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Ryan,
Awesome thread...I just spent the better part of my day, in between work, reading this from page one. Words really don't do justice to the hard work and beautiful eye candy you have going there. But in an attempt to heap praise on you where it is thoroughly due...Awesome job . I learned a lot from your experience and while I may never set up a beast that big I have some new ideas for the next tank thanks to you . Keep the pics rolling.
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wow that tank turned out beautiful!
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#703
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Servo,
I plan to have frags FedExed to Miami and then straight on to the afternoon flight to Kingston. Timing is everything. I haven't tried it yet but when I lived in Miami I was able to get Acros FedExed from LA by 9:30am the next day. This should give me plenty time to get them down to JA. I'll let you know in a few months how it works out.
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Well, we are always tinkering aren't we! I have just purchased 3 lumenarc reflectors. I am going to drop down to 3 400W MH with the Lumenarc reflectors to save $ and ensure a back up ballast. I am going to refabricate the light hanging system and add T5's to it to fill up the space. I'll post pictures when I do since this thread has died. We can't all be like Melev !
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this thread is NOT dead dammit!!
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Jonathan--DIBS Breeder and Card carrying member of the Square Skimmer Brigade (Click on the Red House to see my pics garage) |
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Ryan, what did those luminarcs cost? Are they 18" x 18" or smaller?
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Shawn |
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And they typically run about $130. There are a couple of online vendors that sell them, but we drive out to PGS to pick ours up from the source . Ended up scoring 2 light movers at a killer price at the same time.
SERVO, I can't wait to see what you end up with . It is hard to go wrong with LAIIIs
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Bingo Shawn. The tank is to deep to use the mini's. I ordered them from Ocean Homes Etc and they have them for $126.
So anyone out there ever switched reflectors? Here is the question. I have SLS equipment and I think that I am going to have to splice the lamp cord in order to connect the ballast to the mogul. I'm correct right? I wish that all ballast input plugs were universal |
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wow this setup is unbelievable!!! amazing! keep us posted more often!!
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Thanks Samson,
Yah, we are always tinkering to try to make things better aren't we? You guys wouldn't know about that would you :LOL: . There are some things that I wish I would have changed, but they happen at a snails pace with me I am really happy that I have been able to help out others and give ideas based upon my experiences. I wish that I had external overflows I wish that I could have had a longer sump because of microbubbles. I wish that I would have laid down HDPE under the AC unit as a shelf instead of wood. I wish that I would have painted the 2X4 with epoxy paint to water proof for leaks. I have made too much water many of times and overflowed it into the garage And finally; I wish that I would have aquascaped dry; taken a 1/4 masonary drill bit and drilled multiple holes to use ridgid airline tubing epoxed to frags. I would have been able to really place all of the corals in the perfect spots. This is my 20/20 hindsight. |
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Servo, do you have any updates on the lumenarcs? Are they installed yet? Any pics?
Also, are you running them enclosed with glass and ac/exhaust plumbed to them?
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Ryan,
When I switched to Lumenarcs, I had to splice the wires. Just use electrical tape and those twist things (technical term). Ever thought of using a light mover like Sparkss? You could probably cut it down to 2 MHs and save even more $$$.
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My situation may have been a little different than Ryan's. My ballasts were not located near saltwater, so I wasn't worried about that. Good point on the shrink tube though, I did use that, but I forgot to mention it.
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Well, I finally got my Luminarcs today. This is pretty bittersweet. I discovered that I have AEFW's. I'm in the process of tearing out every Acro that I have. I am using a wire saw to cut the acros off the rock.
I am treating with Stoney's fluke tab method and seem to be making very good headway. Kiss all my spare time away for the next month. I'll be making a lot of water for dips. |
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I got your voicemail last night, Ryan. Sorry I didn't answer. After drinking all afternoon during you know what, I felt sleepy around that time.
I'm glad that Frank met you on a Sunday evening to get those meds. Good luck. Fluke tabs are much easier on the corals compared to Betadine, something I used last year.
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wow, sorry to hear about that!
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Jonathan--DIBS Breeder and Card carrying member of the Square Skimmer Brigade (Click on the Red House to see my pics garage) |
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Thanks Jonathan! I'll get through this! The problem is getting the baby to bed and doing all of this into the wee hours of the night and getting up at 6.
Man am I tired!!! I have been using a hand wire saw for the past hour or so trying to get through the base of a beautiful A. Samoensis. I got the coral out. I finished the last batch for the night. Ughhh Hopefully, I can get over this without too many loses. I shifted all of my rock work and need to muster up another set of hands to help me put humpty back together again. Soon, I'll post the lumenarcs, but that is the last thing on my mind as of now. |
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I take it you don't want to go down the road of treating the tank. Could you have introduced a predator?
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Jonathan--DIBS Breeder and Card carrying member of the Square Skimmer Brigade (Click on the Red House to see my pics garage) |
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Sweet tank.. Love the trim with opening..
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I reread your post and planning om using your idea for the molding shelf. I love it. I hope your fw's are gone by now.
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What about pics of the Lumenarc lighting redo? Where ya been on this thread? 5 Months with no upate. I just read through the whole thread again to pick up some points on doing my tank.
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Well, the flat worm thing sucked. I think that I am in good shape now, but I am still somewhat reluctant to jump the gun and say that they are gone. Here are some pictures that I took last month. The tank is looking really good.
All of the Acro's pictures have been treated. No new additions have occured since the infection. |
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