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![]() this was my holding pen for about a month while I moved ![]() Steve
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![]() That's as beautiful stand on the 90g and ingenious use of a kiddie pool! Welcome back
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![]() You're going to pick ONE lighting system, and stick with it?
I'm speechless. ![]() (is that your old tank for sale in kelowna?)
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![]() ahaha Nice! How did you kids feel about this??
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![]() Great to see Stircrazy. I'll be watching this one closely for ideas and tips
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![]() they got the pool when I was done, so good I guess
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![]() Ok, so things I am pondering right now are
1) stand design. I am thinking for this one of taking an idea from my entertainment center, so the stand to hold the tank and sump, with a tower on each side to house top off weater, electronics, equipment, top off water ect.. then over the tank and inbetween the towers would be the lighting. so something like this but with more doors http://www.thebrick.com/Application/...2D7746DE483D3E 2) Lighting I want MH, there was a post on some on the boar but it was for two and I don't realy need two for this tank so I am not sure about them. I am thinking a DE 250 pendant or maybe a bare reflector, and two T5 Actinics. I just ordered two sets of water proof stand offs and endcaps for thoes and I have a WH7 ballast or two in the garage.. so that part is easy. Anyone have a single 250 watt DE setup for sale at a good price? 3) skimmers Just took care of this one.... its a surprise 4) flow this is a big one for me as I have learned through experance that flow is perhaps more important that lighting. in my 90 I had about 133X turnover flow rate, in this tank I want to be between 80 to 100X turnover, but I am only going to supply about 20X with the sump return pump. So in this area a small tank is actualy harder as you have to find the nice flow with out striping the skin off your coral. Also I have to find something that won't take over the tank due to its size. 5) substrate no sand, to many problems involved in it. I am beterrn a few options right now, bare bottom, marble, or slate. 6) and finaly.. the overflow system on the tank. I am thinking external overflow with a herbie setup. I want this quiet, and I don't want a box inside the tank takeing up what little room there is. So I am going to notch the back of the tank and silicone a overflow box to the back of the tank that is drilled for 3/4" bulkheads. Steve
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![]() One thing I forgot to mention. for stuff like skimmers and such. Normally I would build my own and it was hard to resist not building one for this tank, as I have an idea I want to try, but my goal for this tank is to only build the stand and some of the lighting, ect the normal stuff you see people doing. Also building a skimmer at this point in time would be hard as I can't move in my garage again.. going to have to clean it up some more so I can build the stand though.
![]() I am hoping to get a realistic cost for some one to set up a medium sized system.
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![]() Steve,
I might have a modified Tunze 6025 pushing around 1100-1200 GPH that I'm getting rid of. The motor block is broken so I'm sending it in to be replaced by Tunze. I had 2 modified 6025's in my 30g but I just bought a Vortech MP20 so now I intend to just use one modified 6025 and the MP20 and will put the replacement one up for sale. Let me know if you're interested.
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