Erik and Rachaels 295 gallon tank build

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my reef build i have a 55 thats ben runing for ten years i wanted to step it up...... so i 9497
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA7gqAGl6zI did, i bout a 220 tank with a 75 gallon refuigium. the tank is 8 feet long 2 feet wide 2 feet high. i hand built everything but the tanks. down below first week or to or set up above is how it looks now 4 weeks in

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first week of running no fish just all tank 9383938493849384938593869386

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this is befor i got everything set up just the stages i went to to get were its at to day hand built everything even the stand and all the plugs i ran all my own pipes. i built the stand out of 2x8 wallmenzed legs age 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 with 3/4 wallminzed ply wood. ran condoit with 10 gage wire to all gfi plugs with and 15 amp circuit breaker. Added 10 boxs total 4 on the front under the main tank. and 93879388938893889389 the plumbing is two 4 gallon over flow boxs that have 1 inch pvc sch 40 running to the rufugium and a d mag 9.5 pumping bck in to the tank and the pipe is 1 1/2 and im throwing it up 3 and half feet. got four bulb t5 on bottom tank and six on on top. the flow that i get in my tank is sick i pump ruffly 24 thousand gallons a day. to big monster power heads that push water 5 ft across the tank. and 300 lbs of live rock in it.

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day two of start up the first 2 pics down are from the second day i filled it up up at the very top of the thread page is how it looks.. and the last two pics are my 55 gallon i had to show off 9390939193929393the two above are my 55 gallon thats in the living room its been running for ten years

[Tom@HaslettMI]

It's crazy how small the 75 gallon looks compared to the DT!

This is going to be a fun one to watch fill up.

Please keep us posted!

Tom

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yea it will be i had the floor renforced to take the wight. its been runing for a month has one coral cat shark in it thought he would have a blast and would b cool to watch swim around the tank but i did not realize she only comes out wen its pitch black no fun never see her but wen i turn the lights on and catch her swimming around for a min then she hides from the light

[MizTanks]

What else could you add in there? That won't get eaten that is :)

[jimsflies]

Yeah...that's a big one! It'll be awesome when it fills in. :)

[SantaMonicaHelp]

Refreshing to see a long, shallow tank...please post up more pictures soon, would love to see how it looks with whatever livestock you plan to put in it :]

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changed it up put a fish that was picking on my shark in this tank and had to rip it all the way down sucked but liked the way it truned out better shows off all the live rock i have.944394439444944594469447

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need help just have t5s on tank now, and want to up grade to leds. Any one got any suggestions on some to look at my tank is 8ft long 2 wide 2 high. also dont want to spend too much just want to be able to grow soft corals but at the same time wanna get the biggest bang for my buck????

[MizTanks]

Check out Reef Radiance - Home (http://www.reefradiance.com) IMO best units out there for the money. I just bought the LumenTek Pro 180 & it is awesome!

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Ufoss? Got a link to them? Looks great!!

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Looking good!! :)

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Looks better without the alien poster. :ufo:


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[jimsflies]

I liked the x-files vibe. :alienjar:

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lol



Bigger is better

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Anyone have any extra frags they want to sell ?

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Corals or fish need more things fr this big tank

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So I'm attempting to try and catch a bird wrasse and a fox face in a 225 tank... this will b fun... going to put them in my 55 gallon fr exchange with two clowns that I have had in there forever, 1black and 1orange one will b getting a tank upgrade with some sharks in it. The wrasse and fox face all ways string tank up and fighting with each other.

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Says invalid URL :(

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I don't under stand y I can not up load picuters of my tank been to this site makes no sense keeps saying failed up load ????????

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so ya I don't get it but im done trying says same thing use to never have this problem till now........

[MizTanks]

Send a pm to jimsflies. He's the guru at fixing these issues. What are you using to upload your pictures?

[jimsflies]

For some reason, the link above thinks its a video. Were you uploading a photo or video?

I'm not sure what you are doing to know exactly where the process isn't working.

But I will tell you how I would do it (I do know that there are some glitches with the attachment system so doing it differently could be the problem you are encountering).

So, here is how I do it:

1. Go to manage attachments (using advanced editor). This opens the attachment dialog box. If for some reason this doesn't open, you may need to allow pop ups on your browser for CaptiveReefs.
2. Click on Add Files in the upper right hand corner of the attachment dialog box. This opens up a drop down box.
3. Then be sure "upload files from your computer" is clicked.
4. Then click "Browse".
5. Select the photo you want to upload.
6. Click "Upload".

At this point the image you uploaded will show up in the bottom of the attachment dialog box under the attachment dialog box. Just say done and it should appear below the message editor in attachments section. Alternatively you can select "insert inline" and it will place the image where your cursor is in the message editor.

Aside from this, the other thing to keep in mind is that images need to be resized to work on the web. If they are too large the system will not upload them. I'd recommend resizing your photos down to ~800x600px and also optimizing them so they aren't larger than 80KB. CR will take larger photos than that, but optimizing photos will help others view your threads better especially on mobile devices.

Lastly, another option is to use a photo hosting service like Photobucket to host your photos. Once the image is uploaded there, under the share settings you can find the URL for the image. At that point use the img bbcode to insert them into your post like this url to image.

It may be helpful to toggle the WYSIWYG editor mode (use the "A/A" button on the upper left hand corner of the advanced message editor) to switch between bbcode view and WYSIWYG view as you are composing your message.

Hopefully this helps!

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3 sharks, bamboo white spot, banned cat and a coral cat shark and a one spot fox face are the fish. the reef is 60 inchs long and 22 inchs high but the tank is 96 inchs long and 24 inchs high with two feet on each end for sharks to swim around with out hitting rocks. led ufos are the lights, i have two of them. they are equal to 500 watts metal halide and by far best lights two grow coral with. i have 2 tanks running and both grow coral but this one with the sharks and coral is my fav.

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[MizTanks]

Need something to get at those Aptasia Anemones. Before they over run your tank. Which is very beautiful [emoji7]

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sharks sharks sharks!!!!!!!!1

[Sir Patrick]

Cool sharks man. Nice coral collection too.

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http://youtu.be/UuwQIE4YRps

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:fish2::fish2::fish2:thank u sir patrick!

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So my wife talked me into finishing my reef. I've all ready traded in my big banded cat shark, and added file fish to take care of those apts.but still have 2 sharks to trade in. Plans are to expand my reef to each end of the tank and to add one more light, think four of these lights are just much. I have two maroon color clowns that I've had for ever,thinking going to up grade them to the 240 once sharks are gone!

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