Starboard Reef is up and running - Page 3

Bomber · #51 08/04/2003, 03:58 PM

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Originally posted by smiller
Great tank!

Do you still have that awesome looking fan-like gorg that I always drooled over? I have tried and tried to find one like it, but no luck.

Steve, I'm not exactly sure which one you're talking about. But don't matter, all the critters are on R&R at work. They're fine.

Bomber · #52 08/04/2003, 04:02 PM

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Originally posted by sdgtivr6
I'm not saying that starboard is a bad idea at all... looks very interesting!

but I have a feeling crap will creep under the panels- it is much more of an anaerobic enviornment than your rock is...

Don't have a clue as to why you would think that. The panels are flat on the bottom, what would get under them would be so minuscule that I can't imagine in the big picture that it would even matter. There is obviously multitudes more in a DSB and rocks. Besides, unless you pick the panels up, it will just stay there forever.

chewie · #53 08/04/2003, 04:05 PM

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Originally posted by Bomber
Of all things, I ended up with 1/2 of the bulbs actinic and the other 1/2 50-50's. (I know, don't even go there I know what you're going to say)

Who? Me? say...........I told ya so!

I'll never have the chance to tell that to an expert again, sooooo.......

Not my style.

Cheers!

Agu · #54 08/04/2003, 07:34 PM

Looking good Jerel !!!

For those of you without access to starboard, or concerned about anarobic areas, just buy ugf panels. Flip them over, lay them on the bottom of your tank, and cover them with a thin layer of sand. That's what I did to keep rock from sliding before I learned about dsb's.

Agu

Ewan · #55 08/04/2003, 07:47 PM

Awesome!!

I've been up to the same philosophy, but not as extreme. Let me explain:

I had a 10 gallon nano reef when I was in university. It was very successful.

I decided to move my successful 10gal setup into a 20 gallon tank. Same setup--more water. Very successful.

I moved my original 10gal setup into a 29 gallon tank. Same setup--more water. Even more successful.

You basically have a thriving nanoreef waiting to happen in a very large tank. You corals will grow into that space.

Bomber, let the new tank party begin. Don't even think of adding another rock to that tank... Unless there's a little acro frag attached to it

Great job. I wish you all the best with the new setup.

E.

Gerard the fish · #56 08/04/2003, 10:35 PM

That tank looks so natural

kevinpo · #57 08/04/2003, 11:32 PM

Hmmm..Jerel,
I think I need to come down and stand in front of it for a few days to make up my mind about it

Great pieces of art are like that, they need to be studied in detail before they can be fully appreciated.

I hope you figure out if it's going to work or not in the next 2 years rather than 4 because that's what I have left on my DSB until it's 4

I don't like the thought of removing 850 LB of it to well.

I believe the board is made on UHMW polyethylene.

Regards,
Kevin

Gerard the fish · #58 08/05/2003, 12:22 AM

TWO WORDS... OR IS IT FOUR?

REMOTE DSB

justgettinstarted · #59 08/05/2003, 12:55 AM

What about a huge Octopus! with no sand... that would be awesome... if it eats like a pig... o well it can all be collected in the sump!!!

Bomber · #60 08/05/2003, 07:31 AM

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Originally posted by chewie
Who? Me? say...........I told ya so!

Nooooooooo, not you. Never.

Go ahead, I deserve it.

Bomber · #61 08/05/2003, 07:40 AM

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Originally posted by Agu
Looking good Jerel !!!

For those of you without access to starboard, or concerned about anarobic areas, just buy ugf panels. Flip them over, lay them on the bottom of your tank, and cover them with a thin layer of sand. That's what I did to keep rock from sliding before I learned about dsb's.

Agu

Thanks Bud!

What in this world are ugf panels? LOL

Bomber · #62 08/05/2003, 07:41 AM

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Originally posted by Ewan
Awesome!!
Bomber, let the new tank party begin. Don't even think of adding another rock to that tank... Unless there's a little acro frag attached to it
Great job. I wish you all the best with the new setup.
E.

That's what the plans are. By the time I get the critters back, they will be bigger.

Bomber · #63 08/05/2003, 07:42 AM

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Originally posted by Gerard the fish
That tank looks so natural

LOL

Natural, patratral. It's going to look clean this time.

Bomber · #64 08/05/2003, 07:44 AM

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Originally posted by kevinpo
Hmmm..Jerel,
I think I need to come down and stand in front of it for a few days to make up my mind about it

Great pieces of art are like that, they need to be studied in detail before they can be fully appreciated.

I hope you figure out if it's going to work or not in the next 2 years rather than 4 because that's what I have left on my DSB until it's 4
I don't like the thought of removing 850 LB of it to well.

I believe the board is made on UHMW polyethylene.

Regards,
Kevin

and the reason you're not here is?

We use starboard for tanks, bait wells, etc. I really don't know what it's made of Kevin, but it's never effected any of our holding or grow out tanks.

Bomber · #65 08/05/2003, 07:46 AM

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Originally posted by Gerard the fish
TWO WORDS... OR IS IT FOUR?

REMOTE DSB

I'm really not into the hamster habitat look. How about just remove the detritus and not having to have all those other things.

Bomber · #66 08/05/2003, 07:51 AM

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Originally posted by justgettinstarted
What about a huge Octopus! with no sand... that would be awesome... if it eats like a pig... o well it can all be collected in the sump!!!

You're closer than you think!

We were discussing having cuttlefish when I was cleaning it out.

robwsup · #67 08/05/2003, 08:09 AM

tagging along

cvye · #68 08/05/2003, 08:16 AM

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Increases oxygenation!
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Refugia no longer needed!

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eclipse29 · #69 08/05/2003, 08:41 AM

Just curious with a tank that size were do you have it in your house cause that is a whole lot of dead weight. and what are the dimmensions of a tank that size.

David P · #70 08/05/2003, 09:09 AM

ok, I get that the starboard protects the bottom glas from a rock slide, but I would think that rock slides are still apt to happen due to the slick bottom and then you have a good chance of scratching the front. Correct?

Syn · #71 08/05/2003, 09:11 AM

Very nice simple setup Bomber. Do you think there would be any problems with setting up a tank with the black starboard?

Syn

Bomber · #72 08/05/2003, 09:21 AM

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Originally posted by eclipse29
Just curious with a tank that size were do you have it in your house cause that is a whole lot of dead weight. and what are the dimmensions of a tank that size.

Big, and it's on the second floor too.

It's 10ft long.

Bomber · #73 08/05/2003, 09:22 AM

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Originally posted by David P
ok, I get that the starboard protects the bottom glas from a rock slide, but I would think that rock slides are still apt to happen due to the slick bottom and then you have a good chance of scratching the front. Correct?

Nope, stack you're rocks better.

Bomber · #74 08/05/2003, 09:24 AM

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Originally posted by Syn
Very nice simple setup Bomber. Do you think there would be any problems with setting up a tank with the black starboard?

Syn

I think the white reflects light better, doesn't show the little particles that come out of the rocks so bad, and looks more like sand.

RockyMtnReef · #75 08/05/2003, 11:17 AM

Could you do clams on a Starboard bed?