My new 600 gallon reef

[aka_Willy]

Chuck
Thanks for the great day Sat. Had a good time hanging out with the group!!

It was nice to meet you Marc and thanks for your thoughts on the questions I had. It certainly changed my mind on a couple things for setting up my tank

Chuck, if you ever need help with anything I am usually available days after 3:00. Just shoot me a PM!!

Sure glad to see you guys got the coffee maker dialed in

Had a GREAT TIME!!!

THANKS!!

 

[melev]

A few pictures

A few pictures

Here are a few pictures I took of Chuck's tank. I really was more focused on the tank(s) than I was on my photography. First, a FTS (Full tank shot)

Same picture, without cropping.

A few shots from the ends of the 10' long tank.

The Geo Calcium Reactor filled with ARM. That blurry area is where the media is shooting upwards.

Some of the tang collection.

A porcelain crab lives in a tiny anemone.

 

[melev]

And a couple of other random shots.

 

[Bax]

WOW!

Just beautiful!

The five or so yellows is impressive and then you start counting the multiple sail fins and... and ... and ..., very nice

 

[invincible569]

Thats a lot of fish! I like it. Looks natural!

 

[Goodwin9]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11124276#post11124276 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jnarowe
I am very interested to know more about the oil. Many things react with CO2 but if it doesn't that could solve my little nagging bubble counter evap problem.

Here is a short video of the bubble counter in action.

 

[jnarowe]

That's weird Chuck. Since it is slower, are the bubbles larger?

 

[michika]

I checked in on your tank this morning in class, and wow! Its brighter looking, and so is the tank!

 

[melev]

I think I see a water change happening.

 

[michika]

I see two nets in the tank now. Did the first one do its job of protecting the clam?

 

[michika]

I see two nets in the tank now. Did the first one do its job of protecting the clam?

 

[melev]

Yes, the first one protected a clam. I guess another clam is getting nipped.

Chuck will have to figure out which fish is doing this, or the clams will have to move.

 

[Cprowler]

I just stumbled across this thread so I'll have to go back through it, looks very cool.

Is there a live cam or something?

I have been using Glycerin in my bubble counter, not sure if the question had been answered.

I'm subscribed now, I'm getting a fresh coffee and going to the beginning.

 

[jnarowe]

600 seems cloudy this moring. Is that because of a water change? I don't get that when I do mine, so that's why I ask. Are you aging the water Chuck?

 

[Goodwin9]

MELEV.....now what do I Do?????

 

[Goodwin9]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11123144#post11123144 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jnarowe
What kind of oil? Never heard of that before.

Here's the link to where I got it.

http://www.marinedepot.com/ps_ViewItem~idProduct~KL3311.html

 

[jnarowe]

Thanks Chuck. It doesn't even say what the stuff is. Could be salad oil for all we know. Have you smelled it? Tasted it? How about giving it a little taste on camera??

 

[Goodwin9]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11127966#post11127966 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jnarowe
Thanks Chuck. It doesn't even say what the stuff is. Could be salad oil for all we know. Have you smelled it? Tasted it? How about giving it a little taste on camera??

No smell to it IMO....Taste it...do you want me to blow bubbles out my ears and nose??????

 

[jnarowe]

yes please.

 

[melev]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11127866#post11127866 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Goodwin9
MELEV.....now what do I Do?????

You are both funny and <b>FAST</b>! That didn't take you long at all.

Here's an example of what I did over my tank, using aluminum and rivets (both obtainable at Home Depot):
7/30/2004 - Light Rack

7/31/2004 - Pocket door hardware modified for light rack

8/01/2004 - Lights move forward and back now

Further Details

In your case, if you don't make any type of rack to move them then they will suspend from a single screw (or filament wire) coming down from your ceiling. You can make it adjustable. The one thing to keep in mind is that the weight of the mogul socket with its cord may lean the reflector, so you'll have to support that wiring somehow.

I can't see the end of that white wire, but I'm sure it won't be hard to wire it to your current ballasts. If you need my help, post a picture of the ballast and its wires as well as the end of the white cord and I'll be happy to guide you through it.

Did the reflectors come with the glass shield? You absolutely MUST remove the protective film inside the reflector before you fire up a bulb or it will cook it to the metal.