The Fish Room 500
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SOMEthinsFISHY
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HELLO and wel;come JOE-himself !!
SOMEthinsFISHY
New member
hello and welcome Leonet from Japan !!
order_of_the_spam
New member
well, don't tell anybody from Montana that I said this, but I would actually want to go to CA to see your tank, way cool
pch90265
Premium Member
LOL . . . I'm not huge on the BB thing, nor am I huge on philosophical debates. I *LIKE* sand, its appearance appeals to me, and that's enough for me to put in a sand bed.
I think that with the returns pushing circulation up into the tank, instead of down from the bracing, that the sand bed should be just fine with 6000 GPH. My only concern is the effect of the surge, once its running...
SPEAKING of running, my Catalina Water Co fill arrives today!!! Hope to have the tank fully functional this weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'll shoot picks L8R.
By the way a HUGE "Thank You" to Gumby. I made my PVC fans this morning, and it worked like a charm. Heated water to boiling, put the the 45 on the end of a long piece of PVC (to make sure it held its form at the bottom), dropped it in for 45 sec and formed the warm end with pliers! When I had the approximate shape I wanted I ran the fitting under cold water (with the pliers still holding the shape) and it cooled as formed. I reheated one to see what happened, and it went right back to round!!! Pretty cool trick. Nice little fans are now poking up from the belly of the Beast.
More soon...
--SM--
I think that with the returns pushing circulation up into the tank, instead of down from the bracing, that the sand bed should be just fine with 6000 GPH. My only concern is the effect of the surge, once its running...
SPEAKING of running, my Catalina Water Co fill arrives today!!! Hope to have the tank fully functional this weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'll shoot picks L8R.
By the way a HUGE "Thank You" to Gumby. I made my PVC fans this morning, and it worked like a charm. Heated water to boiling, put the the 45 on the end of a long piece of PVC (to make sure it held its form at the bottom), dropped it in for 45 sec and formed the warm end with pliers! When I had the approximate shape I wanted I ran the fitting under cold water (with the pliers still holding the shape) and it cooled as formed. I reheated one to see what happened, and it went right back to round!!! Pretty cool trick. Nice little fans are now poking up from the belly of the Beast.
More soon...
--SM--
SOMEthinsFISHY
New member
hello pch we have missed ya !
pch90265
Premium Member
What a week . . .
What a week . . .
Wow, last week was tough for making progress on the system. It was the end of my company's fiscal year, I had a $1.7Mil on the table, and I was supposed to get my first delivery of NSW!!! Well, the deal came through, but the water drop didn't.
When I asked for the SMALLEST truck available, I expected (and was told 2 months ago I would see on-site) a small propane-delivery type truck. Instead, Catalina showed up with a 30+ ft trailer on a big rig here in the windy roads of Topanga Canyon... Big Rig and a driveway that has a 10% grade don't mix!!! So, no NSW for my system . . . at least not until I can plumb a curb-side delivery pipe...
So, by Saturday I was filled and dropping in LR/LS. Right now the tank has approx #360 LR (86 new Pukani + 90 4 mo old + 180 6 mo old Fiji) and #300 LS and it looks EMPTY!!! LOL. I'll post pics in just a sec.
Here's what's finished -- the skimmer, my 8-way return, the sump, and the Heat Pump.
Here's what's not -- the supplemental lights, the mylar reflectors, and my Quarantine Tank.
The reflectors, lighting and frame for the hood should be up and chugging by week's end. The QT will probably come together on Friday. So, on Saturday I *HOPE* to move my Acros and some LR into QT, and the rest of my Livestock into the tank!!!
Fingers crossed...
--Sean--
What a week . . .
Wow, last week was tough for making progress on the system. It was the end of my company's fiscal year, I had a $1.7Mil on the table, and I was supposed to get my first delivery of NSW!!! Well, the deal came through, but the water drop didn't.
When I asked for the SMALLEST truck available, I expected (and was told 2 months ago I would see on-site) a small propane-delivery type truck. Instead, Catalina showed up with a 30+ ft trailer on a big rig here in the windy roads of Topanga Canyon... Big Rig and a driveway that has a 10% grade don't mix!!! So, no NSW for my system . . . at least not until I can plumb a curb-side delivery pipe...
So, by Saturday I was filled and dropping in LR/LS. Right now the tank has approx #360 LR (86 new Pukani + 90 4 mo old + 180 6 mo old Fiji) and #300 LS and it looks EMPTY!!! LOL. I'll post pics in just a sec.
Here's what's finished -- the skimmer, my 8-way return, the sump, and the Heat Pump.
Here's what's not -- the supplemental lights, the mylar reflectors, and my Quarantine Tank.
The reflectors, lighting and frame for the hood should be up and chugging by week's end. The QT will probably come together on Friday. So, on Saturday I *HOPE* to move my Acros and some LR into QT, and the rest of my Livestock into the tank!!!
Fingers crossed...
--Sean--
pch90265
Premium Member
Some pics
Some pics
Here are the first pics of the tank with ROUGH aquascaping...
Please feel free to critique, but keep in mind there is still about #175 LR and #100 LS in my current system that has yet to migrate up into this tank. I am going for a bommie at the front with a horse-shoe shape; a bommie at the back that echos the front shape, but is more open; and a canyon diagonally from back-left to front-right of the tank between them.
Here's the "East Side" at noon today -- the gestural shape of the canyon is pretty evident:
Here's the "West Side" at 1:30:
Now then, here are two of the "South End" -- the first is at 10:30 AM, the second is at 1:30 PM. I've put two pics here because I am fascinated by the movement of light in the tank as the sun traverses through the sky. I'm really interested in how this is changed by the reflectors once I have them in place...
Keep in mind -- these images are Natural Sunlight ONLY. No artificial light in the room at all right now... Here are some fun stats for you from my Apogee PAR meter:
** At 1:30 the "dim" areas of the tank were reading around 150 PAR at the 18" depth in the tank (comparable to 2 x 24" VHOs nearer the surface in my 150G).
** At 1:30 the "bright" areas of the tank were reading 1000-1400 PAR at 18" depth in the tank (my dual 400W MHs crank 900 PAR at 6" in my 150G)
** At the surface, I am getting readings of 1700-2000 PAR under the glitter lines (2000 being FULL STRENGTH Sunlight)
Cheers!!!
--Sean--
Some pics
Here are the first pics of the tank with ROUGH aquascaping...
Please feel free to critique, but keep in mind there is still about #175 LR and #100 LS in my current system that has yet to migrate up into this tank. I am going for a bommie at the front with a horse-shoe shape; a bommie at the back that echos the front shape, but is more open; and a canyon diagonally from back-left to front-right of the tank between them.
Here's the "East Side" at noon today -- the gestural shape of the canyon is pretty evident:
Here's the "West Side" at 1:30:
Now then, here are two of the "South End" -- the first is at 10:30 AM, the second is at 1:30 PM. I've put two pics here because I am fascinated by the movement of light in the tank as the sun traverses through the sky. I'm really interested in how this is changed by the reflectors once I have them in place...
Keep in mind -- these images are Natural Sunlight ONLY. No artificial light in the room at all right now... Here are some fun stats for you from my Apogee PAR meter:
** At 1:30 the "dim" areas of the tank were reading around 150 PAR at the 18" depth in the tank (comparable to 2 x 24" VHOs nearer the surface in my 150G).
** At 1:30 the "bright" areas of the tank were reading 1000-1400 PAR at 18" depth in the tank (my dual 400W MHs crank 900 PAR at 6" in my 150G)
** At the surface, I am getting readings of 1700-2000 PAR under the glitter lines (2000 being FULL STRENGTH Sunlight)
Cheers!!!
--Sean--
Holyreefer
Octopus Extreme 300 Skimr
pch90265,
I know that the sunlight is something natural for saltwater inhabits, but wouldn't that sunlight kind of an issue, as far as blooms of algae?
I know that the sunlight is something natural for saltwater inhabits, but wouldn't that sunlight kind of an issue, as far as blooms of algae?
pch90265
Premium Member
Aquajohn -- Here's a really BAD composite of the Fish Room... Sump/Skimmer/pumps.
This close-up of the MR-C8448 Skimmer from MyReefCreations shows just how powerful this bad boy is... this is only three days of scum!!!
And, one more setup picture... the first four of six (three shown) mylar reflectors are up . . .
Check out how much they changed the light in the tank -- these are taken within ten minutes of each other, the one on the left on 8/3 with no reflectors; the one on the right on 8/4 with three reflectors. Notice how much my crummy camera had to shift it's exposure (as evidenced by contrast) to make up for the additional light. I have to say, pictures don't do it justice.
More to come!!!
--Sean--
This close-up of the MR-C8448 Skimmer from MyReefCreations shows just how powerful this bad boy is... this is only three days of scum!!!
And, one more setup picture... the first four of six (three shown) mylar reflectors are up . . .
Check out how much they changed the light in the tank -- these are taken within ten minutes of each other, the one on the left on 8/3 with no reflectors; the one on the right on 8/4 with three reflectors. Notice how much my crummy camera had to shift it's exposure (as evidenced by contrast) to make up for the additional light. I have to say, pictures don't do it justice.
More to come!!!
--Sean--
sfsuphysics
Active member
Yah my tank gets the sun as its setting around 6pm for an hour or so every day.. well when there's sun in San Francisco, and it makes ripple lines that are so awesome that those made by MH bulbs are literally non-existant in comparison. Also makes a nice colored pattern, not quite rainbow, but you can definately see various spectrums. Unfortunately I'm moving my tank to a less lighted room, although have been toying with the idea of cutting a hole for those tubular skylight things, although that won't give the glitter effect.
