madmike

wait...no shipping needed, your just in damascus...saw albany from R3's posts,lol.

Are all those colonies in the tank for sale, or just the smaller frags? How much are you looking for for them? larger colonies that is...ballpark? Mike

Would you be willing to ship?

thanks looked brand new

Unfortunately, I didn't take any pics of the process. I used an orbital sander with sheets of 3m from 400 all the way to I believe 2500 was the highest that TAP plastics carried. Then I went from hand with micromesh from 3000-12000. I was talking with james at envision a short while after completing it and told him it would have been nice if I could have got larger sheets of micromesh to use in the orbital sander and he said that they were available, you just have to call and ask for them. If it were me, I would call and get full size sheets of micromesh and use an orbital sander, I don't suspect that they will be cheap though...but neither is a new tank,lol. You can borrow my dewalt sander and buffer if you want. I think that if you use the right sandpaper and right tools, it could go pretty fast, but may cost a bit. Here is a bad pic of the whole tank after setting up...cant quite get the white balance right with my current camera...need a new camera for christmas,lol.

I took a envision 225gallon down to 400 grit sand paper and worked my way up to 12000 grit micromesh, and then used a dewalt power buffer with novus 3 and 2 and it turned out great! Too bad it took about 40 or so hours to do,lol! There were a ton of scratches so I ended up doing the inside and out. I was lucky that the tank was large enough to stand in while on end so it wasnt so bad getting inside, just a real mess though. Let me know if you have any questions. Mike

Tropic marine pro here, Im able to run a large sps system with a constant water change system and kalk only and my params stay rock steady.

Same here, great local member willing to give great deals on equipment! Thanks! Mike

I run an ozotech unit using my ACIII and run it thru my reeflo orca 250. Seems to work fine and I don't need to clean the glass as much.

PM sent on tunze

i'd possibly be in for a tigershark, a acrylic replacement kit for both the hammerhead and tigershark, and a couple of sf1600s with magnets. Mike

I need an aquasurf if you are interested in splitting up

Absolutely, they are hanging out together in the corner right now, easy to take pics once the lights come on. GO COUGS and congrats on your graduation! It was great meeting your parents, really cool people. Mike

picking them up tonight,

pm sent, i'll take them. Mike

ohh, cool...guess I was only paying attention to the 400 watters because that is what i'll be running eventually. (bought the dimmable coralvue ballasts so I could use a kill-a-watt to tune them down towards 360 to see if they will last longer. Thanks

The radiums are new right? I'll be interested to know what kind of par they put out in 6 months. Everything I have heard says the electronic ballasts overdrive them and the wear out pretty fast. Remind me in 6 months and you can borrow the meter again and check them to see where they are. Mike

I'm glad you got your info. hope everything gets better from now on. Mike

no problem, I just moved from a little north of you over to the hazel dell area. When did you want to come pick it up?

I've got one. Might be willing to work out a trade for frags to be determined at a later date, lol, as my tank is currently in the setup stage. Shoot me a pm, my schedule is a little crazy with work and transferring my garage into a suitable fish room, but if you need it for a day let me know. Oh...and I am located in Vancouver also, what side of town you on? Mike

Not a problem, especially when dealing with great sellers such as yourself! Thanks Mike

where are you located? I'll take it.

Anyone know of anyplace in portland/vancouver area that sells either sch 80 gray pvc or gray sch 40 pvc fittings? Thanks Mike

pm sent thanks

Np let me know