5ft tank project

[May&Bruce]

Our new 5ft reef tank project. Used to have a 3ft tank but too small. 5ft is big - can house a real mermaid! Using Jaubert plenum design, with sump.

[May&Bruce]

complete with mermaid

[iori_del]

very nice tank and tidysump, but why use wrought iron stand when u spend so much on the set up. THe stand will be gone in 6-8 month time and u will need to set up again

[May&Bruce]

Yeah, i know about that from my previous tank, but I have treated/rust proofed the high rust areas of the stand (am in the corrosion removal business). Didn;t want a wooden stand, maybe could have done a SS stand. Will do next time

[May&Bruce]

plenum design....1" plenum gap, then 2.5" of C5 then 2.5" of C3.

[May&Bruce]

stocked...

[May&Bruce]

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[Melvyn Tan]

complete with mermaid

Oh Boy thats a Real Mermaid !!!

[AlfaRomeo]

Nice scaping! Whats the width and height?

[May&Bruce]

tank is 5ft x 2ft x 2ft - 150 gal

[AlfaRomeo]

I dunt see a chiller in your setup. Whats the highest temp recorded?

[May&Bruce]

I added a chiller when we added the fish n corals. It lives beside the tank. Resun CL450. Temp is a constant 26.5 degrees. Some people will say that the CL450 is too small for a 5ft tank, but with the correct water throughput through the chiller it works fine. Chiller is on for far less than 50% of the time, so it is not overworked. During cycling (without the chiller) water temp was 28-29.5.

[AlfaRomeo]

Cool, any updated pics of your sump and equipment?