invincible569
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Very nice!! Love that huge Soly!!
"Exotic Coral" 3600g Personal Aquarium
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Very nice!! Love that huge Soly!!
SptfireXIV
Premium Member
Did you see the pic above? It definitely seems to be getting the "right" color to me 
Got a few e-mail contacts in regards to tank set up and thanks to every one for the inputs.
It is in a room by itself because I prefer that way. I have had 6 tanks in different time frams that were in- door and just would like to have one that has orchids and corals and no other stuff. Yes, it does look like it belongs to a lab But with an out door fire place going, surrounded by the fragrences of my orchids/roses, and a glass of wine in hand, it still feels pretty good.
The CAD drawing(from the structure engineer) indicated 12x8x6 dimension and andditional few inches of the tank hight was added for Wave Box. But it has water all the way to the top now because Wave box would not have worked. I have no idea what the correct valume is, but the CAD drawing indicated 4200g. In any case, it has enough water in it to swimming around.
The large water volume helps with stability. For an example, while we were gone during the holidays, the CA reactors got turned off for may be 6 weeks long( yes, pros make mistakes, too). When I got back, every one was find except a red S. Haddoni that was sucked into the close loop. Alk and CA levels were low, but every one is OK after water chemistry was adjusted.
Cheers and thanks for looking
It is in a room by itself because I prefer that way. I have had 6 tanks in different time frams that were in- door and just would like to have one that has orchids and corals and no other stuff. Yes, it does look like it belongs to a lab
But with an out door fire place going, surrounded by the fragrences of my orchids/roses, and a glass of wine in hand, it still feels pretty good. The CAD drawing(from the structure engineer) indicated 12x8x6 dimension and andditional few inches of the tank hight was added for Wave Box. But it has water all the way to the top now because Wave box would not have worked. I have no idea what the correct valume is, but the CAD drawing indicated 4200g. In any case, it has enough water in it to swimming around.
The large water volume helps with stability. For an example, while we were gone during the holidays, the CA reactors got turned off for may be 6 weeks long( yes, pros make mistakes, too). When I got back, every one was find except a red S. Haddoni that was sucked into the close loop. Alk and CA levels were low, but every one is OK after water chemistry was adjusted.
Cheers and thanks for looking
Lordhelmet
Active member
shutiny pm sent.
hahnmeister
In Memoriam
Yeah, and all those people who use skylights and sola-tubes on their reefs are doin it wrong (or cheating)... oh, and not to mention all the corals in NATURE...lol. Natural light is the way to go, without a doubt.
I helped plan/assemble a tank in Chi-Town that was about 1500g, lit by a 6'x6' skylight. We decided to use T5s for supplimental light (they put out narrower amounts of blue and actinic than 20,000K halides... more blue for less wattage), and the corals look amazing.
Lordhelmet
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DrBDC it's better then that.
invincible569
New member
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9200405#post9200405 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by shutiny
Got a few e-mail contacts in regards to tank set up and thanks to every one for the inputs.
It is in a room by itself because I prefer that way. I have had 6 tanks in different time frams that were in- door and just would like to have one that has orchids and corals and no other stuff. Yes, it does look like it belongs to a lab
The CAD drawing(from the structure engineer) indicated 12x8x6 dimension and andditional few inches of the tank hight was added for Wave Box. But it has water all the way to the top now because Wave box would not have worked. I have no idea what the correct valume is, but the CAD drawing indicated 4200g. In any case, it has enough water in it to swimming around.
The large water volume helps with stability. For an example, while we were gone during the holidays, the CA reactors got turned off for may be 6 weeks long( yes, pros make mistakes, too). When I got back, every one was find except a red S. Haddoni that was sucked into the close loop. Alk and CA levels were low, but every one is OK after water chemistry was adjusted.
Cheers and thanks for looking
shutiny, thanks for chiming in.
Im really impressed. You didnt take any shortcuts in deciding what equipment and setup you own. How long has the tank been running?
I dont see how you could leave for 6 wks and not miss your tank!
Edward, this is a long post. Am trying to combine replys I received from the web site contacts.
The project started with our general contractor, architech and their structure engineer for the blue print to meet neighbor/city requirments in the Spring of 2005. Tank was buit by Water DOg Products in the Summer of 05. Salt water was added in the Fall of 05, and animals were tansferred in to the new tank from old tanks over a period of 6-8 months. As you could see from the construction pictures that roof structure was added after the tank was in placed.
It is very hard for me to leave home, though I do have pros to watch my tank two-three times /day. Things always happened when I am away. I also have intra-net that I could see the animals and the sys stat when I am away. I hope to slow down soon, though.
Some one asked about filtration and bio load of the tank.
For a starter, I have a semi-custom BK skimmer from Klus, a commercial sizes O3 generator, a refugium, and a commercial sulfer de-nitrator. Water changes were done by Dialysea unit when it was working
I got a lemon dialysea unit. In the last 12 months, it has been back to Seavisions for services threet times. The repair bills/engineer set up fee, shipping fee, all adding up to be over $1000 dollars in the last 6 months. And, still no unit to do auto water changes.
Large water changes are done by Sea Pure sea water company. For now, we do daily water change of 40-50g per day with existing reserve tank system that was set up as a back up for the Dialysea. There are two different units of RODI systems buit for the tank in addition to the Dialysea. So, there is no shortage of good water, just that some one needs to add salt, turn on the pump and pump the salt water back in to the tank every day..
The sump has three compartments, and two of the compartments I have propagation set up for anemone and baby elegance coral grow out. I tried to do it simple, but it just didn't turn out that way. May be next time.
For the next tank(when and if), I'll pick every one's brain here so a better set up may be done. We could have a contest for the winning design For now, it is a box. Because of out door temp is mostly in the low 50's this time of year, contractor has built an enclosure on all sides of the walls. We hope to have all glass wall done in the coming year when weather is better.
I currently have 14 different species of clown fish of different species, 16 Anthias, 2 fresh water mollys, a few fairy wrasses, one small yellow and one Ju. Chevron tangs. Also I noticed when i got back this time, there was a school of very young mollys living in the sump. How cool is that.
A few words about my fish and why I am not adding more of them to the tank.
The main mission of the tank is for my study of the Scleractinia(spell?) and fish is just part of my reef. This is more true after I lost my old pair of Maroon from the transfer to the new tank.
You could see the femal in this picture where she got one of my baby carpet anemones in her mouth http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/shutiny/Reproductionofanemones009.jpg
She and her husband have been in my first tank from the Fall of 1999, and she was the most unusal and smart fish I ever met. Onece, she fell from a 7 foot tank top on to the stone floor. From the fall, she broke her cheek spine, sinked to the tank bottom for good 5 minutes after I put her back in to the tank, and had a seizure when she came back. Three weeks later, she was OK. She went on to have many more babies after that incident that normally, would have killed most fish.
But, here is the sad story. When she first got placed into the new tank, the overflow teeth didn't have mesh over it. Her husband went over and into the sump, and she followed him the next day. We found their bodies, together in a return intake pump.
I did added another pair of marooms recently, but they are not the same. So, in short, all other fish just fish to me after she is gone, therefore, not too many fish.
I think I answered all questions and thanks again for your inputs.
The project started with our general contractor, architech and their structure engineer for the blue print to meet neighbor/city requirments in the Spring of 2005. Tank was buit by Water DOg Products in the Summer of 05. Salt water was added in the Fall of 05, and animals were tansferred in to the new tank from old tanks over a period of 6-8 months. As you could see from the construction pictures that roof structure was added after the tank was in placed.
It is very hard for me to leave home, though I do have pros to watch my tank two-three times /day. Things always happened when I am away. I also have intra-net that I could see the animals and the sys stat when I am away. I hope to slow down soon, though.
Some one asked about filtration and bio load of the tank.
For a starter, I have a semi-custom BK skimmer from Klus, a commercial sizes O3 generator, a refugium, and a commercial sulfer de-nitrator. Water changes were done by Dialysea unit when it was working
I got a lemon dialysea unit. In the last 12 months, it has been back to Seavisions for services threet times. The repair bills/engineer set up fee, shipping fee, all adding up to be over $1000 dollars in the last 6 months. And, still no unit to do auto water changes. Large water changes are done by Sea Pure sea water company. For now, we do daily water change of 40-50g per day with existing reserve tank system that was set up as a back up for the Dialysea. There are two different units of RODI systems buit for the tank in addition to the Dialysea. So, there is no shortage of good water, just that some one needs to add salt, turn on the pump and pump the salt water back in to the tank every day..
The sump has three compartments, and two of the compartments I have propagation set up for anemone and baby elegance coral grow out. I tried to do it simple, but it just didn't turn out that way. May be next time.
For the next tank(when and if), I'll pick every one's brain here so a better set up may be done. We could have a contest for the winning design
For now, it is a box. Because of out door temp is mostly in the low 50's this time of year, contractor has built an enclosure on all sides of the walls. We hope to have all glass wall done in the coming year when weather is better.I currently have 14 different species of clown fish of different species, 16 Anthias, 2 fresh water mollys, a few fairy wrasses, one small yellow and one Ju. Chevron tangs. Also I noticed when i got back this time, there was a school of very young mollys living in the sump. How cool is that.
A few words about my fish and why I am not adding more of them to the tank.
The main mission of the tank is for my study of the Scleractinia(spell?) and fish is just part of my reef. This is more true after I lost my old pair of Maroon from the transfer to the new tank.
You could see the femal in this picture where she got one of my baby carpet anemones in her mouth http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/shutiny/Reproductionofanemones009.jpg
She and her husband have been in my first tank from the Fall of 1999, and she was the most unusal and smart fish I ever met. Onece, she fell from a 7 foot tank top on to the stone floor. From the fall, she broke her cheek spine, sinked to the tank bottom for good 5 minutes after I put her back in to the tank, and had a seizure when she came back. Three weeks later, she was OK. She went on to have many more babies after that incident that normally, would have killed most fish.
But, here is the sad story. When she first got placed into the new tank, the overflow teeth didn't have mesh over it. Her husband went over and into the sump, and she followed him the next day. We found their bodies, together in a return intake pump.
I did added another pair of marooms recently, but they are not the same. So, in short, all other fish just fish to me after she is gone, therefore, not too many fish.
I think I answered all questions and thanks again for your inputs.
hawaiianwargod
Active member
Very sad story!!!
dawnskaybug
New member
So for all the young ones who are looking for something to Major in college...
What do you do??
Nice tank BTW
Did you have to do any permits or any type of Cali legal issues??
What do you do??
Nice tank BTW
Did you have to do any permits or any type of Cali legal issues??
