Project External Glass Overflow
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SOMEthinsFISHY
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nice tunjee !!!!
minireef75
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ninjafish
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Tunjee,
How am I ever going to have a tank as nice as yours if you keep making yours better?
Are you planning on having the board eventually encrusted with life? Did you make the switch out of concern for water quality?
By the way do you run carbon, and if so how often? That water is crystal clear!
Mine is just waitng on a canopy but I have a couple photos:
- Chad
How am I ever going to have a tank as nice as yours if you keep making yours better?
Are you planning on having the board eventually encrusted with life? Did you make the switch out of concern for water quality?
By the way do you run carbon, and if so how often? That water is crystal clear!
Mine is just waitng on a canopy but I have a couple photos:
- Chad
Cool Tunjee! That was the one thing I didn't like about your tank, the live sand, but now you've done it. 
I also installed a cutting board in mine. This has been the biggest PITA project ever, due to plumbing issue after plumbing issue after PLUMBING ISSUE (I totally flooded the carpet atleast 10 times-no joke), but I think I've finally got it nailed. Here's an impossibly crappy picture of it just running plain tap water.
I also installed a cutting board in mine. This has been the biggest PITA project ever, due to plumbing issue after plumbing issue after PLUMBING ISSUE (I totally flooded the carpet atleast 10 times-no joke), but I think I've finally got it nailed. Here's an impossibly crappy picture of it just running plain tap water.
Well, to be honest with you I have no idea whether a SSB will be OK over the long run of not. I've heard it argued that a SSB will cause problems earlier than a DSB, though. If you're going to rely on heavy skimming and flow to keep your tank clean, then I'd say definitely leave the sand in the sandbox (or at the beach). Have you seen that thread someone posted where they glued a layer of sand to the top of their starboard to make it look like a sandbed? Might be worth considering if you can't live without the look.
hi ninja....just keep in mind that anything you "coax" to grow over the starboard (cutting board) will be able to trap detritus underneath, and they you're back to square one with solving phosphate/nitrate issues!
It's best to hope for coraline on there and let the flow take care of keeping it clean IMHO.
It's best to hope for coraline on there and let the flow take care of keeping it clean IMHO.
Tunjee
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I went with live sand so the tank would cycle faster. A sand bed even a small sand bed looks more natural but it accumulates too much waste over time and creates a storm when disturbed. I figure within a year the bottom of the tank if visible will be covered in coraline. Without any substrate I'm able to run my new Velocity T-2 650 gph pump with the returns aimed straight down the back of the reef without a storm. This provides a constant flow behind and under the reef and allows me to siphon out the detritus that gets caught in the little gap between the cutting board and the front of the tank. If I had more nozzle jets placed strategicaly I would be able to keep the detritus in full suspension until it hit the filter sock, skimmer and sump therefore alleviating the need for manual removal from the tank. I could also possibly fill this gap in with epoxy.
My cutting board was purchased localy from a resturaunt equipment company for $14.
My cutting board was purchased localy from a resturaunt equipment company for $14.
