My hole in the wall tank

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  1. muzzy

    muzzy Plankton

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  2. sssnake

    sssnake Montipora Digitata

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    Welcome to 3reef muzzy.

    Nice tank!
     
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  3. Matt Rogers

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    Wow! Incredible tank and great site too! 8)

    That's genius if I am seeing it right... did you use the old fireplace as the stand? That should hold! Nice!

    You have a serious setup and should be able to help a lot of people here. Thanks for joining 3reef!

    matt
     
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  4. rickzter

    rickzter Torch Coral

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    Wow, the coralline growth on your rock is phenomenal. Nice setup.

    Welcome to 3reef!
     
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  5. muzzy

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    lol, no its not on an old fireplace!
    the garage backs onto the lounge, so a hole was cut in the lounge wall and a purpose built concrete block stand was built with reinforced concrete lintels put across the top.
     
    muzzy, Jul 30, 2006
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  6. muzzy

    muzzy Plankton

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    hi
    some of the rock was from my previous reef tank, the rock from that was purchased from another reefer closing his tank down, so 40kg of the rock could be several years old.
    another 60kg of new live rock was added when i built this tank - this has already started to cover with coraline.
    i use 3 x 250watt halides and keep calcium levels around 450 so coraline gowth is pretty rapid - bit of a pain in the ass though as glass needs continual cleaning
     
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  7. Monacle

    Monacle Skunk Shrimp

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    Excellent tank build and website to go with it. Best of luck to you. Welcome to 3reef
     
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