the 1700g stingray reef

[dcoufal]

Energy............Was just wondering about your comment about the foam breaking down under UV? I am planning on using to cover the back of my "small in comparison" 225 in the comming months. I had not heard about it breaking down, could you shed some light on your source? Thanks in advance Rick....

IIRC, it's written on the can.... There is a "pond" version that doesn't break down due to UV and it's black -- and, about $25/can.

Dwain

 

[k9asia]

I thought that was what he used the "pond" where can i get the "pond " version?

 

[Snookums]

Thanks Spazz your welcome over any time. Someone asked about how much the tank costs to run per month. My best estimate for the tank alone is about $350 per month. I view it equal to a motorcycle or sports car payment.

woah! for beauty of a tank like that, it's worth it! Congrats on the new baby

 

[Travis]

Energy, first of all, sorry some of the information I gave on you tank was not completely accurate. Most of it was pretty close though. Second, you mentioned removing the red sea sailfin tang because it was nipping the stingray's tail. How did you go about removing a fish from such a large system?

 

[sixxer]

Did anyone happen to get any details on the sponge-tank? or did I skip over that part in my excitement over the new photos and vids!!!!!

 

[asnatlas]

Did anyone happen to get any details on the sponge-tank? or did I skip over that part in my excitement over the new photos and vids!!!!!

I don't think he went into the details on that... I am very interested as well...

Shawn

 

[Trickman2]

Nice tank

 

[jay24k]

I'm not sure about him but I was trying to catch my yellow tang and I put food in my net. My red sea sailfin is such a damn pig, he went all the way into the net. Now my yellow tang is not as dumb.

 

[Mdwannabe]

Energy:

Congrats on the new "BOY FRAG", hope you and your wife are doing fine. Sleep is really not that important

Thanks for the info, and I look forward to continued reading.

Rick

 

[JnS]

congrats on the new baby boy!

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[Energy]

Since he was a little more brazen and aggresive he was easy to catch. I use a small critter container with an opening in th etop. It's clear so the fish can see the food i place in it. They swim through the opening in the top which they can swim out of real easy as well. The trick is to reach in and grab the container as their in it. They panic and don't want to swim up towards the hand that is reaching down towards them. Pick the container and fish up and their you go.
Sponge refugium:

 

[Energy]

Since he was a little more brazen and aggresive he was easy to catch. I use a small critter container with an opening in th etop. It's clear so the fish can see the food i place in it. They swim through the opening in the top which they can swim out of real easy as well. The trick is to reach in and grab the container as their in it. They panic and don't want to swim up towards the hand that is reaching down towards them. Pick the container and fish up and their you go.
Sponge refugium:

 

[Energy]

Sponge refugium: this is a very simple design. It is a 75 gallon unlight tank which gravity feeds into the main display. The water is slowly pumped into one end where it is forced up to the top by a baffle. The live rock with seed sponges are placed in the center of the aquarium where Ibuilt some racks for them to grow onto. The opposite end of the tank has the over flow for the water to dump directly into the tank. Again the trick is low flow for the cryptic sponges. I like the gravity option becuase it provides live food 24 hours a day. Crytpic sponges are easily aquired through live rock. All of my rock was in tanks for years so the ones that had the most sponge growth went directly into the refugium.

 

[Energy]

Styrofoam in a can: 90% of the information I reviewed was from Reef Central. Their are a lot of old threads talking about using it. From what I gathered it all breaks down. Their was pictures of the black "pond" stuff breaking down from exposure to the sun. The material is inert after it dries. I used the epoxy resin to cover it for two reasons. One was to act as a barrier against the lights to an extent, but the main reason was to get the sand to adhere in an even coat. Once the sand sticks to the epoxy resin on the styrofoam not much styrofoam is left viewable to break down.

 

[Travis]

What did you use for epoxy resin?

 

[nodoubt471]

absolutly astounding!!!!!! Energy, you really are an inspiration to us all. thank you so much for sharing! and congrats on the new baby we really appreciate you taking time out of your busy schedule.

 

[Energy]

Epoxy Resin was basically from HD.

 

[Purple Haze]

Astonishing. Well done.

 

[dogstar74]

Thank you Energy for Joining the thread. You're input will greatly help those who would like to think big. I think it's great that you posted your monthly operating costs. It keeps some of us grounded.

Again thank you for taking this most busy time in your life to answer a few questions.

Have fun with the new baby. That's truely what life is all about.

Thanx again.
Aaron.

 

[rock455]

What an awesome system -- I have always told my wife that I am not the only one who wants to have something this large! I've always wanted to line a room with 1 huge tank. Ah dreams