180 gallon set up

[erikharrison]

Man, that setup looks really great!!! If you don't have a CA reactor, you should ask Ace (aka hobogato) ^^ up there.

Ohhhh, yeahhhhhh,
WELCOME TO MAAST!

[razermouse]

I don't have a CA reactor yet. From what I've been reading, I think I'd prefer to run a reactor than dose Kalwasser.

... and thanks!

[clone]

any updates?

[RayAllen]

Nice find! very interesting sump setup. Ive never seen that before. Where does the skimmer go?

[razermouse]

I'm interviewing for a job in Houston next Friday. I've bought 300 gallons of Marine Environment salt but I'm waiting to see if I get an offer or not before I doing anything else.

In my 28 gallon, I've got 30 pounds of Tampa Bay live sand 60 pounds of live rock. Fantastic stuff... I had almost no cycle and I love the look. There was very little die off and there were some really nice hitch hikers (including an unidentified almost transparent and black striped fish). There's been a bunch of bad ones too like the mantis and tons of crabs. However, I believe the mantis has taken care of the crab issue. I will take care of the mantis when I tear down the 28. He might go in either my refugium or my 6 gallon.

The skimmer is fed with its own external pump. You can see it to the right of the pumps. I'm going to go buy a new battery for the camera in a little while today and I'll update with some better pictures.

[razermouse]

Ray,

It looks like you may live close to me. We are at 281 and Evans. If you're interested in seeing the set up in person, PM me and you can come by.

[clone]

im perty intrested in seeing your set up.ive been in the hobby for 3 years naw and for some reason i really like your set up.i cant get over it

[razermouse]

RO/DI water top off tank:



Sensor and probe mounts:



Closer shot of the pump and skimmer plumbing:



Corner overflow:



Refugium water return:



Skimmer:

[razermouse]

I don't know why the pictures won't display in the post. I used the img tags...

[LoneStar]

....you just needed to drop the ?v=0 at the end of the picture url

Nice setup btw!