jfly

zomg, I wanna see pics!

Yeah, I can only find a 4 and 6 bulb 3 footer. Lame! If I can find one I might use that instead of halides... sure looks awesome on that tank.

Okay, I need to buy some lights for my new tank, so I'd like to get $175 for it.

Woot, i found the one that impur did.

I think that maybe what I should do is get another panel cut for the back and just have it like 1/4" shorter than the rest of the tank, then I could do a coast to coast external.

Where did you get your light setup from?

Well, i've read a bunch of posts by you and no pics of the cuttage. :( Any ideas? I gotta go look for Impure's now.

You could always take it apart and look what's inside, that's how I found out mine had workhorse 2's in them. :P

I use IO, but thats just becuase that's what I had when I first started out and I have yet to go through a single bucket. lol. good game using only topoff water for 4 years. :P I'm almost out though, and looking for something better. I wanna see how they make this stuff in the first place. DC needs an episode of Dirty Jobs to go to a salt plant!

What did you use to cut it? I have hole saws but I dont have an oblong saws. :P I've been trying to figure out how to do that, actually, I just wasn't sure about breaking the trim and whatnot. Are you worried that the trim being gone will be problematic? Do you have any more pictures? I love this idea.

Yeah, I'm just not sure I like the idea of a pipe in the tank any more than box. :(

Sweet, thanks. I think that's what I'll go with. Any idea on how I could put in an external coast to coast overflow? That would be ideal, I just cant figure a way to do it without removing and cutting or replacing the back panel. I suppose I could do a false wall to eliminate the edge of a box. I may just go with a regular vertical overflow because its so much easier. :P

Yeah, the skimmer is running a sedra 3500, so I at least have that part worked out. I also spent 90 bucks on wood tonight to make the stand. I hope its worth it. :P

I'm trying to work out if I want to do a horizontal ("coast to coast") overflow in the back or not. I'm worried that even if its black glass it will be an eyesore, but it would be great for surface skimming and i know how I'd plumb it. Its going to be that or straight piece in the corner for a vertical overflow (making a triangle).

Do you have any pictures of your build other than the movie (I watched that the other day, btw. Nice tank! )

Any opinions on an ehiem 1260 vs a 1250 for a sump return and then something like a 1262 for a CL?

Most of these reflectors out there seem to be a bit on the gigantic size, even for a tank that is 18" front to back. Any suggestions? I'd like the option to put in some t-5 actinics which would need at least 4 inches total (if I could use 2" reflectors) just for them, which only leaves me with 14" of space for a halide...unless of course I overlap. Ugh.

I think I've actually decided on a 175w iwasaki 15k. Just not sure which reflector to use. I'd love to get away with a single bulb on the tank if I could get enough spread, but its 36" long so I think maybe I'll have to bite the bullet and get two of them. What do you think?

Is this still available? Got any recent pics if so?

I've never even heard of one before. What's the difference?

What do you guys think about this for lighting?

http://www.hellolights.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1356

Nice! I'll go check.

That setup looks pretty sweet. How does the skimmer perform? I've been reading a bit of negative stuff about the ATO as of late. I guess I'll stick with the one I made myself. :P I just need to work in some redundancy and some sort of an alert.

Well it sounds like you know what you're talking about and it sounds like a good deal. If *YOU* would put it on a new 40BR then I'll take it.

Okay, so now that my daughter isn't sleeping in the room, here's some pictures! (sorry for the delay)

Tank measures 48x18x24 and the stand is 32" high.

I put some boxes in the tank so you could get some perspective on it and then realized I could just open the door and show you where I keep my salt bucket and my old 29.

So two 1.5" overflows... how would you space them? .25 and .75?

I assume that I'd put them as close to the top as possible, am I wrong in that?

I like the idea of splitting the return flow and controlling it with ball valves. Would that generate noise though? Also, would I have to construct a frame behind the tank to support the piping?

I've got a 90 gallon with stand that I had been planning on setting up after I got out of the army, but I'm going to go with a 40BR instead. The tank has been empty in my room for 4 years. :( It's a lonely tank that really wants someone to fill it up! I have no idea what its worth, but it's in good shape. I can take pics of the tank and stand if anyone is interested in that size of tank.

I might be interested in a few months... I'm still house hunting now, though. :(