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Old 02-23-2013, 08:37 PM  
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Talking 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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Old 03-21-2013, 12:02 AM
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The GHL doser can pump (tested) up to 50'
Holy crap! That's amazing & good to know.
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Old 03-21-2013, 12:08 AM
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I also have an acrylic background and the tank is 3/8" glass.
My total thickness is 3/4"

The quality of the tank continues to amaze me the attention to detail, the clear silicon and the one piece euro is mind blowing, Dave has the edge here on tank building!
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Old 03-22-2013, 06:47 PM
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The GHL Mitras LED coral test!

Photo uploaded is of a very sorry for itself looking chunk of what used to be green with purple edges plating Montipora. This is what is left from my huge colony. As you can see its not very colourful, yes it has some purple showing through just about, and yes the water is slightly cloudy thanks to Prodibio kicking up a nice bio bloom while the tank matures. But I think we all can agree my camera work does not get good enough for photoshop.

So lets wait a few weeks and see what colour this goes under GHL Mitras LED Place your bets please

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Old 03-24-2013, 11:35 PM
Aqua-Digital Aqua-Digital is offline
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Update to my Mitras coral colour transition

not doing bad!

This was taken today!

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Old 03-25-2013, 03:20 PM
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Tank update pictures. As you can see the Monti colour is coming on fast!

Ammonia = 0
Nitrite = 0
Nitrate = 0.005
P04 = 00.00
Phosphorous = 0.036PPB
Ca = 420
ALK = 7.5
Mg = 1260
Salinity = 52.7
tank temp = 26.6c (80f)
Redox = 345 and climbing
pH = between 7.95 - 8.01 depending on time of day





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Old 03-25-2013, 05:00 PM
mseepman mseepman is offline
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The tank is looking great! In reading I saw that you said Prodibio can create a little hazyness to the water early on....I didn't know this before...does that happen each time we dose? I have been thinking that my water isn't as "clear" as I expected it to be.
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Old 03-25-2013, 05:06 PM
Aqua-Digital Aqua-Digital is offline
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This only happens if you have either a new tank with zero biological action or are dirty tank.

The FIRST bacteria to populate any system is Heterotrophic bacteria this is water born and multiplies rapidly, this bacteria is what you see in new tank syndrome known as cloudy water. This bloom only lasts a few days to a week while the Autotrophic bacteria start to colonies.

Once there is no more water born food for the Heterotrophic bacteria it will die back within hours.

So in a mature system you should not see Heterotrophic bacteria bio blooms unless you over feed or have poor husbandry.

If you do its not a bad thing in fact the complete opposite, it shows there is bio mass in your system that needs to be addressed.

Typically you will not see this bio bloom unless you have a new tank.

My tank just cleared over night!
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Old 03-25-2013, 10:32 PM
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Jobs done today -

Balling system finally set up, just dialing it in now.

ProfiLux on the outside of the network and also Iphone APP set up.
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Old 03-26-2013, 12:56 AM
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you can run your profilux on an iphone? i thought it was android only?
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Old 03-26-2013, 12:58 AM
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Nope - Both
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