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Old 06-16-2009, 03:04 AM
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Ok, Before I cheese off the goddess running this contest Let's get this thread started

Custom tank - unlimited budget

Here's the tank design:


It's been built and ready to go for a while...

Sorry - it's still in the basement storage room... The fiance thinks I should be concentrating on the wedding details (eek less than a month!) at the moment! Christie said no water until the 15th - so haven't been playing with the CSD while waiting for this day to come, Thus I need to get off my tookus get the daily stall eliminated...

Basically will be going ahead with the planned tank from the previous contest - with some changes; where it wasn't allowed

Tank will be connected to a Carlson surge (~3g capacity) using a 5g sump.

Lighting - will be a work in progress Likely going to be using about 15w of LED lighting - no budget so why the heck not go for broke?
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Old 06-16-2009, 05:14 AM
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Screw the wedding, you can get married anytime, tank contests don't come along that often.

Are they 3/4 holes or holes for 3/4 bulkheads?
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Actually they got drilled for 1" bulkheads - one of these days I'll stop going 100% overkill on everything
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Hey Andy,

You might as well put water in it, I think Randi already jumped the gun anyways, I was just reading her thread and it sounds like her tank is already cycling through a diatom bloom.

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Maybe on the weekend, gotta dig it out, clean it up... Make it pretty find some sand... mix some water... Yeesh, what did I get myself into? This sounds like work!
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no budget so why the heck not go for broke?
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I won't lie, I had water in by the 5th ... I totally forgot about the no water rule, and I bought the stuff and had no where to put the rock.

I will hold off with the livestock for an extra 2 weeks to even things out. I was planning this anyhow, but this way I have a reason
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LOL - actually no budget allows me to do things in stages... Plan is actually to get the arduino reef controller onto this tank (that'd really blow a budget) - if I had to account for everything It'd be a very messy tally sheet...
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Hey Andy,

You might as well put water in it, I think Randi already jumped the gun anyways, I was just reading her thread and it sounds like her tank is already cycling through a diatom bloom.

no water till June 1st...so I waited till June 1st! No gun jumping! I had everything in the sump of the 90 anyways.... :P
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Its my own fault, I thought it would go the way of the last contest. You know where everyone started their threads with a pic of their empty tank with something in it (like a beer can or a cat) and then progress from there.

My own fault for not stating it.

Let the games begin!

Sorry for the hijack Andy
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