leslie hempel
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aztb's 180g "all-built" thread
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Hay I love your Idea with for the motorized canopy
I'm going to use a variation of that. Try to come up with a way to mount a motor in the canopy and have the cables go thourgh a pully at the ceiling and go back to motor. Depending on finding a small/lite enough motor that is mabey 24volts or something. You have to run power down from the ceiling for motor and lights!
Have to think it thourgh!
I'm going to use a variation of that. Try to come up with a way to mount a motor in the canopy and have the cables go thourgh a pully at the ceiling and go back to motor. Depending on finding a small/lite enough motor that is mabey 24volts or something. You have to run power down from the ceiling for motor and lights!
Have to think it thourgh!
coraltastic
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looks awsome. i would love to see pics of ur algae tank. very nice thread u have done a great job on posting the progress.
11/22/08
IMO - Tiger Pistol shrimp in large reef tank = BAD IDEA!!
This particular pistol has cost me a fortune in stolen frags and buried corals. He can move a LOT of sand each day and is always moving his burrow around. Visitors love to watch this guy, and I have to admit that the goby/shrimp pair can be very fascinating to watch. It is a serious love/hate relationship and if I could catch him and move him in to a different tank without destroying my reef in the process, I would.
Proof that the goby was not always a lard-belly, here is his baby picture from 05/07/06:
Nice shrimp! I saw a show on these last night. They are really cool!
aztbs
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I haven't updated this thread, even for the tank's 4th birthday. I am running behind!
Quick summary - I have had lots going on and the tank hasn't been treated as well as it should be. Everything is still doing well, but to make things easier I sold off a ton of large SPS colonies. Reducing the calcium/alk demand was necessary to keep things optimized. Simplifying the maintenance for a while let the tank coast. I lost a few pieces but overall things are healthy.
Now I am re-enthused about the setup, and seeing old pictures made me miss some corals. I was able to get frags back from locals and am back on track to getting the tank in to top condition again.
I haven't taken any recent shots, I need to spend a day with my camera and get some updates.
But look at what came in the mail today!!
I've got big things planned! After 4 years with this tank and 2 with the last one, I am ready to be done with 2-part and kalk. Woohooo! I am excited to see growth again and take things to the next level with this tank.
I'll keep this updated as more parts arrive!!
I have to throw out props to the Arizona reefers. There is a group of wonderful people here that keep this hobby exciting and have been very supportive and generous to me. I won't list names for fear of missing someone, but many thanks go out to them!
Quick summary - I have had lots going on and the tank hasn't been treated as well as it should be. Everything is still doing well, but to make things easier I sold off a ton of large SPS colonies. Reducing the calcium/alk demand was necessary to keep things optimized. Simplifying the maintenance for a while let the tank coast. I lost a few pieces but overall things are healthy.
Now I am re-enthused about the setup, and seeing old pictures made me miss some corals. I was able to get frags back from locals and am back on track to getting the tank in to top condition again.
I haven't taken any recent shots, I need to spend a day with my camera and get some updates.
But look at what came in the mail today!!
I've got big things planned! After 4 years with this tank and 2 with the last one, I am ready to be done with 2-part and kalk. Woohooo! I am excited to see growth again and take things to the next level with this tank.
I'll keep this updated as more parts arrive!!
I have to throw out props to the Arizona reefers. There is a group of wonderful people here that keep this hobby exciting and have been very supportive and generous to me. I won't list names for fear of missing someone, but many thanks go out to them!
aztbs
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I didn't see the last few comments, I must have lost my subscription to the thread. It comes super late but thanks everyone for the compliments! They keep me fired up about my tank!
marekt - the tank sits directly on the foam everywhere but where the holes are cut for plumbing, no space under the glass at all.
I hope you have better results with your Ca reactor than I did, couldn't keep my alkalinity stable, always tweaking the C02 bubble rate and flow through the reactor, which often became clogged. I switched to 2 part from BRS and using large containers with auto dosers, alk is stable, Ca stable and I have enough 2 part for 6-8 months between fill ups, 40g containers each 
aztbs
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I am going to the all automatic route. I will be using a reefkeeper lite to regulate the PH in the reactor and control the CO2 and hopefully it won't take too much tweaking to get the flow dialed in for my tank's demands.
I only have enough space for the 1 gallon containers of 2-part so I have to refill them often. And I have been manually dosing (with the pump style bottles from BRS). Instead of spending the money on the dosing pumps, I decided to drop the big wad and do the reactor upgrade. My tank hasn't had new equipment in a long time. And this is probably the most money I have ever spent at one time on anything for this hobby. But it is still cool!
I only have enough space for the 1 gallon containers of 2-part so I have to refill them often. And I have been manually dosing (with the pump style bottles from BRS). Instead of spending the money on the dosing pumps, I decided to drop the big wad and do the reactor upgrade. My tank hasn't had new equipment in a long time. And this is probably the most money I have ever spent at one time on anything for this hobby. But it is still cool!
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aztbs
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I am getting ready to take some new photos for the tank's upcoming 5th birthday. But I am really excited to share my new additions. 
My friend DJScibbity had to break down his tank to move out of state and so I have adopted his pair of pompoms. They've been living with him for nearly 2 years and I am very excited to have them. He originally got one of them from my sister's tank when she had to move, so they are staying in the family!
We just discovered the eggs when we captured them yesterday. While they were in a small container, I had a chance to take some macro shots. I am VERY excited about these photos!!!
My friend DJScibbity had to break down his tank to move out of state and so I have adopted his pair of pompoms. They've been living with him for nearly 2 years and I am very excited to have them. He originally got one of them from my sister's tank when she had to move, so they are staying in the family!
We just discovered the eggs when we captured them yesterday. While they were in a small container, I had a chance to take some macro shots. I am VERY excited about these photos!!!
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