new "canvas"

[aquadonkey]

Gary it's really nice to see these final shots. I'm sure it makes your heart ache a little, but the end of one thing means the beginning of something new - which is exciting!
I'm still happy for you that the move went smoothly and look forward to Junior's thread!

 

[superkat]

beautiful, Gary.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

signing off for now

signing off for now

but I'm sure some posts might pop up in this old thread from time to time

here's a link to the new thread and continuation of my reef aquarium which is now called Junior's Reef

 

[macma101]

Gary your tank is breath taking!!! What kind of camera do you use?

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

thanks!

thanks!

quite frankly, my camera is nothing special.
I've always used a refurbished unmodded Canon PowerShot A510.
I also got a PowerShot A560 for macros. These are extremely inexpensive and very portable cameras.

Make sure to follow the newest pictures of this aquarium in my new thread called

Junior's Reef

 

[orangegoby]

this tank is very inspiring. like to copy this in the future.
I have a engineering question regarding the support of this big tank on the main floor. I noticed from the picture you have some sort of black steel pipe supporting from the basement floor. Can you talk about that? thanks

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

two steel support jacks (sold at Home Depot/ Lowes etc.) are holding up a wooden 4 x 4 that spans floor joists. It's nuthin' fancy but it works. I wrapped the steel supports in plastic wrap because of their close proximity to the sump. This prevents them from oxidizing.

 

[orangegoby]

hi gary,
have another question regarding dsb, obviously you don't use it in your system. as a new reefer i have heard lots of good things about it. what is your view on this.

thanks

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

avoid placing a DSB in the display unless specific species require it in there.

Remote DSB can be a useful addition to a reef system IMO/IME.

 

[friendlyAlien]

beautiful!