nineball
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Thank you very much paranoid, I just hope you will not be following too closely.............:wildone:
Coral Tank from Canada (1350gal Display Tank)
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Thank you very much paranoid, I just hope you will not be following too closely.............:wildone:
PauChi
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Hi Peter ... this is one of two threads which isn't going anywhere on my two monitors @ work & home ... Left monitor Chingchai's ... Right side monitor nineball's ... :fun5:
I'm looking forward to see what you're going to do heading forward with your design inspired tank and having Chingchai as one of your "inspiration" is truly awesome!!! I gotta get my eyes checked ... :hmm6:
Paul
I'm looking forward to see what you're going to do heading forward with your design inspired tank and having Chingchai as one of your "inspiration" is truly awesome!!! I gotta get my eyes checked ... :hmm6:
Paul
nineball
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So Paul, thanks a ton for the enthusiasm and support. I guess it's only fair that you be the first to know that Chingchai and I have decided to join our two tanks together........ We are just waiting for the PVC pipe to do it!!!
Peter
nineball
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Water???? Water????? No one said ANYTHING about water..........The instructions say very explicitly: sand, add two palm trees, a coconut with this little colour your own umbrella stuck in one end, one plastic red bucket and shovel..........oh and straw not included!!!!
Water, yeah water. Thanks a heap Keegoaz. I'll bet that's not included either...........
Peter
Posidion
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Peter just saw your filter system and WHOLLLLYYY SPACESHIP BAT MAN!!!!!!!!!!
Really looks like somthing thus far hope it performes as well. On another note I'm gonna +1 on the size of loop intake strainers. Mine also draw from the bottom as yours will, I encountered 2 problems with this: 1- the sand got sucked in when i firstr added it. Solution I put a small box around it to hold sand back. 2- suction was way to strong with that styly strainer (too concentrated). Solution I was at the pool store when it hit me that the 6" dia million small hole plastic intake strainers used in the hot tubs would be perfect. As it just so happened they screwed right into my 2" bulk heads. after theese mods i have had no more problems with sand or clogging. The new intake also added a nicer astetic appearance as the hot tub strainers rise only about 1.5" above the bottom glass.(I did not totally cover them with the rock work for maint purposes)
Really looks like somthing thus far hope it performes as well. On another note I'm gonna +1 on the size of loop intake strainers. Mine also draw from the bottom as yours will, I encountered 2 problems with this: 1- the sand got sucked in when i firstr added it. Solution I put a small box around it to hold sand back. 2- suction was way to strong with that styly strainer (too concentrated). Solution I was at the pool store when it hit me that the 6" dia million small hole plastic intake strainers used in the hot tubs would be perfect. As it just so happened they screwed right into my 2" bulk heads. after theese mods i have had no more problems with sand or clogging. The new intake also added a nicer astetic appearance as the hot tub strainers rise only about 1.5" above the bottom glass.(I did not totally cover them with the rock work for maint purposes)
nineball
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Thanks Posidion, This is great help........I'm on my way to the hot tub store.......Great idea.
Peter
anbosu
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I think it has some of those elements, but I think there is too much going on for it to be what I would consider to be a bonsai tank.
Remember, as you watch this, I'm new to a lot of this type of equipment...I deal with saws, drills and routers mostly...and high end LED lighting systems too...but that's another story...
Here is the video of me explaining the filtration system, with help from Mike who built it (and knows it a bit more than me)...
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Hi Markus, just curious as to what "sweet water" is. If you are losing water from your skimmer are you saying to have it fill from another source. I am planning on having a small side tank full of RO water to use for evaporation in other tanks and for general purposes. Should this be available to the skimmer? What is a "wet skimming" too?
John
Wet skimming is when the protein skimmer fills the skimmer cup with a more watery solution vs. a dry foam. It obviously fills a lot quicker this way. Since the skimmer would be removing saltwater, the ATO is going to put back in freshwater, therefore lowering the salinity of the tank. I think by "sweetening" he is referring to the salinity of the tank dropping.
The open system will be moving the tank water from the top as well. We are also looking at redundant systems as well for the closed system, in case the pump or chiller go down.
I'll answer this, so Peter can stay in the elevator...I put some extra buttons in there and he is trying to figure out what they do...
createyourown
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Dont tell me your really going to use bio-balls.....
golf nut
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I see 2 pumps for a total of about 9000 gph? this amounts to about an 8x turnover, did I miss something?
nineball
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Golf nut, I need to reafirm that the sled of equipment is in a state of flux so definitive decisions have not been made yet. I assume, and it would be very helpfull to us, if you could suggest the ideal turnover rate for this tank......I would be very interested in the target.
Peter
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Here fishy fishy!
love the build have a question though. why are you going with the wet dry system? Filter bags and live rock would be much better and easier to take care of. Just my thought.
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