OK! Enough chat...Starting a 1000g+ Reef

[jnarowe]

I'll be cleaning the viewing pane in about a week or so.

 

[mrcrab]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11488476#post11488476 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jnarowe
I'll be cleaning the viewing pane in about a week or so.

I'll believe it when I see it!

 

[Elliott]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11488386#post11488386 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jnarowe
I thought I did too. I had no idea there was one in there.

what does your clean up crew consist of?

 

[melev]

Why don't you build a plywood tank with a glass viewing panel?

 

[sherm71tank]

And then you can build an in ground tank with robot camera viewing panels!

 

[Elliott]

why don't you rinse, strain and dry your homemade food, grind it up and put it in your auto feeder?

 

[jnarowe]

Elliott: Clean up crew currently consists of cleaner shrimp, DIBS Turbo sp., stomatella sp., culumbellid sp., and turd eating bristletooth tangs. And I don't like the idea of feeding dried food. When I feed there is a wide range of food piece sizes as well. I am not sure that would lend itself well to drying it. Somehow dried food doesn't seem "natural" to me.

Marc: I have contemplated that several times because I can get the materials inexpensively, but I dont trust my wood working skills to get that done correctly. Oh, and I HATE working with fiberglass.

 

[melev]

The guy in New York that has been posting in your thread (Kent E) buit a 1000g tank with plywood, birch (?) and resin. He just filled it with water, and you could read his thread to see and learn all the details. No fiberglass was used.

 

[jnarowe]

Yeah I saw it. I would not do it with just resin. I can't remember if he used any filler in the resin, but IME resin alone will not cut it. Again, I don't have enough experience to evaluate it as an expert. I have resin coated marine grade pylwood in my tank room, and some of it has not held up well enough to hold water..

 

[mrcrab]

I'd also be concerned with just resin as it's the fiberglass that gives it the structural strength.

 

[jnarowe]

It's a nice design and I really like how he is building the aquascape etc. but I definitely wouldn't be running any wave makers in there. Again, I may have missed a key element, but as I just went back an reviewed it on that other site, i couldn't find any mention of fiber fillers etc.

 

[melev]

You guys will need to read his thread to get a better grasp upon his findings.

 

[jnarowe]

on RC or on the other site?

 

[melev]

http://fingerlakesreef.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=413&start=0

 

[erics3000]

t was just going to ask for the link..thanks Marc

 

[erics3000]

t was just going to ask for the link..thanks Marc

 

[erics3000]

t was just going to ask for the link..thanks Marc

 

[erics3000]

t was just going to ask for the link..thanks Marc

 

[erics3000]

sorry about the triple

 

[jnarowe]

:lol:

yeah I sifted through that one Marc but couldn't find the right section discussing the resin. I'll have to go back through it. Oddly enough, I have considered this, but screwing it up would be seriously BAD!