First real build: 90g reef/50g fuge

Discussion in 'Show Off Your Fish Tanks!' started by We$, Jul 10, 2011.

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  1. DBOSHIBBY

    DBOSHIBBY Sleeper Shark

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    im saying that peice you put down is going to help, but i dont think its going to provide the same support as a properly built stand. there is no vertical supports directly in each corner. its your tank, im just giving you my input. it may very well be enough support, but i tend to overbuild things too lol
     
    DBOSHIBBY, Jul 21, 2011
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  2. insanespain

    insanespain Ocellaris Clown

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    I agree with this. Nobody is trying to be negative here, just give a heads up. We wanna see you succeed, and it would just suck to have your tank crack a couple months after setup. Your talking about a lot of water being contained inside of glass, its always better to overbuild and be safe than be sorry later.

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    insanespain Ocellaris Clown

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    I would say maybe remove those L brackets and cut a piece of wood to run the length of the stand to replace those brackets. Then use some small lag bolts to attach it to the stand instead of screws.

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  4. DBOSHIBBY

    DBOSHIBBY Sleeper Shark

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    +1 that would provide alot more support.
     
    DBOSHIBBY, Jul 21, 2011
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  5. We$

    We$ Spaghetti Worm

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    I'll look into it, had a little fender bender today so I had to waste some money I would have rather used here.
     
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  6. We$

    We$ Spaghetti Worm

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    Blue Tang has HLLE I believe. I got him this way. I was buying 50 or so lbs of live rock from a guy that was breaking his tank down, sold him to me for $15 so I thought what the heck might as well try and heal him. Pretty sure I'm feeding him a better diet than the previous owner. Right now he's eating flakes, mysis, and nori.

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    Been tweaking my dual heater set up to run together correctly. Tomorrow I plan on picking up a grow light for my fuge and having some tops made up for the fuge as well.
     
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  7. DBOSHIBBY

    DBOSHIBBY Sleeper Shark

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    Looks good, did the tank cycle already?
     
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  8. WhiskyTango

    WhiskyTango Eyelash Blennie

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    Great set up, your 50 gallon sump/fuge will almost guarantee success!
     
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  9. We$

    We$ Spaghetti Worm

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    I used as much of my old water/rock/substrate as possible. My phosphates are at 0 but my nitrates had a little spike of about 15. I blame that on using my old aragonite in the fuge, think stirring it up may have done that to me. So far no real algae blooms or anything like when I first started my original tank.

    BTW keeping an eye out for stands/designs but it's a bit of an involved transition at this point haha. May take me a second.
     
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  10. We$

    We$ Spaghetti Worm

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    Just back from Lowes. Picked up a nice little 22in. T8 15w grow light costed me $14.95 for my fuge. Definitely excited to see how it works for me!
     
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