My Ply and resin and steel home made tank 4x4x2 - Page 8

BeanAnimal · #**176** 07/24/2007, 07:46 AM

covering them with a rock is not going to help. Been there, done that.

wife no likey · #**177** 07/24/2007, 08:19 AM

oh I know that it won't stop them, but at least it will give time for a clam to attach and then I'll just have a zoa encased maxima

crs751 · #**178** 07/24/2007, 07:43 PM

tagging along. I want to see the progress on this one.

jaggy · #**179** 07/28/2007, 05:25 AM

tank vid 1 week after set up !

including behind the tank !

32flavors · #**180** 07/28/2007, 05:40 AM

How exactly do surge boxes work?

JCTewks · #**181** 07/28/2007, 11:06 PM

IS your skimmer performance affected at all by the varying water height with the sirge? the skimmer will not be as effective as if it were in a constant height of water.

pufferman60 · #**182** 07/29/2007, 08:47 AM

r u using foam instead of rock an how long does it take 4 it not 2 look like foam any more

SoFloReefer · #**183** 07/29/2007, 11:25 AM

cool

jaggy · #**184** 07/29/2007, 11:31 AM

the foam should be covered in alges etc within 6 month , and no the skimmer is not affected , it is the new tunze master skimmers , completely automatic great bit of kit!

aninjaatemyshoe · #**185** 07/29/2007, 01:23 PM

It is really cool to see how fish act in a tank that tall. Very nice!

The new Tunze seems to be working very well. It seems to produce no bubbles outside at all. I'm going to have to consider one when I upgrade to a larger tank.

You're going to have some heavy salt creep with that surge device. Are you doing anything to deal with this?

silas k · #**186** 08/18/2007, 07:12 AM

update ?

caseyjones · #**187** 08/18/2007, 08:54 AM

First let me say that the tank looks great and you have inspired my to build a taller tank. I have a question, I'm sorry if it has been answered already. I know that the foam is closed cell and won't absorb/leech once cured but what about if you cut it to shape? That exposes the inside of the foam...is that part still closed cell? My friend is a roofer and uses an almost identical foam for foam roofs and he said that if they have to cut a piece it has to be sealed with silicone or else it will absorb water .It seems to me that once cut the foam is no longer safe...please tell me I am wrong? I was planning of just sticking frags right into the foam.

jaggy · #**188** 08/19/2007, 04:49 PM

i am sure it wont absorb water , even if cut , the inside is still closed , it is made up of thousands of tiny air bubble , so no i would say still safe ! here are some update pics

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jaggy · #**196** 08/19/2007, 05:00 PM

the movie was taken before my new corals picured earlier was added ... and iam so shocked to here my little project has inspired some of you to build a deeper tank! thanks so much !

JCTewks · #**197** 08/19/2007, 10:44 PM

looks like you've got a decent slimealfea outbreak going there...new tanksyndrome, and stocking too much too fast are probably the culprits. Even using NSW, you still have to give time for all of the bacteria to populate the tank. I would imagine that with an almost entirely foam rock structure, that your tank will not be very stable in the long run cue to the lack of available surface area for bacteria to colonize. IMO you need more live rock in there to have a stable system.

jaggy · #**198** 08/20/2007, 12:49 AM

i am putting it down to NTS , i am using a ulns fauna marin system i dont need live rock at all , the system provides all the bacteria i need , i have been garanteed it will have gone ny next month

JCTewks · #**199** 08/20/2007, 01:07 AM

is that similiar to zeovit system?

NbMaxx13 · #**200** 08/20/2007, 06:19 PM

Tagging along! .. I am thoroughly impressed... Please keep us updated ...I would love to see this tank a few months down the road..Well done..