Donkey's New Tank Build Roma 200

[donkey]

Ok Guys its about time I got this started. So heres my new tank build in video form,I will be adding to this as and when I get the chance. Please feel free to ask any questions



http://youtu.be/Z7CxjgamTcc?hd=1

[ensquire]

Cool build, nothing goes to waste at your house.
Well Done

[donkey]

Thanks :mrgreen:

Part 2

http://youtu.be/J7yh2PnvLck?hd=1







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[Lance]

Hehe. I love watching "lefties" work with their hands....... "Sigh".......Being an ex-baseball pitcher I always wished I was a lefty.

[donkey]

Hehe. I love watching "lefties" work with their hands.


That just sounds so wrong

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[Trabby]

I watched parts 1-5 over coffee this morning:) thanks... Look forward to following more of this build!!
Two questions though...
What is the song in pt 4??? It's been in my head all day ;)
How are you getting that camera angle?

[donkey]

Hi


The song is called. Close to me, and its sang by a band called. The Cure. The camera angles are not always easy,I use a stand a lot of the time and in a lot of cases I have it stood right in front of me




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[AquaticFinatic]

Head on the door by the cure is the song. Following along here. :biggrin:

[donkey]

Part 3


http://youtu.be/Vg0tDN9lM54?hd=1








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[lastlight]

Head on the door by the cure is the song. Following along here. :biggrin:

'Close to Me' off the Head on the Door album. Classic track while you cut apart a sump!

[donkey]

It just seemed to fit in somehow



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[donkey]

part 4

http://youtu.be/er7-Cp0oa38?hd=1





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[AquaticFinatic]

'Close to Me' off the Head on the Door album. Classic track while you cut apart a sump!

Lol it's an old song so wasn't a bad guess :biggrin:

[Trabby]

Excellent!! I'm anticipating this build with toe tapping enthusiasm ;)
Can't wait to see more!!!!

[donkey]

Part 5

Toe tapping time :mrgreen:


http://youtu.be/saU-L4QcrEw?hd=1








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[es355lucille]

Excellent Build! Excellent videos! Keep them coming I am really enjoying them....love the music.
:popcorn:

[donkey]

Thanks :becky:

[staceyd72]

Great idea for a build thread :couch2:

I love the idea of opening the paint with a spoon, classic.

I'm only on Part 3, really looking forward to the rest of the installments.


:rockon: :rockon:

[donkey]

Its what spoons are made for

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[donkey]

Part 6


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKq0-aJDiMM

[donkey]

Part 7

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMEx1VI-Ids





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[donkey]

Part 8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXMhZqoHPFc

[ScubaSteve]

Hi


The song is called. Close to me, and its sang by a band called. The Cure.

:biggrin:

A bit off topic but you should listen to The Get Up Kids verson of close to me. It's wicked!

Love the build dude! That is a mighty fine lookin' stand I might add.

[donkey]

A bit off topic but you should listen to The Get Up Kids verson of close to me. It's wicked!

Love the build dude! That is a mighty fine lookin' stand I might add.


Thanks

:mrgreen:

[donkey]

Part 9


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp1QnP9KIJU

[Delphinus]

Just caught up on this. Hahaha, what a fun way to watch this tank build. Great ideas in the build too. Can't wait to see what's next.

[Leah]

:lol!: I am throughly enjoying your build thread. Can't wait to see more. :D

[donkey]

Part 10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25F9pqHZ8GM

[donkey]

part 11

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhjzAOtmy0U

[dnpbryan]

What a great build journal with some awesome cost saving ideas. Great job:biggrin:

[donkey]

What a great build journal with some awesome cost saving ideas. Great job:biggrin:


Thanks


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[donkey]

Part 12


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4k-ozmtniM





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[donkey]

Part 13

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHX51hxXWj8







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[donkey]

Part 14

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pyk6rlJ_usA

[donkey]

Part 15

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6dCauw1oHo

[Lance]

Leah seems to like the smell of skimmate. You might be on to something here: Save yourself the skimmer-cleaning chore and let her lick it clean. :twised:

[donkey]

Leah seems to like the smell of skimmate. You might be on to something here: Save yourself the skimmer-cleaning chore and let her lick it clean. :twised:


:D

[Leah]

Leah seems to like the smell of skimmate. You might be on to something here: Save yourself the skimmer-cleaning chore and let her lick it clean. :twised:

:redface: Any chance of changing the dogs name. :wink:

This is a very entertaining build. Can't wait to see more. :biggrin:

[donkey]

:redface: Any chance of changing the dogs name. :wink:


:mrgreen: Sorry about that Leah

[Leah]

Oh well it was worth a shot. :smile:

Good thing you are in England or I would have to warn you to keep her away from Lance. :razz: He has a thing for dogs. :wink:

[donkey]

This is Leah at about 12 weeks old


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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIU2qCO2udo









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[Leah]

He he! Watch dog material for sure. :wink:

[Lance]

:redface: Any chance of changing the dogs name. :wink::


How come Leah? Is my avatar slogan making you nervous? :mrgreen:

[Leah]

How come Leah? Is my avatar slogan making you nervous? :mrgreen:

LMAO! :lol: Still haven't figured out how it got there... have yous. :twised: :wink: Hehehe! And for everyone else... no I have never woken up beside Lance. :redface: or have I? :wink:

[Lance]

LMAO! have yous. :wink: Hehehe! And for everyone else... no I have never woken up beside Lance. :redface: or have I? :wink:


I'll never tell as I am a gentlemen and would never discuss such matters.

* Sorry Donkey you can have your thread back now. :redface:

[phi delt reefer]

what kind of dog was that half way through the video? looked like a BEAR!!!!

leah is a chick magnet eh? I need to get a puppy (shhhhh..dont tell the wife ;))

[donkey]

The big dog is a Newfoundland. All the girls love a pup,every girl I seen come over to her :mrgreen: Just goes to show you don't need a flash car or lots of money to get the girls,all you need is a pup and a park

:lol:

[donkey]

Part 16

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r24od5vZI9M

[donkey]

Part 17


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFLuBrleuzs






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[hillegom]

lol
love how the scary monster comes in at the appropriate time

[donkey]

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[donkey]

Part 18

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRg2qKmUriw

[AquaticFinatic]

I can't play this one is it the correct link? Thanks.

[donkey]

Just checked the link and its working fine my end.

[donkey]

Part 19


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBYjKWyeQeY










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[Sea Witch]

great! great! Donkey, I didn't know you were on Canreef. I think I know you! :mrgreen:

[donkey]

Do i know you ? Whats your name again

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[Sea Witch]

Do i know you ? Whats your name again

:mrgreen:

I'm President of your Fan Club. My name is Sea Witch, and I'm an aquariumaholic. :crazyeye: :loco: :drinking:

[donkey]

WOW i got a fan club
:peace:


How come your the only one in it ?

:cry:

[donkey]

Part 20

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPU8KyMRQNY







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[Oxymoron]

Great music choice on latest video lol:Banane09:

[Sea Witch]

Wonderful Donkey, Wonderful. Loved it, mate. :ranger: I just realized that I can watch the videos starting from #1 if I look for them on Youtube. Fabulous!

[donkey]

Wonderful Donkey, Wonderful. Loved it, mate. :ranger: I just realized that I can watch the videos starting from #1 if I look for them on Youtube. Fabulous!

What number did you first start at ?

[donkey]

Great music choice on latest video lol:Banane09:


Thanks

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[Sea Witch]

What number did you first start at ?

I've seen maybe the last 4........I started with the one cleaning up the old sump.

[donkey]

You missed a few then

:lol:

[Sea Witch]

You missed a few then

:lol:

yeah, i'll go make some popcorn this weekend and catch up.....:mrgreen:

[donkey]

Make sure you do,or i will come looking for you

:mrgreen:

[Sea Witch]

I'm going through them pretty fast....are there others on other tank projects? :popcorn:

[donkey]

Did you see the skimmer reviews i did ? or my shrimp videos ?

[donkey]

Part 21

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VClsfss1uOc







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[Leah]

LMAO! Steak and crab :wink:

[donkey]

Glad you liked it Leah



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[Lance]

You're way too nice. :lol:
I'd have saw it in half, crushed it between the bricks and then zippo'ed and fried the little bastard! :evil:

[donkey]

You're way too nice. :lol:
I'd have saw it in half, crushed it between the bricks and then zippo'ed and fried the little bastard! :evil:


:( How could you do that to the little Guy :pout:

[Sea Witch]

hilarious donkey. I loved it! :BIG:

yeah, i mean a person can't keep every bad critter they come across right? what if you found a mantis shrimp?

[Lance]

:( How could you do that to the little Guy :pout:

I've lost far too many snails and corals to crabs to have any love for them. I once felt sorry for one and put it in my sump where it immediately ate the sponges and tube worms; so I now show no mercy. :mrgreen:

[donkey]

I've lost far too many snails and corals to crabs to have any love for them. I once felt sorry for one and put it in my sump where it immediately ate the sponges and tube worms; so I now show no mercy. :mrgreen:


Crabs will be crabs,they just cant help it,its what they do


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[donkey]

hilarious donkey. I loved it! :BIG:

yeah, i mean a person can't keep every bad critter they come across right? what if you found a mantis shrimp?


If i found a mantis shrimp i would setup a small tank for him,or see if i could find him a new home. People are always asking for them on the forums

They way i look at it is,its not the crabs fault he ended up in my tank,so what right do i have to kill him,its our fault us so called fish lovers that are the problem if us fish-keepers did not want this live rock then that crab would probably be still sat under his rock in the sea

[donkey]

Part 22

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4Jvw1TvDmw





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[Sea Witch]

That's great, Donkey. Love the videos. :couch2: :thumb:

[donkey]

Thank You

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[Leah]

Haven't missed an episode :wink:

[donkey]

I'm sat here wondering if Leah has a sister called Zoe

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[AquaticFinatic]

Ive seen a level used for many a thing but never to stir sand before!! :mrgreen:

[donkey]

Ive seen a level used for many a thing but never to stir sand before!! :mrgreen:

:mrgreen: I use it for all sorts,i think i once stirred my soup with it once

:lol:

[donkey]

Part 23

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDZmNFKTbwQ







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[donkey]

Part 24


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUX2_mQKd8s

[phi delt reefer]

good to see you back donkey!

[donkey]

Thanks

:mrgreen:

[chris88]

what kind of dogs do you have?

[donkey]

Hi

I have two Staffordshire bull terriers,and one Patterdale Terrier


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[donkey]

Part 25

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPHirUdDYMk




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[donkey]

Part 26


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FsEsRO8S-s

[donkey]

Part 27

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeD3n3Ic2Ms




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[donkey]

Part 28

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tTCnZqkumw




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[donkey]

Part 29

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO_U_x_U41o




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[donkey]

Part 30

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxj_w8LS8YA




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[Hustler]

Love the videos mate, and amazing tunes But you should lable them with what you are doing in them for people to search or know what videos to watch ;)

[donkey]

Part 31

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVXxd8NUFxE




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[donkey]

Part 32

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arvtM2AUrJ4





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[AquaticFinatic]

Good old eBay lol.

[donkey]

I would be lost without it

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[donkey]

Part 33

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwUhoHS0ZpI






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[donkey]

Part 34


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EymLY6BZPRo

[donkey]

For you guys in Canada who cant see this because you tube blocked it in your country,I had a look round to find somewhere else to upload it,but its over 600meg in size and all the other sites only let you have up to 500mg, so they only thing I could do was to use a screen recorder and copy it with all the you tube annotation as well. Its lost a bit of its quality and its a bit shaky but its the best I could do with it. Just click on this link


http://vimeo.com/33740303

[Leah]

Glad to see Leah appearing in the video's again, wasn't sure of her fate. :surprise:

Merry Christmas to all of you! Is Lana another one of your girls? :wink:

[donkey]

Glad to see Leah appearing in the video's again, wasn't sure of her fate. :surprise:

Merry Christmas to all of you! Is Lana another one of your girls? :wink:

Yes Lara is another one of my girls,but shes not in many of my videos as she runs as soon as i get the camers out :mrgreen:

Shes in this one for a little while

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvpfTdjySqM


:wink:

[Leah]

You have a regular harem going. :biggrin:

[donkey]

You have a regular harem going. :biggrin:


Tell me about it

:D

[donkey]

Part 36

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5PuZeK1YN0

[donkey]

Part 37

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEhirSjcf_A

[Skimmerking]

Donkey looking good man , however you didnt buy all the scollies there I m drooling

[Mrfish55]

Wow, that's some extensive video documentation, sorry to say but I felt compelled to notify German authorities, pretty sure your not allowed to strangle prostitutes in any country.

[donkey]

Donkey looking good man , however you didnt buy all the scollies there I m drooling

Wish i had have had a lot more money on the day,i would have come home with the lot

:biggrin:

[donkey]

Wow, that's some extensive video documentation, sorry to say but I felt compelled to notify German authorities, pretty sure your not allowed to strangle prostitutes in any country.


That where your wrong,Germany is the only country in the world were they let you do that,in fact they openly encourage it


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[donkey]

Part 38

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EabrpImqXxE

[AquaticFinatic]

I miss maidenhead aquatics :cry:

[donkey]

I miss maidenhead aquatics :cry:


Did yours shut down ?

[AquaticFinatic]

Did yours shut down ?

No I moved to Canada. :biggrin:

[donkey]

No I moved to Canada. :biggrin:


Okay i see now

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[donkey]

Part 39

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-KTb1X93Po


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[donkey]

Part 40

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Luw4pOlzq8

[donkey]

Part 41

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJRuCsQdegY



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[AquaticFinatic]

Why didn't you go led?

[donkey]

i'm not convinced with LED lighting just yet,i think they need to bet better and cheaper before i would buy them

[phi delt reefer]

welcome to the Sunpower club! I got the 8 bulb version over a 40 gallon and it has more par than 2*250w halides + 4 t5 bulbs! I had to modify the.fans to bigger quieter ones.because the stock ones were too loud.

Im sure youll be really happy with the light!

[donkey]

More than happy with it so far mate

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[donkey]

Part 42

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFOc_yBTYY0




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[Cade]

Part 42

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFOc_yBTYY0




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Sweet wall paper. :wink: Looking good!

[donkey]

Glad someone likes my wallpaper

:lol!:

[Skimmerking]

Sorry dude paint over that wall paper or I won't continue to watch the vids :biggrin:

[donkey]

Sorry dude paint over that wall paper or I won't continue to watch the vids :biggrin:


You mean you dont like it

:cry:

[Skimmerking]

:mrgreen: ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i love it man. i was just zazzing ya

[donkey]

Me to,i hate it

:mrgreen:

[donkey]

Part 43


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5rEdwQSQHc



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[donkey]

Part 44


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSTnOiL0cmM



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[donkey]

Part 45


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFKjvuggUcE




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[donkey]

Part 46

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhFc2xIXz7U

[donkey]

Part 47


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fdJKcl-pY4

[AquaticFinatic]

You really should learn to use a pair of scissors ya know. Safety first :mrgreen:

[reefwars]

Part 46

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhFc2xIXz7U


i think my head hurts:P

[donkey]

I did have some but they went Rusty

:mrgreen:

[donkey]

i think my head hurts:P


Why ?

:mrgreen:

[NightShadeFairy]

I can't play this one is it the correct link? Thanks.

Same here.. :(

[reefwars]

Why ?

:mrgreen:


because i sat and watched through 15mins of it......dont spose i can get those back?? :P im only joking i actually watched qute a few of them, that one was just longgggg lol:P

[donkey]

that one was just longgggg lol:P

Don't you think a Long one is better than a Short one


:mrgreen:

[donkey]

Links working fine at my end ?

:biggrin:

[NightShadeFairy]

Part 21

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VClsfss1uOc







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I'm not sure why I can't see this one, there is another one that won't work for me either.. The rest work fine! :(

[donkey]

I'm not sure why I can't see this one, there is another one that won't work for me either.. The rest work fine! :(


Do you watch on a phone or a pc

:smile:

[donkey]

Part 48



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhURTXxayeQ

[chris88]

your videos and your dog is awesome keep it up!

[donkey]

Thanks Mate


:mrgreen:

[donkey]

Part 49


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq59e0nCl_s

[donkey]

Part 50

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FzWknwAASY

[AquaticFinatic]

Can't watch it :cry:

[donkey]

Can't watch it :cry:


Why not ?

[AquaticFinatic]

I watch the others on m iPad but this on wont:cry:

[donkey]

Can you see it on your PC ?

[AquaticFinatic]

Yes :biggrin:

[donkey]

Nice One

:mrgreen:

[donkey]

Part 51

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrqouA-Q9U0

[donkey]

Part 52

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgIctmprtEc

[donkey]

Part 53


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_2MDcwF-s0





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