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12/21/2007, 01:36 PM
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200 gallon plus put together thread
Kyle (dew2loud1) and i purchased this tank out here in utah. we are going to try to bring our corals and fish we are keeping out here for it.
So we bought a tank. Which supposedly was 280 gallons. it is actually more like 200 gallons. apparently the guy measured wrong. It is 4 ft by 3ft by 25 inches tall. So first off we moved my 72 bowfront from my linoleum floor into the living room where my 45 tall used to be. The 45 was torn down and the bowfront was reset up. We are waiting until it goes through it's mini cycle to put the fish and corals back in  Next we had to set up the stand in the old 72 spot. Keys to a good stand. *must hold tank *must hold two dogs and sump   picture of the tank on the stand  bangaiis hanging out in their temporary home. 
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12/21/2007, 01:41 PM
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Aww look @ those good girls sitting up on that stand!
They must be trained really well 
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12/21/2007, 02:47 PM
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Tank loves Liver Treats but they give him gas
 Nice tank BTW, I like the dimensions. Are you shooting for a particular "theme" for this tank ie, SPS or LPS dominated reef?
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12/21/2007, 04:14 PM
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 that's outstanding! Look at their butts in the second picture of them though. They couldn't have more than 1/4lb of weight on it as they look like they're ready to GET THEIR TREAT NOW!  Kyle was talking about your lighting. 3'x4' makes it an easier decision now. I'd stick those two MH's he has over it and stack a 2-4 T5's in there as well (a couple actinic, couple normal). It should cover nicely.
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12/21/2007, 08:00 PM
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12/21/2007, 08:03 PM
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I know kyle wants to do SPS, i dont think we are going to dominate it with sps though. i'd like to do a lot of lps. maybe just the sinularia for a leather. Sps kind of scares me as ive seen many tanks have one parameter fall and they lose a whole sps tank. Lps seems to live through a lot and isnt so unstable. My little green stick though i have in my 72 bowfront is growing on me. it seems to grow literally in front of my eyes from day to day. we picked up some REALLY nice pieces of lace rock today for shelves. im really excited! |
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12/23/2007, 03:09 PM
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Well after a long two days of hooking up plumbing and getting enough water made things are finally starting to fall into place.
The 72 is all back together and the fish are loving the new rockwork   the big tank cycling with water 
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12/23/2007, 04:17 PM
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it is my least favorite too!!! for now im satisfied. the fish will be able to swim the whole perimiter of the tank for a total of 14 feet of unobstructed swimming room, and there is also the canyon down the middle which gives them like 5 more feet. As for the stock list there was a separate thread for that but since the tank ended up being 80 gallons less than what we were expecting that is going to change. as for fish we already have that will be eventually going in this system include
scribbled rabbitfish 4 inches orange shoulder tang 2 inches flame hawk yellow belly hippo tang 3 inches regular hippo tang 4 inches two true percs and their bubble tip two skunk clowns and their anemone and thats it for fish we already have i'd like to add some anthias havent decided on bartlets or dispars yet, and about 5 or so wrasses. along with a mated pair of bangaiis, a lieutenent tang, and possibly and achilles depending on if the LFS gets any more in. i'd like to add all the tangs smaller 3 inches or so other than the achillies i'd like to get about 5 inches. that way they all grow up together and hopefully there wont be much agression towards the achilles. we would also like to add a magnificent. we'll see how that goes though. its going to take a while to get this tank to where i'd like it, and patience is hard! lol most of the rock was uncured, but it was very clean with no decaying matter on it. we also have about 50 lbs of fully cultured live rock and about 50 lbs of fully cultured sand in the refugium. we are going to be doing a bare bottom tank b/c it is acrylic and i dont want to take the chance of scratching the acrylic with a sand particle. |
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12/24/2007, 11:00 AM
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I know it's probably a little late but I would highly suggest moving the OM further from the pump. Sequence pumps are not pressure rated so the closer you restrict flow to the outlet of the pump the more the flow is reduced. By adding more space between the pump and the OM your flow will be greatly increased and your pump won't work as hard.
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12/24/2007, 11:15 AM
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None of it is really a problem, you are just not using your pump to it's fullest potential. IME I did some testing and found that any tee, elbow or bend within 1.5' of the pump outlet greatly effected output. I actually go 2' before a manifold on my system feed pump (dart). I did the same thing on my CL with a Dart and OM 4-way on my 75. On the CL the pump sits on the ground behind the tank and goes strait up along the back, then feeds into the OM at water level.
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12/24/2007, 12:37 PM
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I was wondering about that, but this is the way it was already setup when we bought it, actually the guy had a dart and changed it to a snapper because he thought it was too much flow,
From what I understand the snapper and dart are identical aside from the impeller so all I would have to do is exchange the impeller for a dart impeller and be back up to the 3600 gph mark. I would have set it up a little different, but at least the return nozzles in the tank are the jacuzzi style so then can be rotated 360 degrees Keep the suggestions coming...... |
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#22
12/24/2007, 11:06 PM
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some pictures with the skinning almost complete. we are holding the boards on with industrial velcro. so everything is removeable and you can access under the stand. i think we are going to put some fake doors on the front with handles to break up the space
  
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01/03/2008, 02:50 PM
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well here is the update. we are finishing up staining the canopy. it is pretty much going to touch the ceiling. two lumenbrights should be in my this weekend which will house 2x400w radium 20k's. we should also have the mesh this weekend. 1/4 inch so no wrasses can escape! currently in the tank are 3 chromis', a pair of pink skunks, a cleaner wrasse, and about 500 heads of frogspawn (no joke) i'll get a picture up soon
here is a link to the reflectors we are using http://www.aquacave.com/images/lumenbrite11.jpg |
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