Cdklos

Thats a good idea. I was planning on having a custom frame built by 80/20.net Has anyone ever used them before? I saw tidal gardens uses them and they looked really sharp!

**UPDATE**

We have broken ground on the new house and made a few changes to the tank and the room design. I have decided to increase the tank size to a 10'W x 36"T x 30" deep. Making the tank 561 gallons. The tank room can now be accessed from the house and not the garage. We have added a mini-split AC unit to the room to keep it cool and an AC return from the main house with a damper and humidistat to control humidity in the house. The average humidity where I live is around 30% so I figured we could use the tank to help increase humidity in the house. We added a floor drain to the room and a sink, the RO system will be in my mechanical room adjacent to the tank room so I will have extra room for a 15 tank quarantine set up. I figure once everything is up a running in a year or so, I will start quarantining fish and selling them. I am going to use an external skimmer, and make 2 custom sumps, one with a large fuge and one with a remote DSB. I am trying to figure out what lights to go with. I am thinking metal halide with T5. Is this still the absolute best option? Cost doesn't matter, I just want the absolute best lighting possible. I used Kessils with t5 on my last tank and they worked well, but I think I could have better coral growth with a better light set up. I am also thinking the Radion XR30 G5 PRO. I do like the idea of less heat output than halides, I am not putting a chiller on the tank. What do you all think?

Hello All! I'm sure most you you don't remember be, I built a 240 Gallon a couple years ago. A bunch has changed since then and the 240 is gone. I have since moved from Austin to open a new branch of my company in Lubbock, Texas but I still return to Austin all the time for work. I am looking for suggestions on equipment and design help for my new tank. Here is a link to my first tank build.

Heres the story:

I'm building a new house and the new tank is going to be the focal point. I'm having a room built out for the tank to go in, with a cut out in the wall for viewing the tank. The tank dimensions will be 120"x30"x30". The room will be 8'x18', I added a picture.

I'm putting in a 4000 gallon/day R.O. system for the whole house and D.I. bottles for the tank. 

I'm looking for any ideas or input that anyone has. I am planning on doing 1 main 5000 GPH pump, and a second 3000 GPH circulation tank. I'm looking for at least 5000 GPH flow rate, including pump head pressure. 2 triangular shaped overflows on the back wall. I will have a metal frame built to support the tank with at least a 120 gallon usable sump beneath it. I'm going do 1.5"-2" sand bed in the tank, with a large remote deep sand bed that can be emptied in a few years, to avoid the problems down the road. 

I will be running a full Apex system, CO2 reactor, a few reactors for carbon and GFO, ATO, and the like.

I will also have 4-5 40 gallon breeders with divisions for fish quarantining, that will be on a totally different system running copper, plumped so that I can drain and refill the tanks automatically. 

Where can I get a high quality custom made sump? How should I have the sump made? I want a refugium, but also want the flexibility to run a triton system in the future if I decide to. 

What skimmer or Skimmers should I use? The tank will be pretty heavily stocked eventually, I will do LPS and SPS, so I assume the bio load will eventually be pretty heavy. 

Who is the best tank maker? I want the best quality I can get.

I have attached a picture of where the tank will be going. We will be breaking ground on the house in January, I will probably order the glass and sump the middle of March, I assume it takes 6 weeks to get the tank made and shipped.

What are yall's ideas!!?? I don't want to miss anything, looking for suggestions!
 

Hello Accazier, I have a Picasso Trigger up for sale if your interested, he’s about 4”.

Your gonna put all those guys in a 120? Looks like 7?

It’s all gone.


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I have four of the metal halids, Ice cap ballasts for them, a large skimmer, and a huge bucket of sand. It’s all going in the trash tomorrow. If you want it please come get it, but you gotta take it all.

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I’ll take him, I can pick him up this evening.


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I do RO/DI work.


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I’m looking for about 4 established tangs. I already have a hippo tang, and Lt. Tang. I’d like an established blonde naso, an established Powder blue tang and an established yellow tang. 3-5 inched would be perfect, and I’ll pay extra. It’s gotta be from an established tank that hasn’t had any problems with ich or velvet, or hasn’t had any problems for a very long time. Let me know!

Sooo...tank has been going really well. Newest update. I was using an old aquarium light for my fuge. Light is programmed to come on at 9:00 pm and shut off at 6:00 am. Lights begin coming on about 7:15am and turn off about 7:30pm. The chaeto in my fuge has grown, very, very small amounts in the last 4 months. All the chaeto was always on the bottom of the fuge and I don’t have enough flow in the fuge to make it move or rotate. It has literally been in the exact same place for 4 months. I ordered a new Kessil H380 grow light and installed it this afternoon. It’s programmed to come on at the same time as the old light. I checked out the fuge tonight, after the light had been on for a couple hours and all the chaeto has floated up to the surface and is directly under the light. Why is this? I assume the chaeto is loving the light and is reacting to having a good light? Anyone else experienced this? Pictures are kinda hard to make out with the purple light.

What are pellets?

Thanks for all the replies!

I put live rock in there so the picky eaters would at least have something to pick at...Before I put any fish in there I put a bunch of copper in there so the live rock would absorb it, I left it like that for a week or so then did water changes to bring the copper levels back down and they have been at .5 can consistently for 1+ months. For the next quarantine I will try Coppersafe, I like the fact that it’s easier on the fish, didn’t know that! I will try putting some worms in there and some Ulva. Will he eat once he gets hungry or will he starve himself to death? Also, can I get red algae at the LFS? Never seen red algae.

Not sure where to post questions about fish...so I’ll throw it up here and see if you guys can help me.

I got a new blonde naso 2 days ago from live aquaria. He looks great, swims around the quarantine tank and seems generally fine, but he won’t eat. He is in a 20 gallon quarantine tank that is well established. I’m running cuppramine in the tank at .5. I’ve done a 50% water change the day before I added the new fish to the quarantine. No ammonia, nitrates or nitrites. He is about 2.5” long. There is also a Leutennant tang and a long nose hawk in the tank. The Lt. is about 3” long and the hawk is about 2”. There has been zero aggression between the two tangs, and they were all added at the same time. I’ve tried mysis, spirulina, mega-marine angel, nori, and dr. Gs. I have done mixtures of all the different foods together. Tried feeding at different times during the day. I’ve put nori on clips and  tied to rocks. I’ve soaked the food in garlic and tried with no garlic. When I feed he comes out and seems excited to eat, swims up to food and then passes it by. What else should I try? I’ve managed to get angels to eat with no real issues, but this guy won’t eat anything! I have seen him nibble at some of the live rock every once in a while, but not too much. Any suggestions would be much appreciated!

Looking for 15-20 pieces of rock.  I'm going to glue it together (don't ask) for a pico tank.   Some small shelf or pukani would be great.  Lemme know.  Prefer north of Parmer...

I want to thank [mention=4121]Cdklos[/mention] again for letting me purchase a pump off him. I got it hooked up and running and the RODI system is alive and kicking.

Air Water and Ice is a sponsor.  With your premium membership, there is a 10% discount if you use the club code.  The code is in the first post in their sponsor forum here on ARC.  Their pricing is comparable to BRS.
There is one on saltwateraquarium.com for quite a bit less but it didn't exactly have 5-star reviews:  https://www.saltwateraquarium.com/puratek-100-gpd-rodi-booster-pump-w-power-supply-vertex-aquaristik/
I'm lucky in that my pressure is around 65-70 psi.  20-25psi is really low.  Do you have a pressure regulator at your water main?  You may want to check it.  You can also get a fairly cheap pressure gauge from Home Depot and test your water pressure at a hose bib or washing machine supply and check the house. 

Looking for a 5 lb CO2 canister for a new CARX I purchased.
 
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Someone told me a critter box or a fish trap type box is how the big aquariums like sea world, etc does it. Gives the fish a chance to get used to one another and keep the new one safe. I wasn’t able to find anything online to validate this theory, but I’m trying it with my new fish right now. I have a bully big eyed squirrel fish. Tomorrow we will see if the experiment worked. Tangs may be a beast of their own, but I thght I’d share.


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Will the tangs be aggressive towards the angels? Or vise-versa?

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I am ready to add some Tangs to my tank. The list is as follows:

(1) yellow tang

(1) blue tang

(1) powder blue tang

(1) blonde naso tang

(1) lieutenant tang

And (2) not-so-tang

(1) queen angel

(1) regal angel

Everyone is saying to add them at the same time, but that’s not terribly easy to do. I want to get them all as tiny/small, 1.5” at the most. And I want to add them at the same time, but getting them and then quarantining them all at the same size and same time seems almost impossible. I would have to set up another 240 just to quarantine. How does everyone go about doing this?

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Superman Rhodactis - $10

Thundercat Zoanthid colony - $20
Cactus Parvona approx 2 1/2" wide - $20
Cinnamon Grandis 3 heads - $20
Red Planet Acro 1" frag - $15

Tyree Green Toadstool Small- $15
 

(Have about 10 of these small Tyree Green Toadstools $10-$15 each) Approx quarter to silver dollar in diameter
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Does the water that you buy from the LFS test correct before you put it in your tank? Maybe the container that you use to take the water to the LFS is throwing something off? You can borrow my salinity meter and double check with that if you like.


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