Chris Ozmont's 435 Gallon Reef Display

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Chris' aquarium is featured as Atlanta Reef Club's (ARC) Tank of the Quarter, where you can see many more photos.  Well deserved!  We plan to follow the progress of this aquarium and hopefully share it as an Advanced Aquarist Feature Aquarium in the future.  For now, enjoy the tank overview and the many splendid photos.

Tank Overview

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Display Tank

• 96”x36”x28”
• Starphire Glass
• Eurobraced
• 48” External Overflow

Water Volume

• 435 gallon display
• 240 gallon collection sump
• 200 gallon return sump
• 60 gallon frag tank
• 30 gallon refugium
• Total System Volume - ~1000 gallons

 

Control

• AC3 Aquacontroller and iPhone app

Lighting

• VHO Actinics
• 2 x 1000W Metal Halides with Radium 20ks
• R2 Moonlights
• 400W Radium 20k over the frag tank

11am – 2pm Actinics
2pm – 8pm Halides
8pm – 10pm Actinics
10pm – 1am Moonlights
6am – 11am Moonlights

Flow

• 3 Vortech MP60’s in the display
• 2 Vortech MP40’s in the frag tank
• Maxijet 1200’s in the sumps

Support

• MRC Pro III Skimmer w/washdown
• MRC Commercial 240W UV
• MRC CR-6 Calcium Reactor
• MRC Carbon and GRO Reactors
• Hammerhead Return Pump
• 1HP Chiller (outside)
• 8 random heaters plugged into different DC8s

 

Video from 11/21/11:

 

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