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[Rich D]

wow thats crazy! Ive never seen so much spaflex in my life! why dont you want a switch to 10k? it might make it grow faster

 

[phurst]

LOL, I want it to slow down!

Really though, coloration is more important to both of us than growth, and neither us us has found a 10K bulb we really like the look of.

A lot of the blue of the Radiums is removed by the T5s. There are, I believe 2 actinic tubes, 4 aquablue plus and 2 65ks.

 

[chilwil84]

beautiful display tank and great plumbing. you might want to add a little extra support in the frag tank inbetween your curent legs to keep the light diffuser from sagging thus alowing the frags to touch and sting eachother.

 

[phurst]

We were trying to decide between 6 and 8 legs or more, and when we ran out of PVC after 6 legs we decided to see how it goes. We can add more later on if necessary. I did appreciate the fact that a full sheet of egg crate fit perfectly

 

[mrpet]

amazing very nice looks great....

 

[phurst]

I'm sad to report that one of the seams burst catastrophically on this tank this afternoon. I won't be able to see the damage until much later this evening

 

[Neoz]

So sorry to hear about that. Hope you can save everything, that was one awesome looking tank...

 

[myerst2]

On the main display!!!!!!!!!! Or the frag tank? Best of luck. T

 

[phurst]

Yup, the main display

 

[chriscobb]

Sorry about the burst, that was is a sweet tank!!!!

 

[Plankt0s]

Man Sean cant build anything right. I have had a sump come apart and have heard of other things that he has built splitting. Sorry to hear about it happening to this tank too.

 

[phurst]

As you can see, it was the bottom of a seam that failed. All the aquamend slowed the leak long enough to save some of the water, all but one of the fish and most of the corals.

All the livestock has been temporarily relocated to a 180 that was due to be sold Saturday, the 50 gal frag tank and the 40b.

Most of the rock is in trash cans, with a bunch in the 180, and a bunch more in the fuge. The frag tank is now using the fuge as a sump with, the 180 had a 30g sump with it, and the 40b is all on it's own. All the systems have flow, skimming, heat and light.

Sean (the tank builder) is supposed to show up this morning to evaluate what can be done.

 

[phurst]

 

[stlrams88]

SP aquatics does some fine work, Nice tank.

 

[phurst]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14931238#post14931238 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by stlrams88
SP aquatics does some fine work, Nice tank.

So you missed the part where the less-than-a-year-old tank failed?

 

[serpentman]

Wow, that is tragic. This was looking like a candidate for TOTM....

 

[stlrams88]

So you missed the part where the less-than-a-year-old tank failed?

No I saw it, I know many people with SP aquatics tanks that have never failed before.

 

[phurst]

I'm hoping it was just a fluke. It seemed like very good craftsmanship. I should know what Sean has to say before too long.

 

[EleganceMan]

wow... that is horrible. Your tank was so beautiful.

 

[winnermc]

Sorry to hear about the failure. I hope everything works out.