I barely make it in here with my 140. Anywho, here are some pics of it.

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x4/glxtrix/IMG_1663.jpg

older pic of the sump, but its all I have for right now.

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x4/glxtrix/140finished6.jpg

Thanks for being an early adopter!

Oh yeah, nice tank! Love the BTAs on the side.

What size tank is that sump?

thanks...Here is another pic of the nems. And the sump is a 55g.

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x4/glxtrix/IMG_1671.jpg

Sweet setup bro! Man that's a tight Nem in the corner. LOL

Yeah I love it when BTA actually hold bubbles!! Sweet tank !!

Nice tank! Just needs sand! :tongue2:

sand is for people who like watching their tank slowly die ;) You and I could go back and forth about this all day :) Now I'm waiting for Jeremy to jump in on this too, lol.

I am actually a little disappointed that Chris beat me to the punch. If I hold up a piece of cardboard so I cant see the bottom it looks AWESOME.

If I hold a piece of cardboard so I cant see the top, it looks like an live rock cycling tank. Yeeck!

Now, lets have some specs. IE_ what bulbs, ballasts, reflectors, skimmer, calcium and alk supplementation, etc.

That is gorgeous. BTW, when you are ready to part with a RBTA put me at the top of that list.

lol, nobody will give me as much crap a you do :) Alright tank is as follows.

140BB with 55g sump.
3xLumenBright reflectors with 3x175W Iwasaki 15K ran by 3 ARO ballasts.
2x110W URI VHO Actinics ran off an ARO ballast.
Custom made stand and flip top canopy.
Currently I dose with my own mixtures of a two part and use Kalk in my DIY reactor. Shortly I hope to have a calcium reactor.
Skimmer is an Octopus NW150. Recirculated, venturi drilled and gate valve mode down by myself. This skimmer will be switched out for an Octopus NW200 with the same mods this weekend.
Salinity - 1.026
pH - ?
CA - 450
ALK - 14 dkh
Mg - 1800
Circulation is 2xTunze 6000's on a 7095 controller and the return pump which is a MAG9.5.......tho possibly going to down size that.

Ummmm, thats about all I know. Any questions feel free to ask.

sand is for people who like watching their tank slowly die ;) You and I could go back and forth about this all day :) Now I'm waiting for Jeremy to jump in on this too, lol.


I think you've misquoted. It should say "Sand is for people who like watching their tank PERIOD".

Bare bottom is for people who dont have enough faith in their skill and ability to manage an aquarium like every reasonable aquarist has done for the past 50 years.

lol Cameron, you'll be on the list but not at the top.....seriously there have prolly been a good 50 people asking for it. Eventually I'll sell a split, but they arent going to be cheap. I've had this bad boy for 3 years now and its never shown a bad day in its life.

lol, nobody will give me as much crap a you do :) Alright tank is as follows.

140BB with 55g sump.
3xLumenBright reflectors with 3x175W Iwasaki 15K ran by 3 ARO ballasts.
2x110W URI VHO Actinics ran off an ARO ballast.
Custom made stand and flip top canopy.
Currently I dose with my own mixtures of a two part and use Kalk in my DIY reactor. Shortly I hope to have a calcium reactor.
Skimmer is an Octopus NW150. Recirculated, venturi drilled and gate valve mode down by myself. This skimmer will be switched out for an Octopus NW200 with the same mods this weekend.
Salinity - 1.026
pH - ?
CA - 450
ALK - 14 dkh
Mg - 1800
Circulation is 2xTunze 6000's on a 7095 controller and the return pump which is a MAG9.5.......tho possibly going to down size that.

Ummmm, thats about all I know. Any questions feel free to ask.

tight

Bare bottom is for people who dont have enough faith in their skill and ability to manage an aquarium like every reasonable aquarist has done for the past 50 years.

Hmmm i thought it was the other way around.....I know people who cant keep the lifestyle of a BB because they end up killing everything. Sad how you people must rely on sand to make your tank work....when eventually you get lazy enough and it crashes on you.....tisk tisk.

Hmmm i thought it was the other way around.....I know people who cant keep the lifestyle of a BB because they end up killing everything. Sad how you people must rely on sand to make your tank work....when eventually you get lazy enough and it crashes on you.....tisk tisk.

Thats just what they tell you because they hate the way it looks.;)

In honesty, the most of the people I have heard of going from DSB to BB have done so because they were "nervous" about the DSB becoming a detritus trap, which to me is laziness. DSB crashes occur after extensive neglect, or catasrophic event and neglect (ie-power outrage with no back up plan). I havent really heard of many people not being ABLE to keep a BB tank, just not WANTING to keep a BB tank. But then again, I dont pay much attention to that debate.

That being said, all BSing aside, you tank is tight. No ifs, and, or BButs. Sorry, I had to sneakl that in.:thumbs:

.That being said, all BSing aside, you tank is tight. No ifs, and, or BButs. Sorry, I had to sneakl that in.:thumbs:

*cough, cough - feb totm, cough cough* lol.

Thanks man i apprecaite it....and our lil quarrels are awesome. I'm trying to think the last time we talked and didnt bs about BB vs SB, lol. Ahhh thats what makes this hobby so F'in fun!

Hmmm i thought it was the other way around.....I know people who cant keep the lifestyle of a BB because they end up killing everything. Sad how you people must rely on sand to make your tank work....when eventually you get lazy enough and it crashes on you.....tisk tisk.

I don't rely on sand to make my tank work - I rely on it to make it look like the ocean... which is, after all, what we do this for... :)

Regarding the Feb TOTM.... they made the tank of the month despite the fact they had sand - just think of how awesome it'd be if they added sand! :)

lol Cameron, you'll be on the list but not at the top.....seriously there have prolly been a good 50 people asking for it. Eventually I'll sell a split, but they arent going to be cheap. I've had this bad boy for 3 years now and its never shown a bad day in its life.Well given the supply lately I will probably still be waiting by the time you get to me.

yeah seems like noone can get them. I've had people offer to pay extra if I were to cut it so they could have a piece. Crazy people.

Hmmm Mike and Sal just got 5 RBTA's in their shop. Give them a call if you want one sooner Cameron.


Lee, the tank is looking good. I thought if you had no sand that means you can scrape the algae around the corners and the bottom easier :) Doesnt show in the pics. J/K

you would think that. Dang mag float cant get at that stuff hard enough. I have a bs scraper that takes it off but I've been too busy to care.

Lee, how are those purple cold cathode lights? Got any pics?

Just got them in yesterday. Haven't hooked them up yet....what exactly do I need to get those going?

Alright I hooked them up to my computers PS and here they are. Not too sure what they are going to do on my tank....if anything. But they seem pretty bright. Maybe this weekend I'll do a little modding.

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x4/glxtrix/coldCathodes006.jpg

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x4/glxtrix/coldCathodes007.jpg

Neat.

Very cool.

nerd. I know what you are using these for.

Yeeaahhh cuz I'm such the big starwars guy......:boo:

Let's see some updates!

OOH...Melev- Faux pas. Lee has "changed" his tank a little.

Then this thread really needs an update. Last I saw was what we featured in the magazine last year.

read it and weep.

http://www.atlantareefclub.org/forums/showthread.php?t=21148&highlight=coral+sale

It looks to me like that tank needs a good cleaning and a bunch of ARC-donated SPS frags.

What's the reason for the huge change? I didn't see that in the thread you linked.

It looks to me like that tank needs a good cleaning and a bunch of ARC-donated SPS frags.

What's the reason for the huge change? I didn't see that in the thread you linked.

http://www.atlantareefclub.org/forums/showthread.php?t=19488

Okay. All caught up. So where did Lee end up going?

He's still around as far as I know. He organized a little group buy a couple of weeks ago.

Okay. All caught up. So where did Lee end up going?He's still here.

Then perhaps he'll appear in this thread soon.

Let's see if we can stir him up:

"Bare bottom tanks suck, much like their owners."

:D LOL

Let's see if we can stir him up:

"Bare bottom tanks suck, much like their owners."

:D LOLThat will get a rise :D

Man I typed this long thing in here lastnight and it looks like it didn't post.....weak! Oh well, guess I'll do it again when I get home. In short though, I'm still here, just not too certain about my future.

BB = dookie

BB = Boo!!!

Yes I know I don't have my tank set-up. But I have sand in my 30.

Yeah you can't say anything.

Steve, you suck. Your 180 is barebottom, as well as bare saltwater anyways. A 180 gallon air container.

Boo Steve.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! We laugh at you!

I heart sand.

Ehhhh, luckily I have respect for you, so I wont say anything to you....now to Steve or anyone else....it's on!

I smell blood in the water....

Here ya go Mark, some updated pics of the tank. The first one is a month before I sold everything. And now as it is. Once I sold off most of my SPS I switched from my Iwasaki lamps to the Reeflux 12K...Didn't need all that PAR seeing as though I was going to go mostly softies. It's kinda sad seeing the before and after....but I guess these things happen.

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x4/glxtrix/FTS-1-1.jpg

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x4/glxtrix/140_2_12_09.jpg

Oh and here is a pic of a huge squammy I picked up from Mark (flyingarmy) Once I know where my path will take me, I'm definitely going to set up a clam dominant tank....tank god I have a bad arse reactor from MRC ;)

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x4/glxtrix/tankSquammy.jpg

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x4/glxtrix/squammyRuffles2.jpg

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x4/glxtrix/squammyLargeTop.jpg