leslie hempel
Professional Aquarist
Well after all these years of renting we have finally bought our home! my wife and i have decided that we will be building a tank into the wall.
My 5ft is currently still running but im losing fish left right and center, all victims of having to rush my move and put them into the tank before i could get things running properly. ive pretty much written off the balance of the fish, im feeding them with a vitimin enriched food but a complete loss seems inevitable.
Ive turned my focus onto my new project, if it wasnt a permanent build i would have definatley have thrown the towel in.
specs of new system
Proposed tank size: 1.800 x 1.000 x 700
filtration: Big skimmer (still looking at options but will run my Vertex alpha 200), LR in DT and refugium
flow: tunzes deciding on possibly getting 4 x 6095's on a 7096 controller
lighting: Vertex Illumina SR260 900mm long unit, i know this may seem small but i will decide if i need to supplement with additional LED. so far this unit is extreemly impressive on my 1.5m x 800 x 650
Im a big believer in large frequent water changes and will be performing these monthly. something i am excited about is to be able to expand my water volume and will be adding 2 x 200lt drums on in order to cultivate pods and live food, this proved extreemly successful when i did this some time ago and i had a constant supply of live food for fish like goldies etc
Aim of the system: mixed reef, i will dabble with a few sps when the time is rite but softies and LPS are my forte, im hoping to throw a few clams into the equation this time.
ive already been in contact with building contractors so im eagerly awaiting their quotations although im aprehensive about the figures im going to have to find to make this happen.
Glass pricing has become hectically expensive so where i once had the luxury of using 15mm for my build in the past i will now have to look at using 12mm well braced.
im extreemly saddened by my losses of my existing system but im optomistic to give this one last good go!
wish me luck
Les
My 5ft is currently still running but im losing fish left right and center, all victims of having to rush my move and put them into the tank before i could get things running properly. ive pretty much written off the balance of the fish, im feeding them with a vitimin enriched food but a complete loss seems inevitable.
Ive turned my focus onto my new project, if it wasnt a permanent build i would have definatley have thrown the towel in.
specs of new system
Proposed tank size: 1.800 x 1.000 x 700
filtration: Big skimmer (still looking at options but will run my Vertex alpha 200), LR in DT and refugium
flow: tunzes deciding on possibly getting 4 x 6095's on a 7096 controller
lighting: Vertex Illumina SR260 900mm long unit, i know this may seem small but i will decide if i need to supplement with additional LED. so far this unit is extreemly impressive on my 1.5m x 800 x 650
Im a big believer in large frequent water changes and will be performing these monthly. something i am excited about is to be able to expand my water volume and will be adding 2 x 200lt drums on in order to cultivate pods and live food, this proved extreemly successful when i did this some time ago and i had a constant supply of live food for fish like goldies etc
Aim of the system: mixed reef, i will dabble with a few sps when the time is rite but softies and LPS are my forte, im hoping to throw a few clams into the equation this time.
ive already been in contact with building contractors so im eagerly awaiting their quotations although im aprehensive about the figures im going to have to find to make this happen.
Glass pricing has become hectically expensive so where i once had the luxury of using 15mm for my build in the past i will now have to look at using 12mm well braced.
im extreemly saddened by my losses of my existing system but im optomistic to give this one last good go!
wish me luck
Les
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