lastlight's 404

[dave_C]

Originally Posted by lastlight

Dave come on you tease.

Ok how much thinner in mm? Any reason to worry about their claims considering it's unknown glass in a way? It sure looks clearer!

We'll have to talk lol.

If you look at the first pic I posted it shows the difference between the two types of glass, it is very slight! We are using their float glass now and I would have to say it is harder than the glass we were getting from ppg, you can ask Michika about that lol it took us over 8 hours to buff out some flaws we missed when we dropped it off.

[lastlight]

So I guess expect to see a tank in roughly 2-3 months as I am going to give this new low iron glass a shot. Looks very promising from what I do know about it so I guess we'll see!

[fishytime]

3 months!!!! cmon man, we cant wait that long!

[kien]

Originally Posted by lastlight

So I guess expect to see a tank in roughly 2-3 months as I am going to give this new low iron glass a shot. Looks very promising from what I do know about it so I guess we'll see!

Sweet! Does that mean hell be free to do my tank next month?

[Delphinus]

Ooh, a 404. Is there a web based meaning hidden in there?

[lastlight]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Ooh, a 404. Is there a web based meaning hidden in there?

Lol I *was* going to title this 'lastlight's 404 (Not found)' but thought it'd be lost on most. Thx man I respect that!

[muck]

Originally Posted by lastlight

Lol I *was* going to title this 'lastlight's 404 (Not found)' but thought it'd be lost on most. Thx man I respect that!

haha... you should have. That was the first thing i thought of from the title too.

[Lance]

Love those dimensions Brett. 36" deep is awesome and I agree with you on the 27" height. Anymore than that is too difficult. Good call on the sump being up off the ground too. My sump is on a 26" stand built into a closet and I love it. The top of the sump is chest height and easy to work on. Any thoughts on lighting, skimmer, etc. Don't want to rush you but there is the "need to know factor"

[lastlight]

Lance I think the only difference here worth mentioning is I won't need to come out of the closet everytime I'm done working in the sump. Just sayin' =)

I have been buying hqi ballasts when I see them. I now have:

1 x dual pfo hqi
1 x dual bluewave hqi
1 x single bluewave hqi

I picked up an old maristar 2x250w with bad t5 ballast. I intend to buy just a reg electronic ballast to run this over a frag tank (no T5) when and if I ever go down that road.

so the tank will have at least 4x250w. I may go with 5 and simply run the center one as my sunrise, sunset light. Perhaps avoid having to install (and replace) T5s. Not sure yet.

As for a skimmer I haven't really seriously looked into that yet. I'm not looking forward to it either!

[Lance]

Yeah, I hear 'ya. A skimmer for a tank that size is going to take a good size bite out of the old wallet.