Coralgurls tank build 180 - it's ALIVE

[Simons]

I think your tank looks fantastic, great aquascaping. A new tank is always challenging but the rewards are worth it! Nice job!

[Delphinus]

Things look great! Love that starburst pattern on the rose too.

[Coralgurl]

Tank is looking sweet Sheena! It looks like it's ticking along quite nicely. Never give up, never surrender! :biggrin:

:lol:

Your tank is coming along nicely. Keep up the good work.

Thank you!

Well for me i am just starting to add coral and fish to my 155 display and i cant wait for mine to look like yours and that is a good looking set up

It sure takes a while to get it where things are doing well and not just surviving!

[Coralgurl]

Inspiring post!. Just me being cheesy I guess:biggrin:

I too am glad you stuck with it Sheena
Tank is looking great :smile:

Me too! I'm really enjoying this hobby again now!

Where's the "like " button on this thing? I like it!

Get on with your build already :lol:

[Coralgurl]

I think your tank looks fantastic, great aquascaping. A new tank is always challenging but the rewards are worth it! Nice job!

Ya, I am not a reefer that can set up a new tank and just have everything work out right from the get go, those who can are pretty talented.

Things look great! Love that starburst pattern on the rose too.

I've always thought that nem wasn't healthy due to the coloring at its base, but it's growing and is super pretty!

[The Grizz]

HOT DAMN girl the tank is looking sexy!! Glad to hear you are happy with the way it is turning out & if there is any reefer that tells you there tank started without a hitch or hicup they are full of :censored:.

[Sunee]

I really like your tank!! Nice scape.

[lpsreefer]

okay! but really thats it for pictures ??
such a nice tank should have more pics! :biggrin::biggrin:

[Coralgurl]

I've been searching for some type of furniture for my fish room, not too big but something where I can sit and enjoy my tank. Up until today, if I wanted to sit, I'd grab a chair from the kitchen. Well Jason's boss asked we wanted his theater seating. I'm not too keen on this style of furniture but thought, meh, why not.

Brought it home and it doesn't work in our living room. Jason left 2 pieces in my fish room so I started playing around and this works here. Recliner, automan, cup holders, sweet. The room is actually meant as a dining area, we,ve used it for an office before setting up the tank, so it's not that big. But I'm loving this set up.

Now I really do need to skin the tank as well as find a way to make it quieter. Cripes the running water in the overflow is annoying.

Pics later.

[Coralgurl]

Well having a nice place to relax in front of the tank gives it a different perspective. Have noticed the tank isn't level anymore, water on one side is lower byat least 1/4". Tank runs across the joists and there's a beam just behind where it sits. Nothing noticeable changing in the floor, joists are good, no bending or warping. There's a post under the high side of the tank, do we need to reinforce the other?

The tank sits on carpet and the stand has adjustable feet for leveling. Any suggestions, concerns I should be looking for? Could this be the cause of my sump cracking? It's sits more towards the high side but only by 6".

Ideas?

[gregzz4]

1/4" over 6 feet isn't much to worry about, but it's a good thing to keep an eye on if it changes again
You could try re-levelling it with the stand feet, but do it in tiny bits and evenly between each foot to avoid scary things happening

No scary stuff yet, but let's think about the future :wink:
If it continues to sag to one side, are you able to put a jack post under it on the floor below ?

When we had a freshwater 6' 125g against a load-bearing 6" 2x wall.
Our tank still listed a bit to starboard (by the same as your 1/4"), and a bit aft
It was a bit disconcerting to stand in the middle of the room and be able to create waves by bouncing off our heels while keeping our toes on the floor .....
Our tank spanned most of the joists, but missed the last one

With a room width of over 12 feet, the joists just weren't meant to handle the weight

I thought about a post setup in the recroom but would have needed to build a cabinet where I didn't want one, just to hide the post - about 24" away from the load-bearing wall

I just kept the amount of traffic in our livingroom to a minimum and all was good

As for your sump cracking, it's hard to speculate
Do you think your stand shifted enough to crack the sump glass, but not affect your DT ?
Tough call, but I'd say not. The tank probably would have leaked first as it has larger panes

[Coralgurl]

1/4" over 6 feet isn't much to worry about, but it's a good thing to keep an eye on if it changes again
You could try re-levelling it with the stand feet, but do it in tiny bits and evenly between each foot to avoid scary things happening

No scary stuff yet, but let's think about the future :wink:
If it continues to sag to one side, are you able to put a jack post under it on the floor below ?

When we had a freshwater 6' 125g against a load-bearing 6" 2x wall.
Our tank still listed a bit to starboard (by the same as your 1/4"), and a bit aft
It was a bit disconcerting to stand in the middle of the room and be able to create waves by bouncing off our heels while keeping our toes on the floor .....
Our tank spanned most of the joists, but missed the last one

With a room width of over 12 feet, the joists just weren't meant to handle the weight

I thought about a post setup in the recroom but would have needed to build a cabinet where I didn't want one, just to hide the post - about 24" away from the load-bearing wall

I just kept the amount of traffic in our livingroom to a minimum and all was good

As for your sump cracking, it's hard to speculate
Do you think your stand shifted enough to crack the sump glass, but not affect your DT ?
Tough call, but I'd say not. The tank probably would have leaked first as it has larger panes

I'm not sure it would be possible to adjust the feet with the tank and sump full of water. Would likely need to drain most of the water and even then not sure.

We could put a jack post under the other side if we had to. The room was a bedroom, but is just a spare area not in use. We could move the sump to the basement to reduce the weight.

Good point on the sump cracking, still weird it happened. Hard to keep the movement out of the room with 120lb dog who uses it as a launch/landing pad from the stairs to skip the hardwood floor. I'm going to mark the water level to keep an eye on it.

[Coralgurl]

http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa476/coralgurl143/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20140420_151113_edit2_zpse0bfc3bc.jpg

Just messing around, crappy phone pic!

[noy]

looking good!

[kien]

Love that GSP wall!!

[SteveCGY]

Love that GSP wall!!

+1 that is impressive.

[Coralgurl]

looking good!

Thanks

Love that GSP wall!!

+1 that is impressive.

It's goes to the top of the tank, starting to wrap around the right power head.
Just going to let it grow and see how far it goes. It spreads about an inch a week. Need to get some off the rocks though....

[Coralgurl]

The power head on the left is going to need to move again, the anenome is getting so big, tentacles almost touch it.

[miuYH]

Holy moly! The RBTA grew so big!!:biggrin:

[Coralgurl]

Came home tonight and my rbta had its tentacles wrapped up in the power head. Damage looks minimal. The power head is off for now as I will have to move it later.

Can't go to the right as I'd have to cut the gsp wall so to the left it goes. I wonder how big this guy is going to get??? I've read they can grow to a foot in the aquarium, but this one is bigger than a foot already ..... It's cool how when expanded it holds onto the neighboring rock.

Oh, and the gsp is now encrusting onto the other power head, moved past it and has hit the return. Bought some reef epoxy to stop its spreading on the rocks.

[brotherd]

That gsp is crazy! Wow.

[gregzz4]

That gsp is crazy! Wow.
+1

Have you tried prying under it yet ?
If it were me, I'd use a jeweller's flathead screwdriver and see if I could get under the rubber mat
When I trim mine back it just peels off the LR island it's on

[Coralgurl]

That gsp is crazy! Wow.. Yep it's just taken off but I can see the changes weekly! Mgonna let it cover the entire back wall

+1

Have you tried prying under it yet ?
If it were me, I'd use a jeweller's flathead screwdriver and see if I could get under the rubber mat
When I trim mine back it just peels off the LR island it's on

Do you do it in the tank or pull the rock out? I'd have to get my snorkel and mask to do it in the tank.

[gregzz4]

I do it in the tank

Just grab the flat pointy object of choice and start digging under it
Then try to peel it off - it's like rubber/leather and will come off in sheets