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    The building of the beast.

    Ah yes.....now I remember why I'm putting myself through tis insanity! Thanks Mike, its a beautiful thing you've done.... Barry
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    Barry Grossmans big tank

    .....help I'm being held captive in an big glass box... John, I'll post thumbs of the details but basically the glass to glass joins are about10mm wide but moew than covered by a strip of 5mm latex dipped stainess on the inside whicg is bolted to a polsihed strip of stainless on the outside...
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    Barry Grossmans big tank

    My Bali Nightmare so....am I the oly one who would be dumb enough to build a 20,000 litre tank and then ask naivley whether one one or two of the tank models pictured below could be turned into an adequately efficent skimming arangement. For what its worth, I can source acrylic tubing to a...
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    The building of the beast.

    Bali Tank Well.....progress is slow but here is the current state of play:
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    Barry Grossmans big tank

    Well we're progressing....overtime, overbudget and basically its driving me mad! The glass is in and all will be sealed over the next week. after that its the plumbing and equipment. Then the live rock and water. etc. That said, I'm still more than baddled about the question of how frequently...
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    Barry Grossmans big tank

    Bali Tank Once again, thanks everyone for sharing your experience. Continuing with the basic water chemistry stuff, despite the heaps and heaps of great input from everyone, a number of general design issues relating to the out-of-tank mechanical filtration system remain: 1. Skimming: Based...
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    Barry Grossmans big tank

    Ok, it all sounds good and all points taken. My only question is this: it is not at all problematic to slice the live rock but do I really want to fix it straight to the back of the tank Mike or will this impede water circulation? John...the reason I had planned to cut the live rock is too...
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    Barry Grossmans big tank

    Bali Tank Sorry, I was 3/4 of the way thorugh a posting yesterday when the electricty failed and the computer crashed. Ironic given that I had earlier posted a note on power probelms here! Then after that, we had another earthquake (only 5.3 on the R scale). This too is an issue for tank design...
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    Barry Grossmans big tank

    John, Well I don't righly know the 'real' price of electricity except to say that in theory its reasonable. Theory aside, the problems with power here are manifold! They include, in no particluar order: 1. the average house can't draw enough electricity to run a normal toaster. That is, a...
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    Barry Grossmans big tank

    Hardy har har.... Actually I was just making the point in response to concerns about high maintenence pre amd post skimmer filtering. That said, now that you mention it , might be kind of quaint using a rice padi padel wheel type set up to move water around although perhaps a bit unrelaible. :D
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    Barry Grossmans big tank

    Bali Tank Yup, friendly and informed disagreement. That too is how I like things as without it and maybe even a little friction, its is not possible to get the best result! My own sense of ignorance on these subjects is both blinding and palpable so its all good for me! All I know is that...
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    Barry Grossmans big tank

    John...Nah never thought it would be easy. In fact the plan is to do just that - use a few very large pieces of live rock, perhaps slice them in two and stand them away from the back wall of the tank. In any case, they can be lowered in from outside using a block and tackle and large steel...
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    Any ideas for a dcent DIY Skimmer

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    Barry Grossmans big tank

    Bali Tank A few more pics: Barry
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    Barry Grossmans big tank

    John, I have autocad drawings of the plans. Are you able to view AutooCad format and if so, how shall I sen the file-its over 1mb? I've attached a few JPEG's of the canopy area and sump to give you a better idea of the tanks structure. There are still obstructions in the way so pleqase ignore...
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    Barry Grossmans big tank

    Okay...one by one... John: I will post pics & dimensions of sump and equipment rooms tonight. John: are you suggesting just a normal but gravity ded counter current skimmer or something with media in the chamber: see ETS thumb? Also would you still run a second skimmer unit on the other side...
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    Barry Grossmans big tank

    Bali tank Gidday all! So the pics below (click on the thumbs) show the tank as it stands today. On either side of it are equipment rooms that measure about 2m long x 1.20m wide and 3.5m high. Underneath is a sump that runs the length of the tank and with access points from one side (man...
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    Barry Grossmans big tank

    wow...thanks for the response everyone. I think I'll post ome pics and plans later this afternoon to give a little perspective. :)
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    Any ideas for a dcent DIY Skimmer

    Thanks for the welcome NaH2O
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    Any ideas for a dcent DIY Skimmer

    hhmmmm.... Nice to get some feed back given that I'm stuck here in the jungle 3/4's through a mad project that can only get more difficult. Thanks fellas and I will come back once I've reviewed the suggested sources. What kind of tank, well I figured if I was going to do something this nuts...
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