Yellow's 90G Upgrade

[yellowworld]

So I have had a 30g running for about a year, and I learned way to much to write down - thanks to most of you guys. Now I think its time for me to jump up to something bigger!!

-Custom 90G tank 3' x 2' x 2'
-Custom 30G sump, just a glass box, baffles to come later
-Wavepoint 36" Quad t5 (for the time being)
-175w Heater
-Pond Master Mag Drive 12
-Custom Built Wood Stand

Fish Room (more like the Furnace/Laundry Room with addition RO/DI Unit)
-Coralife 100GPD RO/DI
-32G Bucket


Without Further a-due, this is the current 30G system From Start to Now
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And now the new tank!!
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The Back Wall - 2 3/4' Inlets and 2 1' bulkheads for a Herby style overflow
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We have Lift off!
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87lbs of Marco Base rock from Red Coral
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In the Tank
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Got A few Corals in now
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Finally got the baffles done in my sump!
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Made a Few Changes + Cheato!! Thanks to frizzo1983
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The Residents of the Reef

My now 1 1/2 year old Maroon Clown
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The first Fish I ever got, my Lawnmower Blenny
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My blue devil Damsel
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and lastly my other damsel that got dropped off at my doorstep!
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Now for the coral! but only some if it, not all of it has been moved over yet
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I can only post 30 pics at a time so here comes part 2

[yellowworld]

Here it is. Part 2 of my tank build

Full tank Shot
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And lastly my highly specialized very technologically advanced Fish-anudry-urnace room!
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[DCDN]

Look great so far. I'm really liking your rock work setup.

[abcha0s]

Man - that looks awesome! Good job!

- Brad

[FishyFishy!]

Awesome rock work!

(it's mike by the way)

Where is your skimmer at now?? Running nothing at the moment?

I also see some mad overflow out of those filter socks... Same reason I got rid of mine! couldn't keep changing them every day lol

Can't wait to see this thing grow.

[yellowworld]

Hey mike, yeah Im skimmerless right now, Im hoping the cheato will do the job for me now untill it gets a little more diverse. I ran the skimmer right after it cycled to clean everything right up.

Take a look at this tank, Im hoping for something along the lines of this, all he's got is cheato and a few hangon filters
http://www.nano-reef.com/featured/?tank=20

Ill throw the skimmer back on later down the road :biggrin:

[Boomboy]

great job on the aquascape. everything looks really good and well thought out. cant wait to see more.

[Cugio]

Great nice rock arrangement. Please mount that vortech controller. It's sitting in a very scarry position. Great job btw.

[yellowworld]

hahaha DONE, it was the next thing I did right after I took that picture haha
It kinda looks like its resting on the tube but its not there is velcro on the back

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[yellowworld]

This is my problem. I wanted to paint the back of my tank from the beginning but it somehow slipped to the wayside, now i'm kinda stuck for what I can do.
1. Painting the back is a possibility still but my only concern is that you'll still be able to see into it.
2. I thought about a piece of acrylic in the overflow but I don't think the colours will match the paint even if perfectly matched beforehand (see picture - the darker is on the outside the other on the side and the last inside the overflow)
3. I am now thinking that I can get a full sheet of thin acrylic to place inside the tank the full length of the wall. BUT there are two issues with that - how to get it to stay flush with the back wall and there are a few points of my rock work that is against the wall ( I cant move it very easily)

Here is the colour problem (they are all the same - left to right, inside overflow, outside tank (darker), inside tank (same as overflow)

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Anyone got any thoughts or other suggestions?

[yellowworld]

Hey Guys so last night was a long one! I have two 6 bulb 3 foot Tek lights that I needed to put over my tank. Why two, you may ask and I would say because I have an odd tank that is 3 foot long by 3 foot wide by 2 foot tall. Next you may ask why not just 2 250w MH's and I would say because this tank is in my room and its hot enough in that place without MH's cooking me like a chicken. So here it is my custom 12 bulb 3 foot Tek light that took me from 8pm till 430am to build so my tank had light again in the morning :)


I stopped about halfway through and thought hey, yo guys might want to see this so I grabbed my camera.
So here is where we start...two perfectly working, in good condition, made in 2008, 6x39w Tek Lights

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Then I started to cut, and cut, and cut, and cut some more!

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After that was done I put it together to create the outer shell for my masterpiece

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Then I had to relocate the cords and switches all to one side

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Now I started to rewire this bizznich

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Next came the reflectors! Just about done only 5 hours later

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Now the lights and look at that baby glow

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[lorenz0]

that is awesome!

[FishyFishy!]

DUDE!!! Killer DIY skillsss!!!!! That looks pro.

[yellowworld]

DUDE!!! Killer DIY skillsss!!!!! That looks pro.

hahaha thanks mike you like it? I got some more tank shots with the new lights on ill post them up soon

[BlueTang<3]

Wow very clean set up you should be able to grow anything with that light. Just curious as you went with 2 3 ft t5 fixtures?

[Flash]

looks amazing.... slightly jealous!

[yellowworld]

Wow very clean set up you should be able to grow anything with that light. Just curious as you went with 2 3 ft t5 fixtures?


I had a 4 bulb wavepoint fixture from my previous 30 gallon over it and it just wasn't cutting it, so I went to find an 8 bulb 3 foot tek light, I did actually find one but I got out bid on eBay, so I did the next best thing. My tank is only 3 feet long so that was my max on length and I wanted more then 6 bulbs cus im going to have this tank for a while and don't know what im going to get into so I want to make sure I have enough light to do everything.

Plus having control over 4 different sections means I can mess with bulb configurations and start up times as well as just having a few off for the softies

[yellowworld]

Ok then so here it is. New lights New Corals, New fun!


Full Tank Shot, with Lovely Lisa (Candycane)

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Lights from the top which are right now very ghetto-ly suspended, Light rack is the next project

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Now the Coral :)

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[Boomboy]

Holy mother i was gonna say i love the rockscape, then i scrolled down and saw the lights. THAT IS AWESOME. turning out great. nice diy skills.

[The Grizz]

Just fipped through you build, I love your rock work very nicely done. That light mod was awesome as well, you have some great DIY skills for sure.

Nice job!

[fishytime]

dude.....you really hacked those two lights all to heck, didnt ya?........great job putting humpty back together again though.......the tank looks great yous two:biggrin:...

[yellowworld]

dude.....you really hacked those two lights all to heck, didnt ya?........great job putting humpty back together again though.......the tank looks great yous two:biggrin:...


hahah thanks doug, yeah I know hey they were so pretty when you saw them :mrgreen:

[yellowworld]

Hey guys I thought I would give you an update of what new in my water world. I got some new stuff and some old stuff and everything is settled in and at home my only problem is my RBTA but we'll get that sorted soon.

Octospawn
White & pink Acans
Teal & purple Mushrooms
Kenya Tree
Branching Torch
Branching Frogspawn
Blastos
Corgy Finger
Trumpet
Pink Wall Hammer
Coco Worm
Lava Chalice
Green Chalice
GSP
RBTA
Black Sun Coral
Maxima Clams
Croatia Clam
Red Mushrooms
Green Clovers
Blue Clovers
Small Birds Nest
Xeana
Green & orange Acans

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Top Down
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and last but not least :mrgreen:
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Enjoy!

[Skimmerking]

love the color buds looks great job well done on the Tek lighting

[yellowworld]

Thanks Asmodeus. I got some new bulbs on the way I was looking for a bluer look but I have to agree everything looks great in that light. Im really surprised how fast my rock coloured up, everywhere I look i see coraline its nuts its only been 3 and a bit months since i put the rock structure in the tank however its been cycling for about 6-7 months with a few pieces of live rock so maybe thats the secret to my success :lol:

[philg3]

That Frankenlight is pretty impressive, TOTAL coverage.

I love the sunken destroyer too, sometimes people take their reef tanks too seriously, nice to see someone else who thinks they can be fun.

[yellowworld]

Frankenlight haha I like that. It is massive but the tank is pretty deep, 2 and a half feet deep to be exact, the 6 bulb just couldn't cut it and they don't make the 8 bulb anymore and no one has them or if they do they are holding on tight to them

I love my destroyer! its like everything in my tank is massive in comparison to it, it makes my tank its own little fantasy world haha. I got some greek ruins in my other 15g nano tank too haha

[GracieLou]

Wow, really digging the destroyer!! Never thought something like that would "fit" a reef tank... but I love it!!!

[yellowworld]

Thanks Gracie, i never saw the reason why other ppl havent done it before, once stuff starts to grow on it they look right at home. This is my nano with greek riuns built into the rock work

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[GracieLou]

hahaha that's awesome, it really adds character!! Thanks for sharing the nano pics as well!!