Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Bubble King has finally broken in and is skimming like crazy!!! I am very excited...still need to try to make it home before 9pm to snap some pics...its been crazy at work

Monday, June 9, 2008

So I switched my Deltec Ap701 to a Bubble King Deluxe 200...the skimmer is much quieter but the performance is yet to be determined....Zeo had given me a lot of growth, however, the corals are getting much paler :( still need to find time to snap a couple of shots...

Monday, May 19, 2008


The tank was made by SoCal Creations. Its dimensions are 36x24x22, which allows me to run 1 halide over the entire tank. It is half inch Spartec acrylic with a 1 inch eurobracing to prevent any bowing later down the line. Many changes were made during the year including lights filtration rock-work etc. My tank crashed in December '07 due to a sump leak combined with a long power outage, which was very sad and frustrating. I had to completely start over. I love working on the tank, which make it seem like I always have a bunch of equipment around.

I am currently running:

Lights:
1 - 250 Watt 12kReeflux Bulb in a Large Lumen Bright Reflector
4 - 24" 75 watt VHO UVL Super Actinic Bulbs
All driven by an Sfiligoi ACLS250 and an Icecap 660

Water Flow:
Tunze 6100
Tunze 6101 w/ battery backup
Maxi-jet with sure flow mod
Return - Eheim 1260 w/ 3/4" Sea Swirl

Filtration:
Over 70 lbs. of live rock - Barebottom
Deltec 701 Skimmer
Schuran Jetstream 1
Zeo Reactor - Silver Series 3L
ZeoCarbon

Top off:
PM Kalk - Ran with Aquamedic single doser
Spectra Pure ultra precise level control
Spectra Pure Max Cap 90 GPD

Controller:
Neptune System Aquacontroller 3

Other:
Homemade Stand and Canopy

I will be starting to run a full out ZEO tank today with some hesitation.