Blackthunda77's 80Gal Shallow Reef Build

[rudyr03]

Not off the top of my head but if I figure something out I'll let you know ...

 

[blackthunda77]

Ok so i found some foam at work. Basically this is what i was trying to accomplish.

Mounted the driver finally.

Nice and quiet.

 

[blackthunda77]

Short video of the flow of the MP40

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http://youtu.be/mq1pQjnQzes

 

[AquamanE]

John your tank is AWESOME. I cant wait to see it in the next few weeks.

BTW- That foam is called eggcrate foam. Its very common in hospitals for pressure reduction for bed bound folks. Its sold in Walmart and BedBath as Egg Crate Mattress.

 

[blackthunda77]

Thanks eddie. Its coming along. Just wish the frags would fill in faster. Lol

 

[rovster]

Love the video. Makes me want my tank set up already that much more. What's up with the frog police on the other thread:headwallblue:

What are you running the mp40 at. That looks like a LOT of flow for one pump:lol2:

 

[blackthunda77]

Yea seriously. Some people cant just leave well enough alone. The terrariums been sold long ago. I requested that the thread be closed and deleted but haven't heard back. Maybe bill can take care of that for me. Hey Bill!... Lol

Anyways, yea thats just the one mp40 on 70-80 percent. You have two... Thats gonna be some nice flow!

 

[blackthunda77]

Nom, nom, nom...... This one reminded me of little shop of horrors for some reason. Lol

 

[blackthunda77]

so ill probably be stopping at home depot on the way home to buy a couple packs of D batteries for my air pumps just in case this storm decides to give us a visit. I have a computer back UPS i can hook my vortech to if need be. I know its not as efficient as the dc battery systems but i should be able to get half a day to a days worth if i run the pump at about 20%.

Not too worried though because ive run my previous 90gal system for a good 36hrs before on just 2 battery powered air pumps.

 

[Kayo2289]

What do you think the maximum amount of hours an aquarium go w/o power? Just curious.

 

[blackthunda77]

it all depends on your bioload, size of tank, etc. Esp the amount of fish yo have. with that said, i wouldnt go more than 2 hours without some sort of circulation in my tank.

 

[blackthunda77]

Picture update

Picture update

Heres a picture update of the tank. Not really an "update" per se but i finally got my dslr back from my sister and i could finally get some decent shots of my fish.

 

[blackthunda77]

And some more...

 

[blackthunda77]

 

[AquamanE]

Very Nice!! Can only see a few of my frags though.

 

[blackthunda77]

They are in there, youll see them when u come over. The green monti, xfactor but its a little brown, the green slimers and hulk, jedi mind trick and a couple more that i cant remember the names u told me.

 

[rovster]

Love the fat head! Nice pics. What is the first coral called. Some kind of stylo?

 

[blackthunda77]

First pic is actually a really hairy bird of paradise. The one i picked up from rogger when he broke apart his tank.

 

[Jackwkahn]

awesome!!!! love the wrasse and sunburst anthias! i picked up a trio of dispar anthias yesterday but they hid all of today. hopefully they'll look just as cool with my leopard wrasse

 

[blackthunda77]

Thanks. Yea for some the first fish everyone comments on and compliments is the leopard. Never understood why, it was a run of the mill $15 fish lol. Maybe I'm just used to it now. Lol