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Cgoodburn

Cgoodburn

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So here we go, my son and I have decided to start up a tank together. Our first tank was a Red Sea Max 250. When we moved we decided once we were settled in we would go bigger. The space eventually "allowed" agreed by the boss, was a ledge between our lounge and TV room. We found a tank the perfect size in an AD in Durban.
We drove down to collect our tank 3 weeks ago. last weekend we set up our DEEP MARINE
Dimensions: 1800x900hx600w
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8 people to carry this monster in.......... Holding my breath every minute.

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Our tank in position and ready to go.
Leveling frame thanks to @Aurora
 
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jimilutz said:
i see lots of fun ahead. My tank is 800 deep and I have simian arms, even then I sometimes get my armpits wet. What you doing for filtration?
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Yes this is a challenge. Will need to make some tools to work at the bottom.

The tank came with a reeftek TS3, which I have upgraded to a Bubble Magnus curve 9 thanks to @waterboy. Running a sump which is 1000x400x400. 4 chambers
1 inlet
2 sump
3 refugium
4 return

Have also added 3 in 1 uv algae, also from @ waterboy
Also my sump is on the same level as the tanks. Did not have enough space

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Bendor said:
I for one would love to see you pull this off. Obvious headaches as your thread title states but huge potential. I personally would go with a low rock structure because it allows for lots of swimming space and you can role play Romeo and Juliet through the fish tank every evening.
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:m23: yes the idea is to have a nice big swimming area. The idea is not to have a high rock build as it will spoil the effect through the tank.
I have not yet decided what I will stock the tank with. All I know is I am going to take it slow. Cycle properly and add slowly as well.
 
CameL said:
Looking good, diatoms is a good sign so far so good, i like that waterboy 3 in 1
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I use the Waterboy 3 in 1 as well. I eventually removed the sponges and put 5cm of ferric oxide in each container, good motion and no clogging. I run carbon intermittently on a large scale with an external canister filter.

Just in case your sponges start clogging and you're looking for another option.
 
Bendor said:
I use the Waterboy 3 in 1 as well. I eventually removed the sponges and put 5cm of ferric oxide in each container, good motion and no clogging. I run carbon intermittently on a large scale with an external canister filter.

Just in case your sponges start clogging and you're looking for another option.
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Thanks will keep that in mind. May reach out to you for more detail on how you have done it.:m106:
 
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