Coral Tank from Canada (1350gal Display Tank)

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But if you are wet that it is salt water because you fell in your magnificent reeftank (not breaking anything) while placing a new piece of coral!

Latest news we heard was that even the center of Bangkok could be under thread of (partial) overflowing until somewhere in December?! :eek1:
 
Peter,

I have a question:

Does Shawn still remain an active member of your tank support team? Does he still engage in day to day maintenance, or is he now more like support and design specialist on-call?

And Shawn - I am still waiting for that long and interesting article regarding the updated lighting system for Peter's tank :P

Dainius
 
dainiusiva said:
Peter,

I have a question:

Does Shawn still remain an active member of your tank support team? Does he still engage in day to day maintenance, or is he now more like support and design specialist on-call?

And Shawn - I am still waiting for that long and interesting article regarding the updated lighting system for Peter's tank :P

Dainius
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Shawn (AKA Mr. Wilson) continues to be an integral member of the nine ball team. He still is present most days and I expect this will continue for some time to come. Steve Noakes has assumed responsibility for coral health and welfare giving Mr. Wilson more time to play with food systems and lighting among other ongoing projects. Drago continues to drop by regularly to maintain the RO/DI systems for water quality and the Bros Grimm provide additional maintenance support when needed. Dave.M has been doing great assisting with all things web related which has been very helpful to me.

I have a group of about 30 folks coming to tour the tank on Saturday (Marine Aquarist Society of Toronto, MAST) after which we should have time to get back to the lighting progress report.

Peter
 
nineball said:
I have a group of about 30 folks coming to tour the tank on Saturday (Marine Aquarist Society of Toronto, MAST)

Peter
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When I read this, I was so tempted to ask if I could tag along... but thought it wouldn't be appropriate.

Now the question keeps bugging me.

Would there be any way I'd be privileged enough to get the opportunity to see the tank?

I've read through most of the build thread, and the photo album on phanfare leaves me speechless...

Couldn't imagine what it'd be like standing in front of it!

Truly inspiring.
 
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Quartapound said:
When I read this, I was so tempted to ask if I could tag along... but thought it wouldn't be appropriate.
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Dude! You should have said something. I was there and I too am from the Forest City. You could have come along (and helped with the gas ;) ).

Dave.M
 
nineball said:
I have a group of about 30 folks coming to tour the tank on Saturday (Marine Aquarist Society of Toronto, MAST) after which we should have time to get back to the lighting progress report.

Peter
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Crap! I missed it! Next time! Next time! Hope all is well
Rob
 
dainiusiva said:
Peter,

I have a question:

Does Shawn still remain an active member of your tank support team? Does he still engage in day to day maintenance, or is he now more like support and design specialist on-call?

And Shawn - I am still waiting for that long and interesting article regarding the updated lighting system for Peter's tank :P

Dainius
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I'm still doing lots of dirty work on Peter's tank, but we have Steve there now to free up some of my time to work on other projects.

The tank is really filling in nicely and I'm spending more time just looking at it than ever before. We had a hair algae problem in the MARS invert system, but it's gone now. The mangrove system was over-run with pink candy floss algae but it too has died off. I still need to wire the relay for the ozonizer, move the skimmer closer to the wall, and retrofit it with an Abyzz needle wheel pump. We are going to get a larger Calcium reactor as well. The remaining metal halide lights will be replaced in the next week or two, but I'm afraid of finishing these projects as it will only make room for more :)
 
The MAST tour was great. Sharing the reef with others is what this community is all about. I had the pleasure of meeting some new people and catching up with some of the old-timers as well. Thanks for coming out and be sure to come back to see our progress.
 
mr.wilson said:
The MAST tour was great. Sharing the reef with others is what this community is all about. I had the pleasure of meeting some new people and catching up with some of the old-timers as well. Thanks for coming out and be sure to come back to see our progress.
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I was very fortunate to be a part of the MAST tour of Nineballs tank on Saturday; and I am still in awe! Peter was a wonderful host and is the owner of the most beautiful and inspiring tank I have ever seen. Thank you so much Peter for allowing us into your home and sharing your passion and knowledge. Every person on this site only dreams of what you have accomplished.
MAST wishes you every success and we hope to see you again in the near future.
Many thanks,
Mark
 
SnelgroveReefer said:
I was very fortunate to be a part of the MAST tour of Nineballs tank on Saturday; and I am still in awe! Peter was a wonderful host and is the owner of the most beautiful and inspiring tank I have ever seen. Thank you so much Peter for allowing us into your home and sharing your passion and knowledge. Every person on this site only dreams of what you have accomplished.
MAST wishes you every success and we hope to see you again in the near future.
Many thanks,
Mark
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Thanks Mark, any member of MAST is welcome to tour the tank. I very much enjoyed the afternoon and I know the entire team welcomed the feedback from the group.

Peter
 
Cannot believe how many days it's been since someone posted in here.

Mr. Wilson or Nineball....

Can you give us a run down of tank params?

Mag, Alk, Cal and any others you think important. Maybe a target goal for the system and where it's been running if not currently on target.....?

Thanks!!!!
 
mr.wilson said:
The mangrove system was over-run with pink candy floss algae but it too has died off.
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i do realize that turbo snails can keep candy floss under control, but am curious as to how it starts and if there is another way to keep clear of it.

Steve
 
hello everyone. haven't posted in a while as i've been very busy, but Peter I thought you would enjoy this. I have a friend who has just got into the hobby and after showing him a few moments of your slide show he said "wow, that looks like an aquarium"!!! He thought it was the ocean!
 
StevieK said:
i do realize that turbo snails can keep candy floss under control, but am curious as to how it starts and if there is another way to keep clear of it.

Steve
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I've had a hard time researching anything other than superficial hobbyist "how do I get rid of this stuff" posts about this algae. It really got out of control in the mangrove system.

I spent a lot more time than I would like to carefully plucking and siphoning it out. It could be spurred on by low flow or lack of predation, but I attribute much of it to lighting conditions. We are using very green/yellow/red plasma lights and I think that's what makes it take off.

Raising the alkalinity and PH may be catalysts to a cure, but they aren't stand alone solutions. If you have candy floss tangled in your chaetomorpha culture, just throw it out and seek a "clean" source from a fellow (MAST) club member.
 
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