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Thread: Cliff’s 180 gallon reef
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09-30-2012, 06:52 PM #231
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Cliff the tank looks fantastic man! Cheers!
55g Long --> After 18mo of doing well the tank crashed during moving. Most likely cause: Flatworm Die-off... won't start another until after moving... Likely not until late 2013
20g Long --> currently concoting a build plan
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09-30-2012, 08:05 PM #232
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Thanks guys
If you take your time to do the research FIRST, you can successfully set-up and keep ANY type of aquarium with ease.
"Not using a quarantine tank is like playing Russian roulette. Nobody wins the game, some people just get to play longer than others." - Anthony Calfo
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09-30-2012, 11:57 PM #233
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Oh wow! You've been busy! That looks great!
55 g Goldfish Tank - 5 Fancies, 2 Dojos
25 g Tropical Tank - Celestial Pearl Danio/Mixed
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10-01-2012, 02:18 PM #234
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That really is an awesome job Cliff, the whole wall looks like one unit.
Maintenance is sooo much easier to do when you can get at everything easily!
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10-01-2012, 07:26 PM #235
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looks great Cliff! the ease of maintaining everything is superb in your setup!
your friendly neighbourhood arowanaman!
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10-07-2012, 10:19 PM #236
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My laziness got the best of me today and I had to change the standpipes on my tank. I built the stand pipes using the standard design were the cap with the air vent is not much higher than the elbow on the top of the pipe (pic below)
The only drawback to this is based on my flow, I had two every small air holes on caps to maintain just the airflow for a very quiet drain. Because of the small hole size, they would get enough salt build up on them to restrict the air flow causing a lot of extra noise. I would have to take them off once a week to rinse off the salt.
I just realized today that if I were to add a longer peace of pipe to raise the cap with the air vent farther away from the water, there would be no salt build-up, and no more weekly air vent cleaning. I just can’t make it higher than the canopy and no one will see it. Just a newly discovered benefit of an external overflow
It’s been a week now and no salt build to clean, and a nice and quiet drain.
If you take your time to do the research FIRST, you can successfully set-up and keep ANY type of aquarium with ease.
"Not using a quarantine tank is like playing Russian roulette. Nobody wins the game, some people just get to play longer than others." - Anthony Calfo
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10-17-2012, 05:00 PM #237
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Great set up Cliff. Very inspiring.
Roll the Dice!
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11-04-2012, 02:02 AM #238
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Seeing as how I have all kinds of spawning going on, I got a 40 gallon grow out tank to hopefully be ready for the next set of clownfish eggs and hopefully a second one for my breeding pair of breeding cardinals.
I bought the tank from a fellow hobbyist in the city a few weeks ago, and to my surprize it was a 40 gallon breeder tank. I built a stand for it with a bottom shelf to hold another tank, like a 20 gallon smaller grow-out tank.
I set up the 40 gallon today as I needed to quarantine some new fish I got today. Once that Is done, I will take down the tank and finish the stand with some sealer and paint. I’ve got a really cheap LED fixture on it right now to give just enough light to be able to watch the fish but not enough light to have to worry about a lot of algae.
The light is turned off right now as the fish are still getting used to being in the tank.
Hopefully, I can be better prepared for the next clown fish spawning.
Last edited by Cliff; 11-04-2012 at 02:13 AM.
If you take your time to do the research FIRST, you can successfully set-up and keep ANY type of aquarium with ease.
"Not using a quarantine tank is like playing Russian roulette. Nobody wins the game, some people just get to play longer than others." - Anthony Calfo
Fishless Cycle Cycling with Fish Marine Aquarium Info [URL="http://saltwater.aquaticcommunity.com/"]
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11-04-2012, 02:37 PM #239
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Cool! You'll be going into business soon!
I have a frag tank you might be interested in...
And a slightly used RSM...
55 g Goldfish Tank - 5 Fancies, 2 Dojos
25 g Tropical Tank - Celestial Pearl Danio/Mixed
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11-04-2012, 02:50 PM #240
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Quite an inspirational set-up there, Cliff. How many hours a week do you clock up on maintenance?
Also, I've been thinking about sumps - does anyone ever set one up that's viewable? Like a double-decker tank. LOL. They're not unpleasant to look at really with the rockwork and macro algae.
Am I talking nonsense?
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