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Old 02-21-2010, 12:03 AM
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Man I saw that on reefbuilders today and my jaw just dropped. Not too thrilled about the baby regal (then again its probably the perfect temporary home for him, he's so tiny!) in there but a stunning little tank. Can you believe its only 6.6 gallons??

I found more info here: http://glassbox-design.com/2009/the-...f-of-marcello/
My thoughts exactly.
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Old 02-21-2010, 01:28 AM
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Look how small Dori is... Or that is a very large tank, which I don't think so.

I like this!
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Old 02-21-2010, 01:55 AM
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nice. wondering about the lights
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nice. wondering about the lights

Apparently they're 24 watt self ballasted spotlight halides from japan

http://glassbox-design.com/2008/japanese-metal-halide-with-internal-ballast/
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My kids would be feeding Dori chicken fingers in no time!!

Pretty awesome tank, imo.
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$100 a bulb?! Ouch. And they run off only Japanese electricity?! Hate to run an extension cable that far! (joking, can easily get transformers for that).
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