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New build 90 gallon Lee Mar rimless starphire

IM SO SALTY

IM SO SALTY

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Hey all just picked up my Lee Mar 90g rimless starphire 48x24x18 from neptune aquatics...Also grabbed 2 mp40's and 2 radions from my boys at aquatic collection thanks Karson and Joe!!! I still have to build the stand and mod a 40g tank into the fuge/sump this week. I also have a reef octopus skimmer laying around i was hoping to use as long as it is sufficent enough. Any suggestions or comments are always appreciated. I will try to upload some pics shortly
 
Thanks I cant wait to get some water in the tank but I know it takes time and patience and alot of planning... I will post some pics of th stand build shortly
 
Thanks guys Im for sure going sandy bottom white with real reef rock. I was playin around with my mp40 and it doesnt want to stick.. I have 1/2 inch glass and heard it would be no problem for the 40. Any recomendations

P.S That is an Ecotech Baby lol
 
That's a very sweet tank and exactly the dimensions I'm lusting over. It should be a fantastic setup. What are you planning for the stand?
 
IM SO SALTY said:
Thanks guys Im for sure going sandy bottom white with real reef rock. I was playin around with my mp40 and it doesnt want to stick.. I have 1/2 inch glass and heard it would be no problem for the 40. Any recomendations

P.S That is an Ecotech Baby lol
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Have you adjusted the spacer on the MP40 to the recommended setting? Also, I've had trouble sometimes getting the MPX tos tick when the pump is running.

I do recall some people having problems with vortechs "sticking" through some of the black backed oceanic tanks. I forget why though.
 
As Gomer said, spacer could be the problem, mine sticks fine through 1/2 glass. Definitely needs to be turned off to make it stick right. I knocked the wet side off while cleaning yesterday, and it refused to go back on till I turned off the dry side.

Maybe someone who knows more about magnets would know the answer to this, but Sapphire glass is just low-iron glass right? Could this affect the performance of the magnet, or is the iron too low in "regular" glass to make a difference?
 
Starphire glass is PPG's low iron glass. Mainly just a transparency thing and shouldn't affect the magnetic field in any meaningful way.

Sapphire is crystalline aluminum oxide and something entirely different (and not technically a glass :p)
 
any suggestions on mounting the radions. I have the light hanging kits but was wondering which way would cover the tank better. I was thiking of running them long ways with the length of the tank. Tank dimensions are 48x24x18tall
 
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