I think close to 25,000!
10+ years of a 20,000 Gallon Reef Tank
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I think close to 25,000!
koralkrab125
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WWOOOOOOWWW, awesome tank. i really like the skimmer but i do feel bad for whos ever job it is to get inside of it and clean it when it needs it, I hope you give them a resperator cuz it must smell horrible
Justjoe
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There is always some ich, but nothing too bad. AEFW were a challenge but now controlled by flushing corals with a garden hose of fresh water.
Water flow a constant challenge with bigger and bigger corals.
Nitrate and PO4 with larger and larger fish.
Corals growing too large and collapsing under their own weight to name a few but mostly all has gone well.
Justjoe
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I would make it at least 3' deeper, maybe even 5' deeper.
I would not use more natural light, I like to keep the light a constant and up north here its too variable for my liking.
LED's not there yet for use on my tank
Justjoe
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On average 5-10% during backwashing the filters.
Justjoe
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Its already too small, so planning a bigger one some day.
Justjoe
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It forms lanthanum phosphate which is a strong bond, it is discharged when backwashing the filter and the protein skimmer will remove it as well. I'm told its a very strong bond so even if in your tank, the PO4 still remains locked up.
Justjoe
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Its in a public aquarium that I founded and opened in June 2000.
Justjoe
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Me and the Wife were planning on coming up to NYC this year in the summer. This is a gauranteed spot on the list of places to visit now
Beautiful tanks man, absolutely beautiful
Be sure to let me know when you'd like to visit and I'll show you behind the scenes.
Justjoe
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I clean it, not a problem
Justjoe
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Overall electric bill in summer can be $64,00 per month.
Thanks for all the kind words on the tank and my lectures, if you have a club in your area, I'd be glad to make the trip to present.
palmer373
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i peed my pants.....
i guess there is a new meaning to "your tank is too small" if a 30ft long tank is getting 'too small' then why do people complain about 'only' having an 8ft tank? LOL can i have the tank when you upgrade?
how many fish do you have in there and what are the biggest ones? id love to (and have been thinking about ) opening a public aquarium up here in Alaska when i get older and have some money (i can barely afford a 75g reef right now...). any tips about opening a public aquarium in a harsh winter area? any tips about aquarium stuff in general?
i guess there is a new meaning to "your tank is too small" if a 30ft long tank is getting 'too small' then why do people complain about 'only' having an 8ft tank? LOL can i have the tank when you upgrade?
how many fish do you have in there and what are the biggest ones? id love to (and have been thinking about ) opening a public aquarium up here in Alaska when i get older and have some money (i can barely afford a 75g reef right now...). any tips about opening a public aquarium in a harsh winter area? any tips about aquarium stuff in general?
myerst2
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Hey joe. I remember exchanging drags with you at one of the first long island reef club. Great to see things doing well. I had heard that there are issues when you dive in the tank that you get attacked by small isopods. Is there any truth to this, and if so can you talk about the organism. Thanks. Tim
Justjoe
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i peed my pants.....
i guess there is a new meaning to "your tank is too small" if a 30ft long tank is getting 'too small' then why do people complain about 'only' having an 8ft tank? LOL can i have the tank when you upgrade?
how many fish do you have in there and what are the biggest ones? id love to (and have been thinking about ) opening a public aquarium up here in Alaska when i get older and have some money (i can barely afford a 75g reef right now...). any tips about opening a public aquarium in a harsh winter area? any tips about aquarium stuff in general?
Probably need to open one where lots of tourists come through, maybe where cruise ships go? It would need to have support from other industries/ tourist attractions. Aquariums are not cheap to run, so not huge profits to be made.
Justjoe
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Ciranolids. They attacked me on a night dive in the tank. Very painful, like a chemical burn. They got past my wetsuit pants and booties and raked my ankles, and one attacked my scalp.
There is an article on RC, I think its called Cironalid Hunter.
Justjoe
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dave.m
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I'd like to ask about fish choices in large tanks, and I do not want to seem to be overly critical. I'm asking to learn, not to be negative. When I view videos of natural reefs, almost all the fish in view are the smaller damsels. It is rare to see more than one angel or tang or trigger or whatever else in the same view. Yet all the big tanks seem to me to host almost no small fish and have swarms of really large tangs, etc. Is this necessitated by the algae in large tanks? If we are trying to imitate natural reef settings, shouldn't we be replicating (albeit on a smaller scale) the normal ratios of fish as they would appear in a natural setting?
I'd especially appreciate your input as someone who has stocked a really significant sized reef tank. I suspect your perspective is a lot broader than someone just stocking a home "garden" style reef.
Thx,
Dave.M
I'd especially appreciate your input as someone who has stocked a really significant sized reef tank. I suspect your perspective is a lot broader than someone just stocking a home "garden" style reef.
Thx,
Dave.M
