barbianj's stuff Time for a new reef tank

You have a lot of great stuff.
Those pics came out great too.

 

Hey, a Trini! Music capitol of the world!

The camera is a Canon D10, but most of the pictures were not taken under water.

 

great set ups you have Barbianj

some excellent looking fish IMO
I still cant find the Seahorse ?

Steve

 

Pic #7. It has perfect camo for the area its in haha.

 

Yeah soca FTW. Did you live here before?
Cool camera, the pics look great.

 

Naw, part-time vacationer. Been to St. Kitts during Carnival. The kids gave up all of their Xmas presents to go. Also visited Nevis, Anguilla, Antigua. First went to St. Kitts the year before Hugo.

 

any pics of the sump setup? i'm a plumbing fanatic, maybe becuase i dont have a sump yet?!?!

 

Dart with big honkin 2" ball valve. All return pipes are 1 1/2".




90 gallon with a layer of scrubbie material for extra bacteria/filtering. Water flows into the bottom of the tank, through the material, then flows through a coast to coast style PVC overflow, then into a 200 micron filter sock, then into a 100 gallon Rubbermaid. The top section is for growing chaeto, it's nearly half full now. The Rubbermaid houses the heaters, skimmer, and ATO.

It's plumbed so that I can divert the flow from the 90 directly into the 100 without turning the main pump off, then the 90 can be emptied and cleaned for a water change. 50 gallons comes from the reef tank, then 40 fresh mixed.

It took a lot of work and trial and error, but it cuts down on my maintenance time, and works really well for the big bioload that I have.

 

sweet!!!! k+

 

When I was going through my photos, I didn't see it, either. I couldn't figure out why I took a picture of a rock. lol!