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12-09-2015, 04:27 AM
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Raied's Punyaquarium Build
Well, I am back
 For the past 1 year, I have had quite a few changes: I got the perfect job, I bought a brand new car and finally switched to a better apartment. I thought about restarting my hobby but some things kept on blocking it. But finally, few weeks back, when I was talking to a client from long island and he showed how he was using the LED fixtures from the company that I work for (I work for a LED manufacturer btw), that clicked my determination! I have finally decided to pull the trigger once more. Well this tank is NOT going to be like the last big mistake I made. It is going to be small, only LPS and softies and something that I can enjoy instead of experimenting with. From the top of my mind, I am planning on the following: 1. Tank dimension: 18"x18"x15". Will be starfire, black siliconed and absolutely no trim. I am ready to sacrifice size but won't have any trim and get bugged by the salt creeps. 2. Lighting: as many of you know, I am not a big fan of LEDs for aquarium. But for this tank, I am going for LEDs and none other than Kessil (they are a real LED fixture manufacturer). Reviews seems to be good and I like their no lens fixtures for the nice colour blend. For the tank size, I am going for A160. I am struggling to find the PAR readings out of these fixtures; can anyone please help me out with this? 3. Filtration: This is something that I am debating with myself. I want a big skimmer on the tank and since my previous filtration experience has always been overkill, I don't want to repeat the same thing again. Then again, I am open to suggestions for this. Anything that can be done without sump. Suggestions are always welcome. 4. Content: as mentioned earlier, this is going to be a tank that I can enjoy instead of messing around with. I really like the idea of a bonai tree (with various colours of torches) and I will probably be going for that. Want something sweet and simple this time. Colourful, basic, with some crazy clownfish clowning around. Just as a quick flashback, this is where I left an year ago:  I am excited 
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You wouldn't want to see my tank. I don't use fancy equipment and I am a noob Last edited by Delphinus; 12-31-2015 at 02:18 AM. 
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12-09-2015, 04:34 AM
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Welcome back!
Only 21 gallons? You'll be upgrading soon, lol!
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12-09-2015, 04:38 AM
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 Nah I got tired of big tanks. I am not going to think about big tanks until I get my own place and that is not happening anytime soon. Its hard for me to maintain big tanks at rented places.
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You wouldn't want to see my tank. I don't use fancy equipment and I am a noob
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12-09-2015, 05:14 AM
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 I would hardly call your last tank a "big mistake" :-)Welcome back !
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12-09-2015, 11:32 AM
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Glad to see you back Raied missed seeing your tank which I might add was to drool for regardless of what you think 😜
Btw your not allowed to leave again that's the rules
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12-09-2015, 12:32 PM
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Welcome back! Why don't you put a false back in it like the AIO tanks and make the compartment big enough to hold a little Tunze skimmer? Hang-on skimmers overflow onto your floor unless you mod them.
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12-09-2015, 07:30 PM
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Welcome back, I look forward to seeing what you put together for this time around.
In many ways it's nice to have a clean/fresh start. I can't help on the PAR readings but I sure do like the Kessil's myself, if I were to completely fresh start myself I'd give those a serious consideration. I keep looking at them for use as plant lights too.
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-- Tony My next hobby will be flooding my basement while repeatedly banging my head against a brick wall and tearing up $100 bills. Whee!
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