Kar's 200g Starfire Tank Thread - Planning Stage
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yoboyjdizz
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Congrats on the new setup. Good idea taking your time, i know it took me a year just to get water in my 280. Two years later im still gather equipment and waiting to add my first coral. I like your ideas i would go with a soft sand bed 1-2inches. I just like the look better. As far as blasting it with flow go for it i do have a few spots where you can see the bottom of my tank because my tunzes stream blows the sand around. I don't get sand storms so don't worry about that just have spots of sand higher then others and few empty holes.
yoboyjdizz
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Looks good, i try to keep my sand level but the flow won't let you so when yo take pictures fix it really quick haha.
Reeftanks6
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Looking great kar. That is going to look awesome. I think both the tunze and vortechs are great. I did a lot of research on them for my tank but ended up not going with any of them. But they are both great.
kar93
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Nothing new happening with the tank plans but.....
I have been fishing the past 2 days and I see some beautiful landscapes and its a shame i dont have a good camera so this week im going to get a new Samsung Digimax NV8 and will share some pics with you next time I go fishing which will be this upcoming weekend or the week after as I have a week of soon.
I have been fishing the past 2 days and I see some beautiful landscapes and its a shame i dont have a good camera so this week im going to get a new Samsung Digimax NV8 and will share some pics with you next time I go fishing which will be this upcoming weekend or the week after as I have a week of soon.
Reeftanks6
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Very nice. How u been doing fishing
kar93
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Not too bad, on Saturday i caught nothing but on sunday i got around 5. We was going for big 15-20lbs carp, we even tried putting the bait right on their noses but they just didn't care however, I did get a bite from a koi which just spat it right out. I guess it was just too hot from them.
Oh, and i got sunburnt.
Oh, and i got sunburnt.
Reeftanks6
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LOL kane hope you get iome big ones. Are you fishing for bass at all.
kar93
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Update!
Update!
I have a few changes that I have made to the plans.
Flow - I am going to get 2x Vortech MP20's instead of the Tunze wavebox or the powerheads, generally to save space in the tank.
Lighting - Im still not sure if I should get MH supplimented with T5HO or just get T5 lighting all together.
Tank - I have been thinking alot about the tank lately and I'm beginning to think about going with a 180 rather than 200. I think i will be able to accomodate a 180 better than I will a 200.
Update!
I have a few changes that I have made to the plans.
Flow - I am going to get 2x Vortech MP20's instead of the Tunze wavebox or the powerheads, generally to save space in the tank.
Lighting - Im still not sure if I should get MH supplimented with T5HO or just get T5 lighting all together.
Tank - I have been thinking alot about the tank lately and I'm beginning to think about going with a 180 rather than 200. I think i will be able to accomodate a 180 better than I will a 200.
Reeftanks6
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yea i ment like small mouth or just regular bass. Where i go fishing there is a lot of good spots for bass and carp and much more. I think the 180 would be fine as well. I mean they are both big tanks. Like yous said it will be more compatible to your room.
yoboyjdizz
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Kane, i would really think about going as big as you can i mean you still be using the same equipment either way so cost not much of a factor. You will be kicking yourself later if you went smaller trust me. For a few hundred more expand that width if you can. Tangs like length but width gives more room for hiding spots and less aggression between them. I wish i would of spent another 100 to go with a 36inch plus width!
Reeftanks6
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I agree with above statement as well.
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