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T1KARMANN
#1 Posted : 20 January 2010 10:13:56
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My new tank project started today with the concrete base doing in

the tank will go in a 12x9 shed and the tank will be a 8x6x3

the shed and base will be complete by the end of jan and the tank should be built in the 1st or 2nd week in feb

we have made the garden into 2 halfs one for the dogs and the other half for the tank
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#2 Posted : 20 January 2010 13:19:32
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Wow that's an ambitious project!!

How was the base done, do you have polystyrene insulation under the concrete? Looking forward to regular progress reports from now on until you get the dolphins delivered.
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#3 Posted : 20 January 2010 14:13:05
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yeah poly base and steel strentherning bars
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#4 Posted : 20 January 2010 15:55:02

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I'm looking forwards to updates about this huge tank!! Nice to see you back on the site too.
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#5 Posted : 20 January 2010 22:38:32
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Might pay you to reinforce the shed roof and turn it into a reservoir for collecting rain - your water changes are going to be immense!
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#6 Posted : 21 January 2010 10:20:55
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you could charge your neighbour for watering the garden, this would be a good use for your dirty water and a shame to send it down the drain, if they are on a metre its expensive to water the lawn in the summer, just a thought,  i love the way your fish get the same portion of garden as the dogs, i have fish and a dog too, i cant wait to see this tank finished, its going to be awesome. di
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#7 Posted : 21 January 2010 10:23:18
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CONCRETES IN
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#8 Posted : 21 January 2010 12:03:19

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Awesome! looking forward to seeing it finished
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#9 Posted : 21 January 2010 12:53:28
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What a project, can't wait to see this progress! Whats going in it?
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#10 Posted : 21 January 2010 15:04:30
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the drain and water is is in for the 24/7 water change

the powers in

the shed will be up by next wens
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#11 Posted : 21 January 2010 21:50:44

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Hope you don't mind me pinning this T1K, we'd all love to know how this tank is progressing..


any thoughts of stock yet? My boyfriend reccomended a dolphin lmao!
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#12 Posted : 21 January 2010 22:17:02
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Plenty of room inside the shed to walk round it and for filtration plant etc. What are you doing for filtration and how does the 24/7 water change work? I'm intrigued by that as I'm doing something maybe similar.



nicolapompicola wrote:
any thoughts of stock yet? My boyfriend reccomended a dolphin lmao!

 BTW to avoid any confusion amongst those who read my post (#2) I am not Nicola's boyfriend
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#13 Posted : 22 January 2010 02:03:44
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Filtration will be a 6x2x2 sump with 4 x eheim 5000 compact pumps turning over 20,000 lph

it will have 4 x 25w vectron UVs

it will all be controled by a Aquatronica system

http://www.paraquatics.co.uk/en-gb/dept_190.html

the 24/7 water change will have a over flow drain in the sump and 100g per day will be pumped in to the main tank via a 3 stage HMA filter which is the next best thing to a RO unit but no waste water and you dont need to add stuff before the water goes into the tank

http://www.paraquatics.co.uk/en-gb/dept_190.html

this should all be up and running by the end of feb if all goes to plan
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#14 Posted : 22 January 2010 10:43:12
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...so is the 100g per day being recirculated through the HMA filter rather than being dumped? What will your daily requirement be for mains water for replacement/topping up? Heating by electricity would be very expensive, have you considered any alternatives?

And we're all dying to know what you're going to put in there!!!!!
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#15 Posted : 22 January 2010 13:32:10

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Awesome, really looking forward to seeing how this develops.


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#16 Posted : 23 January 2010 10:02:26
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cant wait to see the end result    

you could have open days to help pay the running costs
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#17 Posted : 23 January 2010 10:22:00
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That is one "HUGE" project. Good luck and look forward to the results.
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#18 Posted : 23 January 2010 13:51:33

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Amazing project Richard. Will look fantastic when complete. Looking forward to pics.

Imagine the size tank you could have Di if you allocated half to fish ! LOL
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#19 Posted : 23 January 2010 16:15:16
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What can i say, fantastic going to follow this, can we have some step by step pictures please, i am green with envy, but best of luck to you.
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Currently i have:
A 40 litre Biube which houses all baby guppies, endlers & Platys
A 120 Litre main tank with 3 live plants 3 Negro tetras, 1 Red Tailed Shark, 1 Plec, 1 Clown Loach, 2 Rummynose Tetras, 6 Black Phantoms
A 60 litre Biorb which has 3 goldfish
2 dogs a third on the way.
4 Hamsters in two cages.
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#20 Posted : 24 January 2010 10:48:07
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stock will be what i have and a few other bits i have on hold

1 x chili red asian arowana
3 x p14 stingrays
2 x scobina stingrays
1 x tigrinus cat
1 x xanto pleco
1 x dat pulcher
1 x lince cat
1 x fly river turtle im not sure how this will work out with the rays so i will keep a close eye on it
6 x tinfoil barbs i have now i will look around and hopefully bring the shoal up to 10
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