Trido Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Some of you might know me. My name is Duane Oestreich, and my life is all about fish. It has been for a long time. When I'm not taking care of my fish tank(s), I'm fishing for Salmon. I've been keeping fish tanks since the late 80's and switched from Fresh water to a Reef tank in 2005 when I moved back to Washington from the bay area of California. My hobby has evolved since I set up 120 gallon tank in 2005. I currently have a 210 gallon display, supported with a 150 gallon sump. A separate return pump feeds a 90, 35 and 40 gallon grow tank and a 20 gallon chaeto refugium. There is a 55 gallon chamber in the sump which houses LPS and softies. The rest of the system is primarily SPS, controlled by an extensive Neptune Apex and supplemented with a calcium reactor. I grow coral as a wholesale supplier for several of our local Seattle stores. Here are a few pictures of my tank. The first is from last September before I tore out five large staghorns. The following two are what the display tank currently looks like. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burningbaal Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Trido! First response, booyah Great to have you on pnwmas, you're a real asset! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Tavan Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Looks like someone needs a bigger tank.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuncrestReef Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Wow, great looking tank! Glad to have you onboard. As a fellow extensive Apex user, I'd love to see how yours is set up and if you're doing anything out of the ordinary with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumby Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Good to hear from you Duane. I have heard about your amazing sps collection. Welcome aboard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trido Posted February 7, 2020 Author Share Posted February 7, 2020 Thanks for the replies everyone. I think that a 210 display along with 300 gallons of other water is plenty big, and as far as the Apex, I use a lot of BoB switches for turning off pumps and feed modes along with float switches for things like the water barell and R/O bin. Other than that, I only have a few virtual outlets. There are 30 modules tied into the system. Its big 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Not sure how I missed this the first time around but welcome Duane! That is a beautiful tank and an impressive array of SPS colonies - inspirational to say the least. Glad you decided to join in and share some info on your system with us. Hopefully catch you at a meeting one of these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdxmonkeyboy Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Hey Duane, glad to have you aboard! Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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