OK! Enough chat...Starting a 1000g+ Reef

[jnarowe]

It's a nice design and I really like how he is building the aquascape etc. but I definitely wouldn't be running any wave makers in there. Again, I may have missed a key element, but as I just went back an reviewed it on that other site, i couldn't find any mention of fiber fillers etc.

[melev]

You guys will need to read his thread to get a better grasp upon his findings.

[jnarowe]

on RC or on the other site?

[melev]

http://fingerlakesreef.com/forum/vie...?t=413&start=0

[erics3000]

t was just going to ask for the link..thanks Marc

[erics3000]

t was just going to ask for the link..thanks Marc

[erics3000]

t was just going to ask for the link..thanks Marc

[erics3000]

t was just going to ask for the link..thanks Marc

[erics3000]

sorry about the triple

[jnarowe]

yeah I sifted through that one Marc but couldn't find the right section discussing the resin. I'll have to go back through it. Oddly enough, I have considered this, but screwing it up would be seriously BAD!

[mrcrab]

eric...STOP STUTTERING!

must be the estrogen.

[mrcrab]

Originally posted by jnarowe


yeah I sifted through that one Marc but couldn't find the right section discussing the resin. I'll have to go back through it. Oddly enough, I have considered this, but screwing it up would be seriously BAD!

check pages 7 & 8.

[jnarowe]

Well, I am indeed intrigued by that. It's hard for me to reconcile the sheer strength but he did add filets all around. I can see that the lengths are just about entirely glass, and that is the area of greatest pressure.

Pretty amazing if you ask me. And the finish is sweet.

[erics3000]

I have my laptop on the edge of the couch and little boy in my other hand. it make it hard to type. type type type,,heheheh

J- I think you should go for it. I was thinking down the line on my new house going that direction. I was also thinking I could get plywood at 10 or 12 foot sheets. Fiberglass is a pain but most of all this stuff is a pain. Man would it take some time to build. we all love Marc Fudge aka last month totm tank. His tank rocks. Another of my favorite is the reefdoctors tank.

[jnarowe]

I am torn about this BTW. I do not have very good carpentry skills, nor are my tools very good, but the opportunity to have a starfire viewing pane is indeed extremely intriguing to me. It could even save me the trouble of pulling down my wall, since I could chop up the current tank. It's not going to have any resale value now.

Did I mention I hate working with fiberglass? Back when I was a Sea Scout, we did some fiberglass work and when we hit the rack, I got it all over the inside of my sleeping bag. That seriously sucked.

Since my current tank is only 8', I wouldn't need any specialty sheets, but I would use a very high grade marine plywood...or maybe something else....

The BIGGEST problem is that this would have to be built in place, and that would mean I would have to hold my fish and corals for an extended period. That's nearly a deal-killer all by itself, and the main reason why I am looking to get my next tank built professionally.

[mrcrab]

Have you ever checked the price of marine ply ?!?!?

[erics3000]

good point.. time us definetly an issue.

I dont think you would use marine plywood.

[chris wright]

Bugga of a decision to make about a new tank. Pull down the wall to put in a new tank, if you go the same size, or build another tank in place

Where would you put your current livestock if you were to build a tank, considering the dust of the ply, fumes from the fibreglass yikes!

Poor bugga, your not one to envy at the moment.

[Hop]

Originally posted by jnarowe
but the opportunity to have a starfire viewing pane is indeed extremely intriguing to me.

You still have to clean it in order to see through it, just so you know

Well good luck on the process... After my headache, downsizing was such a releif.

[jnarowe]

I am sure it will all work out in the end. Or not.

I would set the livestock up in an above ground pool. That wouldn't be terribly difficult, except for the whole catching the livestock thing.

This issues with holding them for more than a day or two are touch though, like skimming, temperature control, humidty in the house, etc.

[chris wright]

Well at least you might be able to go for a swim, salt water pools are great

That would be a headache and a half. You wouldn't sleep to good until the livestock was moved back into a tank. I'd imagine that the maintenance on a pool would be a night mare.

[jnarowe]

Well, I have been depressed about it on more than one occassion to be honest. I try to tell myself that others have done this, bugt I read so many stories about losing livestock and that would just make me sick.

Catching fish in a tank like this is a real bear too. One or two might be stupid enough to go into the trap, but the rest will never buy into it.

[Elliott]

remove corals first, followed by lr, then fish, use two people to catch them, much easier, have seen in done in a large tank, worked quite well. nevertheless, I know what you mean, no fun

also, after corals and lr are out, drain most of the water which makes catching fish that much easier

[chris wright]

I'm hearing ya! I loose sleep when something doesn't look right in my tank.

I think Elliott is right in technique though. That was the way I moved my tank, had to catch my wrasse which IMO was hard. Though, the technique works.

I'd volunteer to help if I were there. I would love to see a tank the size of yours. Pictures just don't do it justice, in regards to it's true size.

[jnarowe]

if I had some pictures! I can't wait to get the glass clean and see what is really going on in there. Maybe I'll find that damn crab too!

One good thing about taking down this system is that i will probably find that gold ring I lost back in '05.