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Old 04-13-2010, 09:36 PM
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Your build is really coming together considering what you started with. The sump rebuild was very impressive! And those clams, man oh man!!!
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Old 04-13-2010, 11:40 PM
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Your build is really coming together considering what you started with. The sump rebuild was very impressive! And those clams, man oh man!!!
Thank you.

I love clams, the bigger two are about 9-10 inches maybe more, I lost a giga clam about the same size about 6months ago, for an unknown reason. Sucks I cause i really like that one. And I lost my favorite dersa clam when i moved to edmonton, it was about 8 inches, I had it when it was only about 2 inches. The ones in the pictures i've had for 5+yrs.

But when i'm confident things are stable and once I do a light upgrade, I'll look for some other clams.
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Old 04-14-2010, 12:31 AM
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I love the frag rack. It reminds me of Lynn Valley suspension bridge.

Tanks looks awesome.
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I love the frag rack. It reminds me of Lynn Valley suspension bridge.

Tanks looks awesome.
lol, thanks The frag rack as seen currently is temporary until my lighting upgrade, and it only looks that way cause its weighed down lol.
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Old 04-14-2010, 01:59 AM
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Couple new photos

A couple end shots, i realized I didn't have any




top off system

home depot float valve, It works real well, i've used a simliar setup on previous tanks. Only problem is when setting up the sump I thought i would use a bracket of some sort to hold it. Well i changed plans and I just ended up drilling a hole with my dremel with the tank full of water. Idealy i would have put it on the other side in hind sight.



Top off tank, just found it at home depot, holds about 12 gallons, so thats good for about 5-6 days of top off. Drilled a hole and put in a bulkhead.



I then added a pump on a timer, it comes on eight times day for an hour each time.

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I did not like how my power bar setup was working for me. Looking for solutions, I was hoping to find a bench top power bar, however I could not find any. But I did find these at princess auto for $5, I remember seeing these several years ago for over $30.



The other thing I did not like about my setup was my fuge lighting. It was an old coralife fixture I hacked apart. I was to big and ugly.

While wondering through Canadain Tire I found, this perfect light for my fuge, and on clearance for only $19, which made it even better



The lights that came with were only 4100k.



I found some 7000k while in store, Which will be perfect for fuge lighting.

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I'm Seeing spots



Fits perfectly and looks better

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