Dieran's never ending Piece of Art

[dieran_green]

Hi all. 

Started a new 5 by 2 by 2 tank. I started my first tank way back in 2003 with a 2 feet tank back in Uni days ... Slowly it became a 3 feet. After decommissioning my 3 feet , I had a 4 feet and a 2 feet cube. But nothing great as I was quite lazy... So they were a soft coral tank ( 2feet) and a FOWLR tank (4 feet). My interest died down when I had a major itch out break followed by power failure with took a lot of my treasured fishes. 

Recently my FOWLR had a leak so I decided to take this opportunity and start all over again. Hopefully by starting a tank tread it will force me to be diligent in the maintenance of the tank. 

Will update more soon on the new tank.

[dieran_green]

These are the specifications of the new tank:

Tankmaker: CR Aquarium 

Display tank: 5ft x 2ft x 2ft (12mm glass on the back and, 12mm crystal glass on the front, right and left view).

 

Sump tank: 3.5 ft sump tank with 5 compartments

It took me a while to decide on the sump tank design. Would like to "tank" Alex and Ah Heng from AM and Dan from CR for all their time and advice. The sump was made in mind of the skimmer I was intending to get which was SKIMZ SV253.

 

Edited January 8, 2016 by dieran_green

[Admiraltian]

Camping here for more updates.

[mengyang_neo]

Bro finally upgrade your tank.

What u intend to keep?

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[leong_rei]

Bro mind to share your sum tank design in drawing going to make a tank this month looking for ideal for sum tank

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[xeneryx]

Camping here! 

I remember how excited I was designing my sump and going to cr. 

[JMW]

Looks very promising!

[dieran_green]

Bro finally upgrade your tank.

What u intend to keep?

 

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Hi bro.. Yes finally... 

I intend to keep SPS.... But I still prefer my fishes .. So still deciding... No hurry.

[dieran_green]

Bro mind to share your sum tank design in drawing going to make a tank this month looking for ideal for sum tank

 

 

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Hi Xeneryx,

Hope this helps. I left out the dimension becos I think that have to be custom to your tank. Basically, I wanted to have an opening in the cabinet door see the full length of the refugium that's why I pushed it to the front.  However due to constraints that openings did not happen.

[mengyang_neo]

Hi bro.. Yes finally... 

I intend to keep SPS.... But I still prefer my fishes .. So still deciding... No hurry.

I think having a lot of fishes and sps are possible but u will have to be hardworking in maintaining the water to be in tip top condition. U have a strong skimmer, so u have to decide whether u want the dosing method or the water changing method.

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[dieran_green]

Now now that the tank has been set up, it was time for rock scaping. I always have been a fan of unique rock scapes. In the past, I would buy mushrooms all becos I like on the rocks they attached on.

Sad to say I couldn't reuse many of my 4 feet FOWLR rocks as the tank was exposed to copper treatment in the attempt to save my fishes. Many of them were Tonga rocks which made it all the more heart aching. 

So before I went rocks hunting ... I had a good look on what rocks I have left that can be used and bought expoxy to see what I can come up with.

After the epoxy had dried ... I tried to combine to see what shapes I could come up with... Of all the pieces, I like this the most,

Different angle of the same rock piece.

[leong_rei]

Hi Xeneryx,

http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/uploads/monthly_2016_01/image.jpeg.c70a64d77ca351aaa9582db4a592269f.jpegHope this helps. I left out the dimension becos I think that have to be custom to your tank. Basically, I wanted to have an opening in the cabinet door see the full length of the refugium that's why I pushed it to the front.  However due to constraints that openings did not happen.

Thanks for the drawing

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[dieran_green]

Since I am intending to venture into SPS keeping... Lighting is definitely an issue... Bro Alex was recommending ATI sun power module (8 T5 tubes) as its really value for money.... But ..... I do love the shimmering effects of LED. However you have to admit that certain corals look better under T5. As a result I wanted a mixed but ATI hybrid is too costly in my opinion. 

I ended up paying Dr Evil a visit to see what were my options. After Iilttle discussion... We came with this solution.

photo taken from Dr Evil thread. Custom Fixture of 3 AI hydra twenty six HD and 4 Giesemann T5.

Fixture after installation.

[iceman]

Wow, that's a great ideal.  

Edited January 11, 2016 by iceman

[Harlequinmania]

Your sump design look good !! One tips to share, try not to connect rubber hose using cable tie as i had bad experience with it before floating the whole living room. 

[dieran_green]

Your sump design look good !! One tips to share, try not to connect rubber hose using cable tie as i had bad experience with it before floating the whole living room. 

thanks for the advice.

[SubzeroLT]

There are 316 grade stainless steel hose clamps available. About $3.

I'm using those for many months & still not rusted.

[0ekkeoo]

Looking forward for your updates.

Nice Lighting System.

[dieran_green]

There are 316 grade stainless steel hose clamps available. About $3.

I'm using those for many months & still not rusted.

hmmmm ok ...I'll go look for it ...

[dieran_green]

This should be the final layout for my rockscaping....

left side

right side

full tank shot...

Now the waiting game begins

[bboytrez]

very unique scaping bro!

[dieran_green]

very unique scaping bro!

thanks bro

i wanted to have a lot of spaces for my fishes to hide 

Edited January 14, 2016 by dieran_green

[kenyee]

nice scaping..will camp here to see pics n vids of ur many fishes with corals..

[dieran_green]

Just realized that this baby has been with me for 10 years... Hopefully many more years to come ...

[dieran_green]

nice scaping..will camp here to see pics n vids of ur many fishes with corals..

thanks bro