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09-01-2015, 07:27 PM
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Eiblii angels are real hit or miss in terms of being coral safe. One of my favourites though in terms of looks.
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09-04-2015, 05:36 PM
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Headaches
While I still haven't decided where to put the tank, it isn't as high on my list at the moment because of some issues with the plumbing in the utility room. Said issues can be seen here
Long story short. 1) plumbing is not copper or pvc but PEX therefore I can't use a clamp 2) plumbing is a mess and needs to be redone 3) RODI is under the bathroom sink, exactly where I did not want it. Solution - we're hiring a plumber to come in and fix the disaster that is in the utility room, and while he is at it were going to get him to T off for the RODI. Yay more $$ spent.
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09-04-2015, 06:31 PM
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It's too bad I'm so far away. I happily would have done all that for some donuts and a double double.
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09-06-2015, 12:32 AM
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Tomorrow is the big day. I will be moving my tank from my old house to the new. I am currently getting some rodi water ready at the new house in case I need it. Tank will be set up in the utility room as I will be using it as a qt when the new one comes in.
My bathroom is full of buckets and fish stuff. Cannot wait to get the plumber in Thursday so I can move everything into the utility room. Also going to start taping off the walls in the media room to figure out which place is the best. Slowly but surely the glitches are working out.
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09-07-2015, 03:57 AM
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7 hours later and the tank is finally moved.
Remind me to never move a tank ever again. My poor fish were in a 5 gallon pail with a heater and air stone for a few hours, and I was pretty sure someone was going to die. While in transit one of the bags got a hole in it and leaked all over (spiney snail to blame for that) and I thought the back of the tank blew a seal. But finally everything is set up enough to get everything running, everyone is in the tank and swimming around, and we will see if there are any casualties in the morning!
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09-08-2015, 05:57 PM
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Managed to take some time from unpacking and taped up some outlines in the media room. Approx dimensions are 48LX22HX 30 from the wall.
I am debating whether or not I should go with an internal or external overflow, which may affect the depth of the tank. 
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09-08-2015, 07:51 PM
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Hehe - I find my most productive tank planning occurs while I am at work...
There were a few problems with my original design (external overflow, 30" deep). 1) The tank would be way too far out from the wall, and would throw off the balance of the room. 2) I reallllly wanted the extra depth to the tank. 3) The extra depth would force me to put the tank into the media room as all our other doors are abnormally narrow, so the tank would have to sit at the back behind the couch (mad face) 4) I want the inside of the display to look as clean as possible - so I wanted to avoid an internal overflow box. The solutionnnnnn 1) Suck it up and put in an internal overflow and drill that bad boy through the bottom. 2) Make the overflow a corner overflow, put the returns on the other corner, and at least have the center at 30" 3) Yay the tank can sit where I want it to in the media room. 4) I was planning to have my aqua scape come out from the corners anyways so they will hide a large portion of the overflow. yay magic!
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