Barebottom's 200

[barebottomcouple]

I keep watching other members tanks and thought it might be my turn to post.
This tank was moved from old house to new house in Oct. 2014 and totally re-scaped in June 2014
at that time most softies and leathers where sold and removed.
Its a 200 gallon with dual corner overflows and 2 inch plumbing flowing into a 180 gallon refugium
there is 260 lbs. of Fiji and Hawaiian live rock and another 110 lbs. in fug.
display tank has 2 inches mixed sand bed and fug. has between 6 and 7.5 inches deep san bed never disturbed. and a few kinds of macro harvested when needed
water flows over some floss and carbon then a aqua-c ev240 skimmer with a mag 9.5 pump
return pump is another mag 9.5 to keep water moving slow through fug. so macro and sand bed can do its job.
all water parameters are optimal with just weekly water changes with omega sea reef salt.
this tank has been running just over 5 years now. not my first tank , miss my 550 gallon shark tank when I lived in florida

 

[Zach]

Beautiful setup. Obviously know what you're doing

 

[SamB]

I have seen this member's tank in person and it is a sheer masterpiece - awesome doesn't begin to describe it !
Very simple but obviously very effective set up
Definitely we can all learn a thing or two from barebottom !
Thanks for posting !
Beautiful !

 

[barebottomcouple]

thanks I try a lot of trial and error till I found what works for me.

 

[barebottomcouple]

thanks sam

 

[barebottomcouple]

 

[jeffopentax]

Something to aspire to! What are you using for light?

 

[Shooter000]

That's a really nice tank bare bottom, wonderful long shot down the tank, very impressed...total props!!

 

[scubasteve]

yes that is stunning and sometimes simple and natural is the best it has managed the ocean for millions of years..... and did you say shark tank i would love to see pics of that i need a house first tho lol.... and didnt you mention you took marine biology in florida? would make sense why you went the route you did my system turned out very similar except took me alot of e-mailing for info lol

 

[jroovers]

Stunning tank! I too would like to see some pics of the 550 shark tank

Stunning favia or brain coral... what is the history behind it, grown from frag or small colony? Love the symmetry of it. I imagine though that it has some pretty long sweepers.

 

[barebottomcouple]

Something to aspire to! What are you using for light?

lighting is 250watt 14000k metal halides 8 actinic true blue 420 t5's and 2 fluval led fixtures(soon to be junked for more metal halides

yes that is stunning and sometimes simple and natural is the best it has managed the ocean for millions of years..... and did you say shark tank i would love to see pics of that i need a house first tho lol.... and didnt you mention you took marine biology in florida? would make sense why you went the route you did my system turned out very similar except took me alot of e-mailing for info lol

I love it simple actually going to take your routs o the new clam reading tank I want to set up with a algae scrubber and 1550 watts of metal halides on a 100 gallon

Stunning favia or brain coral... what is the history behind it, grown from frag or small colony? Love the symmetry of it. I imagine though that it has some pretty long sweepers

its a boulder brain and have had it 5 years from a 4 inch frag now its about 11 inches

 

[barebottomcouple]

I will look for the pics of shark tank it was all plywood and concrete with glass front it was over 8.5 feet long not quite 4 feet wide and 30 inches tall

 

[scubasteve]

I will look for the pics of shark tank it was all plywood and concrete with glass front it was over 8.5 feet long not quite 4 feet wide and 30 inches tall

thats awesome

 

[curiousphil]

Beautiful setup!

 

[Bayinaung]

wow nice.

 

[barebottomcouple]

thanks guys

 

[scubasteve]

should pop some up of how your fuge looks as well there seems to be alot of people asking about them lately

 

[Kevin Tran]

Crystal clear water, beautiful set up

 

[barebottomcouple]

good idea steve here is the fuge. just removed half of the macro cause of frags in bottom and sold some dragons breath I've had this fuge exactly the same for over 5 years and it was the same setup for 6 years before I bought it so total 11 years and only maintinace is floss changes an skimmer clean.oh and 2 cups new carbon once a month.

 

[scubasteve]

very nice indeed.... so simple yet so effective.