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12-06-2003, 08:45 PM
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Keeper of the stick
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Farmington
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It only took 2 years!!!!!
Well, after 1 transit tank and many dollars mis-spent, my 46 is finally running. I know I still owe an explanation of the hood and now that I've figured out this dinosaur of a camera I have I'll be able to get some pics.
Here's the specs
- 46bow AGA (drilled with 1" drain, 1" CLS, and 3/4" return)
- Stand AGA
- Hood (Custom)
- 250wt Radium on IceCap
- 175wt 12k on Hamilton?
- 110wtpc (03/6500) on PFO
- 13wtpc 03 (moonlight)
- Sump ReefMania approx 17 gallon
- Euro-Reef ES5-3 skimmer
- Mag 7 Return
- Ocean Runner 6500 CLS pump (return split to 4 3/4" loc-line fittings)
- Coral Hound dual chamber Ca Reactor (to be hooked up after x-mas)
- Pin Point pH controller/monitor (to be hooked up after x-mas)
- ReefMania Kalk reactor to be purchased after x-mas
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12-06-2003, 09:23 PM
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Keeper of the stick
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Farmington
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try this again
Will it post this time???
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12-06-2003, 09:29 PM
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micro nut
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: TWIN CITIES
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looks good 
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12-06-2003, 09:32 PM
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Land Shark
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: USA
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Sweet, if it took you 2 years, I still have another year to get mine ready... 
Did you get the Ca reactor hooked up yet?!? Got mine fired up...I feel like a little kid, and couldn't wait to pick it up today.
Derek
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12-06-2003, 09:32 PM
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Land Shark
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: USA
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oh yeah, looking good!
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12-06-2003, 09:34 PM
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Keeper of the stick
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Farmington
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I need to get the Co2 refilled, so may not get it fired up this weekend. I left Bills and went and found a skimmer!!!! Gotta love the x-mas bonus!!!!
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12-06-2003, 09:36 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Buffalo, MN
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Were you able to get doors in the front of your canopy? I had my Father in law bend some 1/2" laminate at his work, as I couldn't make a top that raises. I hope to dump the crappy reflector setup I have soon, Dirk has one that will put my PC's closer to the water. Hopefully it will look cleaner inside with 1 reflector rather than 4
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12-06-2003, 09:44 PM
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Keeper of the stick
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Farmington
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I didn't put any doors on the front. I have 1 on the side and the top lifts up on a piano hinge. Why can't you make a top that lifts?
I have 2 pfo reflectors inside mine. I will try to get some pics. I really need to figure out how to size them. It only took 6 attempts to get the one shot posted!!
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12-06-2003, 09:55 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Buffalo, MN
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I planned on it, but when I built the frame, I gave my father in law instructions, but I should have written them down. I gave him a frame made out of 1x3's, and he covered it with 1/2" laminate, to match the stand...kind of glued the top and sides together. I have the PFO reflectors in it now, along with a 2x55w PC PFO kit....if I can get a 2x96W ballast alone, I'll rip the 55w out, and put 192w of actinic in there. Dirk has some PFO reflectors that will allow PCs or VHO's to sit a few inches closer to the water than the MH. I don't care to have a lighting setup that looks like somebody spent 5 minutes throwing it in, So I'm going to get 1 reflector for the whole tank.
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12-08-2003, 08:22 AM
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Schmidt happens!
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Minneapolis, MN
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looking great chad! looks like the wait was well worth it! how's the water flow working out? i know you grappled with that for awhile.
tg
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12-08-2003, 08:35 AM
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Keeper of the stick
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Location: Farmington
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I think I may add a power head of two "just because". I didn't want to, but I think I need a bit more flow.
The only thing I'm kicking myself for right now is I wish I would have drilled a few more holes in my spray bar. I'll have to wait until I tear the tank down to move to do that though. I don't know that I could get the rocks to stack the way they are again if I did it now.
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12-08-2003, 10:34 AM
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Heterandria Formosa
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Bloomington, MN
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Looks very nice, now I am getting excited to get my 75 up and running.
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12-08-2003, 10:43 AM
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King Squid
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Apple Valley, MN and Houston, TX
Posts: 1,548
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Looking good Chad...
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12-08-2003, 11:28 AM
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Keeper of the stick
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Farmington
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Thanks for all of the compliments!! I will try to post some better pics this weekend. 
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12-08-2003, 11:55 AM
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Schmidt happens!
Join Date: Feb 2003
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chad...its monday and you're already looking forward to the weekend!? i'm looking forward to lunch, then recess, then more work, then the part-time job, then sleep, then more work tomorrow! yippee! you need to find something fulfilling to do with your life like i have-oh how i love the lab! 
tg
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