6000 gallon system - Project.
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NewSchool04
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How often will you be changing the carbon in those two monsters?
rppvt
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I'd imagine after a while those units are going to become supersaturated and that the maintenance folks are going to have to backflush them. ( I think Jamesurq mentioned that) If backflush includes the carbon then they'd have to be recharged. Personally I'd imagine doing one at a time and staggering the replacement of carbon.
Jamesurq
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Yep, those 2 units have the backflush valves plumbed onto them, which will extend their life and will be used as an excuse to do a waterchange. Figure a monthly backflush and a probable yearly replacement. A scoop of carbon in a cup with some tank water and a nitrate test should show where we're at.
jbrown11352
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I thought I heard that running ozone in a shark system was a bad idea. Supposedly even a slight increase in normal ozone amounts can kill sharks and rays.
john beach
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We never talk about cost. If the client wants to reveal that information that is fine, but SeaQuariums will not.
We have 3000# of nice white Caribbean sand sitting in Florida. All the animals for this system are tanked in Florida and California. When the contractors get out of there things will happen fast.
And in reply to jbrown; all the water from the skimmer (ozone) runs through a bunch of carbon to remove any residual ozone before it returns to the system. We have done this before with no ill effects.
We have 3000# of nice white Caribbean sand sitting in Florida. All the animals for this system are tanked in Florida and California. When the contractors get out of there things will happen fast.
And in reply to jbrown; all the water from the skimmer (ozone) runs through a bunch of carbon to remove any residual ozone before it returns to the system. We have done this before with no ill effects.
john beach
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This also for jbrown. My time ran out.
We considered a de-gassing column for this system, but due to the "can of worms" it opened I opted out of installing that. The carbon will be fine.
And for everyone else; the client will always add a few bucks to what they actually spent.
We considered a de-gassing column for this system, but due to the "can of worms" it opened I opted out of installing that. The carbon will be fine.
And for everyone else; the client will always add a few bucks to what they actually spent.
Scottkelly911
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Wow, thanks for keeping us updated with those pix. they're absolutely awesome!
Shawnts106
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This is what happens to you after 10 years in this hobby, you CANT STAND THESE SMALL 200 and 300 GALLON TANKS ANYMORE AND HAVE TO GET A 4 GA-ZILLION GALLON TANK!
Seriously, this is just down right SCARY!
Seriously, this is just down right SCARY!
Cutiewitbooty
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that one nice tank, i would never personatly want to own one though lol waaaaayyyyyyy to much work. Beautiful setup though!!
reefinmike
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very very nice. what is your reasoning for the fish choices. if it is for "popularity" with the restaurants customers, why sharks. that tank seems too narrow for any of the sharks that look like normal sharks. i personally think a bunch of big fish like large angels, lions, puffers, and eels would be cool. either way, awesome job so far.
dgasmd
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If I may ask, are the long panes ont he larger tank a single pane or several panes joint together? I recently saw a tank locally that is about 16 feet long in acrylic. It had 2 panels together and until I payed attention extremely closely, I thought the joint line was a water drop that had dried out on the glass.
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