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04-28-2014, 02:41 AM
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Thanks for the info guys.
So the tanks available for this endeavour are the following sizes: 38gal sump 12.5x19x36 73gal 19x18x48 18gal (box that fits on the top of the sump I assume for bio balls?) 16x17x15.5 129gal 24x72x18 32gal 29x14x18 As for what kind of corals I would like to start off with corals that are easily propagated. Leathers, acro, monti, Xenia, sun corals, favia, ricordia, acan, blasto etc. I think we will probably run a skimmer it's just a matter of what brand to go with. Big ALS took us for a ride the first time around with our initial set up and I'm not going down that road again. Is it possible to drill tempered glass? The main tank is a miracles tank and is extremely thick glass with no bracing. I want to have an anemone tank, am I best to run a separate tank off the same sump for this or put a divider in for them in the main tank? Radions over kessils? This is the current debate. Who has the best price on jebao? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 
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04-28-2014, 02:36 PM
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if the glass is tempered and you try to drill it, the whole pane will shatter. Drilling thick glass is no issue. Tempered would be a mess
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04-28-2014, 03:13 PM
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google tempered glass, and you will find a lot of info on how to recognize it.
Do not attempt to drill tempered as was stated. take a look at this: http://www.salt-city.org/showthread....ss-is-tempered and http://glass-fish-tanks.com/how-to-t...empered-glass/ If I go into my car in bright sunlight, and look through the rear window, while wearing polarized sunglasses, I find that there are light and dark patches in the rear windowe. Ergo, tempered glass
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04-28-2014, 05:02 PM
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i keep bubble tip anemones, the ones that have a clown living with them grow quite large. the ones with an anemone crab are also happy
if you have them in a tank with no fish and no metal halides they may not do well. Last edited by pinkreef; 04-28-2014 at 05:03 PM. Reason: too many 'y' s
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04-28-2014, 06:12 PM
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04-29-2014, 02:47 PM
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Ok, I will have to try and test and see if it is tempered. The glass is thick with no bracing at all so I am assuming it is tempered for strength. There is a stick on the bottom of the tank with a bunch of warranty info but it doesn't say if it is tempered or not. It is a Miracles tank however so maybe they will be able to tell me. Taking the tank to NAFB is not an option, this tank is never leaving my basement again, we had to hire movers to get it in the house in the first place. So I am thinking we will need a HOB overflow kit.
Where is the best location to put the HOB over flow on the tank? In a corner or in the middle? Should I have two? Working on a sump design at the moment, will most that when I finish it.
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04-29-2014, 04:26 PM
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So here is my idea for a sump/fuge. I want to run the 135gal and the 75 gal off the same sump This setup is going in an unfinished basement and the sump will be either beside the tanks or between them.
The sump will be 38 gallons with the fuge being 35 gallons. This drawing is horrible but you get the idea. I want to run a phosban reactor and maybe a calcium reactor if needed but I dont know where I should run them from in the sump.
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04-29-2014, 04:45 PM
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I would probably shoot to have a larger sump. In the case of a power failure you want the excess water from your display tanks to be able to run off and not overflow into your basement.
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04-30-2014, 03:02 AM
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I would switch your skimmer and return sections. Split the overflow water and have one of them go to the macro algae part. I would have this overflow empty into a filter sock on the right hand side of that refugium. Raise that tank so it is the same height as the other. This way, having a power outage, it would not spill onto the floor.
Add a ball valve onto one of your returns so that you could adjust the flow.
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