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Giesemanne has a few nice new fixtures that peg the sexy meter : )
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Magnifico!
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Beauty in the making...
Looks great. that rimless effect will be amazing coupled with a sexy pendent.. top-down views will be cool!
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Wow that`s amazing setup, Cant wait to see it.
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Welcome to the rimless club!
I'll be watching the build intently. Now if I can just convince the girlfriend our next vacation should be texas, do you guys do tours.
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slovan, in my last tank I had an Aquaspacelight 3x250w. This tank is wider so I am thinking of going SE.
prance, we do tours through our Marsh club. Im sure we will be on the next tour sptfire, having a clean tank makes a huge difference. You have to present it and not just grow corals. Its like fixing up a car... you can have a fast car.. but you can always make it look better with some upgrades. |
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Plumbing started.. but not finished. I need to order some gray pvc in 1.5 since they dont sell this locally.
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RO/DI water being added.. I also turned on the pump. I still have a ways to go for it to fill up.
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Salt added. I added some extra pumps in here which arent in the pic for strong flow and salt to mix.
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Love the commercial (not for resale) Oceanic Sea Salt, you must have a friend at your LFS.
What skimmer are you planning to use on this system? MakoJ's Deltec 902 is running great on his A.G.E. tank. |
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Thanks for the info on the current lighting.
I haven't seen any plans for your sump yet. Since you have set the standard for a braceless display, are you going with a braceless sump to match? |
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Looking good Edward. For some reason i am getting excited over here hehehehe
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The tank looks great! Nice and clean, and the PVC bottom just makes it that much more pimp... Jim
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Looks incredible Edward, I expect nothing less than perfection from you. I remember every detail of your last build thread, your little girl has really grown. You're a real asset to RC! Now start a braceless thread somewhere with 100 pix of eye candy.
Welcome to the braceless club, I can't imagine ever having a canopy again. April can't get here quick enough.
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slovan, wow, thats a nice sump. Who made that?
reefer, you and me! Thanks Fliger! I have a vision for this tank. Actually I had this vision for several years now and will finally make it to reality. The Aquascaping will be the fun part. The thing I noticed is that I cannot reach halfway in my tank. I felt the, Oh sh** factor! I will have to add some rock in the middle back so I dont have to clean that area. You know me, I like to keep the entire tank clean of any algae. Well I have added my second bag of salt into the tank. It cleared up on the first bag, now its cloudy again. I added an extra pump for even stronger circulation since there is more volume of water in there since last night. The tank is 1/3's full now. I will most likely stop at halfway since the rocks and sand will cause the water level to go higher. I also have some water in those rubbermaids I have been skimming out. I may use that as extra since it has cycled already. My Ca Reactor is also ready. I just need to fill up the C02 bottle and start painting the back wall in the garage and start tearing things down to start from scratch again. All my new equipment will go in the garage again. |
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Although I do appreciate a nice looking set up and neat equipment/cable lay out, I think you and a few others have taken this to a whole new level. You concentrate more on the looks of the hardware than most do in their entire tanks. I for one concentrate on the tank looks alone leaving the equipment to functionality only. I do make things neat too mostly so I can easily deal with it when an emergency arrives, but I guess I do not go to the extent of obssession as some people go with grey/black tubing (which I personaly don't find any better looking than white). Don't get me wrong here. I am not by no means bashing/flaming you. It is just an observation, so please don't take any offense to it. I think I am plain enough to make it very very clear when I am trying to offend someone, and you I have no reason to offend. Yet Keep up the good work!
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Alberto, you just offended me!! just kidding.
I didnt see any harm in your observations. I totally understand where you are coming from. Like you said, you want functionality, but I also want functionality and presentation. It's the same idea for the rimless effect.. I didnt have to get that and the corals would of been fine, but it takes it to a whole new level when your presenting it. By the way, the gray plumbing gives it more of a stealth look in my opinion. Thanks for the tip on the sump. I never realized this. I will definitely have to try this out. What would also make sense if this is true is to get a thicker sump to keep it insulated even more. Now we are on to something. Excellent tip Alberto! If you have anymore suggestions, please feel free to comment. I take all of this as constructive criticism. |
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Edward, as Alberto said I think totally enclosing the sump from the rest of the garage is a great idea. I know others have had problems w/ things rusting in their garage as well. Would it be possible to build a wood box big enough to cover everything? If it were to get too big you could add caster to the bottom so it would roll away/on to the sump area. Also if it were on a Ext. wall you could vent it outside. Might not even need a fan but in the long run would probably be a good idea to help w/ mold/ rot type issues to the wall being covered.
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baros, yes. It was with me for a period of time but not anymore due to undisclosed circumstances.
Chad, definitely an idea. I have some thinking to do on how I want to handle this. Alberto's idea is promising. |
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Awesome tank. I'm excited to see this setup develop. I've been interested in doing a rimless tank ever since Naka's 180 hit the forum, but I always wanted a 6 ft long tank. I never expected to see a 6ft rimless tank though! Thx for being my guinna pig! I'll be watching closely. I think a SFILIGOI fixture would look amazing on that tank and the Infinity should offer great front-back coverage.
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