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10-18-2005, 02:13 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: oxford, ga
Posts: 619
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My nano entry
Plans:
20g reef ready w/ starboard bottom.
Two MJ 900
130W PC lighting
Sump will be made of acrylic ~8 gallons
Aqua C Remora in sump
Mag 3.5 return
LR has been cooking for two weeks
Future Occupants:
Various softies
Tail Spot Blennie
Pocillopora
Pics coming soon...
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<DT class=quote>I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance that I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn. <DT class=quote>- Henry David Thoreau
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10-18-2005, 02:36 PM
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BIG SMELLY MOD
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Denham Springs, LA
Posts: 18,738
Reviews: 21
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Welcome to the build off, Good luck
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10-18-2005, 02:41 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: oxford, ga
Posts: 619
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Thanks! 
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<DT class=quote>I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance that I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn. <DT class=quote>- Henry David Thoreau
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10-18-2005, 02:50 PM
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Eat more PIE
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Florida Panhandle
Posts: 18,610
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Good luck sounds sweeet 
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10-18-2005, 03:13 PM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 34,104
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Sounds good!Can't waite for pictures!
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10-18-2005, 03:19 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: oxford, ga
Posts: 619
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Originally Posted by Loverotties
Sounds good!Can't waite for pictures!
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I'll post some rather boring pics of the empty tank and the rock cooking in the cooler tonight
And here they are...
 
If I only knew how to make them bigger than thumbnails you would really be able to see the awesome beauty and splendor of a completely empty tank
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<DT class=quote>I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance that I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn. <DT class=quote>- Henry David Thoreau
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10-18-2005, 07:45 PM
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Admin/ Super mod
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: New Castle, Delaware
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sounds and looks pretty good
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10-18-2005, 11:19 PM
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photomod
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Montana
Posts: 5,894
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Looks good.
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10-19-2005, 03:01 AM
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Reefless Reefer
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Durham, NC
Posts: 20,559
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cheater, you already have your LR cooking. 
G~
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10-19-2005, 03:50 AM
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Got Fish? HUH? DO YA??
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Australia
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lol Greg actually specified that rock could already be cooking/cycling in a seperate container/tank prior to the opening date.
I think its a bit cheeky 
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11-05-2005, 07:17 AM
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Eat more PIE
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Florida Panhandle
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Looks good keep up the pics we love em here.
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11-07-2005, 03:08 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: oxford, ga
Posts: 619
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I bought a used Aqua C EV 120 and a PFO 150W MH pendant for it this past weekend. I have an idea that I need assistance with....
Would it be feasable to just remove the glass bottom and replace the bottom with star/cutting board? I was thinking that I could get complete bottom coverage without having a track all the way around the bottom that will collect detritus if I don't have to make the starboard fit inside the silicone. Instead, the whole bottom would be starboard which would also make it much easier to drill/plumb. Curious to see if anyone has tried it.
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11-07-2005, 03:10 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: oxford, ga
Posts: 619
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Originally Posted by Casey
Looks good keep up the pics we love em here. |
I am building this whole tank in hopes that I can grow out a piece of hot pink stylophora...know anyone that has some Casey 
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<DT class=quote>I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance that I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn. <DT class=quote>- Henry David Thoreau
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11-08-2005, 03:09 AM
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Reefless Reefer
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Durham, NC
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Originally Posted by jlscrug
I bought a used Aqua C EV 120 and a PFO 150W MH pendant for it this past weekend. I have an idea that I need assistance with....
Would it be feasable to just remove the glass bottom and replace the bottom with star/cutting board? I was thinking that I could get complete bottom coverage without having a track all the way around the bottom that will collect detritus if I don't have to make the starboard fit inside the silicone. Instead, the whole bottom would be starboard which would also make it much easier to drill/plumb. Curious to see if anyone has tried it.
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your thinking to hard.
just sillycone around the edge of the starboard. that will seal it enough to not let any detritus underneath it.
i would not try removing the glass. i am not sure of the holding capacity of sillycone on the starboard. i am pretty sure it will work as a sealant, but i am not so sure i would trust it as an adhesive. expecially one that determines if there will be a flood or not.
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11-08-2005, 05:58 AM
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Master of Perplexity
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Panama City Beach FL
Posts: 3,436
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Yea, the silicone will work to seal it off around the edges inside the tank, but starboard is likely to be more like teflon as far as sticking it together with glass or acrylic. It is PVC, I think, which can be stuck to itself but not much else.
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