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Cilyjr's 470 gallon display

Something I did not really talk about, I auto change 2.5 gallons daily. Instead of it going down the drain it first goes into a 20 gallon end of the line tank.
What it adds for me?
A tank that's separated from my main system yet shares similar parameters.
Coral, inverts, can go there and not bring any unwanted into the display.

I'm debating if I will set up a 75 g fish it in the garage for fish or if I will buy from only qt vendors going forward.
What are the clubs thoughts?
 
Cilyjr said:
Something I did not really talk about, I auto change 2.5 gallons daily. Instead of it going down the drain it first goes into a 20 gallon end of the line tank.
What it adds for me?
A tank that's separated from my main system yet shares similar parameters.
Coral, inverts, can go there and not bring any unwanted into the display.

I'm debating if I will set up a 75 g fish it in the garage for fish or if I will buy from only qt vendors going forward.
What are the clubs thoughts?
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I’m always in favor of more water volume
And I would get another 57w UV and run them in series
I think I ren them on an eheim 1000gph in and out of my sump
 
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Cilyjr said:
Something I did not really talk about, I auto change 2.5 gallons daily. Instead of it going down the drain it first goes into a 20 gallon end of the line tank.
What it adds for me?
A tank that's separated from my main system yet shares similar parameters.
Coral, inverts, can go there and not bring any unwanted into the display.

I'm debating if I will set up a 75 g fish it in the garage for fish or if I will buy from only qt vendors going forward.
What are the clubs thoughts?
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Do both,
if you can set up a observation tank/ qt do it!
It you can get QT’ed fish , like from HighTide , do that too
 
Cilyjr said:
I'm gonna need to figure something out. I just learned the one local store is closing.
High tide is 4 hrs north.
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The drive can be brutal, especially with Bay Area traffic,
At least the valley is pretty, if you take the 54 out of King city it’s gorgeous, and only 20 minutes longer
 
Another thing I did which is related to the aquarium but not really part of it was add a mini split to the back room.

We have central air conditioning in the house but it's pretty mild where I live so we almost never use it. Also that back room was an add on someone did sometime in the 80s so it is not ducted to the rest of the house.

The new aquarium add a pretty significant heat load to that room. The fix was a 9k Mitsubishi mini split.
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I'm find it irritating that I can no longer buy Bayer complete in California.

I'm switching to the Mike Paletta super dip. Is anyone else using this method?

Info can be found in the reef builders article linked below

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How and Why to Dip Newly Acquired Corals | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog

After getting corals via the internet or from a local shop they need to be treated for parasites, infections, and other maladies that we do not want to introduce into a tank. I know that shops and…
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Welcome to the club! Beautiful area was just down their last month riding in the dunes!
You running socks or a roller? Great tank can’t wait to see it filled with livestock! Whats the glass thickness?
Thanks for the write up!
 
PjFish said:
You running socks or a roller? Great tank can’t wait to see it filled with livestock! Whats the glass thickness?
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Neither, I shove some poly fil between a baffle and call it done. Pretty old school I guess but a big bag of polyfil costs me about 15 bucks and last a year.

It's all 3/4 cross and euro braced both top and bottom.
The plastic lip on top is completely cosmetic.
 
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