tank conversion 5000 to 10000 gallons

[bmxer4ever]

You doing any more work on the swimming pool this weekend John..?

 

[johnptc]

john i remember you talking about doing this
awesome we are going to come down again when its done
damn i wish i could be like you

you have a beautiful wife and kids...have breed some great fish...and have 30 years to catch up on a big tank !!!!

 

[johnptc]

Sam looks good. Who and what is the big, bull nosed, white catfish chap, if you don't mind?

-V

channel cat... 3 inches from petco about 3+ years ago...named Casper

 

[johnptc]

whoh, whoh, whoh, when did you get a third one?????

i got some nice fish from ulimatejay

the pima ( dos) was one of them....see is currently in the hospital with some serious tail damage.....

 

[johnptc]

You doing any more work on the swimming pool this weekend John..?

i hung the lights and need to post a picture

i have begun the structural steel for the cross ties on top

more to follow

 

[johnptc]

pics 1,3 showing the metal halide 400w fixtures ( ebay ) hung on ss cable from over head roof. the black ones were existing from the 2400.

pic 2 shows the angle that the top cross braces attach to....3/4 diameter every 5 feet front to back and one runs left to right....they reduce the bowing forces on the walls by a large amount.....

 

[Brent]

you have a beautiful wife and kids...have breed some great fish...and have 30 years to catch up on a big tank !!!!

thanks john

 

[bmxer4ever]

pics 1,3 showing the metal halide 400w fixtures ( ebay ) hung on ss cable from over head roof. the black ones were existing from the 2400.

pic 2 shows the angle that the top cross braces attach to....3/4 diameter every 5 feet front to back and one runs left to right....they reduce the bowing forces on the walls by a large amount.....

Wow...that's a lot of lighting....how much do those things usually cost? And they must use a lot of power too.....

 

[Viverr]

John, thanks for the answer. Casper's looking good too.

A friendly ghost, eh?

-V

 

[johnptc]

Wow...that's a lot of lighting....how much do those things usually cost? And they must use a lot of power too.....

its not that many watts per gallon

i got all the white fixtures new on ebay for 7.5 cents per dollar

or 7.5 % of the new cost ( us govt surplus )

its only a lot of power when you turn them on.....

normally in the 5000 i run a florescent fixture 24/7

and one 400w metal halide in the day....

i use all the lights for photos or special show off occasions