roni December 6, 2011 Author Share December 6, 2011 Thanks everyone. I was really bummed about that flame hawk...it's the first fish I got when you were taking down your tank. Good news is that the return pump is going and surprisingly there are no leaks. Tonight will be getting the controller up and running and also figuring out how to quiet the return. I used the beananimal return and I think the noise isn't from the overflow but rather from my returns, which are at the water level. I'll probably drop them below the water surface to quiet that down some (after drilling some safety holes). Also, 2 of the fans on the powermodule are sticking so will have to fix them as well. Hoping to get the tank to a reasonably silent operating noise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roni December 13, 2011 Author Share December 13, 2011 Some pics: Filling up with water: With 70's corals/rock/fish moved over pics of the fish room I have a slow leak in the fish room which looks like it's coming from the actual seam of my 2nd sump (used sump). It may have gotten damaged while drilling it. I've tried a makeshift epoxy solution but I doubt that will work so will likely need to drain the tank and reseal the sump :( Also can't quite figure out how to get my Apex to recognize my DC8. Searching through the manual without success. Hopefully will get a chance to seal this sometime this weekend and then move the rest of the rock over to the main tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surf&turf December 13, 2011 Share December 13, 2011 Looks great! Are you going to add more rock or just keep it simple? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan S December 13, 2011 Share December 13, 2011 SUCH a beautiful tank!! SO jealous!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incredible Corals December 13, 2011 Share December 13, 2011 Amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanglandJoshua December 13, 2011 Share December 13, 2011 I wish I had the space! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YBeNormal December 13, 2011 Share December 13, 2011 Lookin' good Roni! I know it's difficult trying to work on this in the limited free time you have, but it will be worth it in the end. Keep taking your time to get it just the way you want it and you won't be disappointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefoholic December 13, 2011 Share December 13, 2011 Buddy it looks so handsome! Please take more pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral Hind December 13, 2011 Share December 13, 2011 The tank looks amazing!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der ABT December 13, 2011 Share December 13, 2011 Looks really nice man, need to get out there at some point. i actually like all the swimming space there...funny how small the 70g contents look...puts the size into perspective also REALLY liking the blue background, i was on a black kick for while and after seeing some more blue it really makes the colors pop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan S December 13, 2011 Share December 13, 2011 also REALLY liking the blue background, i was on a black kick for while and after seeing some more blue it really makes the colors pop. i dont think blue does that. i think it detracts from the colors of the corals. my eyes are drawn to the bright, beautiful, blue background, and away from the corals. whereas with a black background, my eyes aren't drawn to the black background, instead they are drawn to the colors of the corals, that's why black backgrounds make the corals "pop" more than blue. with that said, i've always thought a blue background was more appealing and beautiful than a boring black background. it's so much more bright. i think blue backgrounds are ideal for fish-focused tanks; and black backgrounds for heavy sps/lps tanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roni December 13, 2011 Author Share December 13, 2011 Thanks everyone! Looks great! Are you going to add more rock or just keep it simple? The plan is to remove some of the rock (one of the bommies is just a stack of dead coral skeletons I didn't get a chance to remove yet. I'll probably add a total of another 40-50 lbs, for about 100 lbs total. I have to add another 50 lbs of sand as well. Holding off until I deal with the sump issue, as all the rock and sand is in the tank I'm holding my regal angel and I don't want to stress him before the tank is fully up. Lookin' good Roni! I know it's difficult trying to work on this in the limited free time you have, but it will be worth it in the end. Keep taking your time to get it just the way you want it and you won't be disappointed. I know...just wish the timing hadn't happened the way it did. January gets better so I'll hopefully get everything finished then. Looks really nice man, need to get out there at some point. i actually like all the swimming space there...funny how small the 70g contents look...puts the size into perspectivealso REALLY liking the blue background, i was on a black kick for while and after seeing some more blue it really makes the colors pop. i dont think blue does that. i think it detracts from the colors of the corals. my eyes are drawn to the bright, beautiful, blue background, and away from the corals. whereas with a black background, my eyes aren't drawn to the black background, instead they are drawn to the colors of the corals, that's why black backgrounds make the corals "pop" more than blue.with that said, i've always thought a blue background was more appealing and beautiful than a boring black background. it's so much more bright. i think blue backgrounds are ideal for fish-focused tanks; and black backgrounds for heavy sps/lps tanks. You're welcome to shoot down anytime. Sorry I missed you a couple weekends ago...got waylaid by the tank taking more time then I thought. I like the blue background as well and will backlight it at some time. It's actually not as blue as my cell phone pic shows. The other thing to consider is that corals haven't grown in at all, which will decrease the coral to background ratio. I like the black backgrounds as well but figured I'd try something different with this one. We'll see how it turns out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan S December 13, 2011 Share December 13, 2011 I want to some see it in person too! The background I'd like to see, but don't think I ever have yet, is a background that goes from blue at the top to black at the bottom, gradually... I think that would look awesome and be the most realistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der ABT December 13, 2011 Share December 13, 2011 Not trying to hijack your thread Roni maybe pop was the wrong word but the blue seems to make the tank look bigger to me, here is a shadowbox example, i think the corals pop the same in both but the tank looks bigger in blue, obviously its an opinion thing but pics from RC shadow box thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan S December 13, 2011 Share December 13, 2011 (edited) dang. definitely a gorgeous tank. no doubt about that. i agree that the blue background makes the tank look bigger! the second photo actually looks like Roni's tank in a couple years!! Edited December 13, 2011 by Ryan S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der ABT December 13, 2011 Share December 13, 2011 (edited) agreed, i cant wait to see what Roni does with this one for aquascaping Edited December 13, 2011 by Der ABT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roni December 13, 2011 Author Share December 13, 2011 I think that's the same tank (serpentman's). The difference after doing a shadowbox in terms of shading is pretty amazing imo. I think those pics were taken days apart. If my tank looks half that good, I'll be pretty stoked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der ABT December 13, 2011 Share December 13, 2011 they are the same tank ill bet you suprise yourself, that efflo is sweet though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roni December 28, 2011 Author Share December 28, 2011 Wife and daughter out of town and I finally got some time to finally aquascape and move some corals over to the display. Still a lot of work but at least it's a start. Sorry for the terrible pics; cell phone: Right side of tank (regal peaking out) Middle Left Whole New Ritteri (8 years in captivity) Elegance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surf&turf December 28, 2011 Share December 28, 2011 Looks awesome!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YBeNormal December 28, 2011 Share December 28, 2011 Sweet! Did you fix the leak in the sump or is that still on the to-do list? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roni December 28, 2011 Author Share December 28, 2011 Looks awesome!!!! thanks, the tank doesn't look nearly as blue as those pics. need to figure out how to take proper pics. Sweet! Did you fix the leak in the sump or is that still on the to-do list? Thanks, nope, leak still on the to do list. Other things on the to do list: Get frag tank on line Hook up 2 part Fix kalkreactor (ordered a new motor head for my reactor but the stirrer from my GSA reactor doesn't fit the new Avast motor...I emailed Justin but I think he's away for the holidays) hook up wave box (still not sure if I'm going to do this or just sell it and get another 6105 Thankfully, I have a nice 3 day weekend coming up and will hopefully get a lot of those things done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der ABT December 28, 2011 Share December 28, 2011 wow man looking good, love the clowns they have some great color to them. Right side structure is VERY nice. going to look sweet once the corals grown in..seems like you made alot of nice realestate....good luck on the to do list, your making me want to get mine done more and more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad December 28, 2011 Share December 28, 2011 Hook up the wavebox!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefoholic December 28, 2011 Share December 28, 2011 Looks amazing Roni! I love how you rock-scaped! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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