My next possible tank set up.

Beau is hosting the January Meeting this coming Saturday the 14th at 6PM.  It will be BYOB as well as a snack to share and raffle items are always welcome.  It has been requested that there be “NO SHOES” on the carpet due to it being a whitish color.

He doesn’t have a tank to view but we will have plenty to discuss in hopes that it will get the NEW YEAR off to a good start.  The annual membership fees are due, so now would be a good time to get them in to our Treasurer Stacey Hahn.   Fees are $20 per individual or $25 per family

Attendance was low at the election meeting in November and no votes were taken at December’s meeting so we have decided to take votes for anyone that didn’t get the opportunity in November and will be attending this meeting.  
We will add the votes to November’s ballots and the announcement will be made during the meeting so we can go forward.
NOMINATIONS:
President:  Jim & Nacho
V. President: Ed, Bo & Daniel Leigey
Treasurer: Stacey
Secretary: Carmen & Angie

Let’s hope the New Year brings new members, returning members and new ideas.  The club is always willing to take suggestions to get the most out of the hobby we all enjoy.

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[Yellotang]

Here is one possible solution to my next tank.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=645768&perpage=25&pagenumber=1

This is the begining of something that I had trying to figure out for a long time. Improved water movement.

[angelscrx]

Way too deep for me!  I can't even imagine that much water volume in 20 seconds. :shock:

[Yellotang]

I am getting excited thinking that this may be possible.

[Bait]

Y-Tang,

I read the entire post....some good ideas but they all involve pumps/machines moving water in a confined (small) space.

I still remember your 'dump/flush' design on your old tank....a thing of beauty, simple, very effective.

Here's the design I like:

1 large show tank
2 smaller (half size of show tank) tanks stationed at each end (hiddened from view).

Each smaller tank (doesn't have to be a tank....can be a clean container) is sitting on a lift (hydralic??) and attached via a flexible hose to the main show tank.

The containers are programmed to rise and fall in opposing cycles....draining and filling (flowing thru the main tank) according to how fast the lifts function and how much water is intially in the two smaller tanks.

As long as the connections are flexible and long enough no force will be excerted on the walls of the main tank from the lifts of the smaller containers.

I'm not sure how engery efficient lifting via this method is (lifts may be costly) but I like the purity of the design.

Thoughts?

Bait.

[angelscrx]

Things to consider:

Noise
Ambient temp
Energy consumption
Spill over
Tank inhabitant disturbance (frag getting thrown around if not glued properly)
Maintenance of the hydraulic system
etc, etc, etc ...

[Bait]

My objective with this design is to mimic nature (free flow).  The noise from flowing water (high volume) is unadvoidable.

I'm not sure how the energy consumption compares.

There is no spill over....unless something breaks ....like any system.

The whole point of the high flow is tank disturbance.  Gotta use some super, super glue???

An electrical lift my work better than a pure hydraulic??

[Rico]

Tunze has a new product, the WaveBox  that you might want to review.  It is a simple box you put in the tank.  You can control the frequency and height of the waves.

Tunze Site
http://www.tunze.com/149.html?&L=1&C=US&user_tunzeprod_pi1[predid]=-infoxunter016

Video of the unit in action.
http://www.3reef.com/forums/showthread.php?p=316816#post316816

Rick

[angelscrx]

Wow now that is some serious water movement.  That poor clown can get across the tank!  The corals seem happy though.