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Old 06-17-2010, 04:56 PM
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Default Upgrade

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Go 30" ! Going 24" wide on mine was the single biggest mistake of my build Wish I had gone 36"
So when are you going to upgrade to the 36" wide tank?
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Old 07-19-2010, 03:38 PM
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Default Skmmers, skimmers, skimmers!!!!!!!!!!!

Well it has been a little while and things have changed quite a bit now, my skimmer collection vessel that theoretically should prevent overflows did not quite do the job, something happened overnight and when I came down in the morning there was a large stinking mess of skimmate and tank water over the new carpet....

Needless to say my shares at home took a major plunge if you know what I mean!

I cleaned up as best I could and then tried to make sense of it all, cut a long story short I decided to change skimmer to something a little more conventional and ended up with a vertex 170 cone, best decision I have made in a while for sure:



The build quality is superb and within a very short period it has started pulling out some really thick skimmate.

I would like to say a big thanks to Kevin at RC for helping me through this major problem, I did not loose a single coral or fish despite the disaster with the old skimmer and a lot of that is down to the first class service that I received.

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Old 07-19-2010, 03:45 PM
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I have been slowly stocking the tank and now feel it is starting to show some promise:

View from the TV side:






View from the office side:




I may have to consult the section on photography so that I can get the colours right but it gives a rough idea of what has happened in the last few months.
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