Postal's 40 Breeder / 25 Cube / 40 Breeder build - Reef-Geeks

postal · Reef-Geek

Okay, I showed some of these pics when I joined the site last year, but I never posted the finished product. So here goes...

postal · Reef-Geek

And eventually it turned into this...

postal · Reef-Geek

The two 40 breeders are lit by t5's and the middle tank only has a couple of Panorama stunner strips on it, since the NPS corals don't need any light.
The tanks are drain into 40 long sump with a iTech 200 skimmer in it. A Snapper pump send water back to all three tanks. I have a Vortech MP10 on each of the outside tanks and no additional flow in the cube.

rgrking · Spawning

wow that looks absolutely amazing!!! Great job on the stand!!!!!!!!!!!

Do you have any close ups of the tanks?

estanoche · I <3 the LEFT COAST!

Yeah!! Details on the livestock and closeups of each would be awesome!! Was it hard plumbing overflows and returns for 3 separate tanks off of one pump??

postal · Reef-Geek

Here are a few pics for now...

postal · Reef-Geek

rgrking · Spawning

very cool. nice pics too!

postal · Reef-Geek

And these two little guys are Goldflake GSM's that my wife just bought me for my birthday. They quickly paired up and found a nice home in my malu anemone.

estanoche · I <3 the LEFT COAST!

you pic all the hard stuff dont ya postal?? hehe

man, everything looks great!! Makes me miss my old red flower anemone - he was super cool.....

chris&barb · Lost

Sweet!! Love how it turned out. So what do you have for filtration?

postal · Reef-Geek

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Originally Posted by estanoche

you pic all the hard stuff dont ya postal?? hehe

man, everything looks great!! Makes me miss my old red flower anemone - he was super cool.....

Yeah, SPS never attracted me, but I get enough challenge just with the livestock I choose. The more unique and unusual, the more I like it.

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Originally Posted by chris&barb

Sweet!! Love how it turned out. So what do you have for filtration?

Thanks.
I keep it simple. Just a sump with a good skimmer and carbon in a reactor. I don't use a refugium since one of the tanks is full of macro and critters.

Barbara · Geekette

OMG!!!!!!!!

absolutely AWESOME !!!!!!!! are you planning on adding anything to any of them or are you happy where they are now?

postal · Reef-Geek

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Originally Posted by Barbara

OMG!!!!!!!!

absolutely AWESOME !!!!!!!! are you planning on adding anything to any of them or are you happy where they are now?

I am sure I will keep adding zoas/palys and some more LPS, but I am pretty set as far as fish go. I might add one or two small fish to the LPS tank, but that is about it.

I did just pick up a nice Solomon Island Onyx percula that will hopefully take a liking to my malu anemone. I moved the GSM's over to the tank with the haddoni carpet since they will quickly outgrow the malu.

Picked up this sun coral as well...

installman · Newbie-Geek

Nice looking tanks and great job on the stand/ canopies looks like you have plenty of room under there to hide "reef stuff" with only 1 sump under there.

[1 (permalink)] Posted by postal 10-23-2011, 08:45 AM	Reef-Geek
Postal's 40 Breeder / 25 Cube / 40 Breeder build Okay, I showed some of these pics when I joined the site last year, but I never posted the finished product. So here goes...	Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Wesley Chapel, FL Posts: 117 Gameroom cash: $32283 Rep Power: 20
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[4 (permalink)] Posted by rgrking 10-23-2011, 09:53 AM	Spawning
wow that looks absolutely amazing!!! Great job on the stand!!!!!!!!!!! Do you have any close ups of the tanks? __________________ RLTW 180 Gallon Mixed Reef Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" Isaiah 6:8 Friend me up on Facebook Glen King	Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Sullivan, Missouri, USA Posts: 10,000 Gameroom cash: $1656070 Rep Power: 164
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[5 (permalink)] Posted by estanoche 10-23-2011, 01:49 PM	I <3 the LEFT COAST!
Yeah!! Details on the livestock and closeups of each would be awesome!! Was it hard plumbing overflows and returns for 3 separate tanks off of one pump?? __________________ SAY NO TO FISH STICKS!! Put screened and vented lids on your tanks! My 80 Gal. Reef Tank Build: So this is where all my money goes My 25 Gal. QT/Angler Cube: A place for my money to QT/grow out Member/VP of Spokane Coeur d Alene Reef Society Friend me up on FB too!	Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 3,799 Gameroom cash: $1235065 Rep Power: 116
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[7 (permalink)] Posted by postal 10-23-2011, 06:46 PM	Reef-Geek
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[8 (permalink)] Posted by rgrking 10-23-2011, 06:48 PM	Spawning
very cool. nice pics too! __________________ RLTW 180 Gallon Mixed Reef Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" Isaiah 6:8 Friend me up on Facebook Glen King	Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Sullivan, Missouri, USA Posts: 10,000 Gameroom cash: $1656070 Rep Power: 164
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[2 (permalink)] Posted by postal 10-23-2011, 08:47 AM	Reef-Geek
And eventually it turned into this...	Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Wesley Chapel, FL Posts: 117 Gameroom cash: $32283 Rep Power: 20
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[3 (permalink)] Posted by postal 10-23-2011, 08:50 AM	Reef-Geek
The two 40 breeders are lit by t5's and the middle tank only has a couple of Panorama stunner strips on it, since the NPS corals don't need any light. The tanks are drain into 40 long sump with a iTech 200 skimmer in it. A Snapper pump send water back to all three tanks. I have a Vortech MP10 on each of the outside tanks and no additional flow in the cube.	Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Wesley Chapel, FL Posts: 117 Gameroom cash: $32283 Rep Power: 20
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[6 (permalink)] Posted by postal 10-23-2011, 06:44 PM	Reef-Geek
Here are a few pics for now...	Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Wesley Chapel, FL Posts: 117 Gameroom cash: $32283 Rep Power: 20
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[9 (permalink)] Posted by postal 10-23-2011, 06:48 PM	Reef-Geek
And these two little guys are Goldflake GSM's that my wife just bought me for my birthday. They quickly paired up and found a nice home in my malu anemone.	Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Wesley Chapel, FL Posts: 117 Gameroom cash: $32283 Rep Power: 20
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[10 (permalink)] Posted by estanoche 10-23-2011, 08:22 PM	I <3 the LEFT COAST!
you pic all the hard stuff dont ya postal?? hehe man, everything looks great!! Makes me miss my old red flower anemone - he was super cool..... __________________ SAY NO TO FISH STICKS!! Put screened and vented lids on your tanks! My 80 Gal. Reef Tank Build: So this is where all my money goes My 25 Gal. QT/Angler Cube: A place for my money to QT/grow out Member/VP of Spokane Coeur d Alene Reef Society Friend me up on FB too!	Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 3,799 Gameroom cash: $1235065 Rep Power: 116
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[11 (permalink)] Posted by chris&barb 10-24-2011, 01:12 PM	Lost
Sweet!! Love how it turned out. So what do you have for filtration?	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: De Posts: 12,272 Gameroom cash: $3501040 Rep Power: 100
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[13 (permalink)] Posted by Barbara 11-15-2011, 11:52 AM	Geekette
OMG!!!!!!!! absolutely AWESOME !!!!!!!! are you planning on adding anything to any of them or are you happy where they are now? __________________	Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 11,856 Gameroom cash: $4013819 Rep Power: 100
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[15 (permalink)] Posted by installman 11-19-2011, 10:34 PM	Newbie-Geek
Nice looking tanks and great job on the stand/ canopies looks like you have plenty of room under there to hide "reef stuff" with only 1 sump under there. __________________ The only things that happen fast in a reef tank are bad things.	Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Tampa,Fl Posts: 47 Gameroom cash: $12650 Rep Power: 2
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