Nuch's 110 and 30 fuge/mantis shrimp build

[nuch]

love this favia

 

[nuch]

trying to upload video. old one though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_45ltPJHLE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[nuch]

mantis vs clam


put this clam in and he went right after it. Im trying to upload of a video of it smashing it.

 

[nuch]

been awhile

I added some frags and corals since my last update. No fish though, I have been itching for a couple wrasses and tangs. I'll get a couple corals pics as soon as I know this pic (below) came out. I've been flirting with the idea of adding this tank to the mix. Set it up next to the 110, plumb it in to the existing sump and equipment. Might just need a bigger return pump or just add another pump in the sump for this.

 

[nuch]

Mantis tank

A much needed trim of the mantis tank

 

[nuch]

some corals



I love how the gsp is growing up the overflow

 

[TommyP]

Looks awesome!

 

[nuch]

New mixing station, and frag tank. Just gotta plumb everything up.

 

[lnevo]

Much better use of space!

 

[nuch]

Yea, those 2 65's took up a ton of space. I used them cause I had em laying around.

 

[jpellica]

U are worse than never.LOL

 

[jadakiss]

Just read the whole log, really nice setup. Lookin forward to seein a full display shot

 

[nuch]

some plumbing

So I got a few minutes today to work on the new addition. I got the mixing station all plumbed up now I just gotta get the tank going.

 

[lnevo]

I'm assuming mixing on left ro/di on right. How do you get the ro/di to mixing bin?

 

[nuch]

Yes salt mixing on the left. I was gonna put a pump in the rodi to the salt bucket, but I have separate valves in each bucket so if I need more rodi in the salt bucket I just shut the valve in the top off bucket and open the valve in the salt bucket.

 

[lnevo]

Oh ok. I follow now. Ro/Di is plumbed to both bins. Cool. So you can top them both at same time.

 

[STHILL]

Lookin good ...

 

[nuch]

Oh ok. I follow now. Ro/Di is plumbed to both bins. Cool. So you can top them both at same time.

Yes I just like the idea of having fresh ro water in both containers. That's the reason why I dumped the 65 gallon tanks. The where so big I would have water in there for like 3-4 weeks before I need to fill agian. I dont think its bad to have water that long it's just me.

 

[lnevo]

Yeah my brutes work perfectly in that regard. 32g one for RO/DI lets me fill the 20g SW one and have 2 fills of my top off container plus a little extra for misc. Top off every 5-6 days and WC once a week and I pretty much go through the same cycle every week. When I'm done with my WC I start a new batch of SW, and turn the RO/DI back on to refill the fresh side. So I always have fresh and salt water ready to go in an emergency.

 

[Lee]

I just read through this entire thread. I'm sooo jealous. I live in an apartment in the city. So your setup with the separate sump room is literally a dream of mine. I have thought to myself that if I ever moved out to the burbs, and had the space, I would do exactly what you put together (including the display fuge w/mantis shrimp). Nice job!!! Best of luck with it.