Bang guy's lagoon! Show us some new pics!

bang guy

bang guy

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Originally Posted by Brandan
http:///forum/post/2510861
Do you have a thread from when you build this? I would love to see how you went about it, and size, materials ect. Looks very nice

Materials:
Plywood = 4 X 8'X4' 3/4" Marine
2X4s = 12 X 10'
Deck Planking = 4 X 10'
Insulation = 4 X 8'X4' 2" (pink stuff)
Pond Liner = 60mil EPDM a 16' X 16' sheet
Cinder Blocks = 25
Plumbing = 2" bulkhead, 4" PVC, reducer, 2" PVC to the sump
Salt = 6 buckets of IO
Sand = 2000 pounds of Southdown
Surge = 2 X 50 gallon Roughnecks + some PVC plumbing
Ballasts = 4 IceCap running 12 6' VHO bulbs
Heaters = 6 X 350 watt Titanium heaters
The size is 8' X 8' X 2' volume is about 900 gallons
 
wangotango

wangotango

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Do you have any problems with humidity in the basement with all that water?
Also, are there any viewing windows on the sides or is it just block?
Looks great.
-Justin
 
bang guy

bang guy

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Originally Posted by WangoTango
http:///forum/post/2514644
Do you have any problems with humidity in the basement with all that water?
Also, are there any viewing windows on the sides or is it just block?
Looks great.
-Justin
Great question.
I have a huge cover that comes down from the ceiling. It has a pulley system to raise & lower the cover. I have air ductwork and a fan that ventilates to the outside from a hole in the cover.
It can only be viewed from above looking down.
 
fishissues

fishissues

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Originally Posted by Bang Guy
http:///forum/post/2514604
A Bonded pair typically won't care about how many juvenile Clownfish they share an Anemone with. As the juveniles mature they are kicked out of the Anemone one by one.
what do u do with the rejected guys? they get their own or what? Also i thing my clow just matured because s/he won't let me do any rock work in the aquarium any way to prevent that?
 
h3b

h3b

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8'x8'
howd you get everything n there walking around in it? It seems too far to lean with cinderblocks and heavy rocks.
 
markw

markw

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ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!! How much of a pain is it to do water changes and keep the water paameters at the right level? What approximately was the price tag of this baby? I mean without all the livestock?
 
al mc

al mc

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Bang...Excellent set up. How much evaporation do you get? I know you answered another poster that you drop a suspended canopy but you still must go through gallons of RODI top off water daily. How much?
 
bang guy

bang guy

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Originally Posted by Al Mc
http:///forum/post/2539217
Bang...Excellent set up. How much evaporation do you get? I know you answered another poster that you drop a suspended canopy but you still must go through gallons of RODI top off water daily. How much?

5 gallons a day with the top down. 20 gallons a day with the top up.
There's a fan that vents the air inside the top to the outside so none of the evap stays in the house even with the top up. If I want to raise Calcium & Alkalinity I can crank the top up 1/2" to increase evaporation. This will cause more limewater to automatically be pulled into the system.
The Sump is covered as well.
 
al mc

al mc

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Originally Posted by Bang Guy
http:///forum/post/2539331
5 gallons a day with the top down. 20 gallons a day with the top up.
There's a fan that vents the air inside the top to the outside so none of the evap stays in the house even with the top up. If I want to raise Calcium & Alkalinity I can crank the top up 1/2" to increase evaporation. This will cause more limewater to automatically be pulled into the system.
The Sump is covered as well.
Amazing. I go thru 5 gallons per day on my much much fewer gallon system.
Thanks
PS...Now that you have had it up for some time....Would you do it all over again? Would you make it even bigger?
 
bang guy

bang guy

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Originally Posted by Al Mc
http:///forum/post/2539335
Amazing. I go thru 5 gallons per day on my much much fewer gallon system.
Thanks
PS...Now that you have had it up for some time....Would you do it all over again? Would you make it even bigger?


It's the perfect size. I would have done 2 things differently.
1 - It's up on cinder blocks, I should have put it on the floor on top of Corning insulation to make it lower. That way I could sit & look at it. I would also be able to do better pictures.
2 - I have a 2" overflow hole drilled into the side that flows to the sump. I should have just used 5 or 6 1" PVC siphons like a giant hang-on overflow to the sump.
 
hefner413

hefner413

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Hey bang. New pics?
And I guess answering a Q 2 months later is better than not replying at all!
JK.
 
aqua_scaping

aqua_scaping

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well i bet everyone wants to know the answer to this question so here it goes
How much (roughly) did everything (materials equipment fish EVERYTHING) cost you?
Now the sand is that live or playground sand?
 
bang guy

bang guy

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Originally Posted by Aqua_Scaping
http:///forum/post/2635455
well i bet everyone wants to know the answer to this question so here it goes
How much (roughly) did everything (materials equipment fish EVERYTHING) cost you?
Now the sand is that live or playground sand?
Costs:
Plywood = $80
2X4s = $60
Deck Planking = $60
Insulation = $80
Pond Liner = $120
Cinder Blocks = $34
Plumbing = $40
Cover = $30 including pulleys
Salt = $240
Sand = $200
Surge = $20
Ballasts = $350
Heaters = $100
Total = about $1500 including misc. items like screws & brackets.
Value = Priceless :D
The sand was 2000 pounds of Southdown Oolitic Calcium carbonate sand + 20 pounds of freshly harvested live sand.
 
kogle

kogle

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Looks great Bang Guy, nice to hear from you again. Lagoon is looking awesome. I don't know that I've seen it in well over a year.
 
aqua_scaping

aqua_scaping

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Originally Posted by Bang Guy
http:///forum/post/2635714
Costs:
Plywood = $80
2X4s = $60
Deck Planking = $60
Insulation = $80
Pond Liner = $120
Cinder Blocks = $34
Plumbing = $40
Cover = $30 including pulleys
Salt = $240
Sand = $200
Surge = $20
Ballasts = $350
Heaters = $100
Total = about $1500 including misc. items like screws & brackets.
Value = Priceless :D
The sand was 2000 pounds of Southdown Oolitic Calcium carbonate sand + 20 pounds of freshly harvested live sand.

wow thats it? Do you have any protien skimmer on it? and whats your filtration because people with 300 gallons pay way mroe than that
 
bang guy

bang guy

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Originally Posted by Aqua_Scaping
http:///forum/post/2636420
wow thats it? Do you have any protien skimmer on it? and whats your filtration because people with 300 gallons pay way mroe than that

Yeah, that's it. It was actually cheaper than my display tank.
I use a DSB for filtration and the skimmer is a DIY.
 
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