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Kent12456

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  1. We are moving......again as we seem to do every few years so the tank is in the process of being broken down. My 88 year old mother now has a temporary Fish and coral pond in her basement. Ever since I was a kid (I’m 62) my mother has put up with my pets. Grass hoppers, ants, spiders, rodents, a chicken, turtles, snakes, lizards.....sea monkeys, cats, a dog, fish. I’m still doing the same stuff I did when I was ten years old. The temporary pond is a kids wading pool with an additional black pond liner added as a second liner. power heads, heater, skimmer, fish and coral are in. The rest of the lights are being hung tonight. Hopefully this all goes well. My last temporary set up during a move was a disaster.
  2. Congratulations on the new addition to your family. Look at a new tank build at as an opportunity to improve on your present system. A fresh start. A word of caution about Plainfield. I don’t know where you live now, but if you move to the Plainfield area be aware that the Indianapolis airport is in your back yard. Due to family obligations we moved to Plainfield from Noblesville three years ago. We are next to Hummel park and the jet noise drives us nuts some days. Fed Ex jets (fully Loaded and at full throttle on take off to reach altitude) start their day at 4:00 AM. The bright side is....... you’ll never complain about your skimmer being loud again. And a +1 on the name KENT!!!
  3. Saturday is a work day but I’m going to do my best to make this meeting. No doubt in my mind Luis’ tank is a must see.
  4. The fan mounted on the stand failed last night after a years use. I was surprised how much salt had accumulated on the fan body even though It was blowing fresh air into the cabinet rather than pulling moist air through the fan. I mounted the new fan on the outside of the cabinet. I hope this one lasts longer. * This fan is extremely quiet, and moves enough air to keep things dry in the stand.
  5. Thank you, I’m going to try to keep posting stuff on the tank. There have already been changes. I’ve switched out my T5’s for LEDs and my refugium is now basically a frag tank. I Got the integrated frag tank idea from Ian, “Coralfarmer” I believe is his screen name. He has an amazing tank.
  6. Thank you, and thanks again for your help with photo posting. Now I’m “fishing” HAHAHAHA! Fishing, get it??!!? HAHAHA! for the best compression app. In the App Store.
  7. Thank you, I feel the same way about the rocks. At some point you have to just stop moving things and leave it alone, but I’m never 100% happy with what I end up with. Enough rock to create Caves and passage ways for fish, flat surfaces for coral, the more live rock the better, but not so much live rock that there’s no room for coral......drives me nuts.
  8. 6 months ago. The refugium has since been converted to a frag tank with live rock.
  9. When I received the doors I added a strip of trim that blocks the light from bleeding out of the stand at night. Also added some rubber insulation strips on the inside of the doors for the same reason. But the stand still glows after dark.
  10. No doors yet, no sump. A 5” Deep sand bed but no water at this point
  11. Note: With all of this stuff plugged into American DJ power strips I would never again thread cords through a melamine board. It looks nice and neat but replacing a heater, removing a skimmer or powerhead for deep clean is a pain in the....xxx.... it’s not worth it to me. if I ever do another tank build, all cables will be dangling in the open, each cord will be labeled at the plug for quick identification but never again threaded through holes. * 4- AI Hydra 26’s * 1- 3 head Bubble Magus dosing pump * 1- Mag Drive 3 for Carbon/GFO reactors * 2 mp40s for circulation. (Very happy with these) *A not so quiet Mag Drive 12 return pump that won’t die *1 oversized not so quiet Reef octopus int. 3000 skimmer. 2- 12 volt Computer fans installed 1 each in the canopy and the stand. 2- 200 watt eheim heaters. Apex Neptune controller 2 power heads in fragtank/sump combo for circulation. 1- 2’ fluorescent bulb mounted inside of stand for use during maintenance.
  12. I had a 6’ long 8 bulb Aquatic life T5 fixture left from my last tank. I cut the fixture in half, extended the wiring so the two halves would lay side by side which resulted in a 36” x 36” 8 bulb fixture. (Eight 39 watt 36” bulbs) I Used this fixture for several months but I am currently running 4 AI Hydra 26’s.
  13. The canopy is 12” tall. On the advice of a carpenter friend, we used Mortise hinges that are not visible when the canopy is closed. NOTE: I’ve found that a 27” Deep tank (even with a 5”to 6” Deep sandbed) with a canopy like mine that only opens to the front makes it impossible for you to reach the back of the tank. This can be very frustrating at times.
  14. RO/DI, 35 Gallon tanks from tractor supply. The brown steel shelving is from Menards. Modular, heavy duty and not extremely pricy, it’s my favorite shelving for any utility type of storage. NOTE: The 6” openings on top of these tanks are not ideal when it comes time to clean the interiors of the tanks. I would look at other options next time The tanks are close to the ceiling in the garage. I gravity feed to the tank for both water changes and for the ATO using float switches in the sump.
  15. This picture is where the emergency drain passes through the closet. Tank is in the room to the left, garage is on the other side of the wall to the right. A 1/4” ATO line was added later. The second picture is with the piping/tubing covered. (the cover lifts off)
  16. The tank sits at an angle in the corner. I added a narrow passage in the wall (unpainted in the pic) behind the tank that goes into a closet under the stairwell. The opening gives me access to the back of the tank. It’s cramped, but it’s better than nothing. NOTE: It’s true, Bean Animal overflows ARE extremely quiet.
  17. The tank came with a corner overflow. I plugged the existing holes in the bottom of the tank, painted the back glass panel black and drilled the back panel to accommodate a synergy Ghost Overflow.
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