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Unread 10/30/2005, 11:05 PM   #301
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Energy............Was just wondering about your comment about the foam breaking down under UV? I am planning on using to cover the back of my "small in comparison" 225 in the comming months. I had not heard about it breaking down, could you shed some light on your source? Thanks in advance Rick....
IIRC, it's written on the can.... There is a "pond" version that doesn't break down due to UV and it's black -- and, about $25/can.

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Unread 10/31/2005, 12:00 AM   #302
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I thought that was what he used the "pond" where can i get the "pond " version?


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Unread 10/31/2005, 04:58 AM   #303
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Thanks Spazz your welcome over any time. Someone asked about how much the tank costs to run per month. My best estimate for the tank alone is about $350 per month. I view it equal to a motorcycle or sports car payment.
woah! for beauty of a tank like that, it's worth it! Congrats on the new baby :P


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Unread 10/31/2005, 09:39 AM   #304
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Energy, first of all, sorry some of the information I gave on you tank was not completely accurate. Most of it was pretty close though. Second, you mentioned removing the red sea sailfin tang because it was nipping the stingray's tail. How did you go about removing a fish from such a large system?


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Unread 10/31/2005, 10:04 AM   #305
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Did anyone happen to get any details on the sponge-tank? or did I skip over that part in my excitement over the new photos and vids!!!!!


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Unread 10/31/2005, 10:15 AM   #306
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Did anyone happen to get any details on the sponge-tank? or did I skip over that part in my excitement over the new photos and vids!!!!!
I don't think he went into the details on that... I am very interested as well...

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Unread 10/31/2005, 10:26 AM   #307
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Unread 10/31/2005, 11:07 AM   #308
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I'm not sure about him but I was trying to catch my yellow tang and I put food in my net. My red sea sailfin is such a damn pig, he went all the way into the net. Now my yellow tang is not as dumb.


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Unread 10/31/2005, 02:21 PM   #309
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Energy:

Congrats on the new "BOY FRAG", hope you and your wife are doing fine. Sleep is really not that important

Thanks for the info, and I look forward to continued reading.

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Unread 10/31/2005, 02:52 PM   #310
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congrats on the new baby boy!

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Unread 10/31/2005, 03:51 PM   #311
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Since he was a little more brazen and aggresive he was easy to catch. I use a small critter container with an opening in th etop. It's clear so the fish can see the food i place in it. They swim through the opening in the top which they can swim out of real easy as well. The trick is to reach in and grab the container as their in it. They panic and don't want to swim up towards the hand that is reaching down towards them. Pick the container and fish up and their you go.
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Unread 10/31/2005, 03:51 PM   #312
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Since he was a little more brazen and aggresive he was easy to catch. I use a small critter container with an opening in th etop. It's clear so the fish can see the food i place in it. They swim through the opening in the top which they can swim out of real easy as well. The trick is to reach in and grab the container as their in it. They panic and don't want to swim up towards the hand that is reaching down towards them. Pick the container and fish up and their you go.
Sponge refugium:


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Unread 10/31/2005, 03:56 PM   #313
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Sponge refugium: this is a very simple design. It is a 75 gallon unlight tank which gravity feeds into the main display. The water is slowly pumped into one end where it is forced up to the top by a baffle. The live rock with seed sponges are placed in the center of the aquarium where Ibuilt some racks for them to grow onto. The opposite end of the tank has the over flow for the water to dump directly into the tank. Again the trick is low flow for the cryptic sponges. I like the gravity option becuase it provides live food 24 hours a day. Crytpic sponges are easily aquired through live rock. All of my rock was in tanks for years so the ones that had the most sponge growth went directly into the refugium.


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Unread 10/31/2005, 04:06 PM   #314
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Styrofoam in a can: 90% of the information I reviewed was from Reef Central. Their are a lot of old threads talking about using it. From what I gathered it all breaks down. Their was pictures of the black "pond" stuff breaking down from exposure to the sun. The material is inert after it dries. I used the epoxy resin to cover it for two reasons. One was to act as a barrier against the lights to an extent, but the main reason was to get the sand to adhere in an even coat. Once the sand sticks to the epoxy resin on the styrofoam not much styrofoam is left viewable to break down.


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Unread 10/31/2005, 07:52 PM   #315
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What did you use for epoxy resin?


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Unread 10/31/2005, 08:06 PM   #316
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absolutly astounding!!!!!! Energy, you really are an inspiration to us all. thank you so much for sharing! and congrats on the new baby we really appreciate you taking time out of your busy schedule.


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Unread 10/31/2005, 10:37 PM   #317
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Epoxy Resin was basically from HD.


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Unread 10/31/2005, 11:45 PM   #318
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Astonishing. Well done.


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Unread 11/01/2005, 12:01 AM   #319
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Thank you Energy for Joining the thread. You're input will greatly help those who would like to think big. I think it's great that you posted your monthly operating costs. It keeps some of us grounded.

Again thank you for taking this most busy time in your life to answer a few questions.

Have fun with the new baby. That's truely what life is all about.

Thanx again.
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Unread 11/01/2005, 06:42 AM   #320
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What an awesome system -- I have always told my wife that I am not the only one who wants to have something this large! I've always wanted to line a room with 1 huge tank. Ah dreams


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Unread 11/01/2005, 10:25 PM   #321
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or you could get it from lowes...

sorry... just thinking about my company. i have worked for Depot and Lowe's and i have to say, Lowe's is a much better place to work and shop... anyways...

end plug.

AWESOME tank!!! i cant even imagine DREAMING about having a tank like that. thats great man.

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Unread 11/01/2005, 11:16 PM   #322
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If any of you have them, I would like to see more photo's of the fish room. As nice as the tank is to look at, I'm very curious about the the area and setup behind the beauty.

I'm in the process of designing a fish room (on a slightly smaller scale) and would surely be able to learn a few things from this one.

Great tank!


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Unread 11/02/2005, 09:45 PM   #323
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bigeasy they are in the pages back...there are pics of the skimmer and back room

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Unread 11/03/2005, 01:09 PM   #324
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OMG, if that tank was a women i'd marry it!


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Unread 11/03/2005, 01:20 PM   #325
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OMG, if that tank was a women i'd marry it!
ROFL... That is too funny

BTW, it's woman...

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