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Old 03-24-2012, 07:43 PM
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Hey guys,

As some of you may know, I run an aquarium maintenance business in Calgary. About a year and a half ago, my wife and I had just found out that we were expecting our first child. I took it upon myself to finish our basement in our bungalow to give us more room. I started about 3 months into her pregnancy and finished 2 weeks before our daughter was born. I had decided that we needed a home theatre and a rather large fish tank in the plans. We already had a finished bathroom down there, but nothing else. Here are the tank details.


Tank -96x36x32 peninsula style tank (viewable from 2 sides

Sump - approx 6feet x30 inches

Filtration - 36 watt turbotwist UV
Hydor 3000 skimmer
Eshopps snowcone 200 skimmer (pulls more than the hydor)
Eheim heaters
Eheim 1262 return pumps

Flow - Tunze wavebox
2 x koralia magnums 6 and 8 I think

Lighting - Kessil LED my new personal favorites. I have sold about 100 of these in the past couple months and have had nothing but rave reviews!

Other - Tunze auto top off

Here is the stocklist and I am fully prepared for the flaming

3 epaulette sharks (harem 2 are 22 inches, 1 is 18)
2 salifin tangs (5 inches)
4 YEllow tangs (3 inches)
1 Vlamingi tang (7 inches)
3 Regal tangs (5 inches)
1 Chocolate tang (4 inches)
1 Convict tang ( 5 inches)
2 Blochs tripodfish (2 inches)
1 Emperor Snapper (7 inches)
1 Maroon Clown (4 inches)
1 Broom tail Filefish (8 inches)
1 FAn belly filefish (2 inches)
1 Foxface (6 inches)
1 Doliatus Rabbit (6 inches)
1 Blue line Rabbitfish (6 inches)
1 TWin spot coris Wrasse ( 3 inches)
1 Pompano ( 3 inches)
8 Big Eye Soldiers (2 inches)
3 Striped Big Eye Soldiers (3 inches)
2 popeye catufa Soldierfish (4 inches)
1 red tail filefish (2 inches)
1 Wild caught sun rise dottyback ( 2 inches)
1 miniatus Grouper (2 inches)
1 Parrot fish (3 inches)
1 speckled hawkfish (3 inches)
1 Harlequin Bass (2 inches)
1 porcupine puffer (2 inches)
2 cleaner shrimp

Just waiting for the lights to turn on to get some pics!
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Old 03-24-2012, 08:12 PM
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sounds like an Amazing tank can't wait to see pics!!
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Old 03-24-2012, 08:22 PM
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Oh man I can't wait to see this!! Good luck with everything!
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Well folks you might have to wait a bit as I am horrible with this whole picture posting thing.

Anyone want to volunteer to have me email pictures?

Sorry folks...
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Love it, Nate ! My dream is to have a big tank like yours with lots and lots of fish in it
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Old 03-24-2012, 11:28 PM
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Sorry guys... iPhone pics... I'll break out the 40d and see what this amateur can accomplish now that I know how to post
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Those kessils are sweet lights, We have one on demo at our shop. Tempting me every time in in there
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