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      December 22nd, 2008, 11:55 PM
I will post some pics in a little bit.

Well first off this is my first saltwater tank build. I was going to go with a Aquapod but talked myself out of it since it was 4 times as much and not that big? and really there is not a lot of upgrades you can do to them.

This tank is about 35-40 gallons? I have done a few calculations and came up 37gallons?

Length x Width X Height = X
X / 231 = 37.70gallons (is that right)

Ok so the tank I got from CL with everything to set it up for a basic reef tank. I got 2 sets of lights both are high output florescent. Each ballast has 192watts of output. The guy had the tank for 3+ years with the lights and he said he never had an issues of putting light sensitive corals in it. I would like to upgrade to T5 maybe for my B-Day in a few months any suggestions?

I have a deal on CL with someone else for LR and LS that should be coming after the weather in my area clears up (we got over a foot of snow the past few days, normally we get 1 or 2 inches at best for the whole year so its a mess) so when that happens I am going to do a copper test on the tank that they come out of but anything else?

It didn't come with a protein skimmer I have got a few suggestions on that.

http://www.aquacave.com/reef-octopus...immer-495.html
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http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/Protei...duct_info.html

any other advice is greatly appreciated!!

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      December 23rd, 2008, 02:06 AM
OK some pictures. First brown has got to go! I have one tank that is that color and it drives me NUTS!!!

Much better!


Those are the bulbs they are brand new (in box and plastic) that the guy had been using any thoughts ??

The center part is broken? should I be worried with a 35ish gallon tank?
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      December 23rd, 2008, 03:28 AM
Looks like you've pretty much covered all your bases.
Just remember to take it slow and easy.

 
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      December 23rd, 2008, 03:32 AM
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any other advice is greatly appreciated!!
Don't post without pics.

 
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      December 23rd, 2008, 04:10 AM
The Nova Pro or 4-6 bulb Tek fixture will do nicely if/when you want to upgrade from PC.The first skimmer should do nicely(second link didn't work).Everything else looks good.

 
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      December 23rd, 2008, 06:58 AM
Photo time!
This is the tank after cleaning everything 1st thing get rid of the of the ugly brown, my GF's planted tank is that color and I HATE IT!!!


Ok that is getting better


Its only a 35gallon tank should I be worried about this the guy before didn't think it was that big of a deal.


That looks better!!


Here are the lights that are being used do you think that will work? I have a brand new set that came with it so I probably upgrade when I run out of bulbs?
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      December 23rd, 2008, 10:51 PM
Darko,the lights should be fine for LPS and soft corals.

 
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      December 23rd, 2008, 10:59 PM
You could probably super glue that center brace.

 
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      December 25th, 2008, 03:50 AM
are you gonna paint the back of it black also?? I was thinking about doing that but im not sure if the pain would hold very well on the glass, any ideas on that?

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      December 25th, 2008, 04:03 AM
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are you gonna paint the back of it black also?? I was thinking about doing that but im not sure if the pain would hold very well on the glass, any ideas on that?
I got a background that is black, I have seen people paint them but I think that the background I got off line was only $8 and I don't have to worry about a light spot I didn't see or it scraping off.

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