Recent content by allenjj

180 For sale I have a 180 that is 6' x 24" x 24" with wood stand and wood canopy if your interested.

Beast Updates Sorry I havent posted in a while, so thought I would make up for it by posting some pics of the BEAST II. These were taken as my lighting was cycling down for sundown, hence the blue. Will get some this weekend and updated under day lighting conditions.

Anticipation Just finished going thru your last build thread again and so I cant wait to see this build.

Great Tank Its looking really great. Just finished going through your build thread again and can only hope mine grows into a display as nice as yours.

The skimmers are about 4 feet tall each.

More pics A few more pics. I promise next time i will set the ecotech lighting to get a better picture quality.

New Pics I really have to practice my skills at getting good quality pics of the tank and its inhabitants. That said, here are a few of the current build out.

Sump You will like having the 75 gallon sump for lots of reasons so glad that worked out.

Glass All glass? Guess I assumed from the size it might be all acrylic. Now the excitement and desire to get it done accelerate with the tank sitting there.

Skimmer Here are a couple of pics of the skimmer in action. Sorry for the lighting as I have the one light directly overhead creating some glare. Its on my list to move for several reasons but just not gotten around to it yet.

Perfect Hobby for a Renaissance Person I really agree with you Paul, as for me the hobby always has something to keep my interest and attention (which can be quite short). One day I can focus on hardware and be an electrician, plumber or carpenter. Another I can focus on water and be a...

Skimmer Im using an down-draft MTC skimmer that is now quite old, but works like a champ for such a large tank. It has two 6 inch tubes that are 40 inches tall with skimmate collection cups at the top. It uses an Ikawai pump for circulation and air injection. The only problem I ever have...

Tank resolutions Upgraded my reactors to larger size and now working on selecting some unique and interesting corals to grow out.

It sounds like your going to break down the 220 and move everything while your setting up the new tank. I did this when I moved from my 180 to the 450 as I used my 125 for the fish, and a large rubbermaid trough for the rock and corals. Even doing that, I spent and entire weekend on the move...

Most of the rock is recycled from the earlier version of this tank and its predecessors. Probably a lot from Florida and Figi as I recall. All cooked now several times and seeded with live Florida rock. I have the sump filled with rock for biological filtration in addition to the rock in the...