180G Office Reef Tank

JDigital · #1 09-10-2012, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Aquattro

Dropping a rock while in water inside a larger tank won't damage the tank. Last time I removed a 1/2" piece of cross brace, I had to whack is 5 times with my framing hammer to actually break it. It's pretty strong stuff

Conceptually, nothing wrong with that extra layer, and especially a good idea to trim away the excess.

I thought about doing that to remove the cross brace on this tank, but was worried that it would put to much pressure on the front and back panes of glass that it's siliconed to and crack them.. Kinda late to do it now as I would have glass shards all throughout my tank now.

reefwars · #2 09-10-2012, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by JDigital

I thought about doing that to remove the cross brace on this tank, but was worried that it would put to much pressure on the front and back panes of glass that it's siliconed to and crack them.. Kinda late to do it now as I would have glass shards all throughout my tank now.

use a dremel tool to score a line across so that when you hit it it wont break past the score mark

or just dremel it completely:P

JDigital · #3 09-10-2012, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by reefwars

use a dremel tool to score a line across so that when you hit it it wont break past the score mark

or just dremel it completely:P

I suppose that's a option.. Will have to give it some thought.

I'm glad I didn't go with a RO/DI that does anything less that 100GPD... I came into office for 9 hours on Saturday to let the water flow, and then it ran for another 8.5hrs on Sunday.. that got the tank to about 55-60%.. It's been running since 7am this morning and I still got about 20% in the DT to fill + the sump.. Glad I only have to do this once!

Patience, Patience, Patience.....

On a side note...

Does anyone have experience with Reef Lobsters in a reef tank?

My general manager asked me today if he could have a lobster in the tank.. Immediately I was hesitant, asked what kind he was referring too, and told him I would research it as I have zero experience with them.

I gave him two options after browsing Live Aquaria..

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p......&pcatid=555

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p......&pcatid=752

Any input would be greatly appreciated before I get myself into something I have no experience with.

JDigital · #4 09-13-2012, 04:02 PM

Well the tank and sump is finally wet and circulating (during office hours until I get my check valve from The Reef Shoppe). The sand will be getting added as soon as I get the skimmer online in combination with a filter sock to polish the water after.

Picked up an Ocean Runner 2500 return pump yesterday to use a my feed for the Skimz 202. Unfortunately the seller broke the thread connector on it so I've got to fix that today before I can use it. (At least I got the pump for free because of it)

sphelps · #5 09-13-2012, 04:43 PM

I've put reef lobsters in reef tanks before without any issue. Seem to be pretty secretive hiding 99% of the time, so don't expect too much from them. Hit or miss with other inverts like shrimp, personally if you're planning on keeping things like shrimp and decorative crabs scratch the lobster as the risk involved hardly seems worth something you'll never see.

michika · #6 09-13-2012, 04:47 PM

I like, I like.

Are you going to get a pH probe for the RKE you just bought?

JDigital · #7 09-13-2012, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by sphelps

I've put reef lobsters in reef tanks before without any issue. Seem to be pretty secretive hiding 99% of the time, so don't expect too much from them. Hit or miss with other inverts like shrimp, personally if you're planning on keeping things like shrimp and decorative crabs scratch the lobster as the risk involved hardly seems worth something you'll never see.

That might just be my reasoning to persuade him to pick something else..

I'd rather have some cleaner shrimp which will probably be more beneficial to the tank anyways. Especially if we're not gonna see the lobster much.

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Originally Posted by michika

I like, I like.

Are you going to get a pH probe for the RKE you just bought?

I'm actually buying that for myself..

Although until I can find a place to rent/own that will allow me to start my 62G I may run it on this tank... but to answer your question, Yes I will be adding the pH probe..