AlanM April 28, 2020 Share April 28, 2020 Looks awesome! I like the in-wall tanks a lot. The left nem tank is crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flooddc April 28, 2020 Author Share April 28, 2020 6 minutes ago, AlanM said: Looks awesome! I like the in-wall tanks a lot. The left nem tank is crazy. thanks Alan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime April 28, 2020 Share April 28, 2020 LoL on the nagging side. I don't have any, that might be part of the problem! The house we bought was *almost* ready for immediate moving into. We elected to get the first floor floors sanded and stained before we moved in. Then the painting, fixing up drywall/plaster and a few odds and ends The top floor will eventually be the master suite, but for now we're living completely comfortable on the one level. My basement is very similar to yours, rafters, electric, "recessed" lighting, cement floor. Only difference is ALL of my brewing equipment is down there, and then ALL of my reef stuff (rubbermaid tubs included) are down there as well. I'm going to acid etch my cement floors first, and then frame out my office. Then electric, insulation, drywall, stand, tank, lights, all the good stuff. I'm starting to think I should have elected to go with some 2x4 stands and just build the tank in wall like you did. Either way, it looks great, you just need some couches to enjoy it from now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flooddc April 28, 2020 Author Share April 28, 2020 19 minutes ago, YHSublime said: LoL on the nagging side. I don't have any, that might be part of the problem! The house we bought was *almost* ready for immediate moving into. We elected to get the first floor floors sanded and stained before we moved in. Then the painting, fixing up drywall/plaster and a few odds and ends The top floor will eventually be the master suite, but for now we're living completely comfortable on the one level. My basement is very similar to yours, rafters, electric, "recessed" lighting, cement floor. Only difference is ALL of my brewing equipment is down there, and then ALL of my reef stuff (rubbermaid tubs included) are down there as well. I'm going to acid etch my cement floors first, and then frame out my office. Then electric, insulation, drywall, stand, tank, lights, all the good stuff. I'm starting to think I should have elected to go with some 2x4 stands and just build the tank in wall like you did. Either way, it looks great, you just need some couches to enjoy it from now! Thanks Isaac! Yeah, we were in similar situation. I wanted to keep the basement open for the kids to roam. opted to keep most of the wall concrete as well as the ceiling to be more industrial like. Although wound have love to be able to keep all the electrical wires and water pipes neat but they were all over. I searched online and lots basement ceiling opted out to just keep it bare and painted the ceiling over either black or white. I originally was going to have my basement floor acid etched and epoxied but it's uneven and much cheaper to just carpet it. Keeping it neat and clean is going to be a challenge. Good luck with your build! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flooddc May 6, 2020 Author Share May 6, 2020 (edited) ugh! just added another to do problem. Has been trying to catch the fireclown fish for quite a while. Caught his mate Tomato clown with hook and bait last month. Has tried trap, hook, night time and even use netting to block part of the tank and try to net it. All failed. So, I had this new idea a few day ago and drop in an anemone on it's own rock in the middle of open space to host it and perhaps catch it while he's hidden inside the anemone. Well, a few days later it hosted the clownfish but also moved into the main rock structure. now it's going to be a pain to try to get it out let alone catching the clownfish. hmm! maybe making a miniature spear fishing next IMG_0143 by Chuck, on Flickr IMG_0142 by Chuck, on Flickr Edited May 6, 2020 by flooddc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flooddc May 7, 2020 Author Share May 7, 2020 This colony starting to have an unusually growth pattern and coloration. IMG_0103 by Chuck, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flooddc May 11, 2020 Author Share May 11, 2020 On 5/6/2020 at 1:55 PM, flooddc said: ugh! just added another to do problem. Has been trying to catch the fireclown fish for quite a while. Caught his mate Tomato clown with hook and bait last month. Has tried trap, hook, night time and even use netting to block part of the tank and try to net it. All failed. So, I had this new idea a few day ago and drop in an anemone on it's own rock in the middle of open space to host it and perhaps catch it while he's hidden inside the anemone. Well, a few days later it hosted the clownfish but also moved into the main rock structure. now it's going to be a pain to try to get it out let alone catching the clownfish. hmm! maybe making a miniature spear fishing next IMG_0143 by Chuck, on Flickr IMG_0142 by Chuck, on Flickr okay! back down to one problem . Managed to catch the nem when it moved to the bare bottom glass. Now it's in the trap. Hopefully this will entice the clownfish to come inside the trap. IMG_0181 by Chuck, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flooddc May 13, 2020 Author Share May 13, 2020 Fire clownfish finally evicted from the tank. IMG_0186 by Chuck, on Flickr Family reunion . Hopefully she still remember him. IMG_0189 by Chuck, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WheresTheReef May 13, 2020 Share May 13, 2020 Nice. Did someone say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flooddc May 13, 2020 Author Share May 13, 2020 14 hours ago, WheresTheReef said: Nice. Did someone say LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flooddc May 15, 2020 Author Share May 15, 2020 Well, fish room and basement is 98% done. Just need to DIY 3 large doors to keep the kids out of those restrictive areas. IMG_0182 by Chuck, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Puckstable May 16, 2020 Share May 16, 2020 Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flooddc May 16, 2020 Author Share May 16, 2020 26 minutes ago, Cliff Puckstable said: Congrats! Thanks bro! now onto a new project!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flooddc June 11, 2020 Author Share June 11, 2020 IMG_0358 by Chuck, on Flickr IMG_0357 by Chuck, on Flickr Tank update after clownfish eviction Well, the two filefish done a great job with the majano, but also clean out my zoas (fortunately I was able to save my rasta). Ate all my nuclear green paly. Used to have several colonies with hundreds polyps. Now all gone! Also, discovered why my bicolor torch and white hammer are always closed up as well. Yup! the "filefish". Beside that, every else doing well. My friend also sent over a colony of superman and orange mushrooms. IMG_0359 by Chuck, on Flickr Anemone tank was also been cleared out a bit (sold 7 rainbow anemones) IMG_0356 by Chuck, on Flickr Making room for this. It's still small so it's will stay in the frag tank until it's big enough to house with the big cousins. IMG_0360 by Chuck, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanM June 11, 2020 Share June 11, 2020 Now you going to start trying to figure out how to trap the filefish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flooddc June 11, 2020 Author Share June 11, 2020 11 minutes ago, AlanM said: Now you going to start trying to figure out how to trap the filefish? ? they are going to stay permanently! It’s a trade off for doing their job. I’ll just have to keep zoas elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn.reef.nerd June 11, 2020 Share June 11, 2020 Have you tried catching them at night? I caught both of mine that way. Both of mine prefer acans. Destroyed 75% of acans :( . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flooddc June 11, 2020 Author Share June 11, 2020 33 minutes ago, lynn.reef.nerd said: Have you tried catching them at night? I caught both of mine that way. Both of mine prefer acans. Destroyed 75% of acans :( . LOL! I don't need to remove them. Have had filefish before and they are pretty easy to catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flooddc June 23, 2020 Author Share June 23, 2020 Local reefer friend dropped off some goodies a few days ago. What's a great way to kickoff Summer! Thank you @WheresTheReef Many of my stick corals has been declining, too busy and lazy to hunt down for the source. One thing I noticed is my heliopora (blue coral) is taking over the tank and suffocate any coral in it's path. Can't believed such invasive coral is classified as endangered/vulnerable! Anyway, here are the goodies . enjoy and Happy Summer reefing WAMAS friends. IMG_0405 by Chuck, on Flickr IMG_0406 by Chuck, on Flickr IMG_0408 by Chuck, on Flickr IMG_0407 by Chuck, on Flickr IMG_0411 by Chuck, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flooddc June 26, 2020 Author Share June 26, 2020 This thing is bright! even brighter when looking at it in person. jawbreaker by Chuck, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flooddc July 15, 2020 Author Share July 15, 2020 (edited) Keep telling myself not to buy anymore fish. But since I evicted the tomato and fire clowns I can't resist these bullet holes clownfish They have quite strange behavior the first few days. kept swimming against the powerhead. Here a video. Edited July 15, 2020 by flooddc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flooddc July 15, 2020 Author Share July 15, 2020 Cleaned my tanks and powerheads last night and decided to make a quick tanks video update. corals doing fine except the white hammer colony which the 2 filefish continue to nipped on. Oh! notice a beautiful giant aiptasia near the end of the video . Can't show the video without my favorite tank organizer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Puckstable July 17, 2020 Share July 17, 2020 That octospawn got huge. I like those engineer gobys. I had one in my first sw tank. I loved watching him make tunnels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flooddc July 17, 2020 Author Share July 17, 2020 34 minutes ago, Cliff Puckstable said: That octospawn got huge. I like those engineer gobys. I had one in my first sw tank. I loved watching him make tunnels. yeah, however my euphyllia doesn't grow as fast as they used too and occasionally lose a head or two. Maybe I am losing my green-thumb (reef-thumb ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraffitiSpotCorals July 17, 2020 Share July 17, 2020 Love the tank and all the big colonies! I hope those acros do well for you, it would surely make the tank look great to have some branching acros in there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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