coralfarm123
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72x24x12
Shallow reef tank Club
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Hey GSM, Thanks. That sounds more correct...it was late and I didn't feel like looking up the exact dimensions. Thank you. Your tank looks great and thanks also for starting this thread.
Bob1, if you are asking me... the dimensions are 36"x18"x16" and it is a standard aquarium from a LFS (I believe from All-glass). For filtration I have a HOB Refugium, a HOB Deltec MCE600 skimmer, and a little HOB power filter mostly for circulation (and also where my ATO drips into).
Rafael
Bob1, if you are asking me... the dimensions are 36"x18"x16" and it is a standard aquarium from a LFS (I believe from All-glass). For filtration I have a HOB Refugium, a HOB Deltec MCE600 skimmer, and a little HOB power filter mostly for circulation (and also where my ATO drips into).
Rafael
DiscoReefRover
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Whats up Nick ...I got one of those fortee Breeeder Reefs too!!!!!
Hope you People Like It!
Hope you People Like It!
DiscoReefRover
Active member
Those mushies where the size of dimes two months ago....lol
kactusficus
More is not enough
Wow very nice tanks in here!
Shallow reefs are the best!
Here's my little one
It's a 47,2 X 27,6 X 17,7 in, I run it since october 07.
I have a question for the shallow tanks owner: Do you experience "jumping issues", from your fishes, due to the shallowness?
I had quite a lot of problems with gobies at the beginning (lost 1 amblyeleotris, 1 cryptocentrus, 2 mandarins), but now everybody is doing fine, no more jump (but I keep a fishnet over the tank since few monthes... one of the mandarin jumped between the meshes of the net, though))... so I wonder if it was an issue due to the "beginning" of the tank, the time it takes for the population to feel confortable, or is the shallowness a potential danger?
sabine
Shallow reefs are the best!
Here's my little one
It's a 47,2 X 27,6 X 17,7 in, I run it since october 07.
I have a question for the shallow tanks owner: Do you experience "jumping issues", from your fishes, due to the shallowness?
I had quite a lot of problems with gobies at the beginning (lost 1 amblyeleotris, 1 cryptocentrus, 2 mandarins), but now everybody is doing fine, no more jump (but I keep a fishnet over the tank since few monthes... one of the mandarin jumped between the meshes of the net, though))... so I wonder if it was an issue due to the "beginning" of the tank, the time it takes for the population to feel confortable, or is the shallowness a potential danger?
sabine
TheApprentice
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I see most of you DONT have sand. Is there a benefit to this. I think it looks great. It seems very clean.
sand or no sand????? what should i do with my 14 gallon biocube that I am setting up soon?
sand or no sand????? what should i do with my 14 gallon biocube that I am setting up soon?
143gadgets
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Beautiful tank Sabine and welcome to the club!
I haven't experienced any jumping yet. I hope I don't. I am planning to find a way to cover the tank to prevent this, but everything i've researched takes away from the tank.
I haven't experienced any jumping yet. I hope I don't. I am planning to find a way to cover the tank to prevent this, but everything i've researched takes away from the tank.
143gadgets
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It's really a preference. Some people like SSB others like BB and some like DSB. Whatever works for you.
JustinReef
New member
Go with sand or in my opinion the tank will look too sterile and unnatural. But thats just me...I have yet to find a BB tank I actually like
kactusficus
More is not enough
Thanks 143gadgets
About the covering, I made a framed fishnet: took some thin woodsticks (the kind used for wall decoration or framing, like a flat stick of 0,5 inch wide), cut the pieces just the size of the tank measures, then glued it to form the frame, and tighten 3 or 4 layers of pond fishnet on the frame (few layers will tighten the size of the meshs of the net, to narrow its size and won't allow the fishes to go through it).
It looks like this:
With the idea of independant frame, I can take it off the tank whenever I want.
Hope it can help you finding the good idea for protection.
sabine
Well since I made a wise crack on this thread I might as well post a pic of my "shallow" tank per Nick's (The Green B*stard's) request. It's amazing I fit this tank in the back of my car:lol:
Pic is from about 6 months ago, I've since had to pull the purple rim cap in the corner, it was killing my gyre, and growing way too big ramming int everything. I now run a single 175 15 Iwasaki in a Lumenarc on a lightrail. I wish I could get a better pic, but my camera sucks.
Pic is from about 6 months ago, I've since had to pull the purple rim cap in the corner, it was killing my gyre, and growing way too big ramming int everything. I now run a single 175 15 Iwasaki in a Lumenarc on a lightrail. I wish I could get a better pic, but my camera sucks.
