When is it too big?

[BackPackHunter]

Originally Posted by kien

Can you PM me and let me know where I can get 4-5 Mitras for around $2000? Thanks!

That's just what I'll tell my wife

[BackPackHunter]

Originally Posted by asylumdown

Will this tank be in a basement? What sort of temp fluctuations does the room it's going in get over the course of a year? Even just being inside a cabinet (top and bottom) can cause over-heating issues on my tank in the summer. The AC is set to prevent the house from ever going above 24.5, but at 24.5 ambient, with both the upper and lower cabinet doors on my tank closed, my tank will easily pass the 27 degree mark. While LEDs don't transmit much heat to the water with the light, the units themselves still put out a great deal of heat. It might be less of an issue if the light fixtures were not enclosed in a cabinet. My tank has two 6' long viewable sides, and a 90cfm fan in the ceiling of cabinet that is permanently on. Even in the winter I generally leave the office side upper doors of the enclosure open the help keep the tank cool and the light fixtures cool.

If you had a chiller, or if that tank is going in a room that is perpetually cold, the insulation might make sense year round, but with insulation I can foresee the potential for a dangerous situation to develop. Could you make it removable?

It's going in the basement , the house will have AC, so stable temp
I'm building it it's own room, for work and only viewable from the living room
I will have a huge turbine fan to suck out hot air if need, on a temp gauge
I could make the foam removable , and thinks that a very good idea
I can run the AC n heat into the room off the current system

[MitchM]

Having a covered tank, I've never found overheating to be an issue, even when I was running 3 x 400w MH.
A simple fan pointed on the sump during the summer was enough.

[The Grizz]

Originally Posted by kien

Can you PM me and let me know where I can get 4-5 Mitras for around $2000? Thanks!

Originally Posted by BackPackHunter

That's just what I'll tell my wife

You better not tell her cause even at cost your looking at $3500 - $4500 for Mitras.

[Dive_dry]

Im building my tank out of 3/4 glass it is 72x36x30 and i helped a fellow reefer out with a 144x48x32 and he used 1" glass

[The Grizz]

My 8' 300 is 3/4" all around, heavy as hellz but 2 guys can manage the big panels carefully.

[BackPackHunter]

Originally Posted by The Grizz

You better not tell her cause even at cost your looking at $3500 - $4500 for Mitras.

Ya , best price Ive found so far is a $1000 each
im still looking for a better deal,
hoping to find some good deals on the 26, to get a jump on this little tank