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11-20-2002, 01:12 AM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Jul 2000
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Starting the new tank so I thought I would share pictures as I go..
Here is the tank. The dimension of the tank are 48x24x30 deep. The stand is being built right now. Hope to have some pictures of it soon of the stand. I hope to have the pluming done this weekend. will update then.....
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11-20-2002, 01:13 AM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Jul 2000
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Here are some more pics....
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11-20-2002, 01:15 AM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Portland,OR.US
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Some of the close loop pluming
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11-20-2002, 02:36 AM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Portland, OR
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**** Frank!
that tank took years off ya! Nothin like a new reef to mke you feel young again.lol  |
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11-20-2002, 06:06 AM
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Good boy
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Marietta, GA, USA
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You're adding livestock way too early Frank.  Looks good.
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11-20-2002, 09:38 AM
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I been meaning to ask about all those holes???????????????????
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11-20-2002, 11:12 AM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Montana
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To many holes in the tank Frank! Looks like ya got a critter in there already! Is it reef safe? |
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11-20-2002, 01:44 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: wash
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Hey I know that critter, isnt that the one that phones my daughter all the time
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11-20-2002, 01:56 PM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Portland, OR
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yeah...
I've said it before and I'll say it again...
You better hope to god you never have to get to all that plumbing in your overflow, cause you won't be able to. Keep it simple and you'll be happier when something goes wrong. |
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11-20-2002, 03:12 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Jul 2000
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If you look at the over flow you will see that it is 36 long and 4 deep there is plenty of room to get to every thing and if for some reason I would have to get to the plumbing it is all easy to get to and I will plumb it with unions. I don’t want any of the pluming to be seen I don’t want to run any power heads I just want to see the reef. The plumbing in the back box is mostly all close loop and I should never have to work on.
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11-20-2002, 03:24 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Nov 2001
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Frank u will need to do maintenance on the closed loop. One will be to clean the pump from calcerious deposits (which should be fine. But the other would be to clean off the intake screens. I have to clean mine once a month or they will clog with mini snails and algae.
Mike
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11-20-2002, 03:58 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Jul 2000
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That was the one thing on how high I should have the intake. I will have vales for the pump. I just done want the intake to low. Right now I have them 8 off the bottom. What do you think?
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11-20-2002, 04:13 PM
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Shark
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I would keep them as closed to the top as I could without them cavitating. Frank if you have already drilled you could always use some piping to raise the intakes on the inside so you can get to the screens easy.
Mike
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11-20-2002, 05:31 PM
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Eat more PIE
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Frank looks great is it Acrylic? Will it be a fowler or reef? if reef how do you guys scrape the corraline off without scratching? |
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11-21-2002, 12:47 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2000
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Quote:
Originally posted by Casey
Frank looks great is it Acrylic? Will it be a fowler or reef? if reef how do you guys scrape the corraline off without scratching?
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heh!!!
THAT is a trade secret!!! 
Especially is you have a tank with sand, you'll need a good plastic scraper like the Kent plastic blade or an old credit card. Stop scraing about an inch from the bottom, as it is almost inevitable that you'll get some small granule of sand caught between the blade and the acrylic if you go much lower. It will leave a line of calcerous algae around the bottom, but it will keep the blade from embedding a granule of sand in it that will scratch the upper reaches of the acrylic. Personally, I have given up on keep int the scratches off the prop system, but I still go very easy on the areas around the sandbed line. If it is a dedicated prop system, you might consider going without sand in the frag areas and putting a 6 inch sandbed in an equally sized sump (equal substrate area).
HTH.
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