YHSublime January 23, 2020 January 23, 2020 Ditto on the fish room!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Pedro January 23, 2020 January 23, 2020 Soo sorry about the issues and lost coral but the fish room is looking great.
Blue Tang Clan January 23, 2020 Author January 23, 2020 Plumbing is a little bit fun when you get to make your mitre saw look like a Skittles massacre
Guest January 26, 2020 January 26, 2020 I'm so sorry to hear about all of the trouble with the overflow! I can only imagine how frustrating that was/is to deal with. Hopefully it gets resolved soon and you can move forward. I had similar issues with my plumbing. The tiniest little droplets of water.... I did layers of glue on the outside around the seams. On one, I used gorilla tape wrapped around the edge as well, and then a layer of glue over that. I haven't had an issue in five months. Now I do have a leak detector under there because I'm paranoid. But I haven't had any issues. Still loving this build! I can't wait to see it in person!
Dmb0921 January 26, 2020 January 26, 2020 I know I have never sold to you before but I like to help people out and I will hook you up with some sps on me. Just let me know. Fish room looks great.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Blue Tang Clan January 27, 2020 Author January 27, 2020 5 hours ago, Dmb0921 said: I know I have never sold to you before but I like to help people out and I will hook you up with some sps on me. Just let me know. Fish room looks great. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Wow, that is unbelievable -- thank you so very much! Losing all my SPS has been heartbreaking, but the kindness of the WAMAS community keeps the hope alive!
Origami January 28, 2020 January 28, 2020 You're fish room looks like some labs I've been in. Nice work. Congrats!
Blue Tang Clan January 28, 2020 Author January 28, 2020 35 minutes ago, Origami said: You're fish room looks like some labs I've been in. Nice work. Congrats! Ha, thanks Tom! The rest of it is kind of a mess right now; I'm selective with my photos Hopefully I can get the big tank wet soon, and then have a WAMAS meetup. I'm not sure if we do that sort of thing, but I'd love to show off the setup to the group to brainstorm ideas on how to make it better!
Origami January 28, 2020 January 28, 2020 A meet up would be cool. I'm sure that many of us would love to see the finished work and talk shop.
cpeguero February 2, 2020 February 2, 2020 Hope you get everything sorted out soon. Sorry to hear of the losses in the interim. Fish room is looking great! Hope mine eventually looks that good! My custom 260 should be delivered end of next month. I'm planning for getting it put in place, so since you recently did this with a bigger tank, I have a few questions: -How much did your tank weight? -How many people did it take to get it into place? To get my tank into the house, I have to go around back and up a few stairs onto the deck to get to the back door. I'm debating renting a bunch of equipment to help those of us who will be doing the lift, or just hiring someone to do it....
Blue Tang Clan February 3, 2020 Author February 3, 2020 On 2/1/2020 at 7:59 PM, cpeguero said: Hope you get everything sorted out soon. Sorry to hear of the losses in the interim. Fish room is looking great! Hope mine eventually looks that good! My custom 260 should be delivered end of next month. I'm planning for getting it put in place, so since you recently did this with a bigger tank, I have a few questions: -How much did your tank weight? -How many people did it take to get it into place? To get my tank into the house, I have to go around back and up a few stairs onto the deck to get to the back door. I'm debating renting a bunch of equipment to help those of us who will be doing the lift, or just hiring someone to do it.... Thanks for stopping by my thread! The tank weighed right around 1000 pounds if I remember correctly -- maybe 1100. Definitely not something you would be moving without a crew. 8 of us with large suction cups were struggling, but we were able to move it around. 10 would have been safe, 11-12 would have been comfortable. You need suction cups. Reread that last sentence a few times. If you can find 8 other guys, rent suction cups from the club and call it a day.
Blue Tang Clan April 24, 2020 Author April 24, 2020 Hey! I have been slowly plumbing everything, and just got my second return line finished. It has a big 120W UV sterilizer on it so that will be one of my disease and algae prevention methods. I'll try to snap some pics later. It seems ever so trendy to post "control board" photos with lots of Neptune gear -- which seems silly since those things never really move. I'd love to see Medication / Fragging / Testing stations more often!
Pedro April 24, 2020 April 24, 2020 You have already been showing us that with your fish room, and thank you for being an example to us all!
Blue Tang Clan December 29, 2020 Author December 29, 2020 (edited) COVID and a new baby have slowed down progress, but things are still progressing. I've had water in the tank since March and things are finally stable. Some of my woes were just from new tank syndrome and getting a massive amount of bacterial filtration instituted. As we always say, nothing good ever happens quickly in reef tanks. My goal for 2021 is to take a more active approach to updates, so I made a quick Fish Lab video with some full tank shots as well. It's still has a ways to go, and my 4-month old takes all my time when I'm not at work! Here is a quick video of the behind the scenes: Edited December 29, 2020 by Blue Tang Clan
Blue Tang Clan December 29, 2020 Author December 29, 2020 To nudge myself toward creating new video content, I'm going to try to add some more subscribers to my YouTube channel. At 11:59pm on December 30th, I will be giving away eleven $10 gift cards to Bulk Reef Supply. Anyone who subscribes to my YouTube channel is eligible and I will notify those usernames (chosen at random) so they can place an order on the 31st. Subscribe for a chance to win!
JJKK December 29, 2020 December 29, 2020 What an awesome fish lab and tank. Glad you could put that RODI container to good use.
therootcause December 29, 2020 December 29, 2020 First subscriber! If your username is BlueTangClan.Edit: Found your channel.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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