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10/23/2007, 09:33 AM
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10/23/2007, 09:39 AM
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the o ring was in the sink the last time i had seen it. hope it didnt get lost......
is the water clearing up now so you can see into the tank better? you may want to re check the pumps for any stray shavings that may get in there and plug the pumps once you get it full of water and have everything circulating around.
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10/23/2007, 12:10 PM
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I realized it was not on when I hooked the surge pumps up in preparation and opened the valve. OH, the return pump valve is like the salt mixing vlave was, not seating properly, and i'll need to replace it. You get those at McMaster? John Curren has already called me today about the tank. Wondering where the fish, coral, etc are. Why the lights aren't on. He was nervous but since I've explained everything to him he's better now.
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10/25/2007, 05:28 AM
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10/26/2007, 10:38 PM
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Wow. So neat, and for a great cause. Keep us posted.
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10/27/2007, 08:05 PM
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Little late to jump on this one but I too have to send accolades!
I really had to laugh at the comment about the MJ mods. I doubt you'll have many areas of dead space with that surge system and those TUNZE pumps. It is great to see a system of such magnitude set up from the beginning. Too bad most major aquariums don't have something along the lines of what you are doing! I hope that you have all the luck keeping your tank parasite free!! |
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10/27/2007, 08:32 PM
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10/27/2007, 10:45 PM
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very nice system
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10/29/2007, 02:41 AM
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Awesome build!
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10/30/2007, 09:25 PM
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10/30/2007, 09:26 PM
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Congrats on the great job for the kids, it is really amazing. Kids will remember this tank for the rest of their lives.
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10/31/2007, 05:57 AM
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Whils't doing some maintenance on the other aquaria I overheard a patient begging mommy to let him watch the fish before treatment. At this rate, when the 850 is up they'll have to DRAG the kids away!
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10/31/2007, 01:27 PM
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wow spazz you really did think of pretty much everything with this. it looks absolutely amazing and i cant wait to see video of that surge running. damn now i want an 850!!!!!!
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10/31/2007, 07:06 PM
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well your tank is 11 feet long. all you need to do is make it 6 feet wide and 36 inches tall and you would have one hummer of a reef system. lol
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11/01/2007, 12:50 PM
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ok spazz stop giving me ideas! because the sound of that seems perfect for me. lol but i do think i will stick with this one for a while, and then when im ready to go bigger ill just use the 11 footer for one hell of a fuge!!!! lol
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11/05/2007, 12:58 AM
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right now the system is going through its cycle peroid so things are slow to update. the tank has to be ready for mid november when there will be a party to kick off the opening of the new building. barrott plans to have some fish and corals in the system for that event. i will be down there for a couple of days just before the event to make sure everything is runnng smooth and the system is ready for the bio load that will be placed in it. it will be exciting to see the first fish and corals going in there.
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11/05/2007, 12:48 PM
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spazz, how come St. Jude Children's Hospital went with an acrylic tank? Won't it have a lot of scratches since it will be in an area where a lot of people will be looking at and touching the tank?
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11/05/2007, 03:03 PM
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the hight of the tank had alot to due with the choice of materials. the tank is 4 ft tall. to build a tank that tall we would have had to use laminated starfire glass. that would have reduced the clarity of the viewing pannels. for every layer of lamination you have, the glass is a little less clear. so we decide to use acrylic to insure the visibility of the tank. sure there may end up being scratches on the exterior of the tank. theses are easy to remove with a buffer. most of the scratches would be from rings and such. if the tank need to be buffed out once a year its not that big of a deal. the 2 viewing pannels can be buffed out in a couple of hours. now if you scratch glass you can forget buffing the scratches out. they are there for the life of the tank. also you have to consider the surge tank fittings and the external overflow design. they would have been dificult to make into a glass tank of that size. then there is the biggest part of it. barrott has to lay on top of the tank to maintaince it. this is why the top of the tank is made with 2" thick acrylic. the bracing has to support the pressure from the water in the tank plus the weight of the person maintaing the tank. it cant be weak or the tank will burst. we factored all those things into the design of the tank when we decide what the tank size would be.
there is a big reason for tha tank being 4 ft tall. alot of the pacients are under 4 ft tall. then thereis there family members which would be taller than the pacient. so you can have the shorter people in front of the tank and the taller ones behind thenm and they can both have a good view of the inhabitants inside the tank. the bottom of the tank is 30" off the follr. your average 7 year old child is about 4 ft tall. the ones that are younger are about 36" tall. this will give everyone a good viewing point of the tank. we wanted everyone to be able to see inside the tank. we also had to consider anyone who might be in a wheel chair. thereis alot of elderly grandparents that will be there to visit and may want to see the tank. if they are in a wheel chair we want them to have a good view inside the tank. in the end the only problem we had with the design is the sump. because i didnt want make the tank nay higher we had tu use a sump that was smaller than i would have wanted. so the sump is a limitation in some ways. we have to be carefull that we dont overflow the sump if we have both surge tank dump at the same time. we can prevent that by reducing the dump time on the surge tanks. there is an adjustment on the surge valves that will alow us to reduce the amount of water being dumped. this would reduce the amount of water going into the sump and would prevent any flooding problems. it was a ballancing act to get everything to work smoothly and try to make everything work to the advantage of the people viewing the tank. i hope that helps explain things better.
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