Not sure if you have already but any chance you could explain your QT process? Thanks in advance.
Fairly simple really. First thing's first, when we got the fish via FedEx we made sure our qt tank water matched the salinity of the bag water they were shipped in (1.018 iirc). We poked a pinhole in the bottom of one bag to check salinity so we didn't have to open the bag. This allowed us to get the fish out of the bags and dump them right into the qt tanks without having to open up the bag and let the air turn the waste/crap in the bag water over to toxic ammonia (only takes about 30 minutes of air exposure for that ammonia reaction to take place). Then we just treat with cupramine (seachem copper) for 28 days. And after that they go through 2 rounds of prazi pro for 5 days at a time.
We would have done 1 round of prazi in the beginning and 1 round after the cupramine treatment but the achilles had ick so bad that we had to go straight to the cupramine. So fairly simple methods medication wise.
Also for feeding in QT we feed twice a day. Nori, omega mini algae pellets, and hiakari algae pellets in the morning. The pellets are soaked directly in selcon no water added. I throw a mix of the pellets in a cup and tip it so they all go into one area, and then drop the selcon right on top of the pellets so the pellets soak it up directly (this way I KNOW the fish are getting a good amount of selcon). And at night we just feed them the hiakari algae pellets. Everyone of the fish seem to be getting FAT :lolspin:
I'm glad to hear that things are being made right! I don't think you will have a problem with the new design. It sounds like they are doing everything I said that should have been done
Expect it to be at least 400 pounds more than your last one!
I actually sent Ian at AGE a copy of your previous post to get this whole ball rolling
I'm not going to lie, I have no idea how we are going to lift this one! Going to need some extra guys for sure.
Just a thought as I have been down this path with such a large tank. I would let them make the stand to match and then have your carpenter put false cabinetry around the stand. It will give you more room inside and will be very easy to level. It also insures your tank in the event of issues down the road...they made the matching stand.
You can also make a pan at the bottom to capture any possible spillage in the stand and protect your floors.
Since this is on the first floor with a basement underneath, we decided against a metal stand. You have only a few adjustable feet locations putting all that weight down to the plywood floor. With the wood stand all the weight it distributed along the whole length of the stand, the lower frame basically becomes one giant foot IMO. If this was located on concrete it would be metal stand all the way.
We also sent your previous post about the 1/2" vs 3/4" to AGE, to help with the decision making process :thumbsup:
Very sorry to read about your tank troubles. Sometimes it seems like this hobby is often an exercise in frustration rather than the hours of peaceful tranquility it is supposed to be. Good luck with the tank.
Couldn't have said it better myself. We are getting very good at practicing self control over here. I have realized going negative only leads to negative outcomes, so its time to stay positive. Thanks!
I think we all hear you olddude on that one! Which is hard to imagine with how beautiful your tank is.
At least it looks like a positive outcome here. The tank even got bigger! Those are pretty close to the dimensions I'd love to have someday.
One thing on those plans though. Why don't they make the internal overflow just a box at the top instead of having it take up a full 6" of your tank?
The internal overflow was our choice. I just don't like the look of long boxes inside a tank giving the shadow effect to the lower back wall under the box. It makes for poor coral placement anywhere under it and also turns into an obstacle when trying to clean down there. IMO it looks cleaner to have a nice flat back wall. Since the tank is going to be 42" wide instead of 36" like the first design, we really shouldn't loose too much, if any space.
Plus I wouldn't enjoy getting asked the question "is the tank 3/4's full?", about a million times like D2mini does... :lol::lmao:
