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07/23/2005, 12:27 AM
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That's what I was told. Here's a few more pics. I used 2" black spaflex for my closed loops powered by Darts. Also put in about 270 gal of water, 500# of rock, and 400# of LS.
  
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07/24/2005, 02:40 PM
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Bigred, in that second pic, what is that small T off and ball valve on the CL for? Water changes?
Are you adding any more LR to the display? Also, is there enough room on the left side between the tank and the wall for you to stand or do you not need to? Awesome set up! Keep up the good work.
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07/24/2005, 11:51 PM
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Yes, the T is for water changes.
As for the rock, it doesn't look like there is alot in there but it is pretty full. Also it was 500# of dead rock so if it was live figure in about 700+. On the side with the wall there is about 14" just enough to get in and out to arrange stuff. Started to setup the sump and main skimmer today. Had my back-up skimmer running for the past 2 days and it pulled out about 20 gal of skimmate. Not very thick but it smelled real good. More pics to come soon.....
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07/25/2005, 12:24 AM
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Steve's numbers sound pretty close. Our 135g Miracles tank had 1/2" sides and top with a 5/8" bottom. Steve - Congratulations! The tank is looking great already... -Doug |
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07/25/2005, 02:21 PM
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Steve, I personally like less rock. Id rather look at corals than rock and when you have a ton of rock, and then a ton of coral, you dont have much room for water.
My next tank will have very little rock compared to other tanks its size. Just enough to cover the bottom pretty much. I dont know if you mentioned it already but it looks like you are curing that live rock in the display? Do you have another set up you will combine with this system or are you starting from scratch? Looking good!
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07/25/2005, 08:41 PM
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Thanks Doug when are we going to see yours?
ReefWater: It's starting from scratch. The LR I had used to have clam parisite snails so I killed it off in the 105 degree weather for 3 days. All the rock is starting out dead for a fresh start with no bugs hopefully. I seem to like the look with less rock also but still need some for the corals to sit on.
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07/27/2005, 09:08 AM
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Steve,
Great job, that tank is a monster. In your plumbing schematic you had barracuda's for your CL, did you change them to Darts? Is your return pump still a barracuda? Also what type of ballasts are you using for your lighting? keep the pictures coming. Thanks |
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07/27/2005, 06:04 PM
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skamin: Yeah I changed to the Darts since the wattage was about half compared to the Barracudas and they seem to be plenty of flow. I kept the return as a Barracuda though. For ballasts I'm use magnetic M59's for 4 400 watt MH's which the front two will be XM 15K's and the back two will be XM 20K's.
JackRent: It was just under 3K.
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08/02/2005, 01:09 AM
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Here's the wall painted but I still have to stretch the carpet and put the base board back. I'm 250 lbs and 6' tall for a size perspective.
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08/03/2005, 11:09 PM
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LOVE IT JUST THE WAY IT IS!! It looks GREAT!! Keep up the good work and keep us posted.
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08/11/2005, 08:01 AM
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Great looking tank. Any thought of what kind of fish?
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and loads of space to do some proper aquascaping!!
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