And so it begins...
- Thread starter siropa
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johnanddawn
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very nice
customcolor
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Lishoop6 i asked him the same thing.
siropa cant wait to see it with you coral in it!
siropa cant wait to see it with you coral in it!
Red Sea Purple Tang
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Wow. That's sweet. What are the dimensions of that beast?
Red Sea Purple Tang
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Well start filling that beast up! I smell road trip.
siropa
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i'm more eager to get it filled than you can imagine 
but i'm trying to not rush too much. i'm hoping to get it filled up with plain old freshwater by the end of this weekend so I can play with some surge devices. I'm going to start making RO water probably too and saving that up with whatever containers I can find. I get about 65 gal/day out of that unit, so its going to take a few to fill it.
but i'm trying to not rush too much. i'm hoping to get it filled up with plain old freshwater by the end of this weekend so I can play with some surge devices. I'm going to start making RO water probably too and saving that up with whatever containers I can find. I get about 65 gal/day out of that unit, so its going to take a few to fill it.
Yeah.. I had several laundry baskets of rock in that thing before I realized how much it was going to take to build a display... you may want to consider making a manmade rock panel for that end, and hanging your rock on it... Dan made one doe his system, and if he does not break it before it gets in the system, I think it'll look great...
J
J
Yeah.. I had several laundry baskets of rock in that thing before I realized how much it was going to take to build a display... you may want to consider making a manmade rock panel for that end, and hanging your rock on it... Dan made one for his system, and if he does not break it before it gets in the system, I think it'll look great...
Besides, if you made a larger portion of your rock, you could just cure it in the tank... and flush the water....
J
Besides, if you made a larger portion of your rock, you could just cure it in the tank... and flush the water....
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siropa
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that is kinda what i'm attempting to do, just in tank. I considered doing it out of tank, but figured it would be way to heavy. plus i'm a clumsy clod and would break it.
the cure in tank is something i've been thinking about. I have to see how far all my base rock goes first. I know it will go quick. but hey, open space is nice, right?
the cure in tank is something i've been thinking about. I have to see how far all my base rock goes first. I know it will go quick. but hey, open space is nice, right?
customcolor
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if you use salt in your mix of mmlr you will have a salt resadue in the tank that you will have to scrape off if you do a intank cure. i had that problem and i had to use a razor to get it off the glass so i would be cautious about salt IN the rock. but now i see what your tring to do and i love ideas like that
siropa
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Thanks for the warning on the salt. I had been planning on that for some pieces. that would have been bad. i'll have to pre-cure the stuff salt. the cement i'm going to use on this part of it probably won't have salt because i've got tons of little pieces I want to cement in place.
