1000 Gallon Build- Here we go- Lots of Pictures
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rott161982
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Really nice tank and house build.. With a tank that size I'll do the Achilles. I'll even have 3 of them in there along with 5 powder blue tang 5 purple tang and 8 yellow tang 2 soho tang. I personally love tangs.. As to for ich u shouldn't have a big worry about it with that UV on ur system
slief
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You must love playing with fire. Most of those fish you mention are among the most susceptible tangs there are when it comes to ich. That said, I do like your taste as the Achilles and Powder blue are among my favorites as well but those are known to break out in ich easier than any other tangs. Purples are also really sensitive to it. Further, a UV filter will do nothing for preventing ich. The only thing the UV will do is reduce the parasite numbers in the water column. It won't eliminate it nor will it control it. The only time a UV is effective is when the parasite is in the trophont or theront stages which is when it's in the water column. Those stages last a very short time and not all will make it through the UV. In fact, very little will compared to what will be on or in the fish or in the substrate. Regardless, the cycle will repeat as long as there are fish to host.
Having said that, I'd be reluctant to have that many of either the Powder Blues or the Achilles or even the purples. Despite the tank size, they are likely to squabble and fight which will cause additional stress that could quickly lead to a full blown ich break out and with a tank that size, removing fish is very difficult which necessitates the need to choose the fish and number of species wisely. Especially if the fish aren't being treated with therapeutic levels of copper in QT for the appropriate time.
1000 Gallon Build- Here we go- Lots of Pictures
I concur. Aside from ich, most people just don't understand how big and aggressive most tangs get. You never see adult tangs at a LFS. Same goes for the bigger Angels. And at this point only a handful of people in the world are captive breeding them. It would be irresponsible considering death would be likely. Overstocking this tank with tangs would be a bad idea. Not to mention with that many grazers your corals would suffer.
I concur. Aside from ich, most people just don't understand how big and aggressive most tangs get. You never see adult tangs at a LFS. Same goes for the bigger Angels. And at this point only a handful of people in the world are captive breeding them. It would be irresponsible considering death would be likely. Overstocking this tank with tangs would be a bad idea. Not to mention with that many grazers your corals would suffer.
platypusklr
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+1 Calk reactor. Of course depends on your stocking. Heavy SPS, tridacnids, your going to spend a fortune on 2 part. Good thing is it looks like you have a constant water change plan and with good mix you should be fine untill your tank gets established and your corals start pulling it. Im sure i plugged jeff from lifereef on here at some point, he makes a killer reactor that is SOLID. My lfs has one on a 500 SPS dominant with a 16 inch maxima. He loves it.
Sorry for the lack of updates. Have been slammed at work. However, I'm ready to kick myself. I scratched the inside of the tank. Got a small oiece of Rock between magnets and didn't notice till it was too late. Any suggestions for polishing the inside without draining the tank?? So fuc$&@g ****ed at myself right now!
dave.m
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These things happen to everyone. Can't remember if your tank is glass or acrylic. If it's acrylic it's actually easier to fix than glass. See slief's thread for scratch removal method. If it's glass, you can sand the inside with very fine grit wet/dry paper but you'll never totally get rid of a deep scratch.
Dave.M
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There are ways. I personally have done it with moderate success; however I believe there are those that know better than me to do it. I only replied to assure it can be done sorry I wished I could tell you where to go and what to do. Basically you have to sand it out and continue sanding using finer and finer sandpapers.
Fairly easy repair... But an acrylic sleeve for your magnet can help prevent this from happening again... http://www.championlighting.com/home.php?cat=1685
I use one of those on my tank and it's awesome! My tank is glass though not sure if that matters....
Salt
slief
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+1 to the sleeve! They are 100000% must haves for cleaning acrylic tanks with magnet scrubbers.
As for removing scratches from acrylic while the tank is full, I started a thread here on the subject complete with step by step videos and step by step photos showing how to do it. My suggestion would be to wait until there are more scratches before you do it. If you decide to take on the endeavor now, you will want to work as small an area as possible as opposed to doing the entire viewing pane.
Here is a link to the thread.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2538092
Basically makes it so your scrubbing with a very spongy sponge. Rock/sand have a hard time getting stuck between it and the glass.
slief
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The sleeve goes over the magnet scrubber and pad & is used in conjunction with the scrubber pad. It provides little cavities or gaps between the viewing pane and pad so that any smaller grains that get between the scrubber and the acrylic are not in direct contact with the viewing panes. Since there is small spaces between the mesh sleeve and the pad, it also makes it more difficult for grains of sand to get embedded in the pad. You can quickly pull the outer magnet away from the viewing pane and any sand that got caught up in it will usually fall out when the inner magnet floats off the glass.
woodnaquanut
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+1 to that!
A new tank is a learning experience. It will take time to learn all the techniques with the new tank.
Don't be too hard on yourself. We all make scratches. The good thing about acrylic is they are easy to fix! Unless you made a Grand Canyon of a scratch, you are probably the only one that will notice it.
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