jamesbuf January 20, 2008 Share January 20, 2008 Water in the tank yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toastiireefs January 21, 2008 Share January 21, 2008 No worries Anthony. It will get up on that stand eventually. Jason, yes it will be inwall. The tank is in the garage. Here is the newly installed header above the viewing window (my wife wasn't thrilled about this part, and will be less so when the room-facing drywall is cut out later on) Skimmer pic: whoes up for cleaning that!? thats gonnabe AWESOME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowardofNOVA January 30, 2008 Share January 30, 2008 Justin, Was awesome meeting you, your lovely daughter and THOSE TANKS!!! Way too cool! PS, Hope your daughter enjoyed Virginia's company, she did having fun making her braids!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctenophore January 30, 2008 Author Share January 30, 2008 Justin, Was awesome meeting you, your lovely daughter and THOSE TANKS!!! Way too cool! PS, Hope your daughter enjoyed Virginia's company, she did having fun making her braids!! Hey Howard Thanks again for coming by last night, it was nice meeting you and Virginia as well! Ashlyn did enjoy it very much. She insisted on staying up late until Mommy got home so she could show them off. James, yes there is water, only 1/2 full though (I am an optimist). My old RO is hard at work, should have another 300 gal ready by the end of this week. I should have sand in there today if all goes well. Lights are installed but not wired in yet. Stream pumps are in the tank and running, so the bottom half of the rock has been cycling for about a week now. Toastii, It's actually not any more work than a standard skimmer, thanks to Dan's nice twistlock cup. I do need a ladder to reach it though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason the filter freak January 30, 2008 Share January 30, 2008 looks great can wait to see water in it. Can't wait so see you thurs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthworks February 18, 2008 Share February 18, 2008 Any new info? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctenophore February 20, 2008 Author Share February 20, 2008 Here you go Anthony. This is 10 minutes after adding your sand: Light system is up on the rail (slides completely away from top) Today (6? days after adding sand) Visible in the back is a loaner skimmer from Dan to help pull out the yuck from the cycling dry rock. Water appears yellow but less so over the past few weeks. The first two days, the skimmer went nuts and I had to suck out the foam with a shop vac nearly continuously for hours. Now it has settled down to producing only an inch or so of skimmate per day. I added some ROX carbon in a mesh bag this afternoon to see if I can get rid of the yellow tint. If the nutrient levels test out okay, I may tie it into the sump & big skimmer this weekend. Oh, I found a live tree coral in the sand, and it seems to be relatively happy with no light and little flow. So I guess the water is capable of supporting life, which is reassuring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesbuf February 20, 2008 Share February 20, 2008 Are all those VHOs going to be actinic? Only 3 metal halides? Are they going to be 1000 watters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott711 February 20, 2008 Share February 20, 2008 very nice justin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctenophore February 20, 2008 Author Share February 20, 2008 Are all those VHOs going to be actinic? Only 3 metal halides? Are they going to be 1000 watters? Yes, all actinic VHO. The MH are only 400w. I think this will be plenty of light even at that depth. Thanks Scott! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flowerseller February 20, 2008 Share February 20, 2008 Very nice rock work. My brother lives on the corner of Old Georgia and Rosecroft, by seizer world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowardofNOVA February 20, 2008 Share February 20, 2008 Justin, Awesome setup, gang you got to see his "hobby" area in the garage, UNREAL!!! PM, on how things are going with the Greenhouse project? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthworks February 20, 2008 Share February 20, 2008 "Oh, I found a live tree coral in the sand" Was that from my tank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctenophore February 20, 2008 Author Share February 20, 2008 "Oh, I found a live tree coral in the sand" Was that from my tank? Yes I think it got buried or something. It's certainly alive now though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveM February 20, 2008 Share February 20, 2008 Very cool setup. Rockwork looks like its going to look good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txaggies07 February 20, 2008 Share February 20, 2008 Awesome Tank. Let me know if you ever need some help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctenophore March 15, 2008 Author Share March 15, 2008 Finally have some progress worth reporting! Yesterday, Tony Gallo came by and helped me run a 100A service out to the fish room (i.e., garage). With him doing 95% of the work, and me trying to be useful yet not get in the way, we got it done by early afternoon. This would have taken me 4 days to do myself (an idea which my wife frowned upon for fear of me burning down the house) Thanks again, Tony! I finally finished the inside frame, also to the delight of my wife, who now officially thinks the tank "looks nice"! With electrical done, I was able to fire up one halide: The hanging bag is full of carbon, which has made the water sparkling clear. I will probably open the connection to the sump/skimmer early next week, once I am sure the water chemistry is good. I have a lot of live stuff in the sump that I don't want to stress out. I noticed that the glass is completely covered with copepods after a month of live sand and no light. So I should have a pretty good population of bugs and nicely cured rock for when I start adding corals and fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txaggies07 March 15, 2008 Share March 15, 2008 I love the frame. Good job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaironman March 15, 2008 Share March 15, 2008 Already beautiful with really nice clear water. All the rods are now hidden with little patching rocks work. Can't wait to see when this tank is in full swing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesbuf March 15, 2008 Share March 15, 2008 Looking good Justin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trble81 March 15, 2008 Share March 15, 2008 Really nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy953 March 15, 2008 Share March 15, 2008 Wow dude! That is awesome! I just joined WAMAS a month ago and haven't checked the site out much. You have an amazing setup!! I love the height of the tank! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason the filter freak March 15, 2008 Share March 15, 2008 Can't wait to work on this beast again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discretekarma March 24, 2008 Share March 24, 2008 This tank is SWEET. I can't wait to come see it in person. Lucky for me that I live right down the street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland Reefer March 24, 2008 Share March 24, 2008 You are having to much fun. The header you installed looks like a 2"x12", I don't think the roof is going anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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