Coral Tank from Canada (1350gal Display Tank)

[Reefski's]

no page could possibly have all the pics, keep looking, you'll get there.

 

[brockboi]

what page has all the pic? lol went through a whole lot but didnt see any

if you go to nineball's member page on here there is a link to a slideshow. it's under the "contact info" tab.

 

[nineball]

what page has all the pic? lol went through a whole lot but didnt see any

no page could possibly have all the pics, keep looking, you'll get there.

if you go to nineball's member page on here there is a link to a slideshow. it's under the "contact info" tab.

Thanks guys........

Peter

 

[brockboi]

I was with my daughter today and she was watching finding nemo as I was driving and was wondering how many of the fish from the movie are currently in your tank Peter. I'm sure your don't have any great white sharks (yet!) or mako's, but just something that popped into my head today! To save time i copied the list of characters from the movie!

Albert Brooks as Marlin, a Clownfish.
Elizabeth Perkins as Coral, a female Clownfish.
Alexander Gould as Nemo, a baby Clownfish.
Ellen DeGeneres as Dory, a Pacific Regal Blue Tang.
Willem Dafoe as Gill, a Moorish Idol.
Brad Garrett as Bloat, a Pufferfish.
Allison Janney as Peach, a Starfish.
Austin Pendleton as Gurgle, a Royal Gramma.
Stephen Root as Bubbles, a Yellow Tang.
Vicki Lewis as Deb, a Damselfish, as well as Flo, her reflection.
Joe Ranft as Jacques, a Pacific Cleaner Shrimp.
Bob Peterson as Mr. Ray, a Spotted Eagle Ray.
Jordy Ranft as Tad, a juvenile Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish.
Erica Beck as Pearl, a juvenile Flapjack Octopus.
Erik Per Sullivan as Sheldon, a juvenile Seahorse.
John Ratzenberger as the school of Moonfish.
Rove McManus as a Crab.

 

[allsps40]

We need an update with pics.

 

[insane04]

Peter tank looks great and just spent the last 2 weeks going through the whole build! A truley spectacular build!!!!

 

[d3hree]

Peter. I have the same commercial cannister filters as you do. Can I ask what the maintainence regime is with yours? Also how much does it restrict flow?

I have three of varying sizes the largest one looks to be the same size as yours. I was thinking of adding a small one inline with the oceans motions to try and cut down the risk of the OM jamming due to particulates but I dont want to impeed the flow too much.

Do you or any of your team have any thoughts?

 

[Macropora]

Absolutely stunning tank and an amazing job! This tank dwarfs my 270 gallon by over 10 times!

 

[nineball]

Peter. I have the same commercial cannister filters as you do. Can I ask what the maintainence regime is with yours? Also how much does it restrict flow?

I have three of varying sizes the largest one looks to be the same size as yours. I was thinking of adding a small one inline with the oceans motions to try and cut down the risk of the OM jamming due to particulates but I dont want to impeed the flow too much.

Do you or any of your team have any thoughts?

Originally I had two which we reduced fairly quickly to one. We were cleaning it twice a week but Mr. wilson began to question the value with the setup we have in the fish room. It was taking out the 'fine stuff' but we began to question whether in fact it was taking out too much. Also we have four 200 micron filter bags going into the sump so the original purpose of having the canister removing the big bits before going through the chiller no longer made sense. We have taken the canister filter out of the loop and have not found any negative effects but if we do need it we can easily bring it back into the system.

However if you are going to need it in your system I highly recommend regular maintenance of at least once or twice a week and you need enough RO/DI water on hand to give the filter a final rinse before re-engaging the canister unless your tap water is at least 0 parts per million. :hammer:

Peter

 

[Haplochromine]

Beautiful sheltie. I grew up with them and plan to have them in the future.

Hello to another fellow Canadian.

 

[NorthReefer]

WOW just went through the slide show and thats what I call ALL IN!!!!

 

[nineball]

Beautiful sheltie. I grew up with them and plan to have them in the future.

Hello to another fellow Canadian.

Molly thanks you!!!! I got her from a dedicated Sheltie breeder who actually has 30 years of consistent experience and apart from achieving Canadian and American champion conformations, she bred for personality. Molly has more intelligence and graceful personality traits than her owner........who should be raising sheep rather than fish but as she knows, no fish owner is perfect!!!

Peter

 

[Haplochromine]

Excellent family dogs and very loyal...especially if you have a few treats. Definitely one of the most intelligent breeds and let's face it, they are just such nice friendly dogs.

I'm from Ontario originally. How's the heatwave these days? The weather here has been more consistent but we will see how it goes in the rainy dark winter.

 

[Kengar]

Uh oh. . . . . better tell my wife and kids they're not going to see me for a few days. . . . . just stumbled across this thread and, well, time to start reading!

 

[mr.wilson]

I was with my daughter today and she was watching finding nemo as I was driving and was wondering how many of the fish from the movie are currently in your tank Peter. I'm sure your don't have any great white sharks (yet!) or mako's, but just something that popped into my head today! To save time i copied the list of characters from the movie!

Believe it or not, I've never seen the movie. I really should before it becomes too dated. Your list helps.

√ Albert Brooks as Marlin, a Clownfish.
√ Elizabeth Perkins as Coral, a female Clownfish.
√ Alexander Gould as Nemo, a baby Clownfish.
√ Ellen DeGeneres as Dory, a Pacific Regal Blue Tang.
√ Willem Dafoe as Gill, a Moorish Idol.
X Brad Garrett as Bloat, a Pufferfish.
√ Allison Janney as Peach, a Starfish.
√ Austin Pendleton as Gurgle, a Royal Gramma.
√ Stephen Root as Bubbles, a Yellow Tang.
√ Vicki Lewis as Deb, a Damselfish, as well as Flo, her reflection.
√ Joe Ranft as Jacques, a Pacific Cleaner Shrimp.
X Bob Peterson as Mr. Ray, a Spotted Eagle Ray.
√ Jordy Ranft as Tad, a juvenile Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish.
√ Erica Beck as Pearl, a juvenile Flapjack Octopus.
X Erik Per Sullivan as Sheldon, a juvenile Seahorse.
X John Ratzenberger as the school of Moonfish.
√ Rove McManus as a Crab.

 

[mr.wilson]

We need an update with pics.

I'll work on it this week. Peter is a better photographer, but I'm a better photo editor

 

[mr.wilson]

Excellent family dogs and very loyal...especially if you have a few treats. Definitely one of the most intelligent breeds and let's face it, they are just such nice friendly dogs.

I'm from Ontario originally. How's the heatwave these days? The weather here has been more consistent but we will see how it goes in the rainy dark winter.

I was lucky enough to weather-out part of the heat wave in Alberta and BC a couple weeks ago. Peter's tank is running at 27˚C even in the worst of it.

 

[mr.wilson]

Peter. I have the same commercial cannister filters as you do. Can I ask what the maintainence regime is with yours? Also how much does it restrict flow?

I have three of varying sizes the largest one looks to be the same size as yours. I was thinking of adding a small one inline with the oceans motions to try and cut down the risk of the OM jamming due to particulates but I dont want to impeed the flow too much.

Do you or any of your team have any thoughts?

I inherited the Pentair professional series canister filters. I removed one and kept one. We used it for six months, but they restricted flow too much and required cleaning twice a week. We discontinued use for the past 6 months. The four filter bags appear to be doing the same job, with no pressure loss and easier cleaning procedure.

The 100 micron bags were plugging too quickly even with cleaning twice a week. We recently switched to 200 micron bags but they seem to be just as bad once they get a coating of biofilm (bacterial slime).

The one benefit of the canister filter is it removes free-floating detritus collected by the closed loop, while the bags are limited to detritus that floats up to the surface and over the overflow box.

You can buy special spray nozzles for cleaning the pleated cartridges, but I just use a garden spray gun. After a month of service, I soak the cartridges in a bleach solution then dechlorinate afterwards. If you go to heavy on the bleach, it wears the fibers thin. Our canister filter has bypass and drain valves but I never use bleach within the unit in the case of human error. The canister filter is online now, but there is no cartridge in it.

Over the years I have used a few large canisters. The biggest one was a Jacuzzi pool filter that was around 100sq'. I still use some Ocean Clear 25sq' cartridges with 18w AquaUV sterilizers (combo) on some tanks. I used to use Rainbow Plastics "4 barrel" cart filters to clean wholesale tanks. I would use one carbon, one UV, and two mechanical. Using diatom powder helps collect particles down to 1µ and it's a lot easier to clean, but you will add diatoms to the tank. Fine carbon powder works as well, but it makes a mess.

 

[Opcn]

Believe it or not, I've never seen the movie. I really should before it becomes too dated. Your list helps.

√ Albert Brooks as Marlin, a Clownfish.
√ Elizabeth Perkins as Coral, a female Clownfish.
√ Alexander Gould as Nemo, a baby Clownfish.
√ Ellen DeGeneres as Dory, a Pacific Regal Blue Tang.
√ Willem Dafoe as Gill, a Moorish Idol.
X Brad Garrett as Bloat, a Pufferfish.
√ Allison Janney as Peach, a Starfish.
√ Austin Pendleton as Gurgle, a Royal Gramma.
√ Stephen Root as Bubbles, a Yellow Tang.
√ Vicki Lewis as Deb, a Damselfish, as well as Flo, her reflection.
√ Joe Ranft as Jacques, a Pacific Cleaner Shrimp.
X Bob Peterson as Mr. Ray, a Spotted Eagle Ray.
√ Jordy Ranft as Tad, a juvenile Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish.
√ Erica Beck as Pearl, a juvenile Flapjack Octopus.
X Erik Per Sullivan as Sheldon, a juvenile Seahorse.
X John Ratzenberger as the school of Moonfish.
√ Rove McManus as a Crab.

I think that the pufferfish and moonfish would be more reefsafe than an octopus.

 

[nineball]

I think that the pufferfish and moonfish would be more reefsafe than an octopus.

OOps, good catch, we do NOT have a flapjack octopus. we did discuss getting one but only for the mars bar in the fish room. We decided in the end however not to go there so we are 0 for our Octopus count at the moment.

I can't believe you guys keep reading this thing. Thanks on behalf of everyone.

Peter