pics of my tank--dial up beware!!
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thecichlidpleco
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Good point, everything else that has been up for the past months was loaded with sps, but it is worth a shot.
geoxman
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I got the new tank up a little over a week ago. I have been so slammed at work I have not even had time to take pics. I have been having to even work weekends trying to catch up.
The new tank looks awesome! The water is almost level with the top of the upper lip. It is a very fine line between overflowing about 1/8 of an inch. I had a buddy that is an engineer calculate the weir for the external over flow. The over flow weir is about 25 inches long and 3/8 deep.
The monster clam is going back to rs2208 today at 5. I have had alot of fun with feeding that thing. It has been a very enjoyable 6 plus months with it!
I am starting to get my corals back piece by piece from fellow reefers that were keeping them for me, since I took in the monster.
There was a center island filled with zoos and corals where the clam is now-that was a little bigger than the clam.
Everything is starting to come together as far as placement of the corals, I just have not had much time to do it.
Some are still in the basement and some are still coming to me.
I should have everything up by this weekend though and I will take some pics.
Mushroom Head when are you headed south again? I got some stuff to send you.
Thanks everyone for the compliments!
The new tank looks awesome! The water is almost level with the top of the upper lip. It is a very fine line between overflowing about 1/8 of an inch. I had a buddy that is an engineer calculate the weir for the external over flow. The over flow weir is about 25 inches long and 3/8 deep.
The monster clam is going back to rs2208 today at 5. I have had alot of fun with feeding that thing. It has been a very enjoyable 6 plus months with it!
I am starting to get my corals back piece by piece from fellow reefers that were keeping them for me, since I took in the monster.
There was a center island filled with zoos and corals where the clam is now-that was a little bigger than the clam.
Everything is starting to come together as far as placement of the corals, I just have not had much time to do it.
Some are still in the basement and some are still coming to me.
I should have everything up by this weekend though and I will take some pics.
Mushroom Head when are you headed south again? I got some stuff to send you.
Thanks everyone for the compliments!
benray4fun
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Impala1964
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Any updates? I saw that you were checking out mangroves were thinking of putting them where the clam was?
geoxman
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the clam is gone and back in it's original nutrient poor, unfed, bare bottom, SPS tank-but the owner swears that it is bigger and much brighter since being in my tank??? I love pollen!
The mangroves might be spread out about the tank. The ones I was looking at were not too tall. My new stand is 40 inches tall and the sump is only 20 something tall, so after they grow there is still plenty of room in the new sump.
thanks
PL
The new tank is a little bit different in the zoo species and the filtration.
I had many Solomon Island zoos that were in a 24 aquapod in the basement without a skimmer and under 150 de mh. The whole reason for this setup was to try and keep the color on the Solomon zoas and keep them healthy.
Over the course of a year I found that the Solomon zoanthids fared much better is more "dirty" water, than in my up stairs system that was heavy skimmed and fed very well, but skimmed. I also fed the nano well, but not as well and skimming was nill.
My new set up has all of the bright Solomon and is not as "green" as the last set up. That big a$$ clam can play a lot of visual mind games when looking at the tank!
So with that in mind I set up the new sump so as any water going through the return pump will have to go through about 4 inches of polyfilter. I buy the 4 in solid chair batting from the fabric store for about $2 per yard. I replace about once a week 4in wide x12in long x2
I turn the pumps off for 3-4 hours and feed the tank-then start everything back up
I have not had an algae outbreak and I have been feeding every day for the past month and not running a skimmer????
I know it sounds crazy but the color is great and everything is all in check.
I should have pics this weekend or next of the new setup. It is a lot more colorful/bright and more full than what was in these pics.
I can tell you that any pink zoo/paly loves to be DIRECTLY under 400 w VS off to the side. My pinks, reds, and teals have gone crazy since being placed directly under the bulb.
The mangroves might be spread out about the tank. The ones I was looking at were not too tall. My new stand is 40 inches tall and the sump is only 20 something tall, so after they grow there is still plenty of room in the new sump.
thanks
PL
The new tank is a little bit different in the zoo species and the filtration.
I had many Solomon Island zoos that were in a 24 aquapod in the basement without a skimmer and under 150 de mh. The whole reason for this setup was to try and keep the color on the Solomon zoas and keep them healthy.
Over the course of a year I found that the Solomon zoanthids fared much better is more "dirty" water, than in my up stairs system that was heavy skimmed and fed very well, but skimmed. I also fed the nano well, but not as well and skimming was nill.
My new set up has all of the bright Solomon and is not as "green" as the last set up. That big a$$ clam can play a lot of visual mind games when looking at the tank!
So with that in mind I set up the new sump so as any water going through the return pump will have to go through about 4 inches of polyfilter. I buy the 4 in solid chair batting from the fabric store for about $2 per yard. I replace about once a week 4in wide x12in long x2
I turn the pumps off for 3-4 hours and feed the tank-then start everything back up
I have not had an algae outbreak and I have been feeding every day for the past month and not running a skimmer????
I know it sounds crazy but the color is great and everything is all in check.
I should have pics this weekend or next of the new setup. It is a lot more colorful/bright and more full than what was in these pics.
I can tell you that any pink zoo/paly loves to be DIRECTLY under 400 w VS off to the side. My pinks, reds, and teals have gone crazy since being placed directly under the bulb.
Impala1964
New member
Hey geoxman I was checking out a braceless frameless tank 48x30x12 similar size to yours would you do build your tank with a low height again? Was there any problems? I know lighting would be easy.
Aquabucket
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That tank is simply gorgeous!
Rocmtnreef
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Very Cool, Questin -- Like the variety of zoos here. Let me know if you want to buy some larger pieces and frag em.
