The Fringe - Coastal Reef Flats

[Whiston]

Originally Posted by kien

Originally Posted by Titus99

I don't know from personal experience but a member on here has tried all the major brand in the last year. When I talked to him about the vega he had told me the colors did not blend making the display look like multi color spotlight.

So far I've heard great reviews of the ghl mitra. Though cost is higher

Yes, actually now that I remember, I picked up a coral from Sean (Xtreme) after he had bought the Mitras on boxing day. Just two of them over his large reef was pretty impressive. They are certainly worth considering.

Originally Posted by JDigital

Nice to see another reefer in Airdrie. Look forward to seeing your build.

The Mitras definitely are full of persuasion.

Thanks, I've been following yours also and look forward to seeing it finished. We could have a meet and frag swap in about ten years when my tank grows out!

[Whiston]

One of my primary concerns with this new system is cleanliness and accessibility. To accommodate this, I ensured that the sump did not take up the entire cabinet space, allowing me to completely separate the bulk of the electronics from the water.

I was getting fairly exhausted from the stand build at this point, and sick of making drive after drive to home depot, so I went a slightly different route for my electronics cabinet.
Those familiar with Ikea products have undoubtedly heard of the Billy bookcase system. These bookcases actually go back to at least the early 80's, including this fine specimen that has been delegated to garage storage duty:



And... a little off the top!



The bookcase is now perfect height, depth, and a convenient half inch narrower than the opening on the sides of the stand.

On to some of the plumbing details:
The over flow has a siphon, a trickle drain and an emergency drain. A gate valve allows for fine adjustments and then passes into a filter sock. From there the sump has a skimmer chamber and a return chamber.

This is the manifold on the return line. The middle ball valve goes directly to the display tank, the two ball valves on either side go to media reactors. The far right line is plugged for future use, and the far left line will have a ball valve added to it to allow for water changes to and from the basement.

[Whiston]

And here we are with the tank in it's final resting spot after moving into the new house.



And this little monster has resulted in a significantly slower pace at which I can work on the tank. This is Arya, my christmas present for my girlfriend. I specifically asked the breeder for a cute one, but she had none left so gave me this tiny devil instead.

[Leah]

OMG! She is gorgeous

I can fully understand the hold up.

[subman]

sweet looking build!
That pup is crazy cute!

(Im the moron who had all the major leds if you have any questions feel free to pm me)

[Proteus]

Originally Posted by subman

sweet looking build!
That pup is crazy cute!

(Im the moron who had all the major leds if you have any questions feel free to pm me)

Nobody said moron. I prefer test rabbit. Lol



Bermease mountain dog? I love that lil guy. But I'll stick to a skimmer cup that the cup your gunna need to clean up after him. Lol

[subman]

Originally Posted by Titus99

Nobody said moron.....

I did and I stick by it lol

[Whiston]

Originally Posted by Leah

OMG! She is gorgeous

I can fully understand the hold up.

Thanks!
She is definitely worth all our time and effort. Also I'm satisfied to say that in four years, the only time I've made my girlfriend cry was giving her a Christmas present.