The Reef Central Corner Club Thread
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reefscape15
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Kickinmc - your tank is 5 weeks old? Is everything that new or have you moved things from a diferent tank? If its a new tank, your amonia will be spiking at 4-6 weeks. If stuff is from an older tank, what was the lighting like before?
reefscape15
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Do you dose any vitamins for your corals? How much do you feed them? Nitrates/Nitrites/Ammonia in check? Could really be a lot of reasons they would start bleaching, but usually due to new lighting, lack of food, water temp/chemistry fluctuations. It's hard to say. How's your flow? What skimmer are you running? Sounds like we have about the same setup, i have a Prism Deluxe HOB skimmer and 2.5gal CPR fuge. 96watts T-5 and 250watt 20k MH that i'm just starting to acclimate to the tank. I'm only up to about 1.5hrs a day, and i'm gonna take my time till i get to about 6 hrs or so. I hope that you don't end up loosing all your corals!
Hookup
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I've never used a CO2 reactor, but the bottle looks just like any regular bottle... I cannot imagine WHY it could not be put on it side, or upside down, or in any position.. its just like a scuba tank...
Not a silly question... it might turn out that I'm wrong, and the entire world will blowup if you lay it on it side... and who wants that on their epitaph?
here likes btb72, who laid down the C02 tank and destroyed the world
Not a silly question... it might turn out that I'm wrong, and the entire world will blowup if you lay it on it side... and who wants that on their epitaph?
here likes btb72, who laid down the C02 tank and destroyed the world
Dudester
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This is a very impressive thread, and an enthusiastic bunch of "members" in the corner club! I have been asked to 'join the club' so to say, although after going through the whole thread I really don't think I qualify. Yes, I do have a corner tank, but it's an in-wall and it's rectangular, so it doesn't have the challenges associated with flow and lighting that everyone else here seems to have to tackle. Nevertheless, I will submit a photo and see if I am worthy to join.
The tank is 72 x 48 x 30, made by A.G.E. It has an external overflow and dual external waveboxes. It will be a mixed reef ... once I actually move into the house, which should be about a week from now. Here's how it is built in.
And here are a couple of the tank on the stand, before the walls and columns were completed.
The tank is 72 x 48 x 30, made by A.G.E. It has an external overflow and dual external waveboxes. It will be a mixed reef ... once I actually move into the house, which should be about a week from now. Here's how it is built in.
And here are a couple of the tank on the stand, before the walls and columns were completed.
Dudester
Premium Member
Yeah, I guess it IS a corner tank, but it lacks the rounded front that the others in this thread tend to have. It's only going to be viewable from 2 sides, not 3. The photos I posted may be a bit misleading, since one is taken from inside the tank room and the other 2 pics are from the outside of the tank room. In these next pics you can see what the tank room looked like before the tank and stand were placed. The room is recessed a few inches below the main slab, and there's a floor drain (the vertical PVC pipe before it was cut off) in the center. I lined the floor with a 2-part garage epoxy, and you can see pretty clearly where the tank will go. That thing sure eats up a lot of space in my tank room.
Beautiful tank and room, Dudester. It occupies a corner, so I'm looking forward to posts and photos of your progress in the Corner Tank thread.
reefscape15
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Awesome room for a tank and equipt! I love that you have multiple outlets in the ceiling for lighting and fans. Also great idea on the epoxy floor. It looks to be sunk in about an inch from the tile floor, so if you do spring a leak, it should be trapped just on the epoxy. Does that PVC lead to a basement sump/fuge area? If so i'd love to see some pics of that as well. Anyways, about the tank i guess its really not a corner, but i think people will welcome you with open arms having such a sweet setup! HAHA! Keep us posted on the build!
Jim
Jim
Dudester
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btb72 - It'll hold about 450 gallons.
joeychitwood - Thanks, pics to follow. I first have to buy a bunch of useless stuff before I can get the tank wet. You know, like a lawn, curtains, furniture, and other things that are just a waste of money.
reefscape15 - I live in Texas, and beneath the slab is limestone, so there is no basement. The tank is on the 1st floor of the house. The PVC is the location of the floor drain. The room is gently sloped to that drain, and the drain leads out to the street beneath the slab. So if there is a leak, or even if I want to just mop out the room, all of the drainage will be directed to the outside. All of the tank's equipment, including water storage, will occur in that tank room, so there is no separate room. And I agree, I didn't think mine was a corner tank worthy of this thread, but I was asked to contribute and so I did. And since I'm 3/3 with regards to being accepted, then I'm happy to be this thread's newest member :thumbsup: . If nothing more, I'm looking forward to learning from all of you regarding the challenges of maintaining a "true" corner tank.
joeychitwood - Thanks, pics to follow. I first have to buy a bunch of useless stuff before I can get the tank wet. You know, like a lawn, curtains, furniture, and other things that are just a waste of money.
reefscape15 - I live in Texas, and beneath the slab is limestone, so there is no basement. The tank is on the 1st floor of the house. The PVC is the location of the floor drain. The room is gently sloped to that drain, and the drain leads out to the street beneath the slab. So if there is a leak, or even if I want to just mop out the room, all of the drainage will be directed to the outside. All of the tank's equipment, including water storage, will occur in that tank room, so there is no separate room. And I agree, I didn't think mine was a corner tank worthy of this thread, but I was asked to contribute and so I did. And since I'm 3/3 with regards to being accepted, then I'm happy to be this thread's newest member :thumbsup: . If nothing more, I'm looking forward to learning from all of you regarding the challenges of maintaining a "true" corner tank.
Ocean Mang
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Welcome to the club Dudester! Nice setup. Would you do water changes through that floor drain?
Dudester
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Thanks for the support and for the compliments everyone!
Ocean Mang, no, I won't do water changes through the floor drain, although technically I could. I don't want to send 50 gallons of detritus-laden saltwater out onto our street every week where kids are playing, and saltwater can be corrosive to concrete in the long run. Instead, the waste water will drain via a utility sink that's located in the tank room. The plan is for water changes to be pretty quick and easy, i.e. turn a few ball valves and pump waste water out, turn valves another direction to pump fresh salt water into the sump.
Ocean Mang, no, I won't do water changes through the floor drain, although technically I could. I don't want to send 50 gallons of detritus-laden saltwater out onto our street every week where kids are playing, and saltwater can be corrosive to concrete in the long run. Instead, the waste water will drain via a utility sink that's located in the tank room. The plan is for water changes to be pretty quick and easy, i.e. turn a few ball valves and pump waste water out, turn valves another direction to pump fresh salt water into the sump.
