GSMguy's 67G rimless, shallow Anemone tank build. - Page 5

LooseHip · 08/14/2008, 05:19 PM

GSM,

I mentioned above that I am constructing a tank with very similar dimensions, and same size acrylic... I was wondering if there was much deflection on your tank... If you were to do it again would you add a euro brace?

As far as your flow goes, are you happy with it? You may have mentioned it earlier in the thread, but what are you using for flow.. I am thinking of upgrading from my koralia's to something that is controllable.

GSMguy · 08/14/2008, 07:10 PM

It bows slightly not enough for most to notice. I love the rimless though.

I will end up with 2x6105 tunze pumps floe for now is adequate

Shawn D · 08/15/2008, 11:29 PM

What pendants are you using again???

GSMguy · 08/16/2008, 08:52 AM

SLS reef optix for now.

Shawn D · 08/16/2008, 09:27 AM

thanks, they look good

GSMguy · 08/21/2008, 03:46 PM

I have been away allot this summer, my tank has been thru some rough spots but i will be making lots of changes in the upcoming months.

I have been spending my time in upstate NY at my moms house this summer, 2 weekends ago was the annual thousand Islands Poker run and my house is on the route so we all watch, except this time i was on my jetski to get up close and personal and it was really awesome. my buddy Paul was there with his D200 and got some better pictures i will get him to sent them to me, these came off of my cousins wifes camera and she is new to it.
also Paul got all the really fast boats that my cousin missed.

block head · 08/21/2008, 04:12 PM

that poker race rocks, took my wife the week we were married. friend jumped a ten foot bow wake from a barge on his 22 foot donzi. not sure how we survied

block head · 08/21/2008, 04:12 PM

that poker race rocks, took my wife the week we were married. friend jumped a ten foot bow wake from a barge on his 22 foot donzi. not sure how we survied

GSMguy · 08/21/2008, 04:20 PM

the guy who has the fastest boat did 160mph past my place it was nuts.

Mom has a 1969 27 foot magnum but it would just get eaten alive by these big guys. The lead boat has twin 4,000 hp jet engines, the boat is made by Outer Limits they also built the "Miss Geico" that is preparing to break the world speed record.

GSMguy · 08/21/2008, 04:35 PM

i ordered this CNC 125R recirculating skimmer yesterday it should be here next week, its an external sicce with cooling loop.

i also ordered a quiet one 1200 pump to feed the skimmer, and 4 of the tiny 84GPH Tunze pumps for my ATO and my 20g nano

here is the skimmer i am getting.

erics3000 · 08/21/2008, 05:05 PM

I love watching the poker run boats when they are in FL. Great pics..

Shawn D · 08/21/2008, 05:46 PM

That skimmer will be sweet. CNC looks like it makes some really nice skimmers. I thought you were going to test the atb hang on/multi?

GSMguy · 08/21/2008, 05:57 PM

I dont think they are getting test units, i really had not planned on getting the skimmer but since CNC decided to stop building sicce skimmers, i got a good deal on this one of a kind recirc sicce.

moo0o · 08/21/2008, 07:04 PM

hmm do you know why they are gonna stop building sicce skimmers? i thought these were good?

by good i mean selling well.

GSMguy · 08/21/2008, 07:06 PM

cant compete with the price war between the chinese built MSX and coralvue skimmers.

moo0o · 08/21/2008, 07:10 PM

oh silly me, at first glance, i thought they were the MSX and coralvue skimmers, hope it does it job for you =)

GSMguy · 08/26/2008, 02:11 PM

couple shots to show what the tank looks like today. the fish have finally settled in and are all getting along.

GSMguy · 08/26/2008, 02:12 PM

Nog Shots.

Dudester · 08/26/2008, 03:47 PM

I can't get over how much coralline algae growth you have on your acrylic for such a new tank. Something good must be going on in there!

p.s. clean off that coralline!

GSMguy · 08/26/2008, 03:51 PM

Mike that is a weeks worth of coraline growth.....

i cleaned the whole tank before the shots but i get tired and the coraline is hard to get off the acrylic so all i get is the lil bit of film algae.

Dudester · 08/26/2008, 04:00 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by GSMguy
Mike that is a weeks worth of coraline growth.....

Are you serious?

I don't know how often you run a magnet, but you might want to consider cleaning the glass every day with a magnet. By allowing the coralline to grow, you are forced to scrape it off, and this increases your chances of scratching the acrylic. If you keep the glass clean daily you might be able to prevent coralline growth and avoid the need to scrape the acrylic.

GSMguy · 08/26/2008, 04:15 PM

i have not been here to scrape it daily.

it looks like i will be taking the tank down and moving it with me to Alexandria Virginia in the next month.

should only be down a couple days at most though.

ClownReef® · 08/26/2008, 04:38 PM

Hey Nick,

1- How do you keep your clams put on a bare bottom tank? Mine seem to keep falling over..and its really p****ing me off..

2- Where did you get your clowns?! Ive been looking for a nice pair for a while!

Tank looks GREAT!!

GSMguy · 08/26/2008, 04:44 PM

Hey Clown,

1. i prop the clams up with a rock.

2. Rods reef, rods onyx, cant Go wrong.

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...readid=1262018

GSMguy · 08/26/2008, 04:58 PM

I love this shot from last weekend my girlfriend took it.

Couple more i thought were cool.

08/14/2008, 07:10 PM	#102
GSMguy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northern New Mexico Posts: 17,420	It bows slightly not enough for most to notice. I love the rimless though. I will end up with 2x6105 tunze pumps floe for now is adequate __________________ Nick. Conehead. Shallow Reef club. Current Tank Info: 48"x27"x14" Envision Acrylic rimless, 6x39w ATi Sunpower, Custom ATB Deluxe Skimmer, 4x tunze nano stream,ATB flowstar 1500, ACJR, Tunze osmolator.

08/16/2008, 08:52 AM	#104
GSMguy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northern New Mexico Posts: 17,420	SLS reef optix for now. __________________ Nick. Conehead. Shallow Reef club. Current Tank Info: 48"x27"x14" Envision Acrylic rimless, 6x39w ATi Sunpower, Custom ATB Deluxe Skimmer, 4x tunze nano stream,ATB flowstar 1500, ACJR, Tunze osmolator.

08/21/2008, 03:46 PM	#106
GSMguy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northern New Mexico Posts: 17,420	I have been away allot this summer, my tank has been thru some rough spots but i will be making lots of changes in the upcoming months. I have been spending my time in upstate NY at my moms house this summer, 2 weekends ago was the annual thousand Islands Poker run and my house is on the route so we all watch, except this time i was on my jetski to get up close and personal and it was really awesome. my buddy Paul was there with his D200 and got some better pictures i will get him to sent them to me, these came off of my cousins wifes camera and she is new to it. also Paul got all the really fast boats that my cousin missed. __________________ Nick. Conehead. Shallow Reef club. Current Tank Info: 48"x27"x14" Envision Acrylic rimless, 6x39w ATi Sunpower, Custom ATB Deluxe Skimmer, 4x tunze nano stream,ATB flowstar 1500, ACJR, Tunze osmolator.

08/21/2008, 04:20 PM	#109
GSMguy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northern New Mexico Posts: 17,420	the guy who has the fastest boat did 160mph past my place it was nuts. Mom has a 1969 27 foot magnum but it would just get eaten alive by these big guys. The lead boat has twin 4,000 hp jet engines, the boat is made by Outer Limits they also built the "Miss Geico" that is preparing to break the world speed record. __________________ Nick. Conehead. Shallow Reef club. Current Tank Info: 48"x27"x14" Envision Acrylic rimless, 6x39w ATi Sunpower, Custom ATB Deluxe Skimmer, 4x tunze nano stream,ATB flowstar 1500, ACJR, Tunze osmolator.

08/21/2008, 04:35 PM	#110
GSMguy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northern New Mexico Posts: 17,420	i ordered this CNC 125R recirculating skimmer yesterday it should be here next week, its an external sicce with cooling loop. i also ordered a quiet one 1200 pump to feed the skimmer, and 4 of the tiny 84GPH Tunze pumps for my ATO and my 20g nano here is the skimmer i am getting. __________________ Nick. Conehead. Shallow Reef club. Current Tank Info: 48"x27"x14" Envision Acrylic rimless, 6x39w ATi Sunpower, Custom ATB Deluxe Skimmer, 4x tunze nano stream,ATB flowstar 1500, ACJR, Tunze osmolator.

08/14/2008, 05:19 PM	#101
LooseHip Foaming Conehead Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: CO Posts: 1,002	GSM, I mentioned above that I am constructing a tank with very similar dimensions, and same size acrylic... I was wondering if there was much deflection on your tank... If you were to do it again would you add a euro brace? As far as your flow goes, are you happy with it? You may have mentioned it earlier in the thread, but what are you using for flow.. I am thinking of upgrading from my koralia's to something that is controllable.

08/15/2008, 11:29 PM	#103
Shawn D Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Park City, UT Posts: 725	What pendants are you using again???

08/16/2008, 09:27 AM	#105
Shawn D Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Park City, UT Posts: 725	thanks, they look good

08/21/2008, 04:12 PM	#107
block head Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: spencerport ny Posts: 2,619	that poker race rocks, took my wife the week we were married. friend jumped a ten foot bow wake from a barge on his 22 foot donzi. not sure how we survied

08/21/2008, 04:12 PM	#108
block head Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: spencerport ny Posts: 2,619	that poker race rocks, took my wife the week we were married. friend jumped a ten foot bow wake from a barge on his 22 foot donzi. not sure how we survied

08/21/2008, 05:05 PM	#111
erics3000 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Palm Bay FL Posts: 2,957	I love watching the poker run boats when they are in FL. Great pics.. __________________ Eric (Red House for my 300 display 600 system) Current Tank Info: 600 gallon system with 300 display

08/21/2008, 05:46 PM	#112
Shawn D Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Park City, UT Posts: 725	That skimmer will be sweet. CNC looks like it makes some really nice skimmers. I thought you were going to test the atb hang on/multi?

08/21/2008, 05:57 PM	#113
GSMguy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northern New Mexico Posts: 17,420	I dont think they are getting test units, i really had not planned on getting the skimmer but since CNC decided to stop building sicce skimmers, i got a good deal on this one of a kind recirc sicce. __________________ Nick. Conehead. Shallow Reef club. Current Tank Info: 48"x27"x14" Envision Acrylic rimless, 6x39w ATi Sunpower, Custom ATB Deluxe Skimmer, 4x tunze nano stream,ATB flowstar 1500, ACJR, Tunze osmolator.

08/21/2008, 07:04 PM	#114
moo0o Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: SJ,CA Posts: 1,694	hmm do you know why they are gonna stop building sicce skimmers? i thought these were good? by good i mean selling well.

08/21/2008, 07:06 PM	#115
GSMguy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northern New Mexico Posts: 17,420	cant compete with the price war between the chinese built MSX and coralvue skimmers. __________________ Nick. Conehead. Shallow Reef club. Current Tank Info: 48"x27"x14" Envision Acrylic rimless, 6x39w ATi Sunpower, Custom ATB Deluxe Skimmer, 4x tunze nano stream,ATB flowstar 1500, ACJR, Tunze osmolator.

08/21/2008, 07:10 PM	#116
moo0o Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: SJ,CA Posts: 1,694	oh silly me, at first glance, i thought they were the MSX and coralvue skimmers, hope it does it job for you =)

08/26/2008, 02:11 PM	#117
GSMguy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northern New Mexico Posts: 17,420	couple shots to show what the tank looks like today. the fish have finally settled in and are all getting along. __________________ Nick. Conehead. Shallow Reef club. Current Tank Info: 48"x27"x14" Envision Acrylic rimless, 6x39w ATi Sunpower, Custom ATB Deluxe Skimmer, 4x tunze nano stream,ATB flowstar 1500, ACJR, Tunze osmolator.

08/26/2008, 02:12 PM	#118
GSMguy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northern New Mexico Posts: 17,420	Nog Shots. __________________ Nick. Conehead. Shallow Reef club. Current Tank Info: 48"x27"x14" Envision Acrylic rimless, 6x39w ATi Sunpower, Custom ATB Deluxe Skimmer, 4x tunze nano stream,ATB flowstar 1500, ACJR, Tunze osmolator.

08/26/2008, 03:47 PM	#119
Dudester Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 2,218	I can't get over how much coralline algae growth you have on your acrylic for such a new tank. Something good must be going on in there! p.s. clean off that coralline! __________________ The Dude abides Current Tank Info: building a new home tank l 450g office tank with Deltec everything

08/26/2008, 03:51 PM	#120
GSMguy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northern New Mexico Posts: 17,420	Mike that is a weeks worth of coraline growth..... i cleaned the whole tank before the shots but i get tired and the coraline is hard to get off the acrylic so all i get is the lil bit of film algae. __________________ Nick. Conehead. Shallow Reef club. Current Tank Info: 48"x27"x14" Envision Acrylic rimless, 6x39w ATi Sunpower, Custom ATB Deluxe Skimmer, 4x tunze nano stream,ATB flowstar 1500, ACJR, Tunze osmolator.

08/26/2008, 04:15 PM	#122
GSMguy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northern New Mexico Posts: 17,420	i have not been here to scrape it daily. it looks like i will be taking the tank down and moving it with me to Alexandria Virginia in the next month. should only be down a couple days at most though. __________________ Nick. Conehead. Shallow Reef club. Current Tank Info: 48"x27"x14" Envision Acrylic rimless, 6x39w ATi Sunpower, Custom ATB Deluxe Skimmer, 4x tunze nano stream,ATB flowstar 1500, ACJR, Tunze osmolator.

08/26/2008, 04:38 PM	#123
ClownReef® Bubbletrousing Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 1,872	Hey Nick, 1- How do you keep your clams put on a bare bottom tank? Mine seem to keep falling over..and its really p****ing me off.. 2- Where did you get your clowns?! Ive been looking for a nice pair for a while! Tank looks GREAT!! __________________ Waterbox Peninsula 5526 l Ecotech Radion XR30w G4 l Ecotech Vectra M1 l MP40QDW l Vertex Omega 180i l Tunze ATO l Apex Fusion l DOS l Trident l Ice Cap Scrubber

08/26/2008, 04:44 PM	#124
GSMguy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northern New Mexico Posts: 17,420	Hey Clown, 1. i prop the clams up with a rock. 2. Rods reef, rods onyx, cant Go wrong. http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...readid=1262018 __________________ Nick. Conehead. Shallow Reef club. Current Tank Info: 48"x27"x14" Envision Acrylic rimless, 6x39w ATi Sunpower, Custom ATB Deluxe Skimmer, 4x tunze nano stream,ATB flowstar 1500, ACJR, Tunze osmolator.

08/26/2008, 04:58 PM	#125
GSMguy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northern New Mexico Posts: 17,420	I love this shot from last weekend my girlfriend took it. Couple more i thought were cool. __________________ Nick. Conehead. Shallow Reef club. Current Tank Info: 48"x27"x14" Envision Acrylic rimless, 6x39w ATi Sunpower, Custom ATB Deluxe Skimmer, 4x tunze nano stream,ATB flowstar 1500, ACJR, Tunze osmolator.