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02-23-2013, 08:37 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Ottawa
Posts: 3,272
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NEW Tank Build !!!
I am pleased to announce the new tank build can now finally start. Thanks to Dave at Concepts for the amazing tank and stand, both are the best quality I have ever seen! The tank having a one piece Euro Brace and 100% star fire with unique total clear silicon.
The tank is 36x32x24 with external overflow. The sump will be in the basement about 8 feet below the tank.
The system will run everything we distribute one way or another but also form the basis for all future marketing photos for GHL equipment, for example the Mitras. The tank will run just one single silver Mitras HV.
Here are some photos I took at 1.45am this morning after getting off a plane back from Turks and Caicos getting in the door at 1.30am!! Something was bugging me! Did I measure our door gap right? will the stand fit? 30 minutes in the garage with a jenny bar and a tape measure confirmed my thoughts. Yep I measure wrong the stand wont fit, so it has to go through the patio doors, so now I have to snow blow the side of the house and around the swimming pool and get some lads over to get the stand through the rear patio doors. But before that the stand is off to a local cabinet makers to have a little mod done to it I did not get done during manufacture.
This will be a painstaking slow build, so next update will be a while
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03-17-2013, 10:15 PM
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Tank looks great.
Adding cheato (from a clean source)or something along those lines will bring things like pods in while allowing you to look through it for anything bad(aptasia, ect.) depending on the size of the ball of course.
you could also do a bit of live sand from another tank(but it is pretty hard to tell what all you are getting in that).
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03-17-2013, 10:40 PM
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Ive added seachem live sand and of course a bucket load of Prodibio Start Up
really looking for critters.
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03-18-2013, 12:09 AM
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Well I got the tank sparkling which is a good sign, then promptly dumped a load of live sand in, so now we wait for clarity to come back
First photos of the system up and running in a few days.
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03-19-2013, 11:33 PM
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Quick update then photos at the weekend.
I have a few fish in the system and had to retrieve what was left of my few corals from my LFS who was care taking them, they did not do too well, and the reason why they are now in a tank that really should not have any corals in it yet, but a do or die situation they are no worse off here and probably better.
The balling system using the GHL dosers, bubble magus containers and also the Ocean fresh salts is now also set up.
Slowly getting over the cloudy period with the water.
The Prodibio start up did its job, all parameters at zero amazingly, talk about good stuff.
Reef Aquatica is supplying me with a stack of live copepods and other clean goodies to kick start the system.
Corals will come from various sources, mainly dealers I trust and know exactly where they get them from, I am not into photo-shopped corals
Been playing with the Tunze pumps, I so wish I was running Vortechs I just cant get good waves with the Tunze.
Everyone is admiring Concepts tank build skills, I cant thank him enough for such an awesome tank.
Photos and video to follow in a few days when I feel more comfortable with the look of everything.
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03-20-2013, 08:14 PM
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03-20-2013, 08:41 PM
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acanthastrea freak
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Mike what's that chamber on the right on the sump
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03-20-2013, 08:43 PM
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you are either referring to the 3 x balling containers or the in sump biological trickle feed stage?
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03-20-2013, 08:44 PM
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Looking great!
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03-20-2013, 08:45 PM
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Looking very nice Michael, would have loved to see the light hanger on this build but the ceiling hanger kit look so clean.
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03-20-2013, 08:50 PM
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acanthastrea freak
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Nope it's the trickle feed stage that is cool I like that
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