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Nice. Sorry to hear about the door, been there!

Awesome.

The painting has begun. Hope to make real progress this week.

Looking real good man. Nice photos.

Beautiful photos!

I purchased a frogspawn couple of years ago. It's gone from 2 heads to over 20. I've fragged it several times with no problems. Just cut low on the branch and make a clean cut. Don't "break it" cut it and it should be fine.

Thanks guys, I will update photos once we get more done. Smoothtriqueter: You got that right man lol.

In-Wall Setup We finally setup our 120g in an in-wall setup. It has been a lot of work but so far it's been worth it. I pretty much hit a snag at every possible point, which has caused some delays, but everyone made it through the transfer and we didn't lose any fish or corals. This is how the room looked when I started. I moved an electrical outlet that was installed so it would not interfere with the view of the tank. Cutting the hole out in the wall was not as bad as I thought it would be. I only had to cut through two 2x4s to make it work. The measuring took the most amount of time. My drywall cutting skills are lacking. I made the stand myself as the Tech 120 stand was too low for this setup. After a few minor mishaps I finally got it done and think it came out pretty good. It's perfectly level and the tank trim fits flush on every side which is something I was worried about when building. The plumbing needed to be replaced as I was an idiot and did not use unions the first time. The sad news, I am still an idiot and did not use unions the second time. Trim installed and leveled correctly. We are going to paint it and the walls to make it look nicer. The cups and rock are to hold the starboard in place. And finally a view of the tank in place and all corals and fish back into their home. I still need to place the corals properly and fix the lighting and such, but it's running and the fish are happy to be back. The photo is off the tank is not that color blue, but it shows the placement of the setup and I'll get better photos once it's all done. I still have a lot of work to do, but so far we are both very happy with the progress. I thought this would be a good starter project for the 240g that will eventually replace the 120g. I did not install front access for this tank, but that is something I would like to figure out for the 240g (which is a long way away at this point). Next up is finishing the lighting and electrical, and figuring out if I need to run a venting system to draw out excess humidity. I'll update some more photos once the room is finished and the tank is back to looking decent.

Thanks for the info. So far heat has not been a problem for us.. I only run 2 x 150w MH on a 120. Thanks again.

Thanks RH. I don't have any kalk yet, I was too "lazy" to go and buy any. Hopefully today.

I am assuming this setup/fan would work fine for humidity issues as well? I am asking because I am thinking about moving my tank into an unfinished portion of my basement that is about 15' x 15' and would need something to vent the humidity out.

Not super lazy but this weather has been draining my energy quick. Does anyone sell Joes Juice locally?

Cool, I'll try it tonight and see how it goes. Thanks again.

Love it, nice tank man.

Thanks for the info on the shrimp and kalk. I've never done that. Is there a ratio to follow?

Just wondering what negative things there are about peppermint shrimp? I have about 10 new aiptasia in my rockwork that I failed to deal with when there was just one.. so now I have to. I would prefer not to add the chemicals to do it.. but I've never had a peppermint shrimp and was curious about any negative effects? I have a fire shrimp. I know some peppermint shrimp won't touch them. Thanks for the help.

Welcome aboard bro.

I am no longer welcome on RC lol. Thanks for the address.

Can I get an email addy for him? Our Nanostreams are broken again.

Sure man, thanks for the request.

Thanks. No, it actually has been moving all over that rock column for a few weeks now. It stayed there for months and now it seems irritated. I thought it was going to split a few times, but it just keeps moving around it.

Thanks man, I appreciate it.

Hey Onux, Thanks for the request. We haven't done a lot with the tank lately.. it's kinda been on the back burner. Everything is doing well and we've made a few additions.. but some of the frags have gotten knocked off ledges and such and we just haven't put the time into securing everything back where it should be.. but here are a few photos I snapped tonight.

Agreed.. def a TOTM. Very nice job RH.

Awesome tank and setup. I like the angled better as well. Tagging along.