Recent content by _Adrian_

i already have the Dart ... and its plenty for what im gonna use it for unless i make the stand longer, but then it will look funny since its gonna look like i put a 4' tank on a 5' stand, but that will give me more room for the calcium reactor and the phosban reactor as well.

The reason behind the 6 sides is because i want too fit the biggest sump i can under the stand, and the "cut-out" is for the main pump to fit down below. remember ... My tank is 48" long and my sump is 44" which it leaves me no room for any sort of reactor or other externaly run equipment. And...

UPDATE: spent the last couple of days thinkering with sump/re-fuge ideas... 44 x 22 x 22 - total volume - 92.1 Gal 8 x 11 x 22 - lost volume - 8.3 Gal ( Dart ) - Actual Volume - 83.8 Gal ( Filled to the rim ) 26.375 x 14 x 16 - Fuge Area - 25.5 Gal heres the final Sump...

Hey guys... Been off-line for a while and after my move from windsor things were a bit hectic till i have settled in the new place here in edmonton. Been playing with the idea of starting up a new reef tank and this is what i have in mind: - 150 or 180 Gal (48x24x28 or 48x24x36 as you noticed i...

UPDATE: The tank received a couple of "upgrades" 1.- Live Rock - Added 35Lbs more rock and theres about 60Lbs more cycling downstairs ( most of it is tonga ) 2.- Moonlites - 2 x Odyssea 20" sealed LED moonlites :) - FREE :) 3.- MH - Aquired a nice 2x250W MH setup for $125 and now need to make...

been poking around the net for a decent processor .... i've had some encounters with motorola products ( Megasquirt EFi ) and seen this on their site .... http://www.freescale.com/files/shared/doc/selector_guide/SG1006.pdf?tid=tcDRsg was looking at a couple of options that they offer...

from what i have read is that most probes out there need to be "calibrated" with a calibration solution before they can be used and they put out an electrical signal on the mV scale> all we really have to do is define the input, calibrate and away you go. so we eould mark input 1.... 5 (just an...

well .. going to T5 would be even less light because even the HO version only is 54W, where as the VHO's are 110W. and if you dont like MH then you gotta squezze a couple more lights in there. dunno what bulbs you have in there right now. but i would say 4 x 10K VHO's with 2 x HO T5 Actinics...

LOL too late .. i was digging around the tank the other day and was pulling them out with my hands...

well ... today i realized something really funy... i kept on saying to my buddy that my blue hippo looked a bit funny with a white/yellowish belly at which he assured me it was all good... but after a bit of surfing the web I stumbled across this ...

well theres an array of things that can be added :) PH, Salinity, Calcium, ORP, Nitrate, Thermometer with Temperature Control ( heat/cool )... possibilities are endless...now if a bigger screen can be grafted to be able to display the data and parameters then were talking a lot of interested...

thanks :) even though i "shifted" my design on my DIY Protein skimmer... going with dual 700gph recirculation type of skimmer

today i ordered a 8" diam and 36" long piece of acrylic tubing and will be building a recirculating Protein skimmer with dual 700gph ventury pumps :)

and completely forgot about heating/cooling the water !

even 1000Gal is big enough... really!!! the cost of the tank wont be nearly as mucg ass the rest of the stuff needed for the tank !!! Substrate, live rock, lighting, pumps calcium reactor, protein skimmer... even on an DIY basis it still would be big $$$ mixing the water would be a lil bit...