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Posted: March 13 2014 at 4:56pm |
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I have been out of the hobby for about 3 years and am just now getting back in to it. I am Mike Savage's kid and I don't usually post a whole lot. I usually just call dad for advice. I am currently in the building stage and thought I should get a thread going for my tank.
My tank is being custom built by Eric at Aquarium Creations it is a 36"x36"x30" eurobraced glass tank with a PVC bottom and a corner overflow. I will be running a herbie setup on this tank. Dion at DriftWood Aquarium Furniture is building a custom stand for my tank. My stand is going to be 29" tall with removable panels and a lacquered black finish. My tank is going in the corner between my two couches instead of and end table so I can be up close and personal with it.
I am going to use egg crate and pond foam to make some false walls with rock and sand attached to it since I only have 2 viewable sides. I am also going to attach some rock to the overflow. I have 30 lbs of dry rubble for that. I also have 90 lbs of Fiji live rock curing in my garage. I have another 50 lbs of dry Fiji rock, 20 lbs of dry Tonga shelf, 20 lbs of Tonga multibranch, and 10 Lbs of Tonga single branch rock. I will be using 200 lbs of Caribsea Super Reef sand to get ~4" sand bed.
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Bubble Magus Curve 7 skimmer
2x Vortech MP 10 es powerheads
Finnex Titanium 800w heater
Jebao DC 12000 return pump
2x AI Hydra 52s LED lights
AI Director light controller
Neptune Aqua Controller III
Currently don't have a sump as I am waiting on my stand to take some measurements and think about how I want it in the stand.
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Posted: March 13 2014 at 5:04pm |
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Sweet! How many gallons is that size?
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Posted: March 13 2014 at 5:10pm |
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168 gallons
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Posted: March 13 2014 at 5:29pm |
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Awesome! Is there a reason you went with mp 10 instead of something a bit bigger? I only ask because I use an mp 10 on my 38g just not sure if they will be enough for as large of a tank as you have.
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Posted: March 13 2014 at 5:31pm |
I was wondering the same thing Jackie!
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Posted: March 13 2014 at 5:33pm |
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Yeah I didn't want to use a 40 for double the price and then turn it way down since the tank is only 3 feet long.
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Posted: March 13 2014 at 5:34pm |
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Also I don't want wires in the tank so WP25 wouldn't work since im doing the false back. MP25 were discontinued in 2010 so they are out as well.
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Posted: March 13 2014 at 5:37pm |
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Is your glass 1/2"? Cause I thought mp10 won't fit on 1/2" glass
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Posted: March 13 2014 at 5:46pm |
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Matt, I use 2 MP40s on my RSM 250 which is about 39" long. I have them both running at about 80%
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Posted: March 13 2014 at 6:02pm |
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Sounds like it is going to be a very nice setup Matt. Can't wait to see it up and running.
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Posted: March 13 2014 at 6:06pm |
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Matt, I use 2 MP40s on my RSM 250 which is about 39" long. I have them both running at about 80% |
Dayyyummm! That's a lot of flow Ann.
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Posted: March 13 2014 at 6:17pm |
I am using 2 mp10 on my frag tank for 2 years now and it is 1/2 glass. They hold pretty good, not as well as the mp40 but i haven't had any problems with mine.
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Posted: March 13 2014 at 6:17pm |
badfinger wrote:
Is your glass 1/2"? Cause I thought mp10 won't fit on 1/2" glass |
Yes 1/2" glass. I know it says up to 3/8 or they could fall. There is no way anyone could knock them and if I have to build a shelf on the outside to hold it I will.
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Posted: March 18 2014 at 7:37pm |
So here are my sides that I built out of egg crate pond foam and rock. I still need to rough up the pond foam a bit get rid of the bubbles before I can epoxy and add sand to make it look a bit more natural. Cell phone pics and black plastic background makes for terrible pictures. This first one is side ways. I couldn't get it to stay rotated 90 degrees clockwise. It goes in front of my corner overflow.  This going to be on the left side of the overflow  And this one goes on the right side of my overflow. 
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Posted: March 18 2014 at 8:03pm |
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Oh, man it looks SO MUCH BETTER in person!
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Posted: March 20 2014 at 9:11am |
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Posted: March 20 2014 at 9:17am |
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SWEET!
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Posted: March 20 2014 at 9:22am |
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I need it!!!! Just waiting on clips for my stand.
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Posted: March 20 2014 at 11:40am |
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Posted: March 20 2014 at 3:17pm |
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WE see a delivery date for clips of either friday or monday.
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