240g in wall shallow reef build
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jpa0741
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Originally Posted by Hefner413
http:///forum/post/2497459
that's awesome! Is your daughter as excited as we are?? What fish does she want to be in the new tank?
She is pretty excited, but not as much as me. We have been looking at a few tangs to see which ones we want to get.
http:///forum/post/2497459
that's awesome! Is your daughter as excited as we are?? What fish does she want to be in the new tank?
She is pretty excited, but not as much as me. We have been looking at a few tangs to see which ones we want to get.
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bonita69
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what does this RDSB do? How much of a upgrade r they? Why do they work?
jpa0741
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They work very well lowering nitrates. Pretty easy to do. You need to use about 5 gal per 75g of water. Just fill bucket with sand aboust 6-7 inches fron the top and put 2 bulkheads (one feeding it, one return) about 3-4 inches from top. You can feed it with a seperate pump or tee it off of something else.
briand7878
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Ok here is my stupid contribution to this post. How do you heat tanks that are that big? The largest heater i have seen which i own is a 300 watt. That barely keeps my 125 at 74 degrees. Do you just use a bunch of them or what? By the way sweet tank!!
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bonita69
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Originally Posted by BRIAND7878
http:///forum/post/2500131
Ok here is my stupid contribution to this post. How do you heat tanks that are that big? The largest heater i have seen which i own is a 300 watt. That barely keeps my 125 at 74 degrees. Do you just use a bunch of them or what? By the way sweet tank!!
Equipment to support a large reef tank can generate a lot of heat so timers are very important and chillers as well. Most always the lighting system is set up with a controller that can shut it off if tank temp. gets too high. They also have the skimmer pump set to turn off if temp. is too high as the pump for that is fairly large. So heating it is not the problem it is keeping it cool that is a challange.
http:///forum/post/2500131
Ok here is my stupid contribution to this post. How do you heat tanks that are that big? The largest heater i have seen which i own is a 300 watt. That barely keeps my 125 at 74 degrees. Do you just use a bunch of them or what? By the way sweet tank!!
Equipment to support a large reef tank can generate a lot of heat so timers are very important and chillers as well. Most always the lighting system is set up with a controller that can shut it off if tank temp. gets too high. They also have the skimmer pump set to turn off if temp. is too high as the pump for that is fairly large. So heating it is not the problem it is keeping it cool that is a challange.
