Pictures - 800 gallon reef - 7+ years in operation
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WDLV
Skunk Hybrid Freak
Perhaps a mangrove swamp/nursery???
I would be cautious of heat related issues. I have long considered adding a tank to my sunroom that could get full sunlight and the benefit of being tied into my basement system. But even a small tank in that room would have the potential to overheat my whole system in the summer months.
I would be cautious of heat related issues. I have long considered adding a tank to my sunroom that could get full sunlight and the benefit of being tied into my basement system. But even a small tank in that room would have the potential to overheat my whole system in the summer months.
melev
Well-known member
Hrck, you have a PM.
Regarding the addition of the new zero-edge tank, the one concern that comes up is will the current sump be able to hold the additional water volume draining down in the event of a pump or power failure?
Zero-edge tanks are beautiful, but can be a bit noisy. Draining into a sump mere feet beneath it; you're wanting to drain at least 12' down, correct? Just something else to plan for.
This tank could be lagoon style, with Mangroves growing on either end and some pretty clams and non-jumping fish, as well as some horizontally-growing corals.
EDIT: I see we all like the idea of mangroves. :lol:
Regarding the addition of the new zero-edge tank, the one concern that comes up is will the current sump be able to hold the additional water volume draining down in the event of a pump or power failure?
Zero-edge tanks are beautiful, but can be a bit noisy. Draining into a sump mere feet beneath it; you're wanting to drain at least 12' down, correct? Just something else to plan for.
This tank could be lagoon style, with Mangroves growing on either end and some pretty clams and non-jumping fish, as well as some horizontally-growing corals.
EDIT: I see we all like the idea of mangroves. :lol:
A few thoughts:
I see Melev has sent you a pm. my guess is that may another invite for TOTM, which skipper referenced some time ago as trying to get you to agree. From following you for quite some time, I see you are a very private person and references have been made to intruding on you.
If I am correct in the pm, please accept it, if for the only reason that this then gives a more complete overview of your masterpiece. As to your privacy, I will state this. I travel almost monthly between Bolivia and Vancouver Canada. Last year two TOTM's were from Vancouver [one nearby at Chilliwack] Neither one of these TOTM's would communicate with me so that I could visit their Reef's in person. I only point this out from the perspective that just because you become TOTM, you donot give up your privacy.
On your Solarium post, I am sure you have seen posts by Shutiny and her wonderful large reef Solarium here on RC.
I am considering moving back to Canada in the near future and so have put on hold temporarily a "Waterfall" Reef that you might consider.
Basically it is two Hex's, four foot square each on a common bottom plate of 4'X8' glass, having a common "wall" between them. One Hex is 30" tall and the lower one is 24" tall with waterfalling from the upper to the lower, back to back overflows in both with Tunze's inside and Waveboxes. Bonsai type reef on top and Japanese Garden reef in lower.
I see Melev has sent you a pm. my guess is that may another invite for TOTM, which skipper referenced some time ago as trying to get you to agree. From following you for quite some time, I see you are a very private person and references have been made to intruding on you.
If I am correct in the pm, please accept it, if for the only reason that this then gives a more complete overview of your masterpiece. As to your privacy, I will state this. I travel almost monthly between Bolivia and Vancouver Canada. Last year two TOTM's were from Vancouver [one nearby at Chilliwack] Neither one of these TOTM's would communicate with me so that I could visit their Reef's in person. I only point this out from the perspective that just because you become TOTM, you donot give up your privacy.
On your Solarium post, I am sure you have seen posts by Shutiny and her wonderful large reef Solarium here on RC.
I am considering moving back to Canada in the near future and so have put on hold temporarily a "Waterfall" Reef that you might consider.
Basically it is two Hex's, four foot square each on a common bottom plate of 4'X8' glass, having a common "wall" between them. One Hex is 30" tall and the lower one is 24" tall with waterfalling from the upper to the lower, back to back overflows in both with Tunze's inside and Waveboxes. Bonsai type reef on top and Japanese Garden reef in lower.
OK, thinking a little more about this, have an interest in sharks/big fish? How about a saltwater pond, or you could extend the koi pond indoors...
I have given some thought to turning my koi pond salt, just so when a fish or coral gets too big for the tank, it has somewhere to go...
Best,
Mark
I have given some thought to turning my koi pond salt, just so when a fish or coral gets too big for the tank, it has somewhere to go...
Best,
Mark
JCTewks
In Memoriam
You could do a tank that would almost serve as a refugium for your siplay downstairs that would Tie in great with the plants and flowers in the solarium. Set up a rimless (not zeroedge) with a center overflow, then do a seagrass tank that would be a small (or large 
) biotope featuring different seagrasses and the animals that live in them, ie. elegance corals, crabs, and the fish that dwell in the grass. You could incorperate several mangroves into the center overflow, which would hide the ugliness of the overflow, and the overflow would be a nice spot to place a pot with sand in it to hold the mangroves.
All of this would also be a great place for micro fauna to breed and you could gravity feed into your main display tank downstairs for the corals to feed on the microlora nad fauna that would make their way into the overflow. The seagrasses would also be a means of nutrient export in the same way that macroalgeas are used to soak up nutrients.
) biotope featuring different seagrasses and the animals that live in them, ie. elegance corals, crabs, and the fish that dwell in the grass. You could incorperate several mangroves into the center overflow, which would hide the ugliness of the overflow, and the overflow would be a nice spot to place a pot with sand in it to hold the mangroves. All of this would also be a great place for micro fauna to breed and you could gravity feed into your main display tank downstairs for the corals to feed on the microlora nad fauna that would make their way into the overflow. The seagrasses would also be a means of nutrient export in the same way that macroalgeas are used to soak up nutrients.
JCTewks
In Memoriam
that would look great...seagrass, elegance coral, seahorses and pipefish!!!! I think that seagrass and a nice thick bright white sand would look great with all of the color from a solarium housing tropical plants and flowers...heck, put some parrots and butterlys in there and you'll have a nicer setup than most zoos :lol::lol: good thinking melev!
Kensmith201
New member
How about a surge tank?
Kensmith201
New member
I was thinking more along the lines of a mangrove pond or tide pool in the solarium acting as a surge.
chibopelu13
New member
how much did that cost???
