New 100g Rimless/braceless Leemar tank build

[Mchava]

Posted this in the SPS forum but thought I post here as well. Thank will be 48lx24wx20h. It has a corner triangle overflow for a 1.5" overflow, 1 3/4" return. Although that tank is rimless, I did not go with Low Iron glass since I really don't see a huge difference. This tank will be replacing my old 90g tank that was 36x24x25 that had an ugly center brace. Tank will be about 95% sps and I will be using all of my exciting equipment. Here is the equipment list to start of:

Tank
48x24x20 rimless brace less Leemar polished edges w/black silicone.
Sump
32x18x16 custom glass tank that I got here on RC

Lighting
2x 250 SE XM 10k in Luminarc Mini relfectors, then will switch to Radiums.
SLS Dual Galaxy ballast
2x 48 VHO's or T5
(Also considering the ATI 8x54 fixture)

Flow
Ehiem 1262 return feeding a 1/4 Current USA Prime chiller
2x 6000 Tunzes (may change to 6055)
2x Korallias 4
1x Vortec

Controler
ACjr, DC8 and DC4

Cal/Alk/Mag & Top off
Randy's 2part using Litter Meter 3
Tunze Osmolator

Skimmer and PO4 control
ATI Bubble Master 250
Kent Marine po4 reactor w/rowaphos

Here are some picture of the old set up and the new stand that will hold the new tank. Will post pictures of tank once i pick up.





Here is the old tank some of the coral have been sold

[tmantaylor18]

Cant wait to see this!

[All Delight]

gonna be sweeeet

[Mchava]

Okay RC break time and update
Well i stopped to take a break and get something to eat. So I decided to update the tread. Here are some picture to tie you folks over till I am finished. I do want to tank Yinger for helping me out with swapping out the tanks and setting the new one on top of the stand. Also want to tank Kevin for OC Aquatics for doing a great job at ordering the tank and for the great deal.

Stan feeling a little lonely =(


Tank in car waiting to be unwrapped


Tank unwrapped in car


The stand now has its buddy and its happy =)


Tank getting filled up arrrrrrh hahaha

[CHASDB]

Nice Mario! I really like the triangle overflow, much better than the standard square box. Are you going to black out the background? Your 90 was a stunner, can't wait to see this one take off.

[Mchava]

Yeah I also like the triangle overflow. I am still pondering the back ground, I kind of like the way it look but that might change. Yeah I hope this one does good as well.
So how is your tank build going.

[s2k]

Mario,

I guess I was one of the last person to see your old tank up an running. It was very nice and all the colors are stunning. Thanks again for helping me out.

[Mchava]

Hey no problem. Maybe next time youll get to see what my hard work has done. Man I am tried, I dont know whats worse seting up a tank or catching the daam fish that I had in my sump.

[Mchava]

Well its finally up and running. Still have to glue the frags on the rocks but other then that its running. Here is a picture of the tank under 10k Reeflux 250se on galaxy ballast. As of right now I am only using two k4 for flow.

[DanW]

Mario,

3:16 AM! Dude you've had a long day but your hard work paid off as your tank looks great! I love the braceless look its so clean. You put in new sand and I suppose the live rock came from your 90, do you think your tank will have a mini cycle? Can you post a picture of your lights?

Dan

[Mchava]

Hey Dan thanks it was a long day, but it all paid off. I still have to glue some frag and move some stuff around but that is the easy part. I added new sand because when I took down the old one, once I removed the base rock i could see that it was not good and need some heavy cleaning. It was so black that when I move the sand I smelled like sulfur. Right now the lights are nothing special just a piece of board hanging and the reflector attanched to it.

[Paulairduck]

Originally posted by Mchava
Well its finally up and running. Still have to glue the frags on the rocks but other then that its running. Here is a picture of the tank under 10k Reeflux 250se on galaxy ballast. As of right now I am only using two k4 for flow.

I love how the blues pop under the reeflux 10k SE, the tank is looking great

[Mchava]

yeah the blue really pop on the reeflux 10k. If I can get past the pink coloration I would run them all the time. The only issues is that its no good on all the other colors. Yellow,green reds and purples all look bad.

[WWodyz]

Originally posted by Mchava
yeah the blue really pop on the reeflux 10k. If I can get past the pink coloration I would run them all the time. The only issues is that its no good on all the other colors. Yellow,green reds and purples all look bad.

the 90 gallon coloration is awesome, what light are they undr?

[Mchava]

the 90 was under radiums, I did have a few piece brown out during the transfer since the water got cold at 75, but hopefully they will come back

[NVTE]

Mario,
your tank looks a lot nicer under Radium bulb. What about those cores in the back? any solution to hide them yet? Other than lightning, your tank looks good bro. Keep us updated.

[tmantaylor18]

Nice dude, looks like a huge change.

[wishntoboutside]

very nice...

[wishntoboutside]

very nice...

[818]

Mario, I don't think you ordered a tank big enough to house ALL your corals!

[Mchava]

Oh trust me its big enough I just need to get it organized. Most of the larger caps will be going to the lfs for store credit, I just need to get them out.

[818]

Sweet! Can't wait to see it cleaned up!

[Mchava]

I will be doing some of it today, just need to relax for a bit since I just got home from work

[818]

Relaxing is for noobs. You have a 100g brace less filled with sps. Get on it bro! lol

Post pics if you get anything done today

[Mchava]

well really did do much fell asleep hahahaha but here is a picture under the radiums. I did loose some color but it should be coming back soon.