My 300G Built-in Reef - UPDATE - Tear down thread

[bleedingthought]

Somehow I missed the new pictures. :? I actually like all the poci on the bottom!

That gigas is something else, man! 8)

Looked great! Make sure you do it again.

 

[trido]

I must agree about liking the pocci carpet. I Understand how you feel though. Im sure I feel the same way about the xenia in my tank. But, from a by standers point of view its pretty cool. Actually, a look a million reefers could only hope to acheive in their dreams.

 

[wiszmaster]

Thank You randy for the Deresa! It's open and looking good. Nice quality stuff you ave there.

Take care,
marco

 

[WRASSER]

hey Louey,
long time no post Great job on the Tank!! So sorry that you have to take it down and CONGRATS on the new house. Looking forward to see the next one :wink:

 

[bleedingthought]

Randy, where did you get the RV latches for the door?

Is the hole closed up, yet?

And what kind of moonlights did you use on your tank? I should have bought them from you also.


P.S. But seriously, share with us what the plans for the next tank are!

 

[Anonymous]

Thiago wrote:

Randy, where did you get the RV latches for the door?

http://www.rockler.com/search_results.cfm?filter=RV+latch

Is the hole closed up, yet?

The wall is being rebuilt as we speak.

And what kind of moonlights did you use on your tank? I should have bought them from you also.

I used the moonlight that comes with a Tunze 7095 multi-controller. I stoppped using it after the Poccilipora spawned and I do not recommend moonlighting for this reason. Spawns can bring whole tanks down....

Louey

 

[wiszmaster]

randy,

were you ever able to find the documentation for the calcium reactor?

thanks,

marco

 

[Anonymous]

Sorry Marco. I no longer have the files on my computer.

Remember, the only things the affect the reactor is the bubble count and the effluent pass-through rate. Find a combination of effluent flow and bubbles that brings the CA effluent PH down to the 6.5 - 6.75 range. That should give you good CA and alk readings. There are a million combinations of CO2 and effluent passthrough. Find the one that works best for your animals.

Louey

 

[Anonymous]

Here is the final picture that I'll post in this thread:

 

[bleedingthought]

That's kind of sad...

 

[Anonymous]

Bleedingthough wrote:

That's kind of sad...

Indeed. It is.

Louey

 

[trido]

It truely is sad.

Ill sit here and wait patiently for your next build thread. I shouldnt be too many years before your needing some color in your new house.

 

[Anonymous]

trido wrote:

Ill sit here and wait patiently for your next build thread.

It's funny. Although I do miss my 300 gallon tank, so far I don't have any inclination to start a new tank. Knowing that I don't have room for anything close to a 300, and knowing that I have no desire to ever bite off a project that size again, I just can't get excited about anything smaller.

That's the problem with having had a tank that big. Everything else seems piddly.

I did enjoy getting my first full-months power bill at the new house. $240 vs. $530 at the old house.

Maybe I'll get a wild hair later.

Louey

 

[bleedingthought]

Well, maybe you can try something different like a 240G cube.