The Cold Reef (300gallons)

Hey guys. After several pleasant and instructive conversations, reading the forum, watching youtube and other sources, I wanted to realise a wet dream. I called a guy from Norway (I'm from Norway by the way) and had a great conversation with him and decided to jump into this fantastic hobby. After 5 MONTHS I finally got my tank home. The reason for the delay was caused by the Chinese who performed to ship my stuff to another continent, but everything was forgotten and forgiven 27. september 2011. My aquarium tasted it's first salt water drops and my wet dream become a reality: 8)


I've placed my display tank as a divider between the bar area and the living room. In the cellar I've placed the sump with most of the
equipment. The living room / bar area = 70 square meters, technical sump room = 15 square meters.


Technical information:

Aquariums:
- 180x70x70 (cm) 235 gallons display tank
- 150x50x50 (cm) 60 gallons sump/ refugium with 30cm waterlevel

Circulation:
-Aqua Medic - OceanRunner 6500 return pump
-2x Tunze - Turbelle Stream 6105
-1x Tunze - Turbelle Stream 6100
-1x Tunze - Turbelle Stream 6200
-1x Tunze - Multicontroller 7096

Filtering:
-Deltec AP 702 skimmer
-2 Stk. Bm - M-100 Kull Filter
-Boyu 40w T8 outside Uv Filter
-Sump/refugium

Lighting:
-A 3x 250w HQI with 4x 54W T5 tubes and 4x LED (blue light) luminaire
-3x Giesemann Megachrome Coral 14.500k 250W Fc2 Clip
-2x D-D Giesemann Pure Actinic - 54W T5
-1x D-D Giesemann Aquablue plus - 54W T5
-1x D-D Giesemann AquaPink - 54W T5

Miscellaneous:
-5 steps 284lt Aquarium Reverse Osmosis System+ Float Valve RO DI
-Aqua Medic SP 3000 nivåmater
-Bm - 3 Channels Dosing Pump with Digital Controls
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So, by "cold reef", I'm guessing it's because you live in Norway where it's chilly and not that you're keeping a coldwater tank?

 

development images

Here is some development pictures:



I've changed the "pvc" tubes to "GF" parts.

 

Yes, it was perhaps a misleading title

 

It will come way better pics later... I just have to wait for my new HQI bulbs and t5 tubes.

Sincerely, Alexander

 

Welcome to 3reef Alexander,

You created a very nice scape. Those corals are fairly large, they look like they come from an established tank.

Congrats on accomplishing your tank goal.

 

Thank you. Yes, I bought the content to a guy who was going to close down his aquarium. And I'd to help another guy with some economic problems, so I bought some realy nice sps from him aswell. (Now my tank is filled, so from now on I will just watch and keep the water values stable.

Best regards, Alexander

 

Great stand, looks very strong. Very nice lights and corals.

It took 5 months to get your order from China? What did you order from there?

 

Thank you

It took 5 months to get my aquariums. (Display & sump) The guy I ordered from blamed the Chinese. (trouble with the logistics of container)

Best regards

 

Throws out some old photos: