What happened to the guy converting his pool?

[lurking]

Whatever happened to the qm guy converting his pool to a reef pool? I remember seeing some pictures on a thread a number of months ago. I tried searching on the other forum as well and cant find it. What happened? Is he still building it? I would love to see an update!

 

[hbtl_ofndr]

Awesome! Once the kids have moved out, mine's getting converted to a Koi pond. I'de love to the the reef conversion!

 

[scav1180]

There was that thread on RC which was deleted by OP request

 

[RuffReef]

Do you know what it would cost JUST in salt? Around $10k to fill it up the first time. Would be a fun project though.

 

[pgr11]

He had all kinds of haters on that thread so be closed it down. It looked like an incredible build and I was looking forward to seeing it come along. Well I hope he gets it done and then shows a bunch of build pics.

 

[Reef Bullet]

I would love to see pics of this! It doesn't seem like it would be worth it. Even if you could keep the inhabitants alive & happy, you'd only be able to see them from the surface, right? I, for one, don't see why you'd want that....
Is this guy local?

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[pgr11]

Yeah la somewhere. The setup has pretty sweet. I think he was gonna have a side view area dug in as well. It was gonna be a full blown reef tank.

 

[solitude127]

He was local to LA, wasn't he?

 

[Reef Bullet]

Yeah la somewhere. The setup has pretty sweet. I think he was gonna have a side view area dug in as well. It was gonna be a full blown reef tank.

Hmmm... Kinda like sea world... Sounds really neat!

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[lurking]

I was curious how the tank would do when it rained. Bummer the thread was closed.

 

[Reef Bullet]

Hmmm, yeah hadn't thought of that but a very interesting & good question. I guess it wasn't an indoor pool...

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[Six2seven]

I remember it, there really were air of haters. Everyone was saying he didn't know what he was doing and trying to school him. It's like dude, just enjoy the show

 

[Evanski9]

He still building it. He was at reef palooza. He still had it 50% done last I talked. I don't know him personally


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[OGFrenchHorn]

I dont think that rain would affect the salinity that much. It's a huge amount of water and it doesn't rain that much in so cal. I would be more concerned with impurities getting in the pool... but it's still an awesome idea.

 

[pgr11]

I think he had something like a couple 300 gal salt tanks that he could use to do a WC if need be due to rain or other issues. He also had these massive surge tanks and he converted the spa into a refugium.

 

[Reef Bullet]

Wow that's crazy!!!

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[Gboy66]

I bet he gets really mad when the kids pee in the pool now

 

[Emac909]

I dont think that rain would affect the salinity that much. It's a huge amount of water and it doesn't rain that much in so cal. I would be more concerned with impurities getting in the pool... but it's still an awesome idea.

Ask Dave from Encino if rain messes with salinity. He had three frag tanks out side connected to a system that was some where around 1400 gallons. He lost every thing, just about, during an el neno year.

 

[bullitr]

Ask Dave from Encino if rain messes with salinity. He had three frag tanks out side connected to a system that was some where around 1400 gallons. He lost every thing, just about, during an el neno year.

He still have a big bin on his back yard last time I was there.

Regarding the guy
I am sure they can deliver a catalina water to his house
He was a former quality marine employee or something according to Kelly Woo
His equipment is high end and it was well plan but still unsustainable in my opinion long term.
Unless he charge admission

 

[wickedfish]

Someone ask him to set up a thread here. But don't let Sanh read it or contribute FTW.