I love how when you look at a Starfire tank, you cant see anything except the sticker.... (it reminds me of the Windex commercial when the birds fly into the glass!!!!) when you look at the tank, it looks like a blue sticker on the bottom glass panel, but you know its right there in front of you! (if you cant tell the difference between the glass, look at how green the bracing is and then think to your self that there is a 3/4 panel of glass right there that you cant even see!
looking good. get some water in that thing. what size are the over flow holes?
Marc you can delete!
Look'in good ... Will the overflow end of the tank be glass same as other end short of the teeth, with the black acrylic sandwiched to that panel kind of thing? I like the external overflow idea a lot. Don't give up the real estate without a fight
I can hardly wait to see it in person. Maybe you can help Drew with his.
Very nice my friend!
I kinda want to bond some of that sliced Marco Rock on that wall... don't know if I'll do it though.
I think the missing tooth is just a light fixture reflection off that shiny new acrylic. It just needs a good coat of coraline algae.
Hopefully all the teeth are intact. I'm sure Marineland will do a great job with it, and I do hope the construction will be long lasting. I've got a nice new concrete foundation and an awesome powder coated steel stand, so it should last a very very long time. The holes are for 2 drains and 2 returns, with an extra one for show. hehe
wow, double top bracing (with over lapping joints) and bottom euro bracing as well. (im not sure if the bottom is necessary, but i would deff do it if i had a tank built. its just cheap insurance!!) (is one of the teeth broke in the middle of the overflow box?) and what are the 5 holes for in the overflow? just for a refresher coarse! Looks good Marc !!!!!
Wow Marc lookin good, that thing is massive. I can't wait to see it completed and all the bugs worked out, should be about the same time I out grow my 100 gal tank and start looking for some help setting up a tank about 3 to 4 times the size I'm working with now, . If you need any help the next couple of weeks let me know would like to come over and help, I would definately learn something.
That is going to be one impressive box of water. Gary
It's a monster! I can't wait till you get it Marc and than see how it all comes together. ;-)
I think so Phil. I'm not overly concerned about what needs doing, as the tank has to go into the room before the other wall goes up. I'll just have to work around it.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO *STRUT* In the style of Rick Flair. looking good mate John
Wow! That's awesome Marc. Will you be ready when the tank is?
Actually, I would expect Nitrate to rise because of three things: 1) No DSB to denitrify, 2) Not enough water changes to export it, and 3) Feeding my fish. I'm not dosing as much vodka as before, which I'm sure has also added to the rising numbers. The tank was broken down July 4th, which was 90 days ago. The LR wasn't even tied into the livestock system until 6-7 weeks later after it tested safely with zero ammonia and zero nitrite. I totally agree with you about having to track a lot of stuff, because everything is re-arranged and somewhat inaccessible. The construction phase makes it even worse, but once the stand and new sump are in place, that should help immensely. At the same time, I'd prefer to get the fishroom as done as possible before putting those in to keep them clean. I've not seen any unusual snail die-off, and since the breakdown the system has been running about 1 degree cooler on average. Astreas probably prefer the 78-79F my tank tends to hover around, instead of 79-81F it was previously. Since I didn't transfer the sandbed and didn't tie in the rock, I blame myself for the rise in NO3. Had I done more frequent water changes or allowed the vodka to dose closer to the previous levels, it would have been better but I've had a lot of travel during this period that allowed things to get a little nutty. I just broke down the calcium reactor. I had over 6" of media left, but the reactor was trapping air every day. The media came out like a round cake, essentially one piece that didn't fall apart as I tossed it in the trash. I refilled the reactor with Tropic Eden's large media. Glad to get that taken care of. I didn't plan to weigh the rock, but perhaps it might be interesting to know what's going in the new tank.
Wow, you lost 317 lbs of rock? how does that happen?
I would expect the nitrates to climb due to stress on the inhabitants from all the moving around etc. In particular, I would keep a close watch on your snail population, as they can start a chain reaction, and smoke a tank with nitrate & ammonia. I don't see that you checked ammonia (at least not reported in your post) and that is liable to be your first sign of an impending crash. The anemone is splitting due to habitat stress as well. This is truly unavoidable in your situation, but as you know, there are measures that you can take to further protect the system. While I have used Prime during tank moves, etc. I am not sure it does all that we want it to. If I was in your situation, I would be employing Poly Filters for sure. Plus pulling any snails out that I can find, and either tossing or QT'ing them. ANother thing you can do is add some fresh sand right to your holding tanks. This will help buffer and control nutrient spikes. The hard part about what you are doing is that there is so much stuff to keep track of, it can get overwhelming. What would be cool, is if you developed a scenario based check list for your fans. For instance, one for tank moves, one for crashes, etc. That would be a nice addition to your web site! The key being that whenever rock and coral are exposed to air, there can be some die-off. Rock in particular will be teeming with stuff that will just expire when exposed to air, especially such long established rock such as yours. Then there's the detritus that gets kicked up during the breakdown. That releases huge amounts of pollutants as well. I know you know all this stuff, but it is always helpful to get reminders once-in-a-while! BTW, I would be interested in your guesstimate of how much your rock weighs now, vs. when you put it in. I had 750 LBS in my system going in, but only 433 LBS came out when I shut it down.
I'm glad to see all the corals and fishes are doing fine Marc! ;-)
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