Swimboy123

I love my Digital Aquatics ReefKeeper Elite!

Looking good! Following along!

Picking up the stock tank today, Rock is coming in tomorrow. I also want to say thanks for sand that wamas members have so generously donated!

hopefully not before I get my 250 up!

lol!!!7

Think I may have found a stock tank for my rock cook! I've never dealt with muriatic acid but I have heard of soaking it in a vinegar solution will work. has anyone else heard of this?

Definitely go with an odd number. That way it is harder for one single one to establish dominance

thanks, anyone know who has a stock tank I can borrow?

Yeah, they do stop at a certain size. and here i was thinking I would get a 210 for $210

Speaking of cooking rock, what exactly is the process for that? I was planning on just soaking it in RO water for a couple of weeks while periodically flushing it to get rid of phosphates. Anyone have any thoughts?

Thanks Flooddc, I'm planning on putting an overstuffed couch about 4-5 feet from the tank so it will about at eye-level. It's going to be my stress-mitigation room!

Just pulled the trigger on 200 lbs off BRS fiji rock. It will be a pain to cycle and get a base growth on, but at those prices how could I not?!?

Welcome to the club!

That may not be a huge problem. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the majority of this tank is covered right? Except for right in the middle?

check for change in the sofa!

Very true man, very true. But wait until I get that beast going........

Hey man, when are you going to be away from your house for a couple hours? I have a set of coral snips that I've been dying to try out

I don't think that I will paint the back as that seems a bit..... final. Hopefully i'll have a nice coralline covered background sooner or later

Ahh, gotcha. As soon as the wife says ok I'm going back to LEDs baby!

Thank you very much! I can only hope it turns out as good as my last tank. Time will tell!

Moving the tank into place in it's final position. The bottom pic is my favorite one!!! I Love this tank!

That would also probably help dissipate some of the heat load out of the canopy and out of the system. I'll have to take a look at it later tonight

A couple more pics of the move. The major obstacle in this part of the situation was the proximity of my deck to the back of the house. The tank is 28 inches high and we had about 32 inches of clearance. Hence only two people could carry the tank through the space between the house and the deck and position it to move inside. All without putting the tank down. And it weighs 460 lbs empty. So naturally I made the hired guys do it!!!

Never really played with T5, just with T12. Why are they such a big deal? I'd rather get 110 watts from a 4 ft bulb. Anyone else have any thoughts?