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Old 10/15/2007, 05:29 PM
finless finless is offline
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My Frag Closet

This is not for selling just for kicks until I P.off my wife

I sid what the hell. we just moved. Wife wont approve of a large tank (YET). So I put one in the closet. OUT of Sight OUT of mind

It's a 6' x 5' closet with a concrete floor. I built a 48" x 27" x12' frag tank out of lexan. I'm using my old fuge off my nano. aprox 34 gal. The tank and fuge takes up all 6'. I add a drain for quick water changes and a sink for cleaning up.
Right now I have some T5's to hold over some tester corals until my Lumenarc 400w fixture comes in this week. For flow I have 2 closed loops. A Quietone 780gph on a SCWD, and a little giant 1100gph tee'ed.My return is an Ehime around 700gph. I had all this laying around.
Coming soon is a fresh water holding tank aswell as a makeup water tank. with a drain straight to the fuge.
In the room I have a ceiling fan and fans to pull out heat and moisture. 5 stage DI feeds the room for supply. 019ppm in 000ppm out.
I still have along ways to go before I'm satified.
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Old 10/15/2007, 05:30 PM
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How thick was the lexan you used?
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Old 10/15/2007, 06:26 PM
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1/4" but I put a horizontal rim around it and it made it very strong.
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Old 10/15/2007, 09:41 PM
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looks pretty good. is there a reason the t5 are so high off the water?
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Old 10/15/2007, 10:27 PM
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they are just until my Lumenarc 400w comes in plus I didn't have anyway to mount them without making some sort of bracket that will leave me with holes in the wall I don't need.
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Old 10/16/2007, 02:12 PM
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hey that happens poin the wife..lol.. mine gave up..after my 4th tank..now she is involved.. she does all my water tests..an adds chems..all it took>?..i bought her a lawn mower blenney..


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Old 10/16/2007, 07:36 PM
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maybe I'll buy my wife just a lawnmower.
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Old 10/17/2007, 12:57 AM
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lawnmower lol
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Old 10/18/2007, 09:48 PM
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Added a Lumenarc III w/400w 20k XM. I put it on a trolley/rail so I can move it side to side. also adjustable chain links for highth control maybe I'll make that motorized one day. My buddy and I made the ballast box.
Now its time to do some ordering
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Old 10/22/2007, 06:41 PM
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Add some frags this weekend. A ton of SPS, Zoa's, Ric's and yumas and a small piece of blastos.
It's coming along!
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Old 10/22/2007, 06:44 PM
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now if I could figure out this white balance stuff on my camera
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Old 10/31/2007, 09:19 PM
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What do you guys run? a Cal. reactor, Kalk reactor, or 2 part or a combo?
I'm am currently running a DIY Kalk reactor and Using B-ionic 2part. Is this good enough or Do I need to try a different approach?
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Old 11/02/2007, 07:01 PM
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i just dose with kalk in my top off water and that is enough for me. Ive been seeing great growth in my sps. Where did you get your tank btw, it is very nice!
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Old 11/02/2007, 07:02 PM
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nevermind i guess you built that.....nice
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Old 11/04/2007, 09:25 PM
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My girl would die for a yellow tail damsel. not happening.
Sweet build that frag tank looks great.
Haven't seen such a high-tech closet for corals before.
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Old 11/05/2007, 12:07 AM
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looking good brent how are those rics you picked up doin? i got a lotta goodstuff @ my house thats ready for some 400 w toasting- maybe you can help me build one of these sweet tanks in return for a few frags?
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Old 11/05/2007, 12:12 AM
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you probably won't need to dose too much until you pack that thing out unless you don't wanna do wcs. kalk with topoff could probably do great for a while but may eventually need ca rxr and since you are wanting to automate pretty far may as well include that also. let's see the tomini in a close up if possible
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Old 11/11/2007, 09:34 AM
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HEY SHOW US A PIC WITH THAT NEW CAMERA I TALKED YOU INTO GETTING!!!!! BTW your friend builds a heck of a ballast box, as well he seems to inspire you to do many things......give him props!!!!! He's a friend I would like to have, thats for sure!

Oh and thanks for the intercepter...how are my...well now your sps frags doing?
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Old 11/14/2007, 10:15 PM
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Cashman, take your right hand, reach across to your left shoulder and pat yourself on the back. Your the friend
I'll post some pics soon.
I added a kalk reactor (DIY) to the top-off
I'm thinking about adding a cal. reactor soon.

Thanks everyone.
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Old 11/27/2007, 10:44 AM
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You think you will ever come out of the closet?
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Old 11/27/2007, 07:45 PM
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I'm stay'n in the closet
Here are some pics.
Thanks for the additions cashman! more to come!!!

 


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