twin sliding doors on the front and a removable lid for full access.
The sump ready to fit and the tank/cabinet in place. The tank is actually on a metal stand inside the cabinet with the feet sticking through the base. The feet have levelling screws to adjust the tank.
The sump installed and plumbed in
Water in and light installed with the Tunze stream fitted to a magnet holder on the right hand side. I have kept the bactoballs in place ( right hand side ) with eventually converting to a mainly fish based sytem. The light is mounted onto acrylic stands, this eliminates the need for hanging wires. The light unit is a twin 150watt ocean light.
Aquascaping, left open with plenty of room all around to enable the fish to swim the full length of the tank. I wasn't planning on putting that many corals in the tank but when they're stuck to 35kgs of living rock, I didn't have much choice. I have placed the remaining 12kgs of rock into the sump with a 't' piece from the return pump flowing over it.
All corals and fish in their new home. When everything settles down and the corals open in full I'll add a few more pictures.
The current fish stock list:Blue ring angel (juv.)
Blue throat trigger
Pink tail trigger
Regal tang
Paletail unicorn tang
Magnificent rabbitfish
Lipstick tang
Lemonpeel angel
Maroon clownfish
Cleaner wrasse
Convict blenny
posted by Dave @ 7:15 pm
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