Ok, so this is my other big money habit..uh..I mean hobby. Salt water aquariums. Specifically reef tanks. At one point in time my dining room was nothing but tanks. But it finally got to be a pain in the ass to keep up with so I consolidated everything down to one tank.
The current setup is a custom built tank. Made out of 3/4" Starphire glass. It is 48" wide, 36" deep, 36" tall, 200 gallons. I wanted to basically have a big cube. Running 800 watts of metal halide lighting. Has a 2400gph closed loop system for circulation, and 1300gph on the filtration pump. And yes.. it eats some electricity! In fact, it has it's own cooling system. Has a 1/3hp chiller system that water pumps through to keep the tempature at 79 degrees constantly.
Anyway, here are a few (actually probably way too many) pics.
Here is the tank itself. Actually looks quite different now as you will see in some of the later pictures. This was day 1 when I transferred everything that I was going to keep out of the other tanks in to the new setup.
Here are a couple of shots of some of the plumbing underneath. Yes, it is a maze of PVC
And here are some shots of the residence.
My herd of clams...
My camera is far from being the greatest in the world, but this is my attempt at doing some macro photography
This guy here is one of my favorite animals in the tank. This is a Queen Conch that I have had since it was about the size of a dime. Currently it is about 5 inches long.
Much dig my aquarium. Spend more time watching it than I do TV. It is extremely relaxing to say the least. Of course when something goes wrong it is also one of the most stressful hobbies I have ever had!
The current setup is a custom built tank. Made out of 3/4" Starphire glass. It is 48" wide, 36" deep, 36" tall, 200 gallons. I wanted to basically have a big cube. Running 800 watts of metal halide lighting. Has a 2400gph closed loop system for circulation, and 1300gph on the filtration pump. And yes.. it eats some electricity! In fact, it has it's own cooling system. Has a 1/3hp chiller system that water pumps through to keep the tempature at 79 degrees constantly.
Anyway, here are a few (actually probably way too many) pics.
Here is the tank itself. Actually looks quite different now as you will see in some of the later pictures. This was day 1 when I transferred everything that I was going to keep out of the other tanks in to the new setup.
![tank1.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2F05gt.servebeer.com%2Ftank%2Ftank1.jpg&hash=cdfecc3b2e715e8ae55e96c21b6c1823)
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Here are a couple of shots of some of the plumbing underneath. Yes, it is a maze of PVC
![tank7.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2F05gt.servebeer.com%2Ftank%2Ftank7.jpg&hash=f0051f2ea04afbef3d733595a771ae16)
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And here are some shots of the residence.
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My herd of clams...
![tank18.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2F05gt.servebeer.com%2Ftank%2Ftank18.jpg&hash=ca4dda769d2649617c16316329a02d0f)
My camera is far from being the greatest in the world, but this is my attempt at doing some macro photography
![tank5.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2F05gt.servebeer.com%2Ftank%2Ftank5.jpg&hash=f86eb646c856481516bca050d9ca8287)
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This guy here is one of my favorite animals in the tank. This is a Queen Conch that I have had since it was about the size of a dime. Currently it is about 5 inches long.
![tank3.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2F05gt.servebeer.com%2Ftank%2Ftank3.jpg&hash=92c5e491e67451c4f9424f87aae33881)
Much dig my aquarium. Spend more time watching it than I do TV. It is extremely relaxing to say the least. Of course when something goes wrong it is also one of the most stressful hobbies I have ever had!
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