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Interesting read, I have a shallow guy coming down the pipe whenever I can get some time to start cleaning out my basement and doing a major reno on it. I've run a lot of my tanks without sand because it's so much "cleaner" plus it's kind of neat to have corals growing right on the bottom, however I was tempted to put sand in just to make it loo nicer. Reading through this I was wondering how your vortec pumps didn't just blow it all to hell considering the height of the tank, however seeing all the nastiness on the sand it reminded me why I took sand out of my tank a long time ago
Great job, I think I might steal that bar idea though, seems like a neat way to really "sit up to" the tank. Did the canopy ever go up?
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yeah the bar/walk way is something that might be necessary considering the tank I'm setting up is 5 feet wide. Funny thing is I had an 8' x 3' x 18" I got for ultra-cheap that unfortunately is just collecting dust in my garage, and then this next one pops in my lap, who knows I might use the other one for a sump
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Sweet tank. Love the dimensions and your aquascaping. I think the two center overflows are great. Love the idea of a 4-side viewable tank. If you ever want to sell it, LMK!
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JR- great tank, I've read this thread and watched the youtube videos several times! I've wanted a shallow tank like this a while and I just recently stumbled on a deal at my LFS that I couldn't walk away from: 9.5'L x 4'W x 16" T. You've had your tank up and running at least a year now, right? What would you do differently or what suggestions might you have given the tank dimensions?
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Awesome LED setup in the first page. And I see you're making a new LED set right now too?
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Here are some updates on my tank hope you enjoy the video. watch in HD!!!!
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JR, love the new video. Of all the tanks on reefcentral yours is one of the most similar to what I have and I am itching to get mine setup! You mentioned issues with sand blowing around as why you went BB. I am interested in doing a sand bottom with my tank, though it is 3" shorter than yours. Did you have problems because the powerheads couldn't be orientated to stop the sand shifting? I am considering a non-traditional setup without powerheads at all (instead a lot of blower inlets) to very precisely control water movement and am wondering specifically what you tried in your own quest to keep the sand from blowing before you decided on BB. Any advice on how or why would be great! Thanks!!!
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Great build i have always wanted to do a shallow reef. I may have missed it too amazed at the pictures but have you had any problems with jumpers at all? Thats is just the one thing that scares me with going with a shallow tank.
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This is such a amazing tank. Good job well planned out. Love that you can sit around the tank and rest a beer on the ledge. Any new pics or videos?
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Awesome tank!
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Lol yeah the tank got a bad Dino infestation. Just about wiped all the coral out of the tank. Killed just about all my clean up crew most of the fish are doing good. Im In the middle of a 10-day lights out blackout with ozone to kill the dinos. I will post pictures Sunday morning when I remove the curtains to see if my tank is still salvageable without a restart fingers crossed.
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Well after a 10day black out this is where the tank is now. No signs of dinos yet fingers crossed. Fish all survived lost a little bit or red monti.
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Great tank you have! I assume it is made of acrylic? What is the thicknesses of the bottom and sides sheets?
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The dinos are still gone. I removed some of the detritus on top of the sand bed and did a small 35gallon water change. Tank still looks pretty clear and the corals are starting to open up. I turned on the mh for about an hour-and-a-half today and the t5s for 6 hours.
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Seen some signs of Dino today in a few small places but other then that all clear still.
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Still looks 99% better then before
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