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Looks great! Good luck with it.

After a five day outage a few years ago, I went with a whole-house Generac -- 15kw, auto cut-over switch, etc that is large enough to run everything including one AC/heater unit. I've never noticed any problem running any appliances, but then again I don't have a plasma so I can't speak to that. We don't have natural gas in the neighborhood, but we already had a 100g propane tank buried in the back yard. This will last us about 50 hours of continuous use, but we've stretched it to last almost a week by running it a few hours at a time to make sure the water stays circulated/skimmed enough and the upstairs stays warm enough. Total cost and installation was just under $5000, but we were putting an addition on the house at the time, so we just rolled it into that cost. As for a shelter for the switch, I'm not sure what you mean, but for us it's just another panel that gets mounted to the wall next to the existing electric panel. If it makes it any easier, just consider that it is a true capital investment for the house. I'll never have another house without one in a neighborhood with above ground power lines :-) Matt

Now, that's just gross. But really, it looks great -- keep up the good work! Matt

me plus 2 adults and 2 kids Matt

Cool -- welcome back. I always like to form factor of a cube, especially when you can see from at least three sides. My dream tank is a 4 foot cube (well, only 2 ft tall), in the middle of a dedicate room with a center island that conceals the overflow. Ah, we can all dream, eh? Anyway, the 60g looks really nice -- looking forward to more pics! Matt

Very cool -- -not sure I see what you're talking about in the picture, but if the tank is not holding up, but to fix it now! Good catch. Looking forward to more. Matt

Not that I would ever doubt it, but what was YBN "right" about? My RBTA split yesterday, too. Matt

Whoo Hoo! Well, just had to share: Seems like an appropriate event for Mother's Day :-) Thanks again, Chip, for such a healthy specimen. Matt

Holy crap, what a fun thread. Too bad the total isn't somehow automated (need to think about doing that). Anyway, I'll chime in with: 125g reef with 30g sump Matt

never mind

Nice! What size tank is that? And what's that in the upper left ocrner? Overflow perhaps? Matt

Planning on at least a DC8 and a DC4 with this buy. But I've got T5 lighting on a 125g (6 feet wide): 3 daylights, and 2 actinics, each on a separate circuit. Would a DC4 be more appropriate for that load (thinking the DC4 would be dedicated to just the lighting), or will a DC8 suffice while providing more sockets to play with? Other things to control would be top off sensors, small pumps, moon lights, etc. Thanks. Matt

Thanks.

I understand that there are two types of probes available: pH only, or pH/ORP. Sorry to sound like a dummy, but what is ORP? Thanks. Matt EDIT (later): Never mind. I see now that it has to do with injecting ozone. By the way, which of the two threads regarding this GB is the one to sign up with orders (I've got what I want to order :-)? Perhaps the other could be closed to avoid confusion? Thanks! Matt

Yay! A third thread on the same group buy ;-) 'tis OK, I'm tracking 'em all. Matt

THAT is so cool! And what'r the two white things sticking up on either side? Part of the closed loop, I suppose?

... any recommendations for where to get one? Sure, I COULD search Google, but I'm hoping others may help narrow the field down for me. I'm in Annapolis, so local pickup would be fine this side of the beltway. Of course, an online source would be good, too. Other than price, is there anything to watch out for? I'm looking for the AC3 with a DC8 and at least a temp and Ph probes to start with. Thoughts? Matt

Yep -- me, too.

Funny, I was just a block away the other day and thought I should stop by and give you a hard time about dragging your feet on this -- looks like you made it, though :-) Matt

Holy smoke, that's a huge tank. I think I missed something -- so where is the sump and engine room? Is it behind the wall that the tank is against? And some more shots of the room and the theater would be nice, too, ya know. What fun is this hobby if you don't venture into a little remodeling :-) Keep up the good work! Matt

Very nicely done, Bob! And in a single weekend! THAT's the part that I'm impressed with :-) Something like that would take me six months, 30 minutes at a time. Very cool. Matt

Does that include the purple one? Looking great, Chip. The RBTA I got from you is doing swimmingly! Matt

Do you have a phone # or address ? Thanks

Now THAT would be scary. Haul that thing out to Sandy Point on a 100' extension cord, and see how fast the cup fills! Yuck.

Holy Crap! You said you were building a huge skimmer, but really -- that's just ridiculous. It's worth a tank tour all by itself. Isy: Glad to see progress -- how soon before turning that puppy on? Matt