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coastal 01-14-2006 04:55 PM

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any one out there having any success with a green house? man i sure am 1200 gallons worth all fiberglass gel coated vats . sps growth is fast so are leathers and variuos other softies. sps color is nice as well (some suplimental lighting other than the sun ) any one else?

FragOutpost 01-14-2006 08:56 PM

First off, welcome to FragOutpost.com Coastal! :)

I have been wanting to set up a greenhouse for a while but my backyard does not receive enough sunlight as it is shaded by some large trees. I plan on building a greenhouse when I move in a couple of years.

Are you having trouble controlling temps at this time of year? Are you running a geothermal loop? What size are your vats?

Nice photo. Those are some nice frags.
I'd like to see some more photos of your set up if you have them.

coastal 01-14-2006 09:13 PM

greenhouse
 
no trouble with temp it has central air the vats are 215 gallon and i have six set up there is a 8 inch concrete floor that helps retain temp on the cold nights even though we have had cold nights i have not had to heat at all only cool

FragOutpost 01-14-2006 09:29 PM

Sounds like the greenhouse is insulated pretty well. Are your using poly panels? How long has the greenhouse been established?

FragOutpost 01-15-2006 04:47 PM

By the way -that purple acro frag is awesome. :)

coastal 01-16-2006 04:31 AM

greenhouse
 
been up and running since early may of last year and yes they are polycarb panels i bought from farmtek. all the bugs are pretty much worked out now all i need is time to let those beuties grow

D12monkey 02-16-2006 10:04 PM

me want... Me want... I'm jealous.

pogo 02-17-2006 07:53 PM

wow! very nice corals!

FragOutpost 02-21-2006 08:40 AM

Coastal - I would love to see more photos if you have anymore to share.

coastal 02-22-2006 04:45 AM

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havent taken any new photos but all is well . am in the process of adding a geothermal loop to help maintain constant water temps , also will be adding 500 pounds of live rock to a new 400 gallon setup and am going to try a dsb on that same setup . not big on dsb never have been but will do it anyway just to see how it does in a greenhouse situation will try to find time to take some updated pics

FragOutpost 02-22-2006 07:33 AM

Why not just run a remote deep sand bed and get the best of both worlds? I think that Ron Shimek has written an article on remote sand beds. I'll see if i can find it. In the mean time here is another article by him on DSB's - http://www.ronshimek.com/Deep%20Sand%20Beds.htm

D12monkey 02-23-2006 10:44 PM

Nice Article Very informative.

FragOutpost 02-23-2006 11:15 PM

Can't find the article on remote DSB. Will keep looking though.

coastal 02-03-2007 03:33 PM

still going here lot of new stuff going on out there now . stags seem to do the best. coming up on 2 years in may .


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