Pasar Malam - Office Tank

[clee123]

Hi All,

Decided to share my recently acquired Pasar Malam tanks experience with the reefing community.

The reason I called this "Pasar Malam" tanks as 80% of the items such as equipments, live rock, fishes and corals are obtained from reefers in the Pasar Malam forum. I would like to thank the active reefing community and the Pasar Malam fourm here. Without them, all of these you going to read/see might not be possible. It is interesting to see how we can enjoy reefing at an affordable and "value for money" alternatives for this expensive and probably long hobby.

There were basically three tanks I was setting up recently: One at my new Office (5 footer) , and the other two (6 footer and 4 footer) at my home (one for me and one for my son).

The story goes here:

Part 1 - Office Tank

In early October 2009, decided to move some of our business units to a building opposite the old one as the rental offered are very attractive due to the recent financial crisis and rescission. Office renovation took 2 months and decided to put in a Marine Fish Tank for the staff as well as for the customers. How can this be done at an affordable price as much money have already been spent on the office renovation? - so I decided to get most of my items from the Pasar Malam forum.

[TayHongSiang]

Hi All,

Decided to share my recently acquired Pasar Malam tanks experience with the reefing community.

The reason I called this "Pasar Malam" tanks as 80% of the items such as equipments, live rock, fishes and corals are obtained from reefers in the Pasar Malam forum. I would like to thank the active reefing community and the Pasar Malam fourm here. Without them, all of these you going to read/see might not be possible. It is interesting to see how we can enjoy reefing at an affordable and "value for money" alternatives for this expensive and probably long hobby.

There were basically three tanks I was setting up recently: One at my new Office (5 footer) , and the other two (6 footer and 4 footer) at my home (one for me and one for my son).

The story goes here:

Part 1 - Office Tank

In early October 2009, decided to move some of our business units to a building opposite the old one as the rental offered are very attractive due to the recent financial crisis and rescission. Office renovation took 2 months and decided to put in a Marine Fish Tank for the staff as well as for the customers. How can this be done at an affordable price as much money have already been spent on the office renovation? - so I decided to get most of my items from the Pasar Malam forum.

yeah...its very expensive setting up a new one...if you can get it here cheap..why not

can c you r into reefing...

[clee123]

Got this 5 footer from the forum and some of the accessories at a good buy: (Familiar to anyone?)

[clee123]

Tank moved to the new office:

[clee123]

Decided to open a window in a conference room overlooking the staff area. This provides customer a view for the office (as they are restricted to reception and conference rooms area) as well as the marine life in the tank. The tank is placed inside the office area. Again, one stone two birds

[clee123]

Initial setup of my Office Tank: I decided to transfer all the fishes and accessories from my old 5ft flat Hexagon tank (see Part 2 on Pasar Malam - Home Tanks thread) to this tank. I also did a few upgrade here - upgraded the Skimmer from a Reef Octopus to a Beckett Skimmer with Rio 20F pump and included a MD55 return pump.. Again, all these are acquired from the Pasar Malam here...

[Reefzzz]

Decided to open a window in a conference room overlooking the staff area. This provides customer a view for the office (as they are restricted to reception and conference rooms area) as well as the marine life in the tank. The tank is placed inside the office area. Again, one stone two birds

Bro, u got a BIG office and enough space to put a few more 5 footers

[teebs]

Decided to open a window in a conference room overlooking the staff area. This provides customer a view for the office (as they are restricted to reception and conference rooms area) as well as the marine life in the tank. The tank is placed inside the office area. Again, one stone two birds

Why put only a 5 ft? Do a 20 ft tank...

[clee123]

Why put only a 5 ft? Do a 20 ft tank...

That's a good idea... However I don the building management will allow it... and beside I am not opening a LFS.. hee..hee

[desideria]

this is so cool... being the boss you can decide to put this in.. not many companies would allow it ... THIS IS SO COOL!!!!!! I likey!!!!

I doubt I'd be even allowed a nano tank in the office.

Cheers

Desi

[Ketchup]

kk... time to be big boss!

Looking forward to see how this turns out

[clee123]

opp.... forget to mentioned there is one more in my room...

[klyve]

opp.... forget to mentioned there is one more in my room...

Wow so many tanks.........

[mitlancer]

this is so cool... being the boss you can decide to put this in.. not many companies would allow it ... THIS IS SO COOL!!!!!! I likey!!!!

I doubt I'd be even allowed a nano tank in the office.

Cheers

Desi

Do a pico then... hehe.. like me, hide it behind my 3-tier document trays... wahaha....

[mitlancer]

opp.... forget to mentioned there is one more in my room...

this is nice!!! like the backdrop in the tank... Just hope it won't let the algae overcome it.

[albinosage]

Wow that's a beautiful nano tank! It's very cool that you've set up a marine tank in the office, it does wonders for staff morale.

Mitlancer: Actually when the coraline algae spreads to the background, it will be quite nice, blends the live rocks seamlessly into the back.

[peacemaker]

Very nice nano tank you have there! Unique stand to go with it too! Can't wait for all the tanks to be filled up.

[jackywongto]

so many exciting things going on, Clee

Keep us posted with more pics as you progress.

An aquarium in the office really has a calming effect. Nice

Nice! I think SRC might have a few more reefers from your company soon hehe....

[clee123]

Here are some pictures from the far views..

[yikai]

nice set up! your frag ready for collection anytime except wed and thurs! sms me when you pick a date and time thanks

[clee123]

Here are some of the Equipment: Most of the equipment were from my old 5 ft Flat Hexagon tank except the Beckett Skimmer...

As you can see very simple setup:

Becktett Skimmer with Rio 26H pump and waste collector

TLF 150 FR with 1 Litre Active Carbon Meida

Bubble Magus FR with pump (filled with RowaPHOS media)

Aquamedic NB1000 CR with CO2 Cylinder/Electronic Solenoid valve/Atman feeder pump

1 x MD55 return pump to first main returen outlet

1x Eheim 1260 return pump connected to chiller and second return outlet

1 x Arctica 1/3 HP Chiller

The actual size of the main tank : 5 ft (L) x 2 ft (W) x 2.5 ft (H) with 12mm class with the sump is 3 ft x 1.5 x 1.5

[clee123]

Really like this 5ft Back Galaxy lighting - this light fixture comes with 2 x 150W MH and 4 x 58W T5 blue tubes (with separate timer for both MH and T5):

[clee123]

Side views of the office tank

[digibee]

Nice and neat tank.

Love the color of the cabinet

[Ketchup]

yeah, i like it too... nice and neat