120G Rimless shallow peninsula tank

Greybeard · May 3, 2017

Excellent. I'm building a 140g peninsula, hope to keep it as nice and clean as yours is. I've got a closet to put equipment in, so it should look good from the display side, at least

I also went with 8x T5's.

Keep posting

Janci · May 3, 2017

Greybeard said:
Excellent. I'm building a 140g peninsula, hope to keep it as nice and clean as yours is. I've got a closet to put equipment in, so it should look good from the display side, at least I also went with 8x T5's.

Keep posting

Good to have you following.
Show us a picture of the progress. Always interested in other ideas and set ups.

Greybeard · May 4, 2017

Janci said:
Good to have you following.
Show us a picture of the progress. Always interested in other ideas and set ups.

Pic would be tough... tank won't be here for 2 more weeks. I am picking up the stand from the fabricator today, and delivering it to the powder coater. Nothing to photo...

Janci · May 4, 2017

Greybeard said:
Pic would be tough... tank won't be here for 2 more weeks. I am picking up the stand from the fabricator today, and delivering it to the powder coater. Nothing to photo...

That is an interesting set up.
Start a thread and keep us posted!!

Greybeard · May 4, 2017

Janci said:
That is an interesting set up.
Start a thread and keep us posted!!

Already did.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/greybeards-wide-shallow-peninsula.303120/

Mattres · May 4, 2017

I like how you tackled the electrical component, all the "mess" hidden with the equipment nice and neat and easy to access.
The way I did mine is actually very similar

Janci · May 4, 2017

Started making salt water... a lot of salt water.
I also hung the light fixture and made 1 change to the bulb combination. Instead of a Pigment Int+ bulb I added a Wide UV bulb to the equation.
As the water level in the sump is about 29cm I had to raise my skimmer with 7cm. By cutting some acrylic and glueing them this was easily done.
Probes for the GHL Profilux were added. I used a Grotech probe holder just in front of the bubble trap

nova65ss · May 4, 2017

Nice setup you did a great job!

I too had a noisy overflow had to make the main drain and 2nd stand pipes taller than suggested. This raised the water level in the box and took care of the waterfall noise in the back box.

Look forward to seeing more!

Clayton Jessup · May 5, 2017

That looks amazing I love the light

prsnlty · May 5, 2017

Janci said:
Giesemann + Pacific Sun...

I would have squeezed 1 ati coral plus in there as well

Janci · May 5, 2017

prsnlty said:
I would have squeezed 1 ati coral plus in there as well

Lol. I will use Pacific Sun bulbs and they do not have actinic available.
Nevertheless, the fixture is dimmable and with the UV I should be able to get the same result.

Janci · May 5, 2017

Salinity and PH were ok this morning so I added the live rocks and sand.
I used the Bermuda Pink from Caribsea and mixed it with some coarser crushed coral.
The sand bed is more or less 2-3 cm high but in the middle there is a 7-9 cm sand bed.
That will function as a deep sand bed for nitrate reduction and will also be useful for the future wrasse.

The scale is more or less minimalistic and will leave sufficient space for fish and later coral to grow.

prsnlty · May 5, 2017

Janci said:
Lol. I will use Pacific Sun bulbs and they do not have actinic available.
Nevertheless, the fixture is dimmable and with the UV I should be able to get the same result.

That's interesting... no daylight bulb? Honestly I have never tried the Pacific Sun bulbs. I also haven't seen them in any local stores for sale and I don't see a lot of comments on them in the forums. So I'm curious about the Pacific Sun brand.

Janci · May 5, 2017

With the peninsula style you have to double the view options and that makes the scaping a little more tricky.
I am fine with it now as it gives good views from all angles and options for the future.

prsnlty · May 5, 2017

Yes, peninsulas are very easy to put too much rock into them as well. I think you have a nice amount considering once corals grow in it'll be perfect.

Janci · May 5, 2017

prsnlty said:
That's interesting... no daylight bulb? Honestly I have never tried the Pacific Sun bulbs. I also haven't seen them in any local stores for sale and I don't see a lot of comments on them in the forums. So I'm curious about the Pacific Sun brand.

I was on my way to get ATI till a new shop opened here who was distributing the PS range.
They were using the bulbs on their coral tank and I liked the view.
PS claim to have a different spectrum from the other brands. Wether it is true or not, I decided to find out and brought the bulbs home.
On their Facebook page I found their recommended bulb combination but preferred to use the UV.

prsnlty · May 5, 2017

Interesting Are you in the US?

Janci · May 5, 2017

prsnlty said:
Interesting Are you in the US?

I am in UAE.

Janci · May 8, 2017

prsnlty said:
That's interesting... no daylight bulb? Honestly I have never tried the Pacific Sun bulbs. I also haven't seen them in any local stores for sale and I don't see a lot of comments on them in the forums. So I'm curious about the Pacific Sun brand.

After several days with the light on, I feel too much blue(s).
The combination of Pacific Sun bulbs with 5 pieces of Crystal Blue sems to be too much.
So I have removed 1 Crystal blue and replaced it with an Red Sea Actinic bulb (this to test the combination Actinic and UV, both bulbs are on the same control channel)
As soon as I get my hands on a 54W ATI Coral+, another Crystal Blue will be replaced. Unfortunately these bulbs are not that easy to get.

In worse case, I have invested in some additional LEDS and bought also 2 GHL Mitras Lightbars (Deep Actinic) which have another 7 controllable channels. Together with the controllable Giesemann Matrixx Dimtec, something will be worked out that is good for coral growth and pleasing to the eye.

prsnlty · May 8, 2017

Janci said:
After several days with the light on, I feel too much blue(s).
The combination of Pacific Sun bulbs with 5 pieces of Crystal Blue sems to be too much.
So I have removed 1 Crystal blue and replaced it with an Red Sea Actinic bulb (this to test the combination Actinic and UV, both bulbs are on the same control channel)
As soon as I get my hands on a 54W ATI Coral+, another Crystal Blue will be replaced. Unfortunately these bulbs are not that easy to get.

In worse case, I have invested in some additional LEDS and bought also 2 GHL Mitras Lightbars (Deep Actinic) which have another 7 controllable channels. Together with the controllable Giesemann Matrixx Dimtec, something will be worked out that is good for coral growth and pleasing to the eye.

Yeah I thought that was going to be too much blue

But, some people like that...

Can you get a hold of the Giesemann D-D Midday T5 or Power Chrome Tropic T5? I am pretty sure those are comparable to the ATI Coral+.