o2manyfish
o2manyfish
Great work Rick!
Dave B. 400g tank photos
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dodgerblew
Team RC
Dave, is the green slimer I think I see in pic the one I brought to you at the backyard swap?
rickztahone
New member
Dave was nice enough to send me a list of the names of each coral I photographed. However, I can't edit the OP or second post to include the proper names. They are labeled properly in the Flickr album though FYI.
Joe Kelley
Active member
Dave you are so kind, what a gentleman. I will do what I can to be there. Rick your skills are excellent. Keep taking photos!
mikeintosh
Mikeintosh
Amazing photos of an amazing tank! What do you shoot with?
rickztahone
New member
Full frame Sony a99. I took my 70-200 2.8, 24-70 2.8 and 90 2.8 macro with tubes
o2manyfish
o2manyfish
Dattack, I have to replace the tank. The acrylic is going bad on the front panel.
I love everything about my tank, and if I replace it I wouldn't change anything about the tank. But the thought of spending that money and work to have the exact same thing is hard for me to deal with. So I got the idea to flip my fish room around and put the fish tank on the opposite wall.
With the flip I could go 10x3 or 10x4..... I could definitely use your help with the engineering. I love that my tank is entirely open topped with a stainless steel frame. But there is some considerable bowing in my tank. So I would like to figure out what it would take to build a 10x4 or 10x3 (both at 28.5" height) with a steel frame and perhaps a single slender brace across the center to stop the bowing.
Dave B
I love everything about my tank, and if I replace it I wouldn't change anything about the tank. But the thought of spending that money and work to have the exact same thing is hard for me to deal with. So I got the idea to flip my fish room around and put the fish tank on the opposite wall.
With the flip I could go 10x3 or 10x4..... I could definitely use your help with the engineering. I love that my tank is entirely open topped with a stainless steel frame. But there is some considerable bowing in my tank. So I would like to figure out what it would take to build a 10x4 or 10x3 (both at 28.5" height) with a steel frame and perhaps a single slender brace across the center to stop the bowing.
Dave B
phatsonate
Active member
Yes!!
SchnitzelReef
Active member
I am no engineer, but I don't believe glass will ever bow.
8x3 glass tank would be nice and manageable. 10" is gunna need a lot of flow, and require lots of lights. $$$
billyzbear
Active member
Awesome as always Dave. Thanks for sharing.
I wanted to include a full rez version of the FTS simply so you guys can zoom in a bit more and actually check out Dave's corals and fish a little closer. Click on the picture and it will take you to my flickr account. When there, click on the image and it should let you view it a little larger
FTS Full Rez by Rick Vasquez, on Flickr
Holy crap thats jammed!! nice tank dave!!
o2manyfish
o2manyfish
I am no engineer, but I don't believe glass will ever bow.
8x3 glass tank would be nice and manageable. 10" is gunna need a lot of flow, and require lots of lights. $$$
Schnitzel -- I have 8'x3' now it is nice and totally manageable - I love my tank.
Glass can bow. And while I would love glass just for the ease of cleaning Coraline off. I love the clarity of Acrylic. I like that me plus a couple of friends can move the tank if I need to. I like that if I get the urge to change my plumbing I grab a hole saw and put a hole wherever I like. And glass scratches and you're bummed. I've buffed my acrylic tanks many times to fix my oopsies.
Flow and lights for 10' is not an issue. I have 8' now I am pretty sure my surge tank can push to 10'. Plus the Neptune WAV pumps are working well for me adding a couple of those is no biggie. And I only need 2 more Radions to get from 8' to 10'.
Dave B
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