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ok here's mine still a work in progress building some bits for it so there will be some more stability(DIY Ca reactor and a kalk one too). Moved three weeks ago Gone from 2 foot to five with built in sump saving a lot of power getting natural sunlight all day. The growth and colours on that side of the tank is impressive my 250 Mh doesn't compete with the sun also no real algae problem but I only have one fish :lol: here's a close up from the top to show better colour my camera sucks too Here is a pic after the move to the new tank tidied up wire with concealed wire runner since this photo still a way of getting the colours of some of my idol tanks, on here but 1 step at a time Also gone from DSB 6 inch yes 6 to shallow and seriously thinking of going BB Stand is all SS

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Looking good Those triggers scare me I have visons ive them pulling small childeren into the tank "big teeth" Fay I was looking at the news-pics on the web and they have a picture of your clown fish nice pic http://newspix.nzherald.co.nz/gallery?s ... ry=1000644

Wow looking good Thats some serious random flow nice

hope you keep it in you tank you might get babys from it 8)

I personaly got nervous when i had a MDF stand what if it got wet etc etc I would put the extra braceing in and sleep at night.

Nice skimmer have you got it run in yet? How does it compare with your old one? :roll:

mine just split too.

I just lost one of my fav corals a red monti it started to lose tissue so I dipped it, thats what killed it I can see some small polyps coming back on a tiny piece so i will try to recover it. But like you said "bad things happen fast" :-? my own fault a kneejerk reaction Must be the those those nudi s in fact it was my water quality Alk and Ca out man how stupid :roll:

I had the same problem but my sand was about 6 inchs deep I dont think it would be a good idea to touch it? I havent touched mine for two years no problem Just my 2c

have a good one mate All the best on your day Ps nice present wish i got those sort of presents

I pulled the rock out scraped it off rinsed it sprayed with lemon juice Not one in my tank but you need to jump on it early this is your only chance .Once you get stocked youll be screwed Im super paranoid every new piece is watched for weeks i turn it round after a few days just incase theres one you cant see. evil evil things the devil grrrrr :evil:

Wow randy replies fast nice guy. Im working today so im going to get some more information.They have a manual so i ll get a copy Im sure theres alot more to this. The head tech was talking about it removeing the proteins inside the water thats why it was at the end of the cycle. He also said that we have to change the plates about once a year as they wear out. They ran the plant with fresh water to try it out and there was iron floating on the survice looked like it was binding with stuff?It has 12volt running into it. Stay tuned PS something they said they normaly put a bank of alaminium in to for cleaning up the water but in our plant we need to remove oils etc not get it to drinking standared as it goes into trade waste. And belive it or not thy had to add salt to the water to get it all going. We also add other chemicals to get the Ph right

10000 liters of waste a day easy. Lots of plumbing lots of motors. must cost a bomb. Starts on monday with production plant wate so I can still quiz the techs they fly back to aussie on wednesday

In the water treatment plant they said they pass a low current which helps the iron dissolve and it binds with protein (bingo) just what we want to do. In our skimmers with a higher salinity we don't need the electrical current right? As the iron dissolves it binds in the water column to P04 and is easily skimmed out. It might be worth writing to randy and seeing if we can get a bite? :roll:

Anyone got information on the effect of iron on skimmers? Why do I ask this crazy question, we have a waste water treatment plant installed at work and one of the last stages is to past a low current into mild still plate and it binds and thickens the protein particles which in turn rise to the top to get skimmed off. I think that's the general idea. So being a Marine tank nut I got thinking. I have heard of deltec owners in Germany adding steel wool into the bottom of there skimmers? Has anyone got more information?

awsome any photos?

Sounds like a good idea . But I think you might get better cooling by blowing the water than the bulbs ? Last summer i had to get the fan blowing the hell out of the sump to keep it ok but it worked :roll:

Wow love the tank The best thing ive done this year was get a Scwd the corals love the random current (Thanks HelifaxNZ) Ive been reading alot lately on the nano tanks. looks like the next or current big thing. There are so many nice fish that fit in there what do you think you'll get?

Yep :bounce: i love it

All the tanks look really good Hope you like mine Sorry I Havent got a good full shot

I see the new red sea cubes on its way out. Looks like something special T5 lighting built in fan and timers for the lights included as well as skimmer. heres a link http://www.red-sea-max.co.uk/ they look hot !!!

looks good But i allso really like you discus . Miss those fish they have a personality all there own Keep us posted on your progress

the colours o the colours Very Nice

Like to try the mod. Can we get maxi jet pumps in NZ? And has anyone done it?