What do you think of my BB tank?

floridareefs said:
looks good--would be great with coraline algae on rock and a nice dsb:D
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I don't want to take away from the coral's in the tank.

That's the only thing that a DSB does in my opinion. Well that and pollute my clean tank. This tank is in my living room, you better believe I don't want cyno, hair algae, and nasty looking sand in it.

Give my tank a year and the last thing you'll notice is my BB, I promise ;).
 
Observation...

Observation...

Just to update something I've noticed about the penductors..

At first I thought that pointing them down would get everything into the overflow best, but after looking at Weatherman's tank more, I pointed them at the glass in the front of the tank.

What this does is make some of the water bounce off the the front glass and shoot directly across the top into the overflow.

A lot of the stuff gets into the overflow, some goes around the tank and tries again. I still need more going thru the overflow tho.

Here's a pic of my surge (please excuse the temporary girl shutter upper):


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I see. Do you know of any places to get it? I need three pieces...two 18"x30" and one 12"x14". Or should I just not bother? I've heard it's expensive, and it would be a lot of work to drain the tank, put the stuff in, make sure it fits, etc...I could paint the underside of the tank I suppose.
 
I don't know anything about the cost or whatever. But I do know that marina board is a lot more than cutting board material.

www.cuttingboardcompany.com or something like that is where I think it's cheapest. Make sure to get untreated.

You don't drain the tank to put it in, but you need rock on top of it. I like the look of it a lot to be honest with you and I can't see Glass on the bottom. I don't want the reflection on the bottom, I need some contrast.

Hey how is the rock cooking going?
 
Starting next weekend :)
I cleaned the basement up yesterday, so now I have a nice rock cooking area for the next 2-3months. I'm going to make my racks this week, and then next weekend, the conversion begins. I'm very excited :lol:

Thanks for that site, I guess it isn't THAT expensive, just would rather spend $60 on other things.
 
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Re: Observation...

NoSchwag said:
Here's a pic of my surge...
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Much better.

I figure if you have two eductors (or penductors) you should point them in such a way that their flow bounces into each other, bounces into the glass and bounces into the water surface. That will give you the most turbulent, random flow.

There are some ââ"šÂ¬Ã…"œexpertsââ"šÂ¬Ã‚ who state that the water surface should remain as placid as possible to aid in the skimming of organics. The theory being that all the nasties will collect near the air-water interface, and then flow over the overflows to be picked up by the skimmer in your sump. Sounds nice, if all youââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢re concerned about is dissolved organics, but we want to get particulates out as well. The only way to do that is to get the water churning to lift stuff up from the bottom to the top of the water column.
 
I agree Weatherman, I don't want to give the organics a chance to build up.

As far as "experts" I say phooey, the proof is in the puddin'.

(lol, I said phooey)

The only thing is that it doesn't look AS cool when my fogger does it's thing.

But I pointed one right above the other (like yours) and I can see all of the turbulence in the tank when bubbles are injected.

It looks like a million little tornado's, still looks pretty cool.
 
NoSchwag said:
Hey Weatherman what do you honestly think about my fogger anyway?

Bad/Good/Doesn't matter?
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Helps keep oxygen levels high, but your skimmer should do a pretty good job of that anyway.

The only reasons why I wouldnââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢t do it would be the salt spray from all the popping bubbles. Especially with a fan blowing across the water surface, youââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢ll end up getting a little layer of salt everywhere. Also, there are some coral, which may become irritated and either withdraw or produce a lot of slime because of the bubbles. If the coral originates from a surf zone, obviously, it doesnââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢t care about bubbles, but if it comes from deeper water, bubbles are not something it would normally encounter.
 
observation...

I do like the action the penducters provide. not quite sure how most corals will like that much flow though. I just cant get over a bb tank. cant say I havent been tempted, but in my almost 6 years, I havent had a prob with dsb yet.

But hey it should be nice as you move along.
 
CraigsReef said:
Not sure if it was asked but how much live rock do you have in there ?

Looking good :)
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Thanks.

I am pretty sure it's like 75 lbs.

I do know that the rock went on a diet and lost like 10 lbs when it went thru the cooking.
 
An update for anyone considering a Heniochus diphreutes..

An update for anyone considering a Heniochus diphreutes..

My Heniochus diphreutes was seen constantly pecking at my snails. It is now in the sump and is going to a new home tomorrow.

I'm kinda of sad because it was a very cool looking fish. Now I am back down to 1 fish :/
 
Your tank has got me reconsidering my next upgrade. I'm thinking about going to a 65W - 36"x24"x17" - and am currently debating lighting and flow (again). I was going to do low-flow with one or two Streams but you've got me thinking about a decent return with penductors.

I just set up a 20L BB and the biggest problem I'm having is the lack of flow allowing detritus to settle. It's really ruining the whole BB thing for me. I'm waffling right now about the whole BB thing, in fact - I'm not really keen on how difficult it is to get rocks to sit happily on the surface. In the SSB, I could just push them around until they sat at the right angle.

Thanks for keeping me thinking .. I think :D
 
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