Wolfen's new tank

[BCWolfen]

Well I got my tank (bough from JoelF, thanks again) home today. What an adventure. Somehow we fit 2 people (although wife had to sit cross legged on seat as it was against the dash) a 90Gal tank, 2 tubs of water with 80lbs of LR and various implements into a 2 door Echo!!!! (Thanks to Joel's friend Mark for the help) Its home now waiting for setup. I will update my website over the next few days as I have time, but will post pics in this thread too. Enjoy

Poor Echo....
http://www3.telus.net/bcwolfen/construction/poorecho.jpg

My DIY Stand, still need to cut holes into top for the corner OF's
http://www3.telus.net/bcwolfen/construction/DIYStand.jpg

The New 90 Gal waiting to be moved and filled
http://www3.telus.net/bcwolfen/construction/New90Gal.jpg

Many more to follow as things progress....

I'd also like to thank everyone for all their input, advice, and help in moving from FW into SW. I'm sure I'll have many more questions as time progresses.

[Coldwater]

The pictures are not working for me :confused: . Is this happening for anyone else? Since I cant see them I will have to say GREAT PICTURES :mrgreen: .

Matt

[BCWolfen]

My bad, wrong fileenames, was fixing as you viewed, should be ok now.

[G1GY]

I had to switch from Firefox to IE to veiw them.

*EDIT*

You must have fixed them while I was switching! :biggrin:

[Coldwater]

It works now! I cant wait to see the finished thing.

Matt

[BCWolfen]

The day seemed to fly by. We got the tank onto the stand and started mixing up water from the ro/di unit. An Aquaclear 5000 powerhead and a 100 watt heater made short work of mixing the salt and bringing the temp up. Unfortunately the RO/DI had a hard time keeping up.
I've got the tank about 3/4 full and have cleaned much of the glass already. Still a long way to go. The rock is in and I have good temp and 2 powerheads providing movement. Tomorrow we'll aquascape, add more water and go from there.

Pic of the tank as it sits right now...
http://www3.telus.net/bcwolfen/construction/fillingtank.jpg

Need help identifying these. I've been told teh yellows are Yellow polyps. I am going to guess that the browns are Brown button polyps.
http://www3.telus.net/bcwolfen/construction/growth1.jpg


These purple guys, I'm not sure if they are alive growth or just left over encrustings. They remind me of amethyst, but rounder. Anyone know?
http://www3.telus.net/bcwolfen/construction/growth2.jpg

There are also quite a few small brown feather like polyps that suck in when touched. If anyone can hazard a guess without a pic?

[Orion80]

the white pulsing is xenia, secend last pic hard to tell from the pic what the secend coral is??
Adie

[BCWolfen]

Orion, comparing to other images I've found, Yes the middle image does indeed look like a form of Xenia. Now that I know what is, I can read up on it some more. As for the Yellow guys. I'llk post some clearer pics tonight. The water has cleared nicely overnight.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Yellow polyps. They desirable (not like aptasia). Some consider them to be a type of colonial anemone & they do best if given some small bits of food. You can look it up on www.wetwebmedia, which is an awesome internet source run by Bob Fenner, a very well respected, experienced SW guy.

[BCWolfen]

I've updated the pics with some cleaner shots. Are the little brown ones, Brown Button Polyps? The purple stuff...is it alive or old encrustings.
And what are the little brown feather polyps called that suck in when touched (haven't got a pic of them)?

[muck]

The purple stuff could be coraline algae growth or it might even be Green Star Polyps that are retracted. It is hard to tell.

The "brown feather polyps" are probably feather duster worms.
Do they look like this..??

http://www.learnyeats.com/desha_gallery/images/underwater1_600_12.jpg

[BCWolfen]

Ryan,

No they are not feather dusters. They have no tube. when contracted they are just a brown patch right on the surface of the rock. Then they open up into about a quarter size 'feather'.

[MagnumReefer]

In the last pic the purple bumpy stuff is definately GSP (Green Star Polyps), I love that stuff :lol:


Darryl

[BCWolfen]

Finished the aquascaping tonight. I still think I may get a bit more LR to build up the back of the right side.

Heres how the finished (well for now anyway) product turned out.

Full tank shot
http://www3.telus.net/bcwolfen/construction/full05feb.jpg

Left side
http://www3.telus.net/bcwolfen/construction/left05feb.jpg

Right side
http://www3.telus.net/bcwolfen/construction/right05feb.jpg

Readings all looked great tonight but I'm going to wait a bit longer just to make sure I don't get a spike, then its time to add a cleanup crew.

[Ryan]

Thats awsome how u build that ship int your rock work.

[BCWolfen]

I bought the ship at my local LFS. Its marine safe, but had ugly fake plants on it which I removed. Then I placed it into the tank first and aquascaped the rock around it. That was a time consuming process. Like LEGO with a picture. lol. I wanted it to look natural, but still have crevices and caves. I'm still going to add some more LR to the right to build up over the overflow. That won't be for a bit.

Got some cleaners today that seem to be very happy. Pics will follow soon.