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matt_C 11-13-2013 04:25 AM

Concept Aquariums 750G Fish Only
 
So the system I look after in the shop is a 16.5 foot fish only aquariums
196 by 28 by 30.

It has 3 X 60 inch 4 bulbs tek lights
Bubble king 300. The beast!
4 X aquatop duel power heads
2 X mag 18 for returns
7 X jäger 300w heaters.

Soon to be added
2 reactors gfo and carbon.

As for the live side.
340 pound of crushed coral sand
300 pound of dry rock donated by "Fiji Reef Rock" also helped aquascaped!
200 pound of live rock donated by "CoralMaster"

Livestock:
2 unicorn tangs
1 convict tang
1 regal tang
1 lavender tang
3 EVIL lion fish that I want to take out, if I can ever catch them
1 blue lined trigger
1 clown trigger
1 bursa trigger
2 snowflake eels
1 Diana hogfish
1 maroon clown fish
1 lunar wrasse
1 banana wrasse
1 starry blenny
1 chromis blue/green
1 cleaner wrasse that eating mysis
1 yellow blotch rabbit fish
It still got through a bit of a cycle. As half the rock have algae on them, but my algae fighter are working there way threw it.

reefwars 11-13-2013 04:33 AM

Ah the Evil lion fish they are cool just evil
Lol

SteveCGY 11-13-2013 04:39 AM

Pictures are a must for this big beast.

monocus 11-13-2013 09:10 AM

tank
 
you must have fun trying to feed the eels with 3 triggers in the tank.my trigger ,batfish and princess parrot swoop down and steal my eels food half the time

matt_C 11-13-2013 04:12 PM

the eels mostly only eat at the end of the day. so through out the day all the fish get fed.

baker_jeff 11-13-2013 04:26 PM

Seriously guys. Pictures please!

Coleus 11-13-2013 06:49 PM

no pictures = it is not real, everything is in Matt head

mrhasan 11-13-2013 06:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coleus (Post 858627)
no pictures = it is not real, everything is in Matt head

+1. Its all just a "virtual plot" unless picture is there to prove it!

denny_C 11-18-2013 08:53 PM

picturesssssssssssss lol i know you have them :P

JDigital 11-18-2013 10:13 PM

GREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN

Craigdillman 11-19-2013 04:02 AM

Pictures or it didn't happen

Ken 11-19-2013 05:52 AM

Pictures are worth a thousand words, so I can't read a thousand word fast enough, give me some pics. regards ken

matt_C 11-19-2013 11:09 PM

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Scuba Diver Gal 11-19-2013 11:26 PM

Looks WAY better in person.

SteveCGY 11-20-2013 12:49 AM

Agreed way better in person

lastlight 11-20-2013 01:21 AM

is that a banana and lunar wrasse i see? looking forward to seeing this thing with fish in it!

kien 11-20-2013 02:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lastlight (Post 860042)
is that a banana and lunar wrasse i see? looking forward to seeing this thing with fish in it!

yes, and they looked spectacular in that tank. I'm looking forward to seeing them grow up in that tank.

DAVE 11-20-2013 02:34 PM

Sweet tank.

Is there a reason why you decided against making it wider?

thmh 11-20-2013 02:40 PM

stick tank matt!!!! love the wrasses and deep downside i want a FWOLR aswell so iam really madjelly!!!

denny_C 11-20-2013 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hydrologist (Post 860171)
Sweet tank.

Is there a reason why you decided against making it wider?

glass restrictions on what we could get at the time , 17ft glass panels are tricky to get and have shipped and to handle with the weight of them especially if 19mm, while we could have waited for the 19mm we had to go with 15mm as it was available and 19mm would have been a bit of a wait unless we shortend the tank to under 14ft.


we could have shortened the height a bit but we wanted to have a bit of both depth and height :)

cheers

denny

sphelps 11-20-2013 03:44 PM

One day we're going to have a discussion about how pressure works, width doesn't limit length or height provided width <= length.

lastlight 11-20-2013 03:46 PM

Steve are you saying any safely designed rectangular tank can actually be as wide as it currently is long without issue?

sphelps 11-20-2013 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lastlight (Post 860189)
Steve are you saying any safely designed rectangular tank can actually be as wide as it currently is long without issue?

Yes, the only difference relates to the base which will have a higher load but provided your stand supports it properly it's not an issue.

Tanks are governed by three things, static pressure, hydrostatic pressure force, and seam stress. Static pressure is just density x gravity x height and has nothing to do with length or width. The hydrostatic force is the outwards force from static pressure, can be applied as equivalent at center of pane. This force creates a bending moment at your seams, the longer the moment length the higher the moment, so the governing dimension will be the longest length, additional width does not matter provided it does not exceed length. Seam stress comes from static pressure and hydrostatic force but can be reduced by larger seams (thicker glass), it will mostly relate to bending moment so again limited mostly by length. So when designing a tank things to consider are maximum length and height, then it's just a matter of choosing the appropriate glass thickness to satisfy three governing load cases. The results will be identical for both LxWxH & LxLxH provided W<=L, again this is excluding the base which should be considered in the stand design.

denny_C 11-20-2013 04:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sphelps (Post 860188)
One day we're going to have a discussion about how pressure works, width doesn't limit length or height provided width <= length.

i agree and pressure is one thing but we have to make sure we dont get sued or kill someone if a tank this large were to come apart, we have alot to lose by not sticking to what we feel are safe dimensions , theres certain dimensions where sure we can get away with a thinner glass or max out dimensions but most people dont mind paying for peace of mind and for us a little bit of restrictions in what we do for glass sizes allows us to go without incident.

at the end of the day its about what we feel comfortable selling or building, and the last thing we want is to cause anyone any house or business damage, with this tank in particular this was the space we had available and the glass we were able to get at the time.

denny_C 11-20-2013 04:09 PM

over 2000 tanks under our belt and weve never had a blowout,break or seam tear apart(that i know of) so i feel like we are doing a good job on our glass choices and size restrictions:)

sphelps 11-20-2013 04:24 PM

Well as long we're clear you're designing based on feelings and not math I'm fine with that ;). Just pointing out you often note width as a limiting design factor but as far as science is concerned it's simply not the case.

Delphinus 11-20-2013 04:29 PM

I might have just said something like "because we wanted space for people to walk in front of it."

denny_C 11-20-2013 04:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Delphinus (Post 860203)
I might have just said something like "because we wanted space for people to walk in front of it."

space was a limiting factor for sure when we chose the dimensions , we obviously didnt have 17ft of width to use lol

dave_C 11-20-2013 04:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Delphinus (Post 860203)
I might have just said something like "because we wanted space for people to walk in front of it."

that and we just didn't know what this old building had for a foundation made it hard to go anything large than i was comfortable with:wink:

i had orginally wanted to do 48 inch wide but just couldn't make it fit with the layout of the store

denny_C 11-20-2013 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sphelps (Post 860201)
Well as long we're clear you're designing based on feelings and not math I'm fine with that ;). Just pointing out you often note width as a limiting design factor but as far as science is concerned it's simply not the case.



i know we have never seen eye to eye on glass sizes and dimensions but its been working for us so far and its not worth the risk for us or the risk to our customers , by doing it the way we do we dont have to question alot of this science or push its limits,again its what we have come to practise and so far seems like a good guideline for us and has carried us this far.

the industry is not regualted by code or anything like that so its always a companys name/insurance on the line and alot of what we do wasnt made up off the top of our head its common practises for alot of builders to ensure they dont cause anyone any damage or harm, and l;essons learned from those who have.

one blowout in the game for a miscalculation and end of the line it is for us or any builder for that matter.

at the end of the day we have our size restrictions that we stick to , while im sure it will differ from builder to builder our prices are low , quality is good and we have a great track record so i dont see the need to change the way we do things;)

cheers

denny

Skimmer Juice 11-20-2013 05:49 PM

is the cool little dogface puffer still in the tank?

matt_C 11-30-2013 05:50 PM

sure is.
but theres a sweet little stars and stripe puffer ill take pics.

matt_C 11-30-2013 06:17 PM

the tanks has a little bit of algae, but the algae force is slowly cleaning it up.

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lastlight 11-30-2013 06:49 PM

Spanish

lastlight 11-30-2013 06:50 PM

Hog

Mike-fish 04-26-2014 04:39 PM

Updates??

matt_C 04-26-2014 04:54 PM

update is a had a really bad strain of ich(Cryptocaryon) breakout. the tank is now dropped down into hyposalinity. 1.010
the light are on low also due o use tap water to drop in down.


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