Yet another ZooDiver build thread (Shark display)
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The 'yawn' for more for the lack of sleep after weeks of long days/late nights/over nights on this project.
It's very fun, but very physically demanding.
Plan is to move the sharks/fish into the display by the end of the week (curtain still up). Today I matched the salinity in the tank to what the water in their holding pool is. Later this week I'll tie both systems together so the water slowly mixes. It's a sneaky way to pull off an acclimation without adding extra work.
It's very fun, but very physically demanding.
Plan is to move the sharks/fish into the display by the end of the week (curtain still up). Today I matched the salinity in the tank to what the water in their holding pool is. Later this week I'll tie both systems together so the water slowly mixes. It's a sneaky way to pull off an acclimation without adding extra work.
Nothing beats a day when you get a stack of boxes from Aquatic Eco Systems!!
Inside was a bunch of new filters for the 3 display tanks (aside from the shark tank, there are twin 3,700 gallon tanks - one fresh, one salt).
And some shots of the tank fully up and running.
The first water coming out of the return jets, and the first water pouring over the surface skimmer.
Inside was a bunch of new filters for the 3 display tanks (aside from the shark tank, there are twin 3,700 gallon tanks - one fresh, one salt).
And some shots of the tank fully up and running.
The first water coming out of the return jets, and the first water pouring over the surface skimmer.
A few pics from today. With all this 'new' stuff happening... lights made the list. Display was originally illuminated with 8 halides and 16 power compacts. They got yanked out today in favor of state of the art LED panals. These units give much better color, better light all the way to the substrate and are cheaper (initial cost and annual electric expense). The LED units from AI can do almost anything you can dream of: sunrise/sunset, simulated clouds passing over head (appears to be a shadow moving across the display), lighting storms etc... I'll be sticking to the basic sunrise/sunset function.
I have light similar to those. They do all the same features atleast.
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Without showing too much... I will say all the animals were moved from the big holding pool back to the display - and are doing very well.
Still doing some fine tuning to the flow, adjusting lighting etc... Another round of fish will be added this coming weekend. Mostly small and medium sized schooling reef fish from local South Florida waters.
Here's one of the white tip reef sharks resting on the bottom.
Still doing some fine tuning to the flow, adjusting lighting etc... Another round of fish will be added this coming weekend. Mostly small and medium sized schooling reef fish from local South Florida waters.
Here's one of the white tip reef sharks resting on the bottom.
Every time i visit the in-laws in Fla. I always swing by the store and buy somethin'. Cant wait to see the new set up!
