Finaly the tank is back up and running again! Some pics just for the hell of..................

[paintman27]

Did a full Covid19 cook back in spring of 2020 for 3 months with a total blackout. Used Marco rock and seeded it with Micro Bacter and 10 pounds of GARF Grunge. Started stocking tank in August. Everything seems to be going good as RBTA split Monday night.

 

[diana a]

Wowza!!! Nice setup. How many gallons is that? What is GARF grunge?

 

[reefsandrotts]

Looks great
Love grunge.... Full of sugar and sprice and everything nice...

 

[reefsandrotts]

Wowza!!! Nice setup. How many gallons is that? What is GARF grunge?

GARF.ORG - The reef aquarium place

We teach coral farming online so that we can help save the coral reefs from over collection. Learn to grow coral. As people see reef aquariums they will become interested in saving the coral reefs

www.garf.org

 

[Mark_C]

Wow! Fantastic!

 

[paintman27]

Wowza!!! Nice setup. How many gallons is that? What is GARF grunge?

Sorry, Tank is 96x22x20 deep I think that comes out to 198 gallons? Tank was made by Coast to Coast in Lakewood NJ.

 

[amado]

I really like this setup. 96 long is a good size

 

[john90009]

Plan on having it a mixed reef or mainly lps and softies?

 

[paintman27]

Mostly softies

 

[myrjon]

Very nice tank .like the area behind tank.

 

[amado]

You need a build thread. This should be documented in a tale of the tank

 

[Jamie S]

Wow that’s an awesome setup!

 

[paintman27]

You need a build thread. This should be documented in a tale of the tank

There is an original build thread from when I first set up the tank back in 2009. Unfortunately photosucket killed all the pics. But for your reading pleasure................

whats the paintman been up to???????????

Figure 16 bulbs a year times roughly 20 bucks you are at 320 a year in bulb replacement plus 1540 for the initial cost. You could probably buy leds at this point for that price and not have to worry about bulb replacement. I still love T5s and have the dimmable sunpower for my frag tank, so I...

www.njreefers.org

 

[deepblue68]

Wow that is awesome setup!!

 

[amado]

There is an original build thread from when I first set up the tank back in 2009. Unfortunately photosucket killed all the pics. But for your reading pleasure................

whats the paintman been up to???????????

Figure 16 bulbs a year times roughly 20 bucks you are at 320 a year in bulb replacement plus 1540 for the initial cost. You could probably buy leds at this point for that price and not have to worry about bulb replacement. I still love T5s and have the dimmable sunpower for my frag tank, so I...

www.njreefers.org

I am alway interest on how people tank build goes. The decisions we all make and how we get to the end product always amazes me.

 

[DangerDave]

Great set up, looks like fun! I used c2c on my current display, perfect work.

 

[paintman27]

I am alway interest on how people tank build goes. The decisions we all make and how we get to the end product always amazes me.

The lighting is a hybrid of T5's and Kessill a360's diy rack using esto connectors.

 

[mnat]

Rockwork looks amazing, well done.