Show me your 40 gallon Breeder!!

[E.intheC]

After much thought and internal debate.. I have decided on the 40 gallon breeder for my next tank. The purpose of this thread is for others to post pictures of their rare (somewhat anyway) sized tank, and to bounce ideas off each other.


I'm leaning toward having two small-medium sized islands of live rock with open space in the middle to allow for more swimming room for my fish... I'm going to be moving my black and white clowns and few corals from the 20 gallon I currently have.. The rest of the livestock addition is still up for debate..


So.. Post your pics and make some comments/suggestions!!!

I will post pics when the time comes as well.. Thanks and happy reefing!!

[E.intheC]

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[benzreef]

[cpoll86]

wow i can only hope my 40 br will look like that

[Acan Addict]

benzreef:
WOW.....The tank and that clam is nothing short of amazing.
I'm setting up a 50gal br (little taller then the 40) your tank is a inspiration.
What type of lighting are you using??

[roper512]

Originally posted by benzreef

That clam is OUTRAGEOUS!!!! Awesome!

[NealNano]

I will play heres mine. These are older pics there have been some changes and gowth. Wow that clam is huge!!

[E.intheC]

WOW.. those are excellent pics so far! As everyone above me has said, I was amazed when I saw the gigantic clam. I love the colors on the tank! Keep these pictures coming!!

[Ritten]

Love that tank! Looks a lot bigger than a 40 to me, that's what I like about it.

[crvz]

Couple great tanks so far, I've been considering something this size for a while now (if I can convince the wife to let me set up another tank ). Look forward to more!

[Aquabucket]

Nice tanks so far! Here is mine:

[James11]

Here are some threads, hope it helps, I have a thread on here somewhere that has a bunch of 40's in it. I'll try and post it when I can find it.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...5&pagenumber=2

Found it
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...5&pagenumber=1

another
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...readid=1477978

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...readid=1336972

Thats all for now, hope it helps

[rhiggsbear]

I just picked up a new 40 gal breeder and place on setting it up this weeked (if it rains - otherwise it's yard work!). Petco was overstocked on them and gave it to me for a great price.

[E.intheC]

so far, those threads are good! I'll have to take more time to read them. The 40 is such an excellent size for a 'smallish' fish tank.. it's wide enough to keep some LPS corals far away.. and it's shallow enough to get some great lighting on there for relatively cheap. Love the pictures.

[E.intheC]

and Benzreef, I'm glad to see you have a BakPak on there.. I have one on my 20 gallon, but was wondering about how successful it'd be with the 40 gallon. I'm considering adding a left over aqua clear 70 to the tank and having it house some additional liverock(maybe).. but definitely carbon, chemi pure, and most importantly PolyFilter to help lessen some of the chemical warfare between all the corals I'll keep in there. Any opinions on that?

[thor32766]

wow you guys have some spectacular tanks!!!

[ngn8dogg]

Originally posted by benzreef

THat is one big a$$ clam!

[Linina]

Just setting mine up now!:

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...readid=1497515

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[fambrough]

Haven't posted in a 40 breeder thread in a while. Here's mine.

[gilweb]

Here is mine, It is about 5 months old. Only the actinic lights are in the photos

[E.intheC]

I'm in the 'lighting planning stage' now.. anyone hear about these lights? they're on a huge sale.. http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...1&pcatid=19051

they look great to me.. I want to keep mostly LPS and a few clams.. I'd rather not use halides, but I'll entertain all options..
Any suggestions?

Those previous pics look great. what lighting are you using?

[crvz]

looks like a really great start so far, gilweb! Thanks for sharing.

[pusanpa]

Here is mine around a year ago.

[E.intheC]

I love those clams!! And that bubble is amazing.. did you run into any problems with your bubble though? being so close to your other corals and clams? That's amazing though.

I'm leaning toward the Nova Extreme T-5 fixture... but I'm not sure if 154 watts of T-5s will be enough..

[crvz]

pusanpa, those clams are stellar. Very well done setup.

Originally posted by E.intheC
I'm leaning toward the Nova Extreme T-5 fixture... but I'm not sure if 154 watts of T-5s will be enough..

if going T5, make certain you get individual reflectors. One of the nova extreme models does have them, the other doesnt. without the reflectors, T5 are no better than any other fluorescent bulb.