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5 | 11.90% |
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#1
01-31-2012, 04:12 AM
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big tanks = big bucks.....and not just initial cost.....everything goes up exponentially.....100g water changes can be pricey
 .....that being said.....if its within your budget......go big or go home
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260g mixed reef, 105g sump, water blaster 7000 return, Bubble King SM 300 skimmer, Aqua Controller Jr, 4 radions, 3 Tunze 6055s,1 tunze 6065, 2 Vortech MP40s, Vortech MP20, Tunze ATO, GHL SA2 doser, 2 TLF reactors (1 carbon, 1 rowa). http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=50034 . Tank Video here http://www.vimeo.com/2304609 and here http://www.vimeo.com/16591694 
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02-02-2012, 02:31 PM
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I know a few people with huge 300+ gallon tanks that hardly ever do water changes.
Why? It's more stable and they didn't overload their tank with fish aka low bio load. My neighbour is going on ONE YEAR for his reef tank with NO WATER CHANGES. Just keeps topping up with RO water. He has a 300 gallon with 150 gallon sump. 50 gallons of the sump is refugium. Has a good SWC skimmer which barely pulls anything out anymore thanks to the refugium. He has 6 tangs, 2 big angels, and maybe 8 damsels. Rest is coral. He still has the same bucket of Tropic Marin salt from last summer.
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 314 gallon Drop Off Reef tank. 150 gallon sump. Bean Animal Overflow. Various Tangs, Angels, Triggers, Inverts, Corals, etc. http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=80379
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02-02-2012, 05:07 PM
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I have a quick question about making the furnace room into a fish room. Wouldnt it make the rest of the house smell like an aquarium? I have my hockey equipment hanging in the furnace room and my wife hates it! and I get the equipment cleaned twice a year
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02-02-2012, 05:36 PM
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02-02-2012, 06:18 PM
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Your furnace does not draw air from around the furnace area. It uses the fresh air return vents for that.
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314 gallon Drop Off Reef tank. 150 gallon sump. Bean Animal Overflow. Various Tangs, Angels, Triggers, Inverts, Corals, etc. http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=80379
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02-02-2012, 06:23 PM
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Ok good to know thanks. I guess my hockey equipment is just foul smelling since she can smell it upstairs haha Time to get them cleaned again
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02-13-2012, 01:32 AM
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02-17-2012, 12:01 AM
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I would say, if someone is considering a 500G system, the cost is not an issue.
Size really depends on what you want to accomplish. If I had space and the means to support a 500G tank..... Heck! BUT as mentioned.... exponentially more for everything. From salt to lighting to rock and sand... coral and fish. You will have an empty 500G tank with 3 frags and a blenny, if you know what I mean. Be sure to start a build.
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 My 70 Gallon build: http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=66478 My Mandarin Paradise: http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=72762 I wonder... does anyone care enough to read signatures if you make them really small? I would not. I would probably moan and complain, read three words and swear once or twice. But since you made it this far, please rate my builds. 
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