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	<title>Comments on: Squid &#8211; done and dusted!</title>
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		<title>By: hutch</title>
		<link>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2009/03/20/squid-done-and-dusted/#comment-3663</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 03:42:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Nathan,

I understand your concern regarding the acrylic. Each hole was sanded by hand and flamed, then we checked each one before putting the lid back on the tank. By time we had to put the lid on and bolt it down, the majority of the liquid had come up to ambient temperature. Even so, I was still wary of the danger of the acrylic stressing with the last of the liquid being filled and pressurisation with gas production, so we didn&#039;t do a complete fill, leaving air gaps down either side, and leaving valves open to a spill chamber so that gas and air bubbles exit the tank as they develop. Once we see that gas is no longer being produced, we&#039;ll recycle a percentage of the liquid via gravity feed to remove the bubbles from the lid and do a final fill. We hope to be able to do that this Wednesday 1st.

You should come on down and check it all out!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Nathan,</p>
<p>I understand your concern regarding the acrylic. Each hole was sanded by hand and flamed, then we checked each one before putting the lid back on the tank. By time we had to put the lid on and bolt it down, the majority of the liquid had come up to ambient temperature. Even so, I was still wary of the danger of the acrylic stressing with the last of the liquid being filled and pressurisation with gas production, so we didn&#8217;t do a complete fill, leaving air gaps down either side, and leaving valves open to a spill chamber so that gas and air bubbles exit the tank as they develop. Once we see that gas is no longer being produced, we&#8217;ll recycle a percentage of the liquid via gravity feed to remove the bubbles from the lid and do a final fill. We hope to be able to do that this Wednesday 1st.</p>
<p>You should come on down and check it all out!</p>
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		<title>By: Nathan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:41:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Awsome, glad to hear that it went well, the sanding of the acrylic tank concerns me, i work with acrylic quite a bit, building custom resivoirs and the like, and seeing sanding come into play i do hope that they inspected after the sanding, to make sure no small cracks or fractures had started, since as a liquid changes tempeture with most acrylics the acrylic can start to stress and fracture. 

love that you added the wheelchair ramp, and am looking forward to the day i can vacation from Canada and come see your lovely island. :)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Awsome, glad to hear that it went well, the sanding of the acrylic tank concerns me, i work with acrylic quite a bit, building custom resivoirs and the like, and seeing sanding come into play i do hope that they inspected after the sanding, to make sure no small cracks or fractures had started, since as a liquid changes tempeture with most acrylics the acrylic can start to stress and fracture. </p>
<p>love that you added the wheelchair ramp, and am looking forward to the day i can vacation from Canada and come see your lovely island. <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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