Its Official

[cham]

My return to the hobby!

I was going to keep quiet till the tank got here but I've already gotten some Pm's so I might as well announce.


My last tank was a 30" tall tank and I always fought with PAR and reach (my armpits hurt!). I've always loved shallow tanks and you just don't see them out there very often.

So I contracted My Reef Creations (MRC) in atlanta to build me a custom 26x26x16 cube in 1" acrylic. Its being built this week and I am picking it up at the airport next week. This will be an SPS dominant tank.

I've already ordered my RO/DI, an aqua medic 250w pendant, phoneix 14k bulb and some misc parts.

I've got to buy everything from scratch again since I sold absolutely every reef thing I owned; so this build is really taxing me but I'm looking forward to being back into the hobby.

I'll post a build thread once I get all my stuff in. I'm going with some really nice equipment and its going to take a few weeks just to get all this stuff in.

 

[tangers]

Glad to see you're back! Congrats and good luck!

 

[tricky]

Very cool! Bet you'll love the new tank!
Rick & Terry

 

[BLUEHIPPOLOVER]

Please post some pictures

 

[dillagas]

Very Cool........Good Luck

 

[jade2122]

glad to hear you are coming back can't wait to see the progress on this tank

 

[jay24k]

Holy cow. 1" acrylic? I built a 3'x3'x12" prop tank out of 1/4" with zero bowing.

That's gonna be a nice tank though.

 

[cham]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12757021#post12757021 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jay24k
Holy cow. 1" acrylic? I built a 3'x3'x12" prop tank out of 1/4" with zero bowing.

That's gonna be a nice tank though.

A bit of overkill eh.

Forgot to mention that this is going to be a rimless/braceless tank. Both Envision acrylics and MRC agreed that the thicker the better.


One unforseen issue is that it appears I have to buy a $150 mag float. Ugh!

 

[chrisstie]

I can't wait to see your build Cham! Are you going all SPS again?

 

[cham]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12758335#post12758335 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by chrisstie
I can't wait to see your build Cham! Are you going all SPS again?

Thanks!

Yeah, I love dem colored sticks.

 

[cham]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12757021#post12757021 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jay24k
Holy cow. 1" acrylic? I built a 3'x3'x12" prop tank out of 1/4" with zero bowing.

That's gonna be a nice tank though.

Here is a guy who used 1/2" on a 37g tank and was forced to euro brace it because it wasn't thick enough.

The rimless tanks really put alot of stress on the sides.

 

[chrisstie]

Wow thats quite bendy right there!

 

[wizsmaster]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12757201#post12757201 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by cham
A bit of overkill eh.

One unforseen issue is that it appears I have to buy a $150 mag float. Ugh!

The large ALGAE FREE magnet is only $119 !

 

[Acrylics]

Hey Cham,

Glad it worked out for ya over at MRC

Please, if you don't mine, let me know how it all goes. Thanks in advance

Hope all is well,
James

 

[jay24k]

I didnt know it was going to be rimless so yea 1" is a very good idea. Sounds like a very nice tank either way. And for the record, I eurobraced mine which is why I had no issues.

 

[cham]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12762032#post12762032 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Acrylics
Hey Cham,

Glad it worked out for ya over at MRC

Please, if you don't mine, let me know how it all goes. Thanks in advance

Hope all is well,
James

Hey James,
Thank you! I really appreciate the time you spent with me on the phone and the recommendation to MRC. I did tell Tim that you sent me!

I will post a build thread so you can see the final product.

 

[Acrylics]

Anytime, Tim's a good guy

Would love to see pics as well, that would be cool of ya.

James

 

[mrcrab]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12761418#post12761418 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by wizsmaster
The large ALGAE FREE magnet is only $119 !

Algaefree is definitely the way to go.

 

[InLimbo87]

Sounds like a nice size setup. Best of luck with it!

 

[cham]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12765919#post12765919 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mrcrab
Algaefree is definitely the way to go.

Sure, but I'm having a tough time swallowing $120 for a friggin algea scraper.

I'm used to paying $15 for them