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  1. TheRealMadMax

    Other hobbies

    Year round hobbies are mountain biking, scuba and indoor skydiving. The kids love them as well so we get in some good family bonding time. In the summer we spend a fair amount of time in the delta wakeboarding & wake surfing and in the winter we try to get in as many days as possible skiing and...
  2. TheRealMadMax

    TheRealMadMax Monster Tank Build

    That's a great question, most likely will be reef as well. When I suggested going for fish only Robert gave me a nasty look ;)
  3. TheRealMadMax

    Hello from Los Gatos

    Congrats! I try to make a few club dives a month with Aquarius. They even have 6 pm night/dusk dives during the week. Finding baby octopus out hunting in the Monterrey Bay at night is really fun!
  4. TheRealMadMax

    TheRealMadMax Monster Tank Build

    The future second tank (a peninsula 120” X 24” X 28” ) is actually the reason the sump is so large. We should only have to add a second protein skimmer, everything else is sized to handle a total system volume of 600 gallons. I also didn’t want to have to start tearing up Sheetrock or core...
  5. TheRealMadMax

    TheRealMadMax Monster Tank Build

    The base is actually bolted together and then bolted to the wall. It’s not going anywhere. The large metal tray the display tank sits on was welded in the house to the giant steel support beams. Robert insisted that the aquarium sit dead level so the structural engineer had to calculate the...
  6. TheRealMadMax

    TheRealMadMax Monster Tank Build

    Just saying hi! Robert has been fantactic putting this system together for our family. Can’t wait to have the tank fully cycled! Also related to the question of maintaince earlier in the thread my second oldest son (16) and I are planning on learning all the ins and outs. In fact if my son ever...
  7. TheRealMadMax

    Hello from Los Gatos

    Hello friends! Very excited our journey to finally having our very own reef tank has finally come true. In August 2020 my now 16 year old son and I walked into Neptune Aquatics and met Robert for the first time to talk about putting together a slightly unusual fully cantilevered 180 gallon reef...
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