[dylan]

this is my new tank which hopefully will be up and running by tomorrow night its 36x24 highx30 width after having a chat with ben a while ago i decided to go more cube like, ill be running it with 1 400w lumenarc with a 10,000k reflux bulb hopefully the new tmc blue's soon a titan 500 chillerand a schuran jetskim 150, it will be mainly for sps but with some lps mushrooms and zoo's

new cabinet



some of the new gear



the tank finally with an oak trim

[dave14]

Get that paint off the carpet

Looks to be a good setup Dylan, keep the pics coming

[dylan]

yeh me bloody roller fell of when i swap the tanks ive got some serious carpet scrubbing to do!!!!

[ben]

nice one dylan. almost identical size to mine. what are you using for flow?
is that cabinet suitable for a sump?

[dylan]

ben, on Feb 18 2008, 10:14 PM, said:

nice one dylan. almost identical size to mine. what are you using for flow?
is that cabinet suitable for a sump?

yes mate theres no center braceing in the cabinet im well happy with it quite a nice finish to it its like xmas i get to unrap this tomorrow just put it in there as i thought they got the length wrong im a bit annoyd they made the left hand side partition so wide but at least my schuran will fit in there nicely



my return will be an eheim, flow inside will be nano streams 2x 6045's and 2x6025's giving me 14,000 liters inside the tank what do ya reckon ben

[ben]

very nice m8. i like the cabinet a lot.

if it was me i would change the baffles in the sump for a dsb but if your not having one then its fine.

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[dylan]

mate cos the cabinet is so deep if i bring the sump to the front that gives me 12inchs of space behind the sump for a dsb i reckon i can fit a 25 liter water but in there what do you reckon??? that was my theory anyway

[ben]

yeh but wont you want space for other kit. i.e kalk stirrer, calcium reactor, water container for auto top up. personally i need all that in the cabinet. thats why i cant have a dsb bucket

[dylan]

yeh i see what you mean i havnt got any of those bits of kit at the moment but will to invest soon , so how u gunna get round it try it in the sump how u gunna keep it dark, with really thick cheato???

[SLAPPY]

Looks good Dylan. I like the finish on the cabinet.

I'm in the same boat as you and Ben, gonna have to sacrifice the DSB bucket to allow space for calcium reactor, kalk stirrer etc.
I might stick the DSB bucket outside and feed it back into the sump cabinet.

If you're gonna stick any additional stuff into your cabinet, I'd recommend a top up reservoir.

[ben]

dylan, on Feb 18 2008, 09:06 PM, said:

yeh i see what you mean i havnt got any of those bits of kit at the moment but will to invest soon , so how u gunna get round it try it in the sump how u gunna keep it dark, with really thick cheato???

it will just be a regular dsb with chaeto on top. it should end up about 16" long x about 6" deep. better than nothing and if i do it in sugarfine sand, and get some good life in there , it should do its thing.

[jonothetigger]

looking good dylan

[SLAPPY]

From what I've heard, Dylan couldn't get the cabinet through his front door and had to dismantle it to get it into the flat.

[ben]

i like the way he is off sick from work, at the same time the new tank arrived

[dylan]

ben, on Feb 19 2008, 04:56 PM, said:

i like the way he is off sick from work, at the same time the new tank arrived

ben thats very nasty the new tank arrived two weeks ago i should have u for slander lol!!!!!! ive been signed of by treliske hospital if louise is reeding this!!!!!!!!!!

[ben]

hope your hand gets better soon m8

[lindsay]

looking cool m8, try to use other hand when useing the roller for painting m8

[dylan]

tank transfer was bloody hard work but we got there in the end thanks to crabbit for his help few pics of how things are going

live rock ready to go in


corals ready for placement



start of the aquascaping not sure wether im gunna add anymore rock from the right hand side into the center also powerheads not in there final position





oops sorry about the reflection on the top right hand side of the glass i aint starting again lol !!!

[dylan]

lights on 400w reeflux 10,000k

[ben]

great scaping dylan. made me think twice about how i do mine