jarrett shark
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nice build
Triple-S Fish Ranch - 1700gal 164†x 48†x 56†SPS peninsula build
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petere1989
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updates? u gotta sick build!! can't wait for updates.
robert s b.
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Get the Eff out of here, Are you kidding me!!! Cant wait to see this behemoth done. Im Speechless....
reefish123
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Incredible build, tagging along. I like the sight of the tank and the arc wall. Absolutely Amazing, keep the pictures comming.
wrxreefer823
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Absofrigginlutely amazing. And those are the only words I have.
Frostslasher
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Amazing looking home as well as tank setup. Cannot wait to see the livestock once everything is completed.
Wow, lots of new faces. Thanks for joining, jarrett shark, e55driver, petere1989, robert s b., reeffish123 and everyone else!
Hi kinlayan, yes, the dehumidifier will work against the AC, but there was no acceptable outside place to put it. And it won't be an entirely bad thing for it to generate some heat. The AC units would make the room too cold if they ran enough to fully dehumidify the air. By the time the dehumidifier kicks on, the AC will have the room on the edge of being too cold. Also, to minimize dehumidifier run time, it will pull outside air and run only the fan on days that the outside humidity is low enough.
Thanks for the note about the internal AC rustproofing. I asked for everything exposed in the room to be outdoor rated, but now that you mention it those ducts for the dehumidifier look like they would be susceptible to corrosion. I'll check with the HVAC engineer.
Hi kinlayan, yes, the dehumidifier will work against the AC, but there was no acceptable outside place to put it. And it won't be an entirely bad thing for it to generate some heat. The AC units would make the room too cold if they ran enough to fully dehumidify the air. By the time the dehumidifier kicks on, the AC will have the room on the edge of being too cold. Also, to minimize dehumidifier run time, it will pull outside air and run only the fan on days that the outside humidity is low enough.
Thanks for the note about the internal AC rustproofing. I asked for everything exposed in the room to be outdoor rated, but now that you mention it those ducts for the dehumidifier look like they would be susceptible to corrosion. I'll check with the HVAC engineer.
mpcart
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What a great build! I'm going to follow along - and congratulations on the success you've had in your career that is allowing you to have such an awesome build . . . and house. I love seeing someone who has the means to build a system of the quality I'm sure we'd all like to have.
-Mike
-Mike
Amazing tank and build.
Going back a few pages to your soaking rock. I've read that LC only binds inorganic phosphates not the organic phosphates that are most of what we have in our tanks. Are you seeing a steady reduction in the PHO4 levels in your soak tank or just spikes in reduction with a return to about the same levels between dosing?
Thanks,
Going back a few pages to your soaking rock. I've read that LC only binds inorganic phosphates not the organic phosphates that are most of what we have in our tanks. Are you seeing a steady reduction in the PHO4 levels in your soak tank or just spikes in reduction with a return to about the same levels between dosing?
Thanks,
I haven't needed heating on any of my Austin tanks for the past 18 years. I just keep the room temperatures within about 5 degrees of target temp, then pumps + lighting keep the temps up. This will be my first all LED lighting and DC pump driven tank, though, so I won't be entirely surprised if a little supplemental heating is needed. If so, I may add an inline 2kW heater like this one.
Thank you, Mike, you are too kind. I feel very fortunate that my career has allowed me to put together a system like this.
Thank you, Johneod. Very interesting question. I missed the organic/inorganic distinction in my research on LaCl. I just recently pulled the rock from the soak tanks to bleach one last time and dry out for a couple weeks before starting the aquascape. What you describe is pretty much what I saw: spikes in reduction with return to similar levels, though the high level did creep down over the course of the 4 months soaking. At first, levels would spike back to the .09 to .12 range a week after dosing, and green hair and red bushy algae flourished. By the last week, one soak tank was at .06, the other at .02 ten days after the last LaCl dose, and the only algae was a light green surface discoloration with no height or dimensionality.
Epicreefer
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I see you've made some good progress. Just a heads up on the lighting, I have found par at around 100-140 from the cannons is ideal. It may seem low but around 200-250 and sps bleach pretty bad, something about the light produced by LEDs... Its funny, a coral that fell off its pearch to the sandbed 5' bellow was at 80 par while everything else was 175+ and that one was by far the best looking, not that the rest were bleached just a bit pale. Corals 3' from the cannons were great looking from the sides but white from above... Also as with most lights I have found the top down appearance to be much better than from the side( on corals 6' from the lights not 3'). After adding dimmers to several strategic groupings of leds colors are much improved. I'm starting to experiment with aiming some of the cannons from the side, ie angle the left ones to the right and the right ones to the left about 20-30 degrees , to help with shadowing from rocks and get more color in the viewing pane. Basicaly aim your lights above your rock features at the one next to it, and the ones over that one back at the first rather than straight down. After a few months this seems to be a verry good idea!
Your 2kw heater will do the job but it might run for a while. On the 6k gal system 3.5kw took 3 days to heat the water from 65-75. There was a significant loss from how the ac ducts were aimed at that system though. Either way you will be fine, just may take some time to adjust the temp. I have seen boilers on large systems outdoor systems at zoos for housing more tropical animals like caymans but that's way overkill for an indoor tank.
Can't wait to see this tank up and running!
Your 2kw heater will do the job but it might run for a while. On the 6k gal system 3.5kw took 3 days to heat the water from 65-75. There was a significant loss from how the ac ducts were aimed at that system though. Either way you will be fine, just may take some time to adjust the temp. I have seen boilers on large systems outdoor systems at zoos for housing more tropical animals like caymans but that's way overkill for an indoor tank.
Can't wait to see this tank up and running!
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