Gimmito's 450 gal L-shaped tank

[gimmito]

Mine ate tunicates. :-(

....it seems they are indiscrimanant when it comes to food.

 

[CookieJar]

The one I gave Jim didn't touch zoanthids as far as I could tell. I had multiple zoa/ paly frags and a large colony of basic green zoas that showed no ill effects from him, but keep an eye on him nonetheless.

 

[JAR]

Mine is like a lawn mower for coraline algae. I would be worried if I had an acrylic tank.
They will scratch the crap out of your plastic.

 

[gimmito]

Mine is like a lawn mower for coraline algae. I would be worried if I had an acrylic tank.
They will scratch the crap out of your plastic.

...good thing he's in the fuge where nobody can see it.

 

[gimmito]

It seems like the cardinal fish weren't the only ones getting busy while I was on vacation...shrimp eggs !

 

[gimmito]

I plan on releasing the McCoskers wrasses into the main display, so I had to make a splash guard. I bought a couple window screen kits from OSH and used 1/4" clear netting from BRS. I made 3 separate screens for ease of removal.

 

[JAR]

Nice work Jim!
FYI I had to replace my screen after about 8 months.
My MH is about 18" away and the UV made it brittle enough to break and fall apart.

 

[LeviT]

Nice work Jim!
FYI I had to replace my screen after about 8 months.
My MH is about 18" away and the UV made it brittle enough to break and fall apart.

That's probably from the heat right?

 

[jestersix]

Nice work Jim!
FYI I had to replace my screen after about 8 months.
My MH is about 18" away and the UV made it brittle enough to break and fall apart.

Interesting, I've had netting over my tank for almost two years now and it is still fine - just the difference between the MH and plasmas (my lights are about 14 inches over the screens)? Or possibly a difference in the screen material?

 

[gimmito]

Nice work Jim!
FYI I had to replace my screen after about 8 months.
My MH is about 18" away and the UV made it brittle enough to break and fall apart.

Yikes ! I have mine about 18" off the water also. What kind of netting did you use ? How did the frame hold up ?

 

[sfboarders]

I just replaced my screen cause it was getting some holes. I doubled it this time.

 

[JAR]

Frame is fine. Same netting I believe.

 

[iani]

My netting is fine still as well. I think its more the heat than the UV. Jon you don't have glass shields over your bulbs right? For me glass reduces the heat a lot.

 

[gimmito]

I just replaced my screen cause it was getting some holes. I doubled it this time.

...you got holes from wear and tear or fish trying to jump ??

 

[gimmito]

My netting is fine still as well. I think its more the heat than the UV. Jon you don't have glass shields over your bulbs right? For me glass reduces the heat a lot.

...glass shields are next on the "to do list."

 

[jestersix]

Sounds like heat is the biggest issue - not much heat from my plasmas.

 

[gimmito]

Sounds like heat is the biggest issue - not much heat from my plasmas.

...now you're just rubbing it in.

 

[sfsuphysics]

My netting is fine still as well. I think its more the heat than the UV. Jon you don't have glass shields over your bulbs right? For me glass reduces the heat a lot.

...glass shields are next on the "to do list."

Well since you don't have corals to acclimate, you could just jump to LEDs and heat issue goes away

 

[jestersix]

Sounds like heat is the biggest issue - not much heat from my plasmas.

...now you're just rubbing it in.

Of course

 

[gimmito]

My netting is fine still as well. I think its more the heat than the UV. Jon you don't have glass shields over your bulbs right? For me glass reduces the heat a lot.

...glass shields are next on the "to do list."

Well since you don't have corals to acclimate, you could just jump to LEDs and heat issue goes away

.... flip side is I'll need more heaters for the tank.