Reef Sparky's 18" x 18" x 18" Nano Build.

Reef Sparky

that looks incredibly bright


Steve

 

Just catching up with this one - - -- man that is one AWESOME custom overflow in there RS!!!!!! Must be totally silent!!!!!!

Awesome job so far!!


How far along cycling are you?

Can't wait to see it up and running!!!

 

Maybe the pic is generous. It's a 150W 14K bulb. Not terribly bright, but plenty to sustain corals I think.

Yeah, it's completely silent.

As for cycling, I think I've skipped that part by putting a fair amount of cured LR in the tank. Then I added the cardinal. If my beliefs are correct, it's an established tank AFAIK.

We'll see.

 

are you going to move the softies from your 90 into this set up Reef Sparky

and then go all out SPS on the 90?

Steve

 

It looks really nice!

What brand of 150w bulb are you running?

 

Yes, Steve. That's the plan.

It's an SPS Blue Life 14K.

 

Looks great. I really don't know why more people do not use these overflows. I mean the Bean is custom, but the Herbie can be done with any reef tank. One of the best things I ever did for my tank.

I always figured if I did it my self I would just go without the emergency overflow. Even if you didn't want to call it a Bean, then a custom Herbie. Just two large overflows one submerged and one open channel. Much better tuning than a regular Herbie. I can't possibly conceive of a situation where you would need all three.

The tank looks great and as all your stuff looks very professional. I was doing pretty good at no reefing until my realtor... guy from the local club... came over to do a open house. Would up talking reefs for two hours and here I am again.

 

Any Updates?

 

Howdy, all. I've been a bit absent, as I landed a gig in a nuclear power plant in Central Florida, which has necessitated living away from home for a couple of months, but I'm home today to see the wife and get some laundry done.

Here are a few pics. I've moved the elegance, a small patch of paly's, a bubble and some yellow polyp from my 90 over to this tank. They seem to be liking their new digs.

Enjoy!

 

That really is a nice elegance with the pink tips. Healthy looking bubble too, but the elegance coloration is great.