Tycho Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Hello, I wanted to show a little of my new tank. It took me about 3 months from start to finish. It was a tank transfer from an NC28 to the 70g Cadlights Artisan II. I have been doing lots of customization to the system over the last few months and documenting most over on RC before I discovered PNWMAS, so I thought I could share some of the highlights of my build to a more local crowd. Here is the tank I started with. Plenty cramped inside so my only option was to upgrade So I decided on this slick little number. 70g Cad Artisan II (10mm rimless starphire) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tycho Posted October 8, 2012 Author Share Posted October 8, 2012 The stand that I ordered with the tank is pretty sturdy although its a rather cheap ikea style setup heavy particle board with those twist lock fasteners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tycho Posted October 8, 2012 Author Share Posted October 8, 2012 The plumbing that came with the tank seemed fine at the time and I installed it and filled the tank just to find out it was way too loud for my little apartment. This was the kit. I hated it so much that I drained the tank and tore out the plumbing and made a herbie instead. Running totally silent now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tycho Posted October 8, 2012 Author Share Posted October 8, 2012 I used the hole for the return plumbing as an emergency drain, so I had to route the return over the back and fashioned a u-tube to hookup to my Loc-line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tycho Posted October 8, 2012 Author Share Posted October 8, 2012 Here is the tank after I refilled it and added rock and sand. Drilled the rocks and cemented in acrylic rods to keep them sturdy. I mixed some of my nicer live rock with some dry pieces I got from reefcleaners to do the aquascape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tycho Posted October 8, 2012 Author Share Posted October 8, 2012 This is the light I have been using and so far it's Awesome!!! Maxspect Razor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tycho Posted October 8, 2012 Author Share Posted October 8, 2012 I suspended the light using arms made by Current usa. They were the only ones I could find that were long enough from front to back to be able to center the fixture dead center over the 36x24x20 tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tycho Posted October 8, 2012 Author Share Posted October 8, 2012 The skimmer is the TIA 1150 from cad. Its rated for 160g, but took almost a month to break in then it started foaming at the mouth like Cujo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tycho Posted October 8, 2012 Author Share Posted October 8, 2012 Here are some shots of right after i transfered from my old tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tycho Posted October 8, 2012 Author Share Posted October 8, 2012 I ended up picking up a magnetc fake rock to attach to the back wall. I have since removed the Hydnophoras, but at the time that was the best place for them while relocating my other coral. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tycho Posted October 8, 2012 Author Share Posted October 8, 2012 I want to post more, but it's getting late so I will take a break till tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchell Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Very nice setup, you've put a lot of thought into it and that will pay off in the end! I'm quite the lurker both on here and RC and I've actually been following your build on there. I'm digging the loc-line return and the "custom" mount for your RKE. Keep up the good work (rock2) Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasasah Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Lookin good. I love the rimless tanks Sent from Samsung Galaxy SII Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toby Flenderson Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Tank looks great, nice clean plumbing. Might be a good idea to attach some thin black acrylic pieces to walls of the refugium to keep algae and other growth off the other chambers. Look forward to seeing this tank grow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Z Reef Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Very clean setup, looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandinga Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Looks nice! Great dimensions, and nice addition of herbie the lovedrain. Now just match the livestock to the tank! Ditch the hydnophora and leathers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kriz2fer Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Nice man, I think I have seen this build on reef central. It good to post in the local forum as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badxgillen Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Ditch the hydnophora and leathers. . No love for the leather? looks sleek man.Are you running any GFO in this tank and how do you,like the razor as far as light spread? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderBlue Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Beautiful tank! I like the rock work, especially the piece on the back wall, that's a perfect size in my opinion. Looks clean, very nice setup! It's weird to me to see a sump that squeaky clean haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhand Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 very nice set up welcome to the forum theres a lot of great people here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tycho Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 Thanks for all the kind words everyone! Im glad I found this forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tycho Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 Looks nice! Great dimensions, and nice addition of herbie the lovedrain. Now just match the livestock to the tank! Ditch the hydnophora and leathers. actually I am planning to get rid of one of my Hydnophoras and some frogspawns and a few other things. This tank is too high flow for some of my corals and I've been collecting alot of acro frags. I just need to take some pics to show everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tycho Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 No love for the leather? looks sleek man.Are you running any GFO in this tank and how do you' date='like the razor as far as light spread?[/quote'] Yes I installed 2 Avast reactors and one of their Kalk stirrers. DIY all the way! Finished products! The kalk drips from a second ato container. So I have two aqualifters that run on my RKE with a ph alarm. If PH is < 8.3 then ATO drips Kalk If PH is > 8.3 then ATO drips RODI this seems to work out pretty good except when im right at 8.3 and my float switch opens. then I get some back and forth clicking of the outlets till it closes the switch. The Razor is AWESOME! I had mine running about 3 days after Marine Depot got their first batch and it has colored up all the sps I had that browned out under my NanoCube Led's. The spread is perfect for my 3' x 2' tank. It's like it was made for it. With the 2 channels I can simulate different colors. When I get more organized, I would like to post growth/color pics of all my new frags each month with the light. I really wish I had a dslr camera though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrett Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Extremely clean, and extremely impressed keep up the amazing job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tycho Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 Very nice setup, you've put a lot of thought into it and that will pay off in the end! I'm quite the lurker both on here and RC and I've actually been following your build on there. I'm digging the loc-line return and the "custom" mount for your RKE. Keep up the good work (rock2) Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2 Thank you! The mount was like 15 bucks from Panavise and works really well. The RKE buttons are hard to push, so I thought the mount might wobble and flex alot, but its pretty rigid and hasnt torn off my cabinet yet lol! The locline hose I made was from side outlet nozzles I got as pieces from marine depot. About 30 bucks or so worth of parts, but I ended up getting extra stuff I didn't end up using so it could have been cheaper. My only gripe is that its reeeeealllly hard to adjust the nozzles without messing some up on the other side while tweaking it... So after 2 hours of messing with it, I got it to look straight and flush to the water line, but now every 20 min or so I get a big vortex from one outlet and lots of bubbles! My fish love chasing them so I have left it that way for their enjoyment lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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