The Reef Central Corner Club Thread

Hi everyone, I posted on here a little while ago while I was getting the tank started, but now, many months later everything is finally transferred over. Everything has not found it's place yet as you can see, but it's in the tank and getting settled, and used to the new lights! Figured I would snap some pics for all to see and give opinions on, will be starting a build thread soon! Halides are off all pics are taken with actinic/ 75/25 t5's only, some with flash some with out.
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Tangers - that rock is very nice looking! I really like the texture of it. How far from the back glass is the rock? From the pics it looks pretty close, but it's hard to tell. It's gotta be nice to have an extra 170gal worth of space/water to keep your tank stable! Can't wait to see your tank maturing, and is that a Cherub Angel?
 
Thanks reefscape15! The rock has to be a good 6" from the back. Some of the rock touch the back on the very top but only in about 2 spots. Lots of room back there for hiding and water flow! Yeah kind of hard to look at it now being so bare but looking forward to it maturing just like you said.
 
Well just a small update. I moved all my SPS frags around and finally cemented them in place, and just picked up a new Redish/Green Acro frag, Yellow Sun Polyp frag, and Orange Torch Coral frag!
 
lotusstar

any chance you have stray electrical currents in your tank? I am just trying to figure out your mystery fish deaths and its all I can come up with....
 
stray currents is a posibility for sure, but although ive read hundreds of posts on the subject across litrally dozens of on-line sites, ive never seen any posts suggesting livestock have died due to it, i think its a subject with lots of reef gossip and no real evidence tbh
 
Hey guys,
Sorry I couldn't answer questions, but it's been a busy time here for the holidays. I will post some new pics, will take some tomorrow to post.
Stray voltage is a possibility due to all the electrical stuff in the tank, I have a probe that is in the tank and wired to an outlet, ground probe or whatever they are called. I don't really ever feel anything when I put my hands in the tank so not sure if I have a voltage that I just can't feel.
I wouldn't really think voltage would be an issue since I have 1 clown that's managed to live through it all, so don't see how he would be immune to electricity vs my other fish but tomorrow I will grab my voltage meter and test it out.
 
Guys I am hoping someone in here will be able to help me out. I am about to purchase the 92 gallon AGA corner tank with the stand. I will not have a canopy on it, which leads me to my question.. Is there any type of MH lighting system that will fit the 92 corner tank well? Something like a sunpod, outer orbit, odyysea, etc. I just want it to stand on top of the tank, and then I will probably use an egg crate to keep the fish in.

I have seen in this thread (god its huge and overwhelming) a few 54 gallon tanks with a setup similar to what I want, but not any 92 gallons (I looked for around an hour, I am pretty sure it would take me days to go through everything here).

Anyone know of any lighting systems that would work?
 
jimrawr - You could purchase something like this, but if you had anyone with conduit bending experiance, they could do it for you for under $15.
 
I was messing around and thought i'd post another couple pics. This is the view from my wifes side of the bed........not fair!!!!!

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And in Sepia....I just thought this looked kinda cool.....

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I set up this almost 2gal tank as just somewhere to put my frags. Bulb is just a 6500k CFL that used to be over my fuge. I used that filter and glued in some acrylic pieces to make a micro fuge.

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I took a few of these small starfish and snails out of my tank to help keep it clean, and also a few micro brittle stars and one blue legged hermit.

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reefscape15 said:
jimrawr - You could purchase something like this, but if you had anyone with conduit bending experiance, they could do it for you for under $15.
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Thanks I think this will probably do the trick. Will it be compatible with the Odyssea units? Doesnt look like the Odyssea has any holes in the top of the unit to be hung by.

Here is the unit I think I will purchase (what a damn good price)
http://shop.aquatraders.com/Odyssea-36in-Metal-Halide-with-Power-Compact-V2-p/54204.htm
 
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I'm not sure about the Odyssea units. I've never heard good or bad about them, but at that price, it almost seems to be too good to be true. Anyways, you could always take the fixture apart when you get it and drill 2 small holes on each side to run some chain down from the hangers. Or you could use small wood or acrylic pieces that slip over each end of the light. It doesn't have to screw directly into the light like in the picture.
 
jimrawr, I did this on my 54. You could do the same, mine has a 250 mh or even get the larger reflector. they handle up to the 400 mh.

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I went with the Lumen Bright, large pendant w/ 250w bulb on my 92. I was able to hang the pendant, cant lay it on egg crate as it needs to be a good way up for the right spread/penetration.
 
hey jbird, it would be a privilage and an honour to have a reefer of your knowledge as a corner owner, your 50 gallon is just outstanding, welcome to the club,cant wait to see the corner up and running, the cabinet looks fantastic and i love the drawings and planning you have inputted.
 
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