Coral Tank from Canada (1350gal Display Tank)

[swissgaurd]

Anyone in the Toronto area should be going to the Charles Delbeek presentation this Saturday (2-4). He will be talking about the new 200,000 gallon reef at the Steinhart Aquarium where he is a senior curator. You can find the details for this must see event at mastcanada.org

Charles is a very knowledgeable, entertaining and charismatic speaker. His friend and former coworker (Waikiki Aquarium) Bruce Carlson presented an excellent talk about his 165,000 gallon reef exhibit at the Atlanta Aquarium a couple years ago for the MAST club. There is also a dinner after. You will find Peter & I at the bar Stop by and say hey.

thanks for the reminder shawn
ill be there

vic

 

[Scej12]

Anyone in the Toronto area should be going to the Charles Delbeek presentation this Saturday (2-4). He will be talking about the new 200,000 gallon reef at the Steinhart Aquarium where he is a senior curator. You can find the details for this must see event at mastcanada.org

Charles is a very knowledgeable, entertaining and charismatic speaker. His friend and former coworker (Waikiki Aquarium) Bruce Carlson presented an excellent talk about his 165,000 gallon reef exhibit at the Atlanta Aquarium a couple years ago for the MAST club. There is also a dinner after. You will find Peter & I at the bar Stop by and say hey.

Thanks for that Shawn!! I had no idea this was happening. I noticed that dinner bookings are now closed on the MAST site. Must have sold out fast!! I'll still try to attend the presentation. Perhaps I can finally get the chance to meet you good folks in person (although I think we might have crossed paths at a Construct Show a number of years back; not sure; terrible memory as well!) Anyway - hopefully I'll see you guys this weekend.

Regards,

Sheldon

 

[dave.m]

I was able to book both dinner & show this afternoon, so maybe you can give somebody at MAST a call to see if they can squeeze you in.

Dave.M

 

[Scej12]

Thanks!!

Thanks!!

I was able to book both dinner & show this afternoon, so maybe you can give somebody at MAST a call to see if they can squeeze you in.

Dave.M

Thanks Dave!

I just used the contact info on the MAST website; waiting for a response/call back...

One way or the other, I look forward to meeting all of you tomorrow! I've been quietly lurking around the Toronto aquarium industry for a few years now.... It's finally time for me to come out of the closet and meet all of the folks I've been trading posts with lately.

See you tomorrow!

Sheldon

 

[ti-christ]

Hi Peter,

Last night, I had a nightmare. I have dreamed that all your corals were dying one after the other within 24H!!! And you end up with a small 90gallons tank with the remaining corals that they were still alive... (This has happened to me 2 years ago in my 180g). When I woke up, I was looking like that : :hmm4:.

So, please put some pictures for my peace of mind!!!!:lolspin:

 

[nuccadoc]

How's the crab-hunting going? Catch that bugger yet?

 

[Allmost]

I was able to book both dinner & show this afternoon, so maybe you can give somebody at MAST a call to see if they can squeeze you in.

Dave.M

is it formal ? (asks my GF)

after party at Peters Reef ? hahaha jokes.

cant wait for more pics

 

[dave.m]

is it formal ?

Well, I promise not to go commando this time.

Dave.M

 

[Bax]

Well, I promise not to go commando this time.

Dave.M

OK Dave, that's just scary! :hmm3: :spin2:

 

[azreefgeek]

makes my 100 gallon in wall look like a nano...

 

[vaporize]

Hello Peter & Shawn,

Sorry to dig up old post but it doesn't seem like many has commented on this design. Sorry to say that it is totally not-doable.

You will have cross contamination so fast that it will deplete the "previous food source" fast. If you wanted to use such a system, they cannot be "overflowing" but need to have physical separation (distance) and move the 'food' tank-to-tank by dosing pumps. Also the previous food system has to be 3-5X larger in volume than the organisms they are feeding (maybe except the last two stage). On average 1L of rotifer can eat 5L of phyto (or more depending on density, so makes it tough to just culture to feed the reef, let alone a reef that size.

 

[Scej12]

Hey Peter; Shawn; Dave and the rest of the MAST members I met today - it was a great pleasure to finally meet all of you. Quite a community of reef enthusiasts we have here in Toronto, and beyond! Charles Delbeek was a great presenter, and I for one thoroughly enjoyed the info he provided.

Thanks again Mr. Wilson for posting the note - if not for that I would have certainly missed another great event organized by MAST!

and Peter/Shawn - don't forget to let me know when would be a convenient time to see youz-guyz creation first hand...!!

Regards,

Sheldon

 

[Padrino]

Peter/Shawn,
Things are really looking awesome. Keep up the good work.

I was trying to look back in the pages for pictures of your fishroom and all its components. I am trying to compile a thread full of fishrooms for people to reference. I definately think yours should be in there.

The link is:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1846238
Hope you can share lots of pictures on that thread,
Rob

 

[dave.m]

A rather long day with lots of driving. What a surprise to find out the handsome young fellow sitting beside me at dinner was Sheldon. Pleased to meet you. A pleasant time was had by all.

Padrino, more info on the fish room coming up soon.

Dave.M

 

[nineball]

Peter/Shawn,
Things are really looking awesome. Keep up the good work.

I was trying to look back in the pages for pictures of your fishroom and all its components. I am trying to compile a thread full of fishrooms for people to reference. I definately think yours should be in there.

The link is:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1846238
Hope you can share lots of pictures on that thread,
Rob

Thanks Rob. There will be an update shortly. Most of the fish room equipment has been changed/upgraded, added since the beginning foundation. There has been so much going on of late that I haven't really had the time to communicate all the positive changes Mr. Wilson has introduced. With DaveM's help we hope to bring a lot of that stuff forward. Stay tuned.

Peter

 

[nineball]

A rather long day with lots of driving. What a surprise to find out the handsome young fellow sitting beside me at dinner was Sheldon. Pleased to meet you. A pleasant time was had by all.

Padrino, more info on the fish room coming up soon.

Dave.M

Good to see you and hear you participate in the seminar yesterday. I am looking forward to getting together with you next week with Mr. Wilson.

Peter

 

[nineball]

Hey Peter; Shawn; Dave and the rest of the MAST members I met today - it was a great pleasure to finally meet all of you. Quite a community of reef enthusiasts we have here in Toronto, and beyond! Charles Delbeek was a great presenter, and I for one thoroughly enjoyed the info he provided.

Thanks again Mr. Wilson for posting the note - if not for that I would have certainly missed another great event organized by MAST!

and Peter/Shawn - don't forget to let me know when would be a convenient time to see youz-guyz creation first hand...!!

Regards,

Sheldon

Sheldon, it was very nice to finally meet you as well. I'm not sure exactly what I expected to meet but it definitely was not you......The Sheldon I met was a very nice fellow and very personable.

In any event, you are welcome to a tour anytime, just pm Mr. Wilson or myself whenever its convenient.

Peter

 

[Scej12]

Finally!!

Finally!!

A rather long day with lots of driving. What a surprise to find out the handsome young fellow sitting beside me at dinner was Sheldon. Pleased to meet you. A pleasant time was had by all.

Padrino, more info on the fish room coming up soon.

Dave.M

Hey you were the handsome guy at our table!!.. The pleasure was all mine...til now I've been writing to all of you guys in the dark... not knowing who's who....

Sheldon, it was very nice to finally meet you as well. I'm not sure exactly what I expected to meet but it definitely was not you......The Sheldon I met was a very nice fellow and very personable.

In any event, you are welcome to a tour anytime, just pm Mr. Wilson or myself whenever its convenient.

Peter

Peter - I'll certainly follow up when I have some space in the next couple of weeks... I have a pretty dense schedule over the next couple of days.. Nice to finally meet the team.

SJ

 

[cableguy69846]

Holy Crap

Holy Crap

Holy crap. This is an amazing build. I love the detail that you go into with all your updates and how you reply to every post on here. I am in awe of the experience that has gotten together on this one. I am a new hobbyist on the salt side. I am getting ready to start a 20 gallon long tank, but am very certain that I will be upgrading more than once in the course of my life. I have skipped around a lot and mostly was looking for pictures, but you can be sure that I will be going back and reading every post and taking plenty of notes. The display is something most of us only dream of and your fish room is better looking then any LFS I have been in. Just wanted to gush about your amazing system, and wanted to thank you for all the knowledge you have now placed at my, and others, fingertips. Keep up the good work, and don't skimp on the details. Let's see if you can make this a 1000 pages jam packed with info. Thank you guys and I look forward to seeing more progress and starting this thread over and reading every letter of it even if it is over my head at the moment.:beer:

Cable

 

[Chago09]

Hello, sorry for being away so long. Too busy trying to keep the lights on.

Plus I don't need to see pictures of the thread because I just walk in to Peter's house whenever in the area :thumbsup: don't be jelious LOL :lol2:

Tank is looking awesome, any updates on the mangrove wall? I'm curious to see how those parts turned out? I need to go back about 15 pages and start reading to catch up.