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Mikes 60 gallon corner
Hey reefer's I am back again. Its been a long time, I got out of reefing in 2014 after moving to the east with the army. I played with the idea of starting on when I moved back here. But the area I was in was famous for power outages. So last year I bought my retirement home which was in a better area. and once I moved in my water had to be sorted out. SO after finding out I had some serious problems with my water, my cichlid tank I was losing many fish.
So now I have retired from the Army after 30 years and 133 days and it feels different. So now I will hang with my boxers and now salt water again. So step one redo the laundry room and remove all problems. now my water has a complete water system and of course one fancy dam RO unit ahahah. so it brings me here I wont be keeping the corner for long once it can sustain life and rock for a year I will be doing my custom dream tank. that one will be the bong.com lol 120x24x24 euro braced. but enough of that. FOCUS peeps.:lol: TANK: 60 gal drilled towards the top with a over flow box LIGHTING will be 2 options LED MITRAS 6200 MH DE 250 from my best friend Doug Lowey's Miss ya still Doug:sad: SUMP will consist of a custom one to have a areas HEATING 2x 300w with temp controller FILTERATION ok, ok, ok, I am going to say it My mind is blank. I know right me :lol: the skimmer king who all knew me in the past owned every type of skimmer. So that I could actually give a valid point and opinion to others who love this hobby. But I know that there is newer ones out there so please chime in so that I can here your opinion. ROCK will be 50 lbs of Key largo dry rock So its drill the tank time and start the plumbing. |
Can't wait to see some pics.
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Welcome back Mike! Looking forward to your skimmerless build bro :lol:
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Hell yah! Definitely following this build. Welcome back bud!
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yes for the bigger tank I will do a recir skimmer but for this 60 gal corner I will go with a lol mind went blank again lol yes I totally forgot about the site |
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Any updates? Itching to see where you are at. Titus |
Good Morning Titus. I have been busy with other things during retirement on what to buy for toys. in the middle of renos with 3 bathrooms so my fish tank is put on hold.
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2 pages and not ONE skimmer pic.. ? OHH ,Mike your losing your mojo
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hey man i know its painful i haven't been into it its slowly coming. retired and lazy now hahahaha
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It’s been a year now.
How’s the Reno’s coming?? Does the tank have water or a skimmer yet? |
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some bumps are better than others. this one's really good haha.
WE'RE WAITING... |
Man i really suck of updating. getting renos ready for the master bath. looking forward of moving back to the west this summer. so much has changed since i was in the hobby since 2014 i cant get over it. i still have my Mitras 6200 will run that for a bit on the corner tank.
Ok Skimmers what are people running on their softie tanks. |
So sorry Canreef people for a delay. I have been sorting out my home to move and getting renos done. i am running my 100gal 5 footer fresh water tank with Blue parrots fish and a couple of red tail sharks aswell with some red head geophagus's. I am hoping to transfer these out to Manitoba when the time comes for me to drive out.
ok back to Salt questions where I have been out of the hobby since 2013. I have always loved doing inwall tanks. But I am still not sure where i will be living. I am hoping for a slab so I wont have a basement. but we shall see lol. I was looking into the reef ready tanks that comes with everything. I cant recall the names of the type of tanks that has all built into one. But I am still loving the dude out in Calgary who makes tanks. another thing I can remember hahaha. I would love to do a 8 footer again or a 10 footer with a over flow off the back. Thoughts peeps love to hear what others think and what made you go with a built tank or the other tank with all in one i believe the tanks are built up to 150 gal i believe they are quite pricey but comes with everything more simplicity for me. |
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Hey, peeps I'm back and living in Virden Manitoba i have ordered a few things
refractometer. https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/...mL._SX466_.jpg Temp controller https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/..._AC_SX569_.jpg 500-w titanium heat https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/...WL._SX466_.jpg i was going to make a overflow box and drill the tank on the back but J&L has some wicked overflow boxes to use with small clearances. these look pretty cool had to try it. https://www.jlaquatics.com/media/cat...esh-ofpr02.jpg still looking at what type of skimmer that i will use i know right the skimmer king is stumped. please chime in on what you would do for a skimmer the corner tank is a 60 gal corner so i am thinking 150 gal -200 gallon skimmer the tank is a hagen 54 gal corner https://images.offerup.com/Q1QAe_1-6...d471742e88.jpg the bio for this tank will be 2 clowns a cucumber tiger tail blood shrimp x3 cleaners x3 blenny yellow tang x1 green toad stool leather bubble coral zoos some polyps maybe a flame angel lighting will be my Mittras 6200 that i still have. but i do have a pendant 250DE 12 k bulb that Doug AKA FLATLANDER used to own. some tunze 6025's for flow return pump might be a DC or a ehiem 1260 |
picked up the over flow today and the heater.
drilled the corner tank https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.1...cA&oe=635AFDC3 https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.1...og&oe=635A5187 https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.1...1g&oe=635ADBE9 time to search for a sump I will be having the sump remotely in the back room so i can run a bigger skimmer and a refug aswell now what tye of skimmer folks, looking at the curve 5 but i am still up in the air on what bubble mague. vertex maybe what are your thoughts 60 gal tank maybe a 50-gal sump so a skimmer with 100-120 gal maybe get a skimmer to be rated for 200gal maybe |
50 gallon sump seems pretty big for a 60 gallon tank. My 60 gallon tank only had 15 gallons of water in the sump. Remember you want to leave room for when the pump turns off. You want to match your skimmers rating fairly close to your total water volume, if you go too big you will end up pulling nutrients out of the water too quickly. Reef Octopus makes reliable skimmers that won't break the bank, I'm extremely happy with my 110SS.
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How's your tank been coming along? |
Updated pics of the setup its getting close to adding water.
many pics it seems i couldn't get the pics to upload so i cant figure out to send them to well it seems i cant get the pics to upload any thoughts. where is everyone posting pic from |
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getting ready TO PLACE SOME ROCK
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...bs_of_rock.jpg http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...etting_up_.jpg nice equipment room to run the sump love this area http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...sump_room_.jpg http://http://www.canreef.com/photop...ng_set_up_.jpg |
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...C_skimmer_.jpg
reef octopus 6" i bought off Reef central for a amazing deal. 220 shipped for this. used for 1 year/ with the DC pump and over flow built into the waste collector |
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/500/sump_21.jpg
custom sump for my 60 gal, 35 gal copied this from icecap to make this and man i cant wait. the price that want fr a sump made of acrylic is crazy. seriously talk to Colby at bayside for this amazing sump http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...ium/sump_1.jpg |
Welcome back Mike.
I am on again, off again. Seems when I retire, I don't have enough time to do the things I want. lol Following your build. One day I will start that 120 I have in the closet. |
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Is that a pilot's briefcase you have on the shelf in one of the pics, the equipment room one? Titus |
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ok lots of pics tp post but for some reason i cant post a pic online
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hey folks guess what upgrade time i am hoping to figure out some photo spots to load up.
but i have a 54 gal corner tank and i am buying a 92 gal corner tank/ who has a corner tank, who and where did you make a mesh lids and where did you get it from. they want 500 us for a lid from toplids |
if anyone is able to make me a cover from mesh out of acrylic or aluminum its for a 92 gal aquarium
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I would really love to post some pics and seems I'm not to smart in finding a pic place on line. tank is full with LPS and want to get some photos up
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