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vitor pestana
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Hi usnao95!
My scope is a Orion SkyQuest XT10" .
Hi conorwynne!
My refuge is just like a green house, if you see in the pics you'll see the lid, and like in every green housethe air exchange is very importante, there for i have an air pump to allow gases exchanges.
At night i cover the tank and the refuge with roofmate, this way the temp losses are reduce to minimum, and the air temp is the same of the water.
I still have some condensation in the refuge, matter afect this situation is helping the mangroves new lifes not to get salt burn on the hedges.
Hi Melev!
As ususaly, that's all correct.
Hi FishyMel!
Sharks are not my thing, i think they should be left alone in they're natural habitat. Sharks are the "referees" of the game we call sea life balance.
Regards
Vitor Pestana
vitor pestana
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Hi ooja3k!
As i said before:
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As the weather gets warmer and warmer, i'll put some new pics.
Regards
Vitor Pestana
juliovideo
Premium Member
Vitor Pestana ...great tank !!!! I am interesting in this pump .......
... I need Know if is possible where i buy online ...thank you
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... I need Know if is possible where i buy online ...thank you
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conorwynne
New member
IIRC, his friend made it as they use NSW.
My mate and I go out on his boat on weekends to collect NSW.
We use a powerhead with a hose -- luckily he has electricity on board, but you can always use a car ciggie lighter with a converter.
Prior to that we used to struggle, and I mean **struggle** to get the container back out of the water. Mind you, we are usually drinking wine / beer at the time while fishing for Atlantic Makerel.
I fish for fun, but its not real fishing -- its too easy. Throw in line, ten seconds later pull in 5 fish! We cant give them away fast enough!
I prefer the "standing in the river" fly fishing, and catching nothing in ten hours... not everyone "gets it", but it is very peaceful and beautiful.
Anyway... its a home made pump AFAIR.
regards
Conor.
My mate and I go out on his boat on weekends to collect NSW.
We use a powerhead with a hose -- luckily he has electricity on board, but you can always use a car ciggie lighter with a converter.
Prior to that we used to struggle, and I mean **struggle** to get the container back out of the water. Mind you, we are usually drinking wine / beer at the time while fishing for Atlantic Makerel.
I fish for fun, but its not real fishing -- its too easy. Throw in line, ten seconds later pull in 5 fish! We cant give them away fast enough!
I prefer the "standing in the river" fly fishing, and catching nothing in ten hours... not everyone "gets it", but it is very peaceful and beautiful.
Anyway... its a home made pump AFAIR.
regards
Conor.
vitor pestana
Member
melev
Well-known member
I'd like to see it covered in snow. Just so we can have a December picture. 
Do you brush or scrape the glass clean so the livestock can still get light? How often do you feed under these circumstances?
How many days this time of year are pure cloud cover, so that it remains pretty dark all day long? Or is there enough sun to melt away anything on the glass?
Do you brush or scrape the glass clean so the livestock can still get light? How often do you feed under these circumstances?
How many days this time of year are pure cloud cover, so that it remains pretty dark all day long? Or is there enough sun to melt away anything on the glass?
vitor pestana
Member
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11419154#post11419154 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by melev
I'd like to see it covered in snow. Just so we can have a December picture.
Do you brush or scrape the glass clean so the livestock can still get light? How often do you feed under these circumstances?
How many days this time of year are pure cloud cover, so that it remains pretty dark all day long? Or is there enough sun to melt away anything on the glass?
Hi Melev!
The Ice formation only occurs during the night from 02h00 to 08h00, only at this time the temperature drops to 0ºC, and it's not every day, probably 2 or 3 weeks a year, not more.
As I told before, at this time of the year, I have to cover the top glass with isolating material so that the temperature maintains constant with no extra costs associated, there for I don't have any ice formation, for this to happen the cover temperature should not be above 0ºC, and has you know I have 25ºC inside the tank, some heat escapes there for I will never have ice in the top of the tank... I wish it happen; it was a sign that the tank was so isolated from the environment that no heat was lost.
Regards
Vitor Pestana
juliovideo
Premium Member
thank you .............Conorwynne and Vitor Pestana.....
......I am looking at this pump of 500 GPH IN-LINE ...... but I will see what I can buy.
http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/s...1_-1_10001_37059?cmCat=CROSSSELL&cmid=PP_P0_1
merry christmas !!!
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......I am looking at this pump of 500 GPH IN-LINE ...... but I will see what I can buy.
http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/s...1_-1_10001_37059?cmCat=CROSSSELL&cmid=PP_P0_1
merry christmas !!!
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vitor pestana
Member
Hi guys!
Sorry for the delay but i've been very busy lately.
Hi Melev.
I only cover the tank at night, just before i go to work i remove the cover.
At this time of the year the sun rises around 07h30 and sets around 18h00, i have almost 12 hours of light a day.
The maintenance is the same trough out the rest of the year, except for the rainy days.
I left you a pic and a video where it's video where it's rainig Hail:
Regards
Vitor Pestana
Hi reefkoi!
Portugal have seasons but not so "aggressive" as in others parts of the world.
If you check out the world map, Portugal is between Morocco and England, there for the weather is temperate.
Regards
Vitor Pestana
Sorry for the delay but i've been very busy lately.
Hi Melev.
I only cover the tank at night, just before i go to work i remove the cover.
At this time of the year the sun rises around 07h30 and sets around 18h00, i have almost 12 hours of light a day.
The maintenance is the same trough out the rest of the year, except for the rainy days.
I left you a pic and a video where it's video where it's rainig Hail:
Regards
Vitor Pestana
Hi reefkoi!
Portugal have seasons but not so "aggressive" as in others parts of the world.
If you check out the world map, Portugal is between Morocco and England, there for the weather is temperate.
Regards
Vitor Pestana
chris wright
In Memoriam
G'day Vitor,
Would it be worth rigging up a cover that swings out of the road during the day, and can be easliy swung back over the tank at night, or if the hail were to be big. It could double up as shade for viewing your tank on a hot day.
Cheers
Chris
Would it be worth rigging up a cover that swings out of the road during the day, and can be easliy swung back over the tank at night, or if the hail were to be big. It could double up as shade for viewing your tank on a hot day.
Cheers
Chris
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