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About LinkBacksOriginally I was going to use a 26 Bow front for my first attempt at a reef tank, but after talking to some of the seasoned SW Guru's I now I am going to use a full set up I bought from a member, It has a 48.5 Gallon Hagen Euro tank and custom stand c/w a acrylic 22 gallon sump system. I am getting it tomorrow and will be starting to put it together soon. I'll try and do a tank journal as I go my thanks to Gordon, Anthony and Rick for the advice so far, I'm sure I'll be picking their brains and reading a lot as I go .
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New reef tank for me
This is a discussion on New reef tank for me within the Marine Chat forums, part of the Aquarium Related Chat category; Originally I was going to use a 26 Bow front for my first attempt at a reef tank, but after ...
- 01-05-2012 #1
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New reef tank for me Laurie Myles
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- 01-05-2012 #2
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Nice upgrade. Bigger is always better. Looking forward to seeing your tank develop. Lots of new SW set-ups going on right now.
Daniel
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- 01-05-2012 #3
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Welcome to the salty side, looking forward to your journal
- 01-05-2012 #4
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Let me know if you need a hand with setting up and I can swing out and give you a hand
Do you have liverock yet?i have lots of tanks
and im a welder who likes playing with glass
- 01-05-2012 #5
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Hahaha, long way from 220g. But it will be very easy for Laurie to upgrade the 22g sump to a 220g sump under his trailer. That would get rid of the heat problem in the summer for sure
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- 01-05-2012 #6
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Gordon, you just gave me an awesome reason as to why id want to live in a trailer
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- 01-05-2012 #7
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Mmmm. Now you get me thinking. A glass floor on a tailer and you can have a nice huge tank without taking up real estate Originally Posted by neven
Sorry Laurie for hijacking your thread a bit
- 01-05-2012 #8
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You are too funny man LOL and by the way we call them mobile homes. But I like the glass floor idea, Wendy might not approve though!
Laurie Myles
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- 01-06-2012 #9
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Hey Laurie, nice size for a starter tank...
Is it set up yet?
What kind of lights are you gonna run?
Are you adding a skimmer?who is yo daddy and what does he do?
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- 01-12-2012 #10
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Hey Chris thanks Originally Posted by tang daddy
Not even close to being set up yet, Im repainting the stand , repiping the return pump with pvc as I didn't like the way it was done before. The light is a Coralife aquapro 150 Metal Halide with 2 power compacts and 2 lunar lights and can be timed separate, I'm going to be using aa Aqua c 65 skimmer and a 22 gallon acrylic sump. But I'm taking my time with the whole project. Cheers Laurie ps: Maybe 1 day I'll have a reef as big as yours LOL Laurie Myles
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