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shiver905
02-02-2011, 07:48 PM
Hello,

Iv been keeping an eye on this site for awhile now,
I finnaly decided to join. There great information on this site and it also features some beautiful tanks.

I'll start off with my current Build

Blue print:
http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/wha_gwan/MYCOMBO.jpg

Stand Need more coats of paint, This is taking longer then expected
http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/wha_gwan/photo-3.jpg

This tanks been in the making for awhile now, First the glass was all messed up, Then the glass broke.. ECTTT

It features a rimless look with starfire.

Im also in the middle of building a Fish Only Tank Which will be used as a QT tank.

This tank features the inwall look and also will be FISH only.

http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/wha_gwan/imagejpeg_2-3.jpg


Thats it for now!

shiver905
02-02-2011, 07:55 PM
Ill go threw few of my previous tanks as background information

The fresh water P tank (90g)Rip
http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/wha_gwan/fwt/cc.jpg

The Pico(5.5aga)- Rip
http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/wha_gwan/IMG_0947.jpg

The Original 40Bwanna Be (36x12x12)
Its stil my favourite tank :( RIP
http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/wha_gwan/fwt/IMG_1052.jpg
http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/wha_gwan/3-1.jpg

The 65G AGA (36x18x24) Still have it but its being replaced by the New tank.
[IMG]http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/wha_gwan/pp.jpg
http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/wha_gwan/DSC08265.jpg

kien
02-02-2011, 08:03 PM
http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/wha_gwan/imagejpeg_2-3.jpg


That looks awesome! Looking forward to seeing more. Duct Tape is very trendy right now, just ask Skimmer King. I've seen it used on a few other builds recently.

And welcome to canuckreef! :D

Binare
02-03-2011, 12:06 AM
Looks like we share the same problem. Cant leave the damn tanks alone hehe. Looks great.

shiver905
03-19-2011, 05:18 AM
Got the tank in a few weeks ago,

Just collecting some equipment,
Almost done,

So its time for the dreaded tank transfer.

Bad pictures, but a cellphone is all I have in hand.

http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/wha_gwan/IMG-20110224-00390.jpg

http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/wha_gwan/imagejpeg_2-4.jpg




BTW,
Would A single mp40 be able to run this tank?
I have a mag 18 @ 1 foot headheight.

Seems like its ok to me but if anyone has any input it would be appriciated.

shiver905
04-08-2011, 05:00 AM
So, I finished the transfer a few days ago.
Its not done yet, As you can see.Im happy at least its running.
http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/wha_gwan/a2.jpg

Now time to celebrate with an army of sps frags!
http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/wha_gwan/0407012327.jpg

shiver905
07-10-2011, 07:09 AM
<iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9192KChW1uU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/wha_gwan/winnaa.jpg
http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/wha_gwan/vinna.jpg
http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/wha_gwan/phot2-1.jpg


http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/wha_gwan/ok.jpg
http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/wha_gwan/ok2.jpg
http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/wha_gwan/ok4.jpg

ensquire
07-10-2011, 07:34 AM
Nice setup

phi delt reefer
07-10-2011, 12:33 PM
Where did u get the drags from.

shiver905
07-10-2011, 05:06 PM
Whats a Drag
LOL

phi delt reefer
07-10-2011, 05:21 PM
god damn IPAD!!!!!

sorry i meant frags.

ScubaSteve
07-10-2011, 06:01 PM
Whats a Drag
LOL

RuPaul :P

BMahura
07-10-2011, 06:02 PM
What are the dimensions of your tank. I like the setup

shiver905
07-10-2011, 08:58 PM
the tank is 36x30x18

Boomboy
07-10-2011, 09:18 PM
i always love the shallow cubish tanks. looks awesome, the tank beside your computer desk is awesome i want to do that now, if only i owned my place.

shiver905
08-07-2011, 09:30 AM
Im not a huge fan of the mp40, but i finally got time to make a wave
http://youtu.be/eJqibiD2aQg

shiver905
08-14-2011, 09:50 AM
Update

I lost most of my frags.
But Im happy for the ones that made it.
http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/wha_gwan/2011-08-01_19-52-44_411.jpg

http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/wha_gwan/2011-08-01_19-52-35_281.jpg

http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/wha_gwan/2011-08-01_19-51-09_630.jpg



http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/wha_gwan/2011-08-01_19-50-46_171.jpg

http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/wha_gwan/2011-08-01_19-45-07_461.jpg

...........

I really wasnt happy with my brightly colored stand. So I Painted it

http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/wha_gwan/2011-07-30_19-11-52_571.jpg







To my suprise I was happy with the paint job



Then I looked around the room.
My walls were to distracting with red/white/blue .. WTF.
I have no clue what I was thinking. It looked stupid.

http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/wha_gwan/DSC03638.jpg

http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/wha_gwan/DSC03632.jpg




After a a day worth of painting we got something that dosent knock you out after entering the basement.

http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/wha_gwan/2011-08-14_05-11-28_961.jpg

http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/wha_gwan/2011-08-14_05-11-07_480.jpg

http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/wha_gwan/2011-08-14_05-10-57_79.jpg

http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/wha_gwan/2011-08-14_05-09-40_188.jpg

New paint smell = a ****ed off cat. I made it up to him with his new bed.
http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/wha_gwan/2011-08-11_01-08-43_709.jpg

I needed a simple frag rack for the time being because im going to rescape the tank.

http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/wha_gwan/2011-08-13_21-04-53_175.jpg

..

dsaundry
08-14-2011, 10:26 AM
Looks great so far, if I could make a suggestion....add your frags and fish slowly. One to two fish at a time and the same with the frags. Imo a tank can be severely stressed when too much is added at once. I know it takes longer but your loss's will be less. After going through a major crash to what I am attributing to adding too much at once I will only add one or two at a time now.Good luck on your tank, will be watching for updates..

Cheers:biggrin:

beefORchicken
08-14-2011, 06:55 PM
colors look better now, nice. whats with the JK flip flops on the white board? are you in electronics?

shiver905
08-16-2011, 04:10 AM
colors look better now, nice. whats with the JK flip flops on the white board? are you in electronics?


hehe ya I am.
Nice eye!

shiver905
08-22-2011, 08:15 PM
I made a classic mistake of trying to aquascape with Rock..I realized now its not about making your Rock look good.

I had nowhere to place my sps. So I decided to rescape my tank for corals instead of rocks.

I got some dry rock from ;ecoreefer, Underwaterloo.

A quick dry run before it hits the tub for a few weeks.


http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/wha_gwan/2011-08-21_17-18-42_762.jpg

http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/wha_gwan/2011-08-21_17-18-33_277.jpg

martinmcnally
08-22-2011, 10:33 PM
Those rocks are gonna look awesome! They are huge!

shiver905
09-02-2011, 03:18 AM
http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/wha_gwan/thisisgood.jpg

Lampshade
09-02-2011, 04:01 AM
Tank looks great, those rocks will make nice shelves.

Hidden Logic gate diagrams all over in the background, reef tank related? or work? what controller are you using if it's for the tank?

shiver905
09-02-2011, 07:12 PM
Its not reef tank related.
Who knows maybe one day i'll decide to give a controller a go.

I do own a reefkeeper. Its good but I dont feel like I use it to its full potential.

Heres the updated fts.

http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/wha_gwan/gettingder.jpg

shiver905
09-18-2011, 10:02 AM
OHH GWADD
Another ich out break...

Another 6 weeks trying to explain having a fishtank without fish:cry:

shiver905
09-25-2011, 03:52 PM
SO the QT is setup.

It’s scary because there is no biological filtration on it.
So I bought an ammonia detector and some prime.

I hope the ammonia stays somewhat locked. I am not going to have the time to do water changes every day.

The hypo is working great. It’s been about a week and almost all the white spots are gone.

I still have a pair of clowns in the display tank and it seems like they have immunity to the ich. I’m wondering if I should pull them out an QT them also. The reason I haven’t done this already is because the more the fish in the QT the larger the bio load in a tank without barely any bio filtration.

http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/wha_gwan/qt.jpg



My LEDS came in also.
I should be excited but I’m not, With my ICK problem and I’m getting attacked by algae. The led build will be put on hold until I find some cheap aluminum C-Chan/heat sinks.
52 whites
36 royal blues
3 pinks
3 reds
http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/wha_gwan/2011-09-20_17-27-40_394.jpg

shiver905
11-26-2011, 06:03 AM
Iv been going threw hell. Serious cotton candy algea.
Now red bugs.

But heres a vid


http://youtu.be/558u9Pv49y0?hd=1

shiver905
01-22-2012, 09:00 AM
It was time to upgrade the skimmer. My Bubble magus bm100 did not seem like it was dealing with the newer tank.

So Iv gotten the ER rs135 and the ER rs180

The 180 has a bad pump But with some research it seems the 180 would be too large for my tank..

Id still like to keep it as a back up if I can find a pump for it cheap.

Anyone know a deal?


ill take some pics or a vid 2moro

shiver905
01-28-2012, 06:45 AM
Been awhile

Seeing says much more then trying to read my grammar errors.

http://youtu.be/rHBgnQ5mVYc?hd=1 (http://youtu.be/rHBgnQ5mVYc?hd=1)