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Unread 06/03/2016, 08:07 AM   #101
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Ahh nice. Good idea! I think I have one of those around somewhere.... now if I could just get a tank going again.


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Unread 06/03/2016, 09:08 AM   #102
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All corals have been doing well and sps appears to be growing nicely with pretty minimal lighting for an 800 gallon tank, but I did lose the recently added Flame Angel, Muliceps Tang & Unicorn Tang (all from the same LFS)


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Unread 06/03/2016, 09:10 AM   #103
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I should state that I am to blame for not quarantining the fish and I do plan to set up a quarantine tank because it gave me quite a scare that I might have introduced velvet into my system.


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Unread 06/03/2016, 09:12 AM   #104
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It has been over a week since I lost a fish though and everyone else is doing well so it appears disaster averted.


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Unread 06/06/2016, 08:36 AM   #105
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Very nice build. I just have a question. How are you planning to combat winter weather chilling the garage once the cold hits? Did you insulate your garage?


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Unread 06/08/2016, 08:09 PM   #106
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Very nice build. I just have a question. How are you planning to combat winter weather chilling the garage once the cold hits? Did you insulate your garage?
I have an R6 insulated curtain on order from Akon. the curtain will wrap 2 sides of the tank. it is blue so it will make a nice backdrop behind the tank. the garage is already insulated but one bay will have a car parked in the winter with the door opening and closing so the curtain will hold in the heat. the curtain can maintain about a 20 degree temp differential so as long as the garage stays above 50 I will be fine. I also installed the register fans that will circulate the air inside the curtain with the air in the house. it is all an experiment so I will have to wait for winter to see how well it works. worst case scenario I have to run heaters and burn electricity until I work it out

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Unread 06/09/2016, 06:29 AM   #107
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I have an R6 insulated curtain on order from Akon. the curtain will wrap 2 sides of the tank. it is blue so it will make a nice backdrop behind the tank. the garage is already insulated but one bay will have a car parked in the winter with the door opening and closing so the curtain will hold in the heat. the curtain can maintain about a 20 degree temp differential so as long as the garage stays above 50 I will be fine. I also installed the register fans that will circulate the air inside the curtain with the air in the house. it is all an experiment so I will have to wait for winter to see how well it works. worst case scenario I have to run heaters and burn electricity until I work it out

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You may also have to sacrifice parking a car in the garage for the winter. I imagine you'll need to seal the edges of the garage door for a couple of months. I don't know about CT but in SE Michigan my garage will get below freezing for weeks at a time. I will be interested to see how that goes this winter.


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Unread 06/17/2016, 08:01 AM   #108
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quick update...I lost an anthias, a few clowns and a royal gramma but the rest of the fish seem healthy and I think enough time has past that I won't be losing any more fish. the corals all seem to be doing very well and no issues with the filtration. I have still not changed any water or done any maintenance except scraping algae, dosing and emptying the skimmer collection containers. no issues with keeping the front glass clean without an access panel. the magnet with metal blade works perfectly.

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Unread 06/28/2016, 08:12 PM   #109
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installed the insulated curtain today. I hope it works as good as it looks.





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Unread 06/28/2016, 09:26 PM   #110
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Great Build. Looks like you planned things pretty well. Hopefully the curtain works well for you.


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Unread 06/29/2016, 12:24 PM   #111
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more pics with blue curtain background



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Unread 07/02/2016, 08:42 AM   #112
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What a build

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Unread 07/04/2016, 01:57 PM   #113
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What is the point of the curtain?


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Unread 07/04/2016, 01:58 PM   #114
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Never mind just found it. Is it working? Does it got floor to ceiling and no air getting through?


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Unread 07/07/2016, 09:46 AM   #115
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Never mind just found it. Is it working? Does it got floor to ceiling and no air getting through?
It does go floor to ceiling. The ceiling is 9'5" high. The curtain has a floor sweep on the bottom which is pretty air tight and attaches to the ceiling with a rail with rollers. Because the rollers are used to make it retractable, there is a small gap allowing some air through at the top.

The temperature hit 97 degrees in CT yesterday and the garage felt like 90's. The air inside the curtain is circulated with the air in the house and house AC was on all day. The tank was running at 77 degrees when I got home at 5:30. It is ~800 gallons with only a 1/4 hp chiller so I would say for hot weather it is working perfectly. I will have to wait 6 months to see how effective it is in cold weather.

Also as an update I still have not done any maintenance on the tank beyond scraping algae, dosing & emptying the skimmer cup. I plan to do my first water change of 5% next week. I added a few gorgonians and these fish a week ago:

Powder Blue Tang
Scopas Tang
Vlamingi Tang
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Unread 07/08/2016, 05:40 AM   #116
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I added a few gorgonians and these fish a week ago:

Powder Blue Tang
Scopas Tang
Vlamingi Tang
Orange Shoulder Tang
Mimic Tang
I'm a huge fan on the mimic/chocolate tang... I'm not sure why more people don't have these. I'm setting up a 300 gal in the next few weeks and this is one fish I plan to have.


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Unread 07/14/2016, 06:03 PM   #117
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finally got a new ballast and ushio 14k bulb for my other 400 watt halide.


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Unread 07/14/2016, 06:07 PM   #118
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also added another gyre

and did my first water change. changed about 50 gallons, replaced carbon and polyfilter. I used the dirty water from the h2o change to set up my quarantine tank.


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Unread 07/14/2016, 11:19 PM   #119
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Are you happy with the Gyre? I have one for my 720 and another for the 240 but haven't set them up yet


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Unread 07/17/2016, 08:15 AM   #120
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Are you happy with the Gyre? I have one for my 720 and another for the 240 but haven't set them up yet


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yes the gyre is great. tank is 10 ft long and 4 ft wide and 2 x gyre is all I have for circulation and there is plenty of flow

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Unread 07/18/2016, 12:21 PM   #121
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Great build, tagging along!

I am curious since you started up this tank and stocked it so quickly. Did you use water from the 500 gallon system you already had set up? Did you test your water parameters after you had these fish die? Did anything look off?

Also I am not sure if I missed it but do you have any plans on a tank controller? It might be helpful to know if the temp on the tank rises too high or low. If the temp gets too high you can shut off things that are putting out a lot of heat like the MHs.

Keep the pics coming! Love it!


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Unread 07/18/2016, 04:27 PM   #122
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Great build, tagging along!

I am curious since you started up this tank and stocked it so quickly. Did you use water from the 500 gallon system you already had set up? Did you test your water parameters after you had these fish die? Did anything look off?

Also I am not sure if I missed it but do you have any plans on a tank controller? It might be helpful to know if the temp on the tank rises too high or low. If the temp gets too high you can shut off things that are putting out a lot of heat like the MHs.

Keep the pics coming! Love it!
water parameters were fine. LFS sold me sick fish. I used about 300 gallons from the old system. no plans for a controller. I monitor temp with chiller probe and 2x backup digital thermometer.

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Unread 07/23/2016, 08:14 AM   #123
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I'm curious as I'm contemplating a setup similar to yours, but how much noise do you hear in living room side of the tank when all of the pumps are located on the other side of the wall and running?

My wife can't stand the noise of eve the supposedly pumps and fans and this is her biggest reservation with my aquariums (which is why my tank will be set up in a small den area).


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Unread 07/23/2016, 09:35 AM   #124
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Unread 07/23/2016, 10:35 AM   #125
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I'm curious as I'm contemplating a setup similar to yours, but how much noise do you hear in living room side of the tank when all of the pumps are located on the other side of the wall and running?

My wife can't stand the noise of eve the supposedly pumps and fans and this is her biggest reservation with my aquariums (which is why my tank will be set up in a small den area).
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