holedup82

Seriously?!? Josh do not leave do not lay low keep asking for info. Those of us that truly appreciate what WAMAS Is will stick with you thick and thin! Keep it up! With out newbies like us this hobby dies with the old guard

Don't delete till you've saved them to photobucket or a gallery we like seeing the progress!!

Sorry to hear it

+1 they aren't too expensive if wanting a d120 I've heard nothing but rave reviews so far

How much are the blue accents?

Saw his light setup a couple days ago in person pretty sick that it can mimic the weather and light outside.

+1 I love this idea sad I missed the first one! But in for whatever the guys at avast decide!!

That's not how to cycle?!? No wonder

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Anytime, I rushed the set up of my first two tanks, big mistake. The stress, time, and aggrivation(sp) I went through because I was impatient was not worth the extra month or two I should have waited. Not to mention the loss of livestock. Moral of the story enjoy the build process, take your time, budget your spending so every week you get a new item(equipment first). Decide the type of tank you want (Fish only, Fish only with Live rock, Reef). It sounds like you have the beginnings of a very nice 30 gallon FOWLR (Fish only with Live Rock). You can always build up to a reef tank later. Think about what you want to sit down and enjoy a view of once its done. Build it in your head, then put it on paper, then rebuild it in your head again. After that research research research. You are on the right track by asking for information. Keep it up! And Start a build thread so we can all see and appreciate your hard work!

Everything I've been reading has been mixed oppinions. I know some WAMAS members were talking about playsand a few months back when someone put an old bag up in the For Sale/WTB/Free sections. The one thing that would worry me is that apparently some playsand has a little bit of concrete mixed in to make it better for scultping and molding. Another thing that seems to come up alot is the silicate based playsand can cause diatom blooms and complications down the road. IMHO I would buy about 20lbs of Argonite based Aquarium sand, and 10lbs of "live" sand and mixed them together prior to adding them to the tank. the Caribsea Aragonite Sand is actually almost comparably priced to Home Depots Natural Beach Sand. Take your time. you can always wait and save money during the build process, but you cannot recoupe money lost in livestock die off down the road

Very nice tank I agree that Nem is gorgeous!

That's how my frag tank got started

Thank you! Yea I'm going to have to build a sliding door or something for the long run to keep her out

Update!!!! So I built a sump for my 75 build. Got tired of looking at it doing nothing. So I put it to use. Got a skimmer for the 75, hob overflow. Going to have to build a sump for the 30 when the 75 is done. Here are some pictures. Moved the uv sterilizer to the sump, the excess pump from my old Nexx filter, the heater to the sump. It's much more open now. Da Vinci doesn't know what to do with himself. Ignore the wallpaper, it's older than I am Sump Sump on 75 stand plumbed to the 29 This one was curious So I puppy proofed

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Awesome glad everything is better

+1 I believe he's actually a wamas member to boot.

Many thanks to Richard!! Don't think I said it already but the amount of work and stress it took on the buying end i can only imagine what he was going through!

Ooooo what about the covered idea with a planter in the middle holes drilled in the bottom. Then you can stick the mangrove stems through You can even cut in a sliding door in the top to access the skimmer Etc. Sorry I'm at a standstill on my build.

That's the plan with the return in the middle

Sump baffles done filled to test! Ignore the terrible silicone work on the left set of baffles Also hung a par38 in the stand for the macro side

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Ok I'm done

C41 sold