Zach's 110 gallon

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  1. ZachB

    ZachB Giant Squid

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    3rd LumenMax Elite with 3rd 250w Vertex ballast will be here this week.

    Tank is being corrected and I hope to have it this coming weekend :)
     
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  2. tatted4ever

    tatted4ever Clown Trigger

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    what kinda bulbs you gonna have???

    Ive always wanted to have 20k or 14k's on right and left and 10 k in the center.... similar to the sun shining in.
     
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  3. ZachB

    ZachB Giant Squid

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    Phoenix 14k bulbs on each side and a Bluelife SPS 14k in the center. Only doing that because I had 2 Phoenix bulbs on hand and a couple SPS bulbs on hand and didn't want to buy another expensive MH bulb - I'll see how it looks and go from there. I like the Phoenix 14k better than the Bluelife so I suspect the SPS bulb will go.

    The middle pendant works out nicely as my tank is Eurobraced so no shadow!
     
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  4. kcbrad

    kcbrad Giant Squid

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    What's eurobracing?
     
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    bje Long-fin Bannerfish

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  6. ZachB

    ZachB Giant Squid

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    A strip of glass around the edge of the tank at the top, instead of a black band across the middle of the tank, or glass strip through the middle to hold it together. So my tank has a 1.5" glass rim around the inside to keep it from bowing - leaving extra room to move stuff around and no band through the middle to block light or your arm when moving stuff in the tank.
     
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  7. kcbrad

    kcbrad Giant Squid

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    oh my gosh, that's amazing! I didn't know they made tanks like that. I hate that stupid plastic band in the middle.

    Awesome for you!!
     
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  8. ZachB

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    Still waiting on the tank. Estimate is next Saturday. Stand is being rebuilt as well, wasn't happy with the finish on the first go-around.

    I received my 3rd LumenMax Elite and Vertex ballast. Picked up my 120 pounds of Samoa Pink sand as well. Very pretty sand - this is going to look awesome in the tank!

    Ordered a set of Azoo fans for ventilation in the canopy. (2) 2 fan units - they push more than a 4 fan unit. Dr's Foster and Smith usually takes about 2 years to ship to me so ordering this Friday - I'll be lucky to have them next Monday. On top of that I will be adding a couple fans into the top of the canopy and drilling out holes throughout the back wall of the canopy.
     
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  9. kcbrad

    kcbrad Giant Squid

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    Neat! I love pink sand.
     
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  10. =Jwin=

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    You would, Kacy. You would. :lol:

    This sounds like an awesome build I can't wait to see it up and running :) And even though I made that comment to Kacy, pink sand does look pretty cool :D
     
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