Large tank owners, please...

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calvertbill

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I know my shirts may have 38" sleeves but that doesn't really cut it with rock & coral placement, planting and maintenance in a 36" deep tank. I've thought of kid's beach plasticware (shovels, hoes, rakes), I've made a few crude tools out of PVC and sheets of acrylic, and I bought one of those 35" invert feeders but I wondered what other people used.
By the way, I've got two of those Coralife Aqua Tongs but it seems I use them once or twice and they seize up. I suspect they may need to be rinsed in fresh water after each use to prevent salt buildup? But even when they're working right they can't handle the weight of moving rockwork.
 
nrr15

nrr15

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32 views and not one response! I would take that as an insult to your intelligence. being that you answered your own question.
 
dogstar

dogstar

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I have not found any tool wroth a crap for that type of stuff for aquariums other than my own hands so just count on getting wet.....Even with my little 150g, I am always getting wet.
 
t316

t316

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Turn off all of your pumps first. In mine, this drops the water level by several inches in the dt, at least below the cut lines in the overflow boxes. You will still have to reach over the tank lip, but the few x-tra inches might keep your arm pits dry.
 
alix2.0

alix2.0

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Originally Posted by GrouperGenius
I want a tank that I have to put my scuba gear on to move things around.

yeah, me too.
 
grumpygils

grumpygils

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Originally Posted by T316
Turn off all of your pumps first. In mine, this drops the water level by several inches in the dt, at least below the cut lines in the overflow boxes. You will still have to reach over the tank lip, but the few x-tra inches might keep your arm pits dry.
T316, you need to post pics of your beautiful tank and cabnetry and one of you with your feet up in the air arranging rocks!
Mc
 
groupergenius

groupergenius

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Originally Posted by grumpygils
T316, you need to post pics of your beautiful tank and cabnetry and one of you with your feet up in the air arranging rocks!
Mc
 
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calvertbill

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Originally Posted by Dogstar
I have not found any tool wroth a crap for that type of stuff for aquariums other than my own hands so just count on getting wet.....Even with my little 150g, I am always getting wet.
Wet would be okay! I'm not at all anxious about that, it's that with me on a ladder and my arm fully extended I can't reach the bottom. I was putting a brain coral in the tank and it fell off the makeshift tool I was using and fell to the bottom inverted. It took me 10 minutes just to turn it back over. A piece of rock fell off my reef and even though I can get the aqua tongs around it, it's too heavy for them to lift...it just slips out of the tongs and my arm isn't long enough for my fingers to touch it, much less grab it!
Maybe you're right...I supposed I could take down the lighting, get up on a ladder and wearing a face mask and snorkel lean my upper body into the tank...but there's GOT to be an easier way! I can't be the only person in this situation since my arms are longer than most!
 
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calvertbill

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Originally Posted by bessycerka
I know for a fact this'll work, my suit is on order..........
everyone's a comodian!!
 
t316

t316

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Originally Posted by grumpygils
T316, you need to post pics of your beautiful tank and cabnetry and one of you with your feet up in the air arranging rocks!
Mc
I would if I could figure out how to work my wife's camera. Outside is no prob., but I can't get a good shot of the inside to save my life. Must be a setting...and my ignorance of cam's.
Glad you found that mental pic humourous grouper...but that's really what Calvertbill & I look like sometimes.

Calvertbill...I net everything on the bottom, bring up within reach, and when putting back in place do a soft drop.
 
groupergenius

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I joke, but I have thought of all these same concerns when it comes to a massive in-wall tank. I see some of them and wonder how in the world anyone can set it all up. I get soaked just messing with my 90 and 120.
 
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calvertbill

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Originally Posted by GrouperGenius
I joke, but I have thought of all these same concerns when it comes to a massive in-wall tank. I see some of them and wonder how in the world anyone can set it all up. I get soaked just messing with my 90 and 120.
My room has eight foot ceilings, the tank is 32" off the floor, the tank is 36" tall (120" long, 24" deep) that leaves 28"(-2" for the 2x4 the lighting hangs from)...boo hiss!
 
t316

t316

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Originally Posted by Calvertbill
My room has eight foot ceilings, the tank is 32" off the floor, the tank is 36" tall (120" long, 24" deep) that leaves 28"(-2" for the 2x4 the lighting hangs from)...boo hiss!
Is that built into a wall, or open access all the way around?
 
grumpygils

grumpygils

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Originally Posted by Calvertbill
Wet would be okay! I'm not at all anxious about that, it's that with me on a ladder and my arm fully extended I can't reach the bottom. I was putting a brain coral in the tank and it fell off the makeshift tool I was using and fell to the bottom inverted. It took me 10 minutes just to turn it back over. A piece of rock fell off my reef and even though I can get the aqua tongs around it, it's too heavy for them to lift...it just slips out of the tongs and my arm isn't long enough for my fingers to touch it, much less grab it!
Maybe you're right...I supposed I could take down the lighting, get up on a ladder and wearing a face mask and snorkel lean my upper body into the tank...but there's GOT to be an easier way! I can't be the only person in this situation since my arms are longer than most!
Don't wear deoderant!
Mc
 
t316

t316

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Now there's a Beast to tame. Very Nice. I remember your thread now.
What's your clearance on those lights? Is that what's getting in your way? My lights are 24" from the water & Iv'e had no problems. Yours look like they are right on the H2O.
 
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