Formosa Forest II

[DarthOcellaris]

welcome to trt jasert39

Leo, Looking good as always sir!

[jasert39]

thanks, i have been a member for some time apparently, just getting around to posting, I love what you have going on here. Like I said I am going to be revamping my setup and I;m sure I will have some questions to ask...for now hoping leonardo checks out this thread.

[Leonardo's Reef]

Thanks Darth!

Jasert39; I have a RDSB in the sump, with some extra liverock.

Leonardo

[fish.freak]

I knew about the rock but not the RDSB.

[jasert39]

any chance you could throw up a picture of the RDSB? is it just part of your refugium?

[Leonardo's Reef]

You should look in the Formosa Forest thread. There's a picture there. I would like to keep this thread for my new project

Leonardo

[jasert39]

thanks will do. i wasnt sure if you were talking about that tank or this one.

[Leonardo's Reef]

Okay, time for the status of the project so far:

Equipment bought:

RE Bubble King Super Marine 250
Tunze wavebox
Tunze Multicontroller + 4x 6101 Stream
2 Tunze Nanostream 6025 (modded)
Grotech TEC III 3-channel dosing pump
Grotech single channel dosing pump
Schuran Jetstream 2 Calcium Reactor + 2 CO2 bottles
Schuran Kalkwasser Reactor
DIY GFO/GAC Reactor
Sicce Multi 5800 Return pump + one backup
3 Eheim return pumps to feed different reactors

Not bought yet:

3 Lumenarc Reflectors
3 Coralvue 400 Watt Ballasts
3 Coralvue ReefLux 400 Watt 10K SE-bulbs
2 ATI Powersafe 2x80 watt T5 Pendants
4 ATI Blue+ 80 Watt T5 Bulbs

And the tank of course

A lot is happening right now, so I haven't been very active on the boards lately.
I will graduate next month. I'm also looking for a part-time job als real estate agent, to have an income besides the study that I will start in september 2008; Marine Biology (Bachelor-Master)

This summer I'll also move to my own appartement. A whole room will be dedicated to this setup.
I'm also setting up a coral propagation project for the new room. This will be semi-professional. I'll do it for my pleasure mostly, but maybe I can cover some of the costs with the income of my business.

Leonardo

[gman0526]

Good luck Leo, that equipment list is really something to behold, at least we know you won't be able to blame any of your equipment later on . JK, good luck and congrats on your upcoming graduation.

[Leonardo's Reef]

Thanks Gman

[gwaco]

great laundry list !
still looking for a tank huh ! heres why i've been away for so long , i've been building a stand for this tank and it turned out quite well !
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...readid=1351097
glad to see things are still moving along leo .
i'll still be here when time permits , but as soon as we're done with his tank i start work on the 600 .

[Leonardo's Reef]

I remember that thread Gary, it turned out really well! Actually, if I may I would like to use some ideas and design for my own stand

The 600, de you mean a 600 Gallon tank? Can't wait to see that setup with your friends thread in the back of my mind.

Leonardo

[gwaco]

Originally Posted by Leonardo's Reef

I remember that thread Gary, it turned out really well! Actually, if I may I would like to use some ideas and design for my own stand

The 600, de you mean a 600 Gallon tank? Can't wait to see that setup with your friends thread in the back of my mind.

Leonardo

thanks leo ! your are more than welcome to use any of those ideas , and if you need any help you know where to find me.
the 600 has me alittle scared though , as the idea of cutting out an 8 foot section of a concrete block wall does'nt thrill the misses to well !

[Leonardo's Reef]

Haha, that sounds like a big plan! I don't know how to concince the misses, don't have a lot experience with it myself

Ordered another Tunze 6201 pump today. With an Y-adapter I can plug this pump into the wave-controller of my wave box.
I think I will use one big, or two smaller custom waveboxes (with the two 6201 pumps) build in the side of the tank. I don't have to deal with that big black box in the tank that way.

Leonardo

[jamessp01]

what materials do you plan to use on the stand? From following your threads Im picturing your stand to be metal (steel, or stainless steel) with a tinted glass front. But I could be way off.