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12-12-2007, 12:01 AM
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80g Cylinder Tank
I'm a newbie and just starting a 80g acrylic cylinder tank. Does anyone have experience with cylinder tanks and if so is there anything in particular that i should know about them that is different from any other shape of tank. So far i have sand, live rock and hermits!
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12-12-2007, 12:36 AM
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12-12-2007, 03:24 AM
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no kids
No worries about tonka trucks...no little buggas around to do that kinda thing. It's still the ultimate bachelor pad...lol
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80g Cylinder Reef tank established Nov/07 2 black clowns, Rose BTA, Fox Face, 2 scooter blennies, Yellow tang, cleaner shrimp, sand sifting star, blue regal tang
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12-12-2007, 03:25 AM
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what are the dimentions of the tank?
Steve
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12-12-2007, 03:29 AM
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It's 32" high by 28" across
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80g Cylinder Reef tank established Nov/07 2 black clowns, Rose BTA, Fox Face, 2 scooter blennies, Yellow tang, cleaner shrimp, sand sifting star, blue regal tang
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12-12-2007, 04:12 AM
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You are very lucky to have that type of tank, I've always loved them but can't afford one.....yet.
I used to have a 54 gallon corner tank which is also a pretty ood shape. my biggest issues with it were getting the flow right and lighting. I think you should should have an easier time with lighting for a cylinder shaped tank than my old pie shaped tank. Any 24" light should fit over it. I would put a MH/T5 combo over that tank if it were mine. As far as flow goes, good luck! Right off the bat I'm thinking a closed loop through the bottom would work well. Do you know if the tank bottom is tempered? Do you have an overflow.
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12-12-2007, 04:18 AM
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Yes...it's a center overflow with sump and filter in a cabinet underneath.
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80g Cylinder Reef tank established Nov/07 2 black clowns, Rose BTA, Fox Face, 2 scooter blennies, Yellow tang, cleaner shrimp, sand sifting star, blue regal tang
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12-12-2007, 04:32 AM
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what are you using for flow right now?
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THE BARQUARIUM: 55 gallon cube - 50 lbs LR - ASM G3 skimmer - 30 Gallon sump - 22 Gallon refugium / frag tank - 4x 24 watt HO T5's - Mag 9.5 return - Pin Point PH monitor - 400 watt XM 20K MH in Lumenarc reflector - Dual stage GFO/NO3 media reactor - 6 stage RODI auto top up -Wavemaster Pro running 3 Koralia 2's. Fully stocked with fish, corals and usually some fine scotch http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=55041
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12-12-2007, 05:37 AM
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The obvious answer is to get the flow going clockwise for a while...then have it reverse and go counter-clockwise for a while...then...
That's what I did with my hex tank and it worked well. I used a SQWD, but you would probably want more control over the timing of the flow reversal than a SQWD offers.
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12-12-2007, 01:43 PM
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Untamed - thanks for your response. Can you tell me what the reasoning is behind having the current switch back and forth and why it's neccessary.
Also, how big was your hex tank? Thanks
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80g Cylinder Reef tank established Nov/07 2 black clowns, Rose BTA, Fox Face, 2 scooter blennies, Yellow tang, cleaner shrimp, sand sifting star, blue regal tang
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