my tank 90 gallon saltwater reef tank build

[troysdiiscus]

thanks...yes been planning for awhile to get the look I wanted and setup.

It's obviously a well thought out and planned setup. Looks great even empty.

[Second Hand Pat]

Nice build Troy. Should be plenty of current and I like that you can dial it back a little if you need to. It may take you a while to fill the tank but will be awesome when all together. There is a place in South Florida who maintain a nice collection of Florida zoos and ricordia if you are interested.

[joanstone]

I really like those lights. FYI, there's a new monitoring system that I've been reading about called Mindstream Aquarium Monitor. So far, I've read good things about it. I'm past my my reef days, but if I weren't it might be something I would have looked into.

[troysdiiscus]

Thanks Pat, Yeah I like the closed loop, keeps it clean and hidden and no back syphon. Of coarse I have check valve on return on the back. I have the live sand already, have a guy in Tarboro NC about 40 minutes that owns his own saltwater company. He actually helped ATM (the show Tanked) setup the episode in Raleigh NC called The Cow Fish restuarant, did a cow fish theme. He is coming Thursday with his truck to deliver the live rock and water. So I should have everything running then. He is bringing the same bacteria they used on Tanked to get it cycled. He is going to sell me everything wholesale, which helps alot. lol He has fish, corals, clean up crews, etc.... going to do LPS setup.

[Second Hand Pat]

You are one lucky dude getting everything wholesale...so pictures soon.

[troysdiiscus]

you got it...

You are one lucky dude getting everything wholesale...so pictures soon.

[troysdiiscus]

yeah I read an article on this and has not been proven to be effective. Great concept though would have thought that apex or RK would have intergrated something like that in there systems, and they maybe working on it. Interested to see how it works out...

I really like those lights. FYI, there's a new monitoring system that I've been reading about called Mindstream Aquarium Monitor. So far, I've read good things about it. I'm past my my reef days, but if I weren't it might be something I would have looked into.

[DiscusLoverJeff]

You are one lucky dude getting everything wholesale...so pictures soon.

+1 to that Pat.

Might have to see if he ships for me Troy. I need some Pumping Xenia corals.

[SMB2]

Are all the PVC pipes glued over the sump? Looks pretty rigid if you had to remove the sump tank for some emergent reason.
Love the lights. Looks like the start of a great reef. You could always dial back the out flow and add Discus







Sent from my reef tank.

[troysdiiscus]

thanks, the only thing that would get in the way of taking out the sump for any reason is the drains into the skimmer but that is a quick cut and fix. that is an incredible pick..

Are all the PVC pipes glued over the sump? Looks pretty rigid if you had to remove the sump tank for some emergent reason.
Love the lights. Looks like the start of a great reef. You could always dial back the out flow and add Discus







Sent from my reef tank.

[troysdiiscus]

haha, I know right, thats on my list Jeff along with some brain corals, meat corals, yellow elegance, green hammer, torches and rose bulb anemone and some mushrooms

+1 to that Pat.

Might have to see if he ships for me Troy. I need some Pumping Xenia corals.

[NAB]

I am far from a plumbing expert and I can't view the pics from work (Photobucket is blocked) but I would guess that a true union would take care of that.

[troysdiiscus]

Hey NAB yeah there are unions on all the 1 inch ball valves. There is also a union above the check valve above the sump so if I had to take out the sump, will not be an issue

I am far from a plumbing expert and I can't view the pics from work (Photobucket is blocked) but I would guess that a true union would take care of that.