(First Reef Tank Ever) **** 600gal Display **** 1300gal System

[bbrantley]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10375425#post10375425 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jnarowe
hey Ben, seems like that is a lot of evap for that size system. Perhaps you should change the program that starts your fans? I have mine come on at 78F. With the 1000+g in the system, it can get down to 76.5F at night but that's about it. Is yours a glass tank? If so that may be why. I run about 9 to 12g per day in evap.

Yeah, it gets hot in that room in the day --> lots of fan action. I also have mine set at 78. My tank has not gotten below 78 or above 81 in the last couple weeks. On cold days I see better cooling in the room and thus less evap. The tank is 1-inch acrylic. Un-hijacking Bart's thread now, though... we can drag this over to my tank thread if desired!

Ben

 

[cbui2]

moving right along now

 

[jnarowe]

would you like some cheese with that whine? j/k!!

 

[cbui2]

ok i think its about time for some updates some fishes and corals were added. here are some pics finally, hehe.

Full Tank Shot

Left Side

Middle

Right Side

 

[Lytehouse]

Absolutely awesome. Really, really great job and it's just getting started.

 

[iansilv]

yeah- it's good to see you "just added some fish and corals" What a kick arse tank!

 

[jnarowe]

right on Bart! I was wondering if you really had a display tank at all! :lol: Aqua-scaping looks great. Lots of room for coral colonies.

 

[xinumaster]

Very nice. Again I really love your aquascaping.

 

[cbui2]

thank you all, i thought i was the only one up this late .

 

[Avast Marine]

OK, so how many hippo's are in that tank? :beer:

 

[cbui2]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10409070#post10409070 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dandy7200
OK, so how many hippo's are in that tank? :beer:

8 small african yellow belly :lol:

 

[erics3000]

Sweet....Thanks that was too much torture to wait...

 

[erics3000]

Sweet....Thanks that was too much torture to wait...

 

[Goodwin9]

Finally!! Looks great!! I don't see any Damsels. How in the heck did you manage to get them all out. Am curious as to what you have in your feeding clip on the right side.

Personally, I like that you changed back to a black background on the tank. It makes everything in the tank stand out in your pictures.

 

[dsandfort]

Great job Bart. You're too fast for me.
Del

 

[erics3000]

You said that right Del.

Yes Bart great work and craftsmanship. A incredible no expense spared build. 2 Thumbs up!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[speedy14a]

Stand

Stand

Bart,

I did not catch where you got your stand from? From the reading you got it out of state. If the creator is local I may be interested in using him. Thanks for the extra pics.

How deep is the sand?

Thanks
Ron

 

[gig]

I love pics!

 

[smcskim]

It's only when you have fish in it that the full size of the tank can be appreciated!! It's huge!!

A beautiful tank!

 

[cbui2]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10409706#post10409706 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Goodwin9
Finally!! Looks great!! I don't see any Damsels. How in the heck did you manage to get them all out. Am curious as to what you have in your feeding clip on the right side.

Personally, I like that you changed back to a black background on the tank. It makes everything in the tank stand out in your pictures.

i still have 6 left over, also i removed the large yellow tang and large tomini tang out last week. the yellow tang was such a big bully to all of my fishes. all i did was simply removed 3 large rocks at the top and used 2 2x4 eggcrate to split the display into 3 sections making it simple to removed the fish which took me about 45min. 3 times a week on roman lettuce and nori.