Some of you will remember we had a running update of our 100 gallon reef system until the computer
"Gremlin" corrupted the pages and caused a shutdown of our website.  Scary stuff!  After determining
the 100 Gallon update pages were corrupted, we deleted them and the problem was solved.

Many of you indicated you missed the pictures so, we're bringing you an update.

Warning, the following pages are heavily graphic and may load slow but, you will enjoy.
Read about the system below, then click on the thumbnail to begin a visual tour.

Our system was set up in April of 2002 with the following and then we waited two months before adding other things:

• 75 gallon Custom Acrylic aquarium 40 x 18 x 24

• 75 gallon Rubbermaid Sump/refugium utilizing about 25 gallons capacity

• Deep Sand Bed (DSB), 4" Southdown sand and 50 lbs Caribbean live sand

• DSB in one half of sump

• 45 lbs premium Fiji live rock

• 45 lbs Kailini live rock

• Sand Bed Activator package from IPSF

• Iwaki 40 RLT pumping 750 gph

• Corner overflow with modified Durso stand pipe

• Four return lines, two through back wall, two through top of aquarium

• Canopy with mirrored Acrylic reflector

• VHO lighting, Ice Cap 660 electronic ballast

• 3 - 36" URI Aquasun and one URI Actinic white

• One "Moon Light"

• Top Fathom model TF 100A Protein Skimmer with Berlin submersible pump (See Test Results)

• Aquatic Reef Systems, Oceanus RO/DI 100 gpd for make-up water

• Automatic 5 gallon fresh water evaporation make-up

• 50 Micron filter bag filtering discharge water from overflow
   

Current inhabitants in our system.

• Montipora capricornus - June 2002

• Purple Tang - June 2002

• Pygmy Angel - June 2002

• Banggai Cardinal - June 2002

• Polyp covered rock - June 2002

• Emerald Crab - July 2002

• Royal Gramma - July 2002

• Frog Spawn coral - July 2002

• Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp - August 2002

• Pumping Xenia - September 2002

• Bi-color Blenny - September 2002

• Canary Damsel - November 2002

• Allen's Damsel - November 2002

• 2nd Allen's Damsel - December 2002

• Yellow Coral Banded - Shrimp January 2003

• Frilly Mushrooms - March 2003

• Zooanthid Rock - March 2003

• Zooanthid Rock - May 2003

• Marine Beta - June 2003

• Long Tentacle Anemone - July 2003

• Pair of Black Perculas - September 2003

• Fungia Plate Coral - September 2003

• Hawaiian Feather Dusters - October 2003

Various other critters reside in the system such as snails, hermit crabs, coral frags and of course all the sand dwellers to numerous to mention.  Over the course of the last year and a half other critters were purchased and didn't make it this long, of course we don't like to admit to our failures.  But, we are dealing with live critters and death is part of life.