Tale of the Tank - 215 Gallon In-Wall

[Patriot76]

Dan- More pics!!!!!

 

[ricwilli]

I was at Dans place the other day and his setup up is BEAUTIFUL. He really put alot of thought into it to make it a clean setup. Hey Dan, what about pics of the sump room an that nice skimmer of yours.

 

[danthemanj]

OK folks, here are some updated pics:

and here is a picture of my latest frag. Her name is Naira and she is 7 weeks old:

 

[malulu]

the last one is Priceless!

 

[Phyl]

7 weeks already?! Oh my goodness! How precious! Congratulations on the beautiful little girl!

 

[momof6kids]

Dan the tank looks great and Naira is beautiful. Enjoy every moment.

Did the anemone find a home yet?

 

[danthemanj]

The last couple of days, the RBTA has settled in a spot which is on the back side of the rocks and is not visible from the front or side. Hopefully it will move again to a better spot in the tank.

 

[malulu]

it doesn't like strong current...
may be set a small power head to blow at it to force it to move?? and hopefully not stinging your SPS...

The last couple of days, the RBTA has settled in a spot which is on the back side of the rocks and is not visible from the front or side. Hopefully it will move again to a better spot in the tank.

 

[danthemanj]

The RBTA has moved again and this time has settled just off-center of the tank and isn't touching any coral. It doesn't have too much flow there and I'm feeding it in this position. It has been there for about 4 days now so hopefully it will stay put. Will post pics soon.

 

[tbone212371]

on the two top returns...
What are the new tips or ends on them??
Are the enductors?? How every you spell it!
are reducers??
Beautiful tank by the way!
Wanna see pics of the sump fuge room!!!!

 

[danthemanj]

Yes those are 1" penductors. I have about about 2000 GPH flowing into the 2 of them and if they even tripled the water volume (they are supposed to increase the volume by about 5x), I have about 6000 GPH flowing through them, in addition to the 5000+ GPH from the closed loop. I'm also looking at adding 2 vortechs to the tank to take the total water movement to about 17000 GPH.

 

[tbone212371]

Wow thats a lot of flow!
Where did you purchase them?
Or did you make them yourself?

 

[ricwilli]

Yes those are 1" penductors. I have about about 2000 GPH flowing into the 2 of them and if they even tripled the water volume (they are supposed to increase the volume by about 5x), I have about 6000 GPH flowing through them, in addition to the 5000+ GPH from the closed loop. I'm also looking at adding 2 vortechs to the tank to take the total water movement to about 17000 GPH.

That sure is allot of flow. I wounder how much flow can a tank witstand before it .......... (don't really want to say it)?

 

[danthemanj]

Wow thats a lot of flow!
Where did you purchase them?
Or did you make them yourself?

I purchased the Penductors from Champion Lighting in PA. The important thing with penductors is to have a decent amount of flow going through them for them to really work effectively.

 

[tbone212371]

I researched the pricing on them and did a lot of research on eductors!
So I'm in the process of making my own!
They are very cheap to make about 3- 5 bucks each and only takes about 15 min. each to make! Versus the market value of commercial ones!!
Tank looks great though!!!

 

[drandrew31]

Hey Dan, How's the tank? I think we are overdue for an update!

 

[danthemanj]

Here are a few quick pics. I will post detailed pictures in a few days. I'm looking at adding additional lighting (Actinics) and increasing the flow (Vortecs) and of course adding more livestock. NJRC frag swap, watch out

 

[RichT]

Very nice Dan!

 

[Patriot76]

tank looks great dan! i must admit i am quite jealous

 

[autoponicz]

tank looks great.....!the lighting is nice....i like the color