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05-14-2009, 01:21 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Posts: 91
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New 300g Bullet Reef Finally Running!
So I havn't been posting in a while but here is my new 300g all set up and ready to go. The rock from gulfview goes in tomorrow. Some specs of the tank are reeflo hammerhead pump, 2-250W icecap ballasts and pendants with phoenix 14K bulbs, AquaC 700 in sump skimmer, 280 gal display is custom made by ATM acrylic bullet style tank with built in overflow with nice 2" return with durso standpipe that is quiet  Plumbing is there to add a sump when i feel like it. I'll post some more pic's when rock is in. Hood is with tank as well, hides lights and plumbing, just no point in putting it on yet. We have been refinishing the stand and hood and getting this thing ready for water for a few months now, it was a resturant tank and then sat in some kids garage for a few years before we saved it. Let me know what you think.
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05-14-2009, 01:33 AM
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originally original
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Alabama
Posts: 795
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Wow, that is an awesome tank!
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05-14-2009, 06:30 AM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 34,090
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Looking Good!
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05-14-2009, 09:31 AM
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Carpe Noctem
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Western Colorado
Posts: 8,179
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Cool. Post more when you get the rock in it! I like the bullhead look!
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05-14-2009, 10:05 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Posts: 91
Reviews: 1
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Thanks for the positive feedback. I forgot to mention that I had to redo all of the plumbling as well, the tank just came with some old leaky bulkheads and nothing underneath. This was probably actually a good thing because it forced me to fill it with good stuff
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05-20-2009, 10:32 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Posts: 91
Reviews: 1
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rock in tank
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05-20-2009, 10:34 PM
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Mantis
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: pa
Posts: 1,668
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looks nice
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05-20-2009, 10:36 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Posts: 91
Reviews: 1
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05-20-2009, 10:39 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Posts: 91
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More of day 4 with some pic's of the freebie coral, could i get some id help on that brown arco looking thing? I think its coming together pretty good, i will post more after a rock blow off and water change.
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05-21-2009, 12:24 AM
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I <3 Fishies
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Dallas,Texas
Posts: 816
Reviews: 41
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What kind of tank are you going to set-up?
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05-21-2009, 12:31 AM
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Carpe Noctem
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Western Colorado
Posts: 8,179
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Looking great! I really like the build design! it just has a touch of class given the right room.
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05-21-2009, 09:38 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Posts: 91
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Hop, thanks for the encouragement.
Dragonist, the tank is going to be a mixed reef, the wife loves tangs so i am running a very large skimmer with a lot of flow to handle the load. We also have a lot of lps that will be coming over from the 50g. We decided to go with a 3 in sand bed and just fill it with maintenance creatures.
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Clint
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05-21-2009, 09:59 AM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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Sounds good!Hope it works out good and easy.
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05-21-2009, 10:00 AM
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spaceman spiff
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: south of Dimples
Posts: 10,626
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looks like a great start so far, keep the updates coming!
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05-22-2009, 10:17 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Posts: 91
Reviews: 1
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Dead spots
So it's looking like I've got large dead spots under my rock mounds, suprise. I am trying something different with this tank setup in that I put the rock in first, then poured the sand up to it but in the rock mounds there is no sand, it is BB inside the mounds. The problem is i can see detritus collecting in these BB spots.
I am running a hammerhead pump so I am sure i can add another outlet off the pump manifold. Should I take another line off the manifold and run it over the overflow, down the back, and then maybe have a pipe with holes drilled in the bottom of it run the entire bottom of the tank? This is the only simple solution I could come up with, it would be much easier to do now while the tank is still cycling.
Let me know what you guys think of this plan or if you would try something different.
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Clint
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Tim 
