Large Marine Reef Setup

[suggs]

Heres a few of my set up, sorry about the bad quality but its hard to get a decent shot with 1200 watts of lighting on the go..lol

tank is 72x42x30 (acrilic) with a five foot sump, around 150-200kg of live rock, and a Deltec 703 skimmer, fish include a very large porky puffer 12inch, queen and emperor angels, various tangs clown trigger and several others, some hard and soft corals and a large malu nem.

cheers

 

[cane76]

that is seriousy nice set up suggs great stuff

 

[khenghock]

The tank looks superb

I particularly love the trigger fish

 

[suggs]

thanks

most people are suprised to see a clown trigger and a puffer in a reef tank let alone a pair of Angels, but they all seem to get on and havent done any damage (yet)

End view 42inch left to right

H

 

[cleekdaFish]

omg , wat a beaut she is....how much was the whole setup , like 4,ooo

 

[suggs]

hard to put a price on it, picked up stuff over the years and upgraded to bigger and bigger, the tank on its own was £1200, the skimmer about the same although i payed a fair bit less for it.

the system has its own ring main and fuse's because of the amount of watts it need's, its also partly computer controled (IKS).

i dout there would be much changed out of £7-10,000 as the live rock is about £200 per 20kg and i have about 200kg in total.

although my setup is small and cheap compared to many others ive seen!!


cheers

 

[millym]

absolutely stunning!

 

[demonmagus]

stunning tank, how rich can you be? seriously, what's your job I'm looking for a future career

 

[suggs]

im a self employed Builder im defo not rich lol, but as i said ive built it up over years. ive kept fish since childhood and im 39 now, the biggest single outlay in one go was the tank

glad you like it

H

 

[richchappy]

Very very nice.... i love it

 

[Loko17]

Seriously outstanding tank. Better than some marine set ups I've seen at public aquariums seriously. Nice choice of fish and everything. Absolutely stunning.

 

[downsouth]

That is one AMAZING tank!! Excellent work!!

 

[aquamike]

Suggs,

What an awesome tank!!!! Once i get my freshwater tank the way i want it, i think i will try my luck with saltwater. Beautiful tank and great fish selection.

Best of luck,
Mike

 

[Mr Miagi]

Dam, that foxface is the nicest ive seen! More full tank shots! What lighting are you using?

 

[Lynden]

Oh no! Another straw to grasp!

There is no aggressive or predatory behaviour whatsoever from the Trigger or Angels? As you may see from my stocking list, I have ignored and broken "every rule in the book" regarding Tetraodonts and their tank mates, and it has worked incredibly well, with a barely detectable amount of aggression and no predation (excepting my "sacrifice" to my Pinktail - he ate two of the original four shrimp when he was starving to death - that got him eating again ).

Hmm.. I may have to, once again, revise my future stocking plans. Your tank looks great, too, by the way.

-Lynden