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Gizmo · #41 03-14-2009, 10:32 PM

Tank Stand for breeding tanks. The Canadian Tire one I bought wound'nt support 900+lbs.. go figure

These couple of pics are the drilling steps of the new tanks for the bulkheads.

Gizmo · #42 03-16-2009, 03:57 AM

The tanks are all full and circulating finally (except the fuge)
Here are some pics of the display and breeders
(Yes the bubble column is intentional)

These are the lights for the fuge.

BTW, if anyone is out in spruce grove and wanted to come by for a coffee and chat reef stuff feel free to drop me a line.

hillegom · #43 03-16-2009, 05:44 AM

Gizmo
You will get more light into the fuge if the curly Q's of the CFLs are in the reflecter.
The built in ballasts for those get hot and will overheat, decreasing the life of the bulb, even if they are rated for 7 years. If you could rig something up that would keep the bases out of the reflector, a lot of the damaging heat would dissapate.
I sure like this build, keep up the good work!

Gizmo · #44 03-29-2009, 04:48 PM

I've got a link to a couple of video's of the system running.
We added 250lb of rock wednesday, some nice large pieces. Its already at the nitrite phase of the cycle!

Got the UV running and the skimmer modded and running pulling a lot of crap out of the water already. We also added 2 Koralia Magnum 8 powerheads to the display tank and WOW do these puppies put out a lot of flow, maybe even too much :O
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCVyZ0XWk0c This is the water movement in the sump, quite a torrent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1--RJM2pSV4 This is the whole room and system.

Oh, PS. Tried the kitty litter for a fuge substrate, BAD IDEA! I ended up scooping out 32kg of litter and cleaning out that 70g. It made the water really gross, and acidic. (I checked, it was clay, unsented cat litter... its just clay...) So i'm opting for a standard sandbed 5" which i'm waiting for from the supplier.