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05/31/2006, 11:17 AM
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Reef in coffee table?
hi all, these coffee table style aquariums are nothing new, but I wonder if anyone has ever done a reef in them?
Prolly would be hard filtration wise.. but might be doable if you can go under the floor like in a basement or something. Anyone ever done this? I been thinking about it haha. heres the tank I like: http://www.stuffiti.com/2006/0524/fi...-coffee-table/ I think there are larger ones too. |
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05/31/2006, 11:22 AM
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Filtration would be the easy part, how would you handle lighting?
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05/31/2006, 11:25 AM
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Maybe in a room with a bunch of skylights you could pull it off. |
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05/31/2006, 11:31 AM
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You could build a wrap around case and have MH's on the side. That would give you a top down only view tho.
Not sure of effect on PAR using MH's on the side going thru glass. David
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05/31/2006, 11:35 AM
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oh yea true, lighting.. damn it gets harder and harder haha. especially cuz this thing is lit from below for freshwater fish. that would be blinding to say the least haha.
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05/31/2006, 11:44 AM
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if u made a wood frame around the tank and gave urself some room between the top of the tank and the top of the table, u could fit lighting it. I think the way it is now (pure glass) is just asking for some1 to drop a bottle on it.
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05/31/2006, 12:12 PM
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How about a pendant?
You might have to go overboard however on wattage since of the length between the light and tank. |
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05/31/2006, 12:26 PM
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a hanging pendant sounds almost doable. The only problem would the overflow light and direct exposure to heat if you are sitting around the table on couches.. hmmmm
I kinda like the side lighting ideas tho.. dunno if its been done before. |
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05/31/2006, 12:27 PM
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My roommate just threw a piece of beveled glass on a fish tank for a while. It looked ugly because of all the condensation on the underside of the glass - any fix for that?
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05/31/2006, 12:37 PM
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Salt creep. Wouldn't work for SW.
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05/31/2006, 12:58 PM
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t would work if the tank was enclosed and completely full of salt water, all of the time.
I guess you would have to have your sump *above* the tank for this to work though... not sure this is workable, can't take more then 30 secs to think about it before my boss catches me sur... *click*
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05/31/2006, 01:36 PM
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