Figures you would ask the tough questions :p

sanjay.

Whenever the tank is ready to accept corals and you are ready for icecream. You know the summer is going to be hot and you will be craving for it.

Aren't you going to come and aquascape it.. O Lord of the Large Reef.

sanjay.

do you have suction cup handles? I have 8 I could send you.

very nice and good job. You know how to work thing. Good deal and it looks like you guys moved that smooth to the room. Now we really need at least 10 people to put it on the stand. You have save trip to IMAC and lets plan the next step which I think might be a good idea to do a video of too.

Video for education, great Idea MO! All I can say is WOW. Hey sanjay are you looking for someone to help you clean it every once in awhile? Just kidding, or should I bring my scuba gear?

thanks,

Rick

Jonathan:

I will take you up on this offer.

sanjay.

Sorry, don't mean to hijack...
But where do you get those suction cup handles? I'm going to be needing some before too long. Is there some place that rents them?

Sanjay:

You are one lucky man to have those guys do all the moving. Looks like you will be busier than planned over the next few months settingup that bad boy. I wouldn't let John (coops) too close to the tank as he is a magician with frags LOL............

You'll definately have to take some pictures of all your body builders moving the tank.

Hey guys. I can't remember exactly where I got them but I know I bought them online. probably on eBay. You can check these links:

Anver Suction Cups

The eBay one is the one I have.

Dent Puller on eBay

I really like these Suction Cups...

Those look slick, would definately make it easier to pickup with handles on it :)

Suction cups are on the way Sanjey.

Shawn, you may like those but they cost a mint to buy!:eek1:

splendid idea Mo...I think I volunteer to do the video shooting while you guys are doing the lifting!

Call me Sanjay, semester's over finally and I'm getting the "ich" =) to get back into things!

Jonathon and Shawn:
Thanks for the links on the suction cups.

YVW! :D

Sanjay,

I'm sure you will have lots of help with the lift, but if you need two more people, I'll get copps and will come up to help.

In addition, noting like a little italian style aquascape by copps to add beauty to a tank if you need help. :lol: He came over to see my new tank and had few nice suggestions. Copps may work for frags, but I'll just work for some ice cream :D

kind regards

I could be convinced...

Some initial thoughts are:
-I would minimize the amount of rock, keep it off the back wall, and elevate it on some fibergrate for good circulation underneath to minimize the evil detritus accumulation.
Keeping the rock off the back wall (and therefore the lighting) will help keep the back wall dark, which will make the tank look larger.

-Let the corals fill in most of the height, etc.

-Hammer drill holes in some rock to make some pinnacles for table acros to grow horizontally off of. Use fiberglass rods to support the rocks. I did this to hide the side walls of my tank and I'm very pleased with the results.

-I would really focus on hiding all plumbing/ pumps from view, this is often overlooked and really takes away from the overall appearence of the tank.
Joe

Do you have a picture of this?

Well, congrats Sanjay,

Glad to see your tank made it in good shape. I am looking forward to seeing your tank progress over the next few months.

Sanjay,

congrats! Looks like a lot has changed since I was there. If your doing a DIY skimmer still and want to do a large diameter tube I have a couple of large acrylic cylinders to work with. They are all 7ft. but, I can obviously cut them to size. 1) 28" diameter w/1"wall, 2) is a 34" diamter cylinder with 1" wall. I have access to some other sizes if that interests you.

Jeff

whoa.. 34" diameter would make an interesting skimmer.!!! Right now I am making one with 12" diameter.

sanjay.

Any suggestion/recommendations on electrical disconnects for the lights. I am looking for something that will let me disconnect the reflectors from teh ballasts to make it easy to slide out of the way and not have to drag a bunch of wire along with it.

sanjay.

I like the plugs that come with the LA3 sockets. I'm not sure where you can get them.

You might want to take a look at McMaster Carr field attachable multipole connectors. These are keyed, threaded connectors. The 0.3” face ones are rated for to 4 amps at up to 250 VAC, the 0.55” ones take up to 13 amps at 600 VAC. They have a good rating against water intrusion.
0.3” 4-pole -> 7209K41 (male); 7209K43 (female)
0.55” 3-pole -> 7152K71 (male); 7152K62 (female)
McMaster-Carr catalog pages 721, 722, 723.
These are called "micro" and "mini" connectors, but they are still fairly bulky. I don’t know if they’ll take the ignitor voltage without arching between pins, though. I think that they would be OK. Another consideration is the metal parts exposed to the humid/salty air, the website doesn't say if they are all SS.