Dave's Jawfish Nano

[Seaweed88]

Thanks I will watch for the next meeting

[miniwhinny]

oh WOW !!! What an awesome fish room. Makes my sole 20 long seem TINY hahaha.

[benzzz]

Very nice fish room...Love the new tank set up

[grallster]

Thank you. Even though I have a small house--it's one benefit to having a 3 bedroom with no kids.

[fish.freak]

Is that frag tank set up as a geyer?

[crvz]

Originally Posted by grallster

Thank you. Even though I have a small house--it's one benefit to having a 3 bedroom with no kids.

I wish I could convince my wife the same... but oh well! Tank's looking great.

[grallster]

Originally Posted by fish.freak

Is that frag tank set up as a geyer?

I'm not really sure what you mean...

[grallster]

Originally Posted by crvz

I wish I could convince my wife the same... but oh well! Tank's looking great.

LOL...I probably would have trouble doing the same--I started the whole thing while I was still a batchelor.

[fish.freak]

Originally Posted by grallster

I'm not really sure what you mean...

sorry I misspelled it
Gyre Tanks

aquarium gyre somewhat resembles a conveyor belt of water movement and it is characterized by mostly laminar, unidirectional flow. By alternating the rotation of the gyre from one side to the other, it is possible to evenly distribute turbulence on all sides of corals and therefore increase photosynthesis and respiration. An extreme example of this technique is exemplified by a special aquarium called a gyre.A gyre tank encourages the maximum amount of water motion momentum because it contains a divider to essentially turn the tank into a circuit. This specialized aquarium constricts the cross section of the water’s path so that all of the water is evenly moving in the same direction
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2007/1/aafeature

[grallster]

No, it's not one of those...looks like it wastes alot of space to me.

[fish.freak]

the only difference i can see between your tank and that one, besides the extra racks, is the position of the powerhead. The gyre tank is supposed to maximize growth via flow.

[bklynmet]

Dave, I didn't want to hijak your build thread so I created a thread on Gyre tanks here for further discussion.. http://www.thereeftank.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=112028 I have my reservations on the premise of Gyre systems and want to discuss it somewhere other than your thread.

[grallster]

Originally Posted by fish.freak

the only difference i can see between your tank and that one, besides the extra racks, is the position of the powerhead. The gyre tank is supposed to maximize growth via flow.

Yes, but that extra rack is 50% of my growing area. I'm sure the gyre type tanks are more feasible in larger grow out tanks.

[kimsie]

Wow - what a great tank/fishroom/jawfish!

[grallster]

Still a little shy--but getting better: