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All eyes drift to the 144-gallon half-circle reef tank in the corner of this Rhode Island living room. The aquascape consists of 150 pounds of live rock. Courtesy of Something Fishy, Inc., Warwick, R.I. |
It would be easy to take a seat in an easy chair and while away the hours studying this 144-gallon home reef and all its occupants. Courtesy of Something Fishy, Inc., Warwick, R.I. |
144 half-circle reef
• ProClear 300 sump (remotely located in bathroom closet behind the tank)
• 40-watt Emperor Aquatics UV
• AquaC EV-180 skimmer
• Blue Line 40X circulation pump
• Two Ecotech Marine Vortech MP40w
• Two 250DE XM15K in Aqua Medic pendants
• 150 pounds mixed live rock
8-foot long, 300-gallon custom Oceanic aquarium (located between workout room and home theater)
• Euroreef skimmer
• Two Iwaki return pumps
• Blue Line in-line circ pump
• Two Eheim 2217s
• Two 25-watt UV sterilizers
• Precision Marine kalk reactor
• Digital dosing pump for kalk reactor
• Four-stage reverse-osmosis filter
• Three 250w HID 14K bulbs with HO T5 actinic and moonlights
• Backup generator for entire system
• Purple Acropora
• Clams
• Assorted LPS corals
• Assorted mushrooms
• Sinularia leathers
• Green leathers
• Red Sea sailfin and kole tangs
• Pair of fire shrimp
• Assorted other fishes
6-foot-long, 175-gallon bowfront Oceanic aquarium (in a home living room)
• ASM skimmer
• One Iwaki return pump
• Iwaki in-line circ pump
• One Eheim 2217
• One 40-watt UV sterilizer
• Kalk reactor
• Digital dosing pump for kalk reactor
• Four-stage RO filter
• Three 250-watt HID 10K bulbs with HO T5 actinic and moonlights
• Backup generator for entire system
• Purple Acropora
• Clams
• Assorted LPS corals
• Assorted SPS corals
• Assorted fishes and inverts
8-foot-long, 300-gallon custom aquarium
• Refugium
• ASM skimmer
• Submersible return pumps
• Koralia wave generator and pumps
• One Eheim 2217
• One 25-watt UV sterilizer
• Kalk reactor
• Digital dosing pump for kalk reactor
• Four-stage RO filter
• Four 150-watt HID 10K bulbs with HO T5 actinic and moonlights
• Purple tabletop Acropora
• Clams
• Assorted LPS corals
• Assorted SPS corals
• Assorted fishes and inverts