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Old 12-08-2008, 02:23 AM
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Looking good, and cool dive pics! But I though a rimless tank didn't have bracing??

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Old 12-08-2008, 02:36 AM
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Thanks guys, ya i really wish i went on that trip. sadly my mom didn't allow him to dive to much that trip but he is already wanting to go back for a week of diving. first thing he did when he got back was tell me to get my padi lol

fooser- i don't bring much when i travel, could always stick ou in my bag lol

sphelps - ya when i orginally panned the tank it was suppost to be a rimless, i guess i should change that to eurobraced since i changed my mind in the ordering process
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Old 12-08-2008, 04:05 PM
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sphelps - ya when i orginally panned the tank it was suppost to be a rimless, i guess i should change that to eurobraced since i changed my mind in the ordering process
I was just more curious than anything, as I agree rimless is a misleading description. I would personally call a tank:
without black trim, trimless
without bracing, braceless
with water constantly overflowing the sides, rimless or edgeless.

I'm not sure who originally thought of the "rimless" tank but I wouldn't call him/her the smartest person in the world. "Hey lets remove the BRACING and call it RIMless" said the douchebag

All kidding aside I think you made the right choice going with the euro brace, thinner glass = higher clarity.
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Old 12-09-2008, 02:50 AM
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Great pics Larry().Your Pa has a good eye.
LOL thanks. I have over 500 pictures and i keeping going through them looking for neat things. i will post some more but photo bucket keeps bringing down the resolution.

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All kidding aside I think you made the right choice going with the euro brace, thinner glass = higher clarity.
Really when it comes to terms, its just a name to me and i don't make a deal out of it. But the tank was designed mostly by red coral (kevin) i gave him an idea of what i wanted and he basically perfected it.
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So i guess its time for an update

tonight i am just finishing up sealing my piping and i started to fill my tank with ro water (which is taking forever). I decided not to have it running till i got back from van because it was just 1 more thing for me to worry about while being away

Also while i was in Vancouver I took a trip to J&L. Picked up a Tunze Turbelle Deluxe Multi Controller and 2 Turbelle Nanostream 6055 powerheads. I honestly can't wait to play with this.

To make this post interesting I also met a very respected fellow while i was on the island visiting a friend. So i was in duncan and my friend brought me to this shop that had coral. Noticed that they had Tailored Aquatics in stock so i was explaining something to him when one of the fellows working came up and started talking about the product. ended up being the brad from TA which i had a good laugh after because he totally caught me off guard.

So right now i am hoping Feb 1st my tank is in decent shape and almost finishing cycling. So anyone reading, i am setting up another wicked order than.
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Old 01-05-2009, 09:57 PM
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Borrowed one of jdigitals camera's. finally got the water all in and busted up my rock to make something i was happy with. But i still need more for the center. One issue i have had in previous tanks is buying to much rock and down the road when buying new coral that comes on larger rock I just couldn't make it fit, so this time i am tryingto avoid that. Now just waiting on the sand which should be in on wednesday.

also included a picture of the wire nightmare i have going which i need to organize lol




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Old 01-05-2009, 10:17 PM
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If you must have the powerbar, see if you can mount it upside-down under your stand so that any water that happens to be running down a powercord doesn't drip straight down into the powerbar. It is the simplist things that can sometimes save your bacon.
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To make this post interesting I also met a very respected fellow while i was on the island visiting a friend. So i was in duncan and my friend brought me to this shop that had coral. Noticed that they had Tailored Aquatics in stock so i was explaining something to him when one of the fellows working came up and started talking about the product. ended up being the brad from TA which i had a good laugh after because he totally caught me off guard.

So right now i am hoping Feb 1st my tank is in decent shape and almost finishing cycling. So anyone reading, i am setting up another wicked order than.
Thanks for the kind words... It was good to meet you to. The new zoa frag you found is fantastic, very similar to one in our display tank called "tubs". I look forward to a FTS in a few months time.
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Old 01-14-2009, 08:29 PM
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Looks good! I love that ric/yuma (I can never tell between the two..) What a fantastic colour.
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Looking good, and cool dive pics! But I though a rimless tank didn't have bracing??

Rimless Aquarium Club
Kind of a silly club to have considering all tanks have a rim.. LOL whethers it a black manufactured one or the true rim of the glass.. every tank has rim..
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