91Atracs reef cave

[91Atrac]

Hey guys/girls,

So I've finally got another tank up and cycling. It's been just over a year and I am so happy to be back in the game!!! Got my foot in the right direction thanks to some friends who helped me out and made this start right!!!!!

My build in progress and hope you enjoy cuz honestly I KNOW ill be happy and so proud of the progress. It's a very rewarding hobby I be in.

Here's some snaps on how it started and where it's at now. http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/24/8yvere7a.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/24/yryna3e8.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/24/ju7adeqy.jpg


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[Acrowhora]

sweet...how's the lightbox par38 working for you?i got two myself and love em:biggrin:

[91Atrac]

sweet...how's the lightbox par38 working for you?i got two myself and love em:biggrin:

LOVE EM' I'm trying to post more pics. These are a week old now.

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[91Atrac]

FYI! In the previous post I didn't add the crab, he was a hitchhiker from the live rock ingot from a friend.http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/24/qaza8ere.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/24/hetamupe.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/24/pa5usuha.jpg


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[91Atrac]

I've got signs of my cycle so far. Cyano tho... On the feather caulerpa. Weird I think cuz it's nowhere else


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[91Atrac]

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[91Atrac]

Got some wire loom and started organizing the wires. Made labels today and put the wires together. So much better now! http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/01/ta7abeha.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/01/e2udemed.jpg

Ill work on the drop off yet but I wanna get the stand and light stand first.


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[reefwars]

personally i would beef up that stand a bit on the vertical corner legs , 2 x 4 on the corners will tend to tip without a " L" made from using 2 , i know its not a huge tank but one little bump to the left or right and your whole system can end up on the floor once the weight ****s to one side.

better safe than sorry for the cost of a couple 2 x 4"s :)

cheers

denny

[91Atrac]

personally i would beef up that stand a bit on the vertical corner legs , 2 x 4 on the corners will tend to tip without a " L" made from using 2 , i know its not a huge tank but one little bump to the left or right and your whole system can end up on the floor once the weight ****s to one side.

better safe than sorry for the cost of a couple 2 x 4"s :)

cheers

denny

I was actually thinking about doing that. Still wanna make it more visually appealing cuz it's older. Used it last year when I had it running.




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[91Atrac]

Few pics. Got a frag order in, but it's not all for me.

Last day I had the flowerpot recovering in my tank and Fredric II chilling by it.

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[91Atrac]

Recent FTS of the 10g
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Fragbox volcanic frost mushroom
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[91Atrac]

Update and pics.

Just started using the par38. **** the eshine fixture since nobody wants the par38... Ill use it cuz I love it! Can't wait for the Purple Hearts to start growin back and for everything to just colour up from this awesome light.

Also got a clown for the 10g. Love it cuz it's the most active swimming clown I've had! He's all over the place haha.
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[91Atrac]

Some pic updates for everyone :)http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/17/yhe6y7a6.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/17/tu3udy4u.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/17/zasetu3u.jpg

[91Atrac]

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[91Atrac]

Update. Added my hydor wave maker2 and k1 power head. Started using RO water as of today FINALLY!!!

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[91Atrac]

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[Acrowhora]

Tank's looking great....

[91Atrac]

Tank's looking great....

Are those "....." Of happiness haha. Thanks tho. Trying to keep the tank as ocean like as possible :) all types of coral in here!!

[91Atrac]

When I get the new gooseneck ill be adding a second par38 to the tank.

[kien]

Nice collection! So, I'm a little bit confused as to what's going on in your build here. There's lots of pics but little description for your setup. In one pic I see a full tank and in another pic I see a tank with what appears to be a built in refugium? Are these two tanks or one tank? And is that a refugium in the tank?

[91Atrac]

Nice collection! So, I'm a little bit confused as to what's going on in your build here. There's lots of pics but little description for your setup. In one pic I see a full tank and in another pic I see a tank with what appears to be a built in refugium? Are these two tanks or one tank? And is that a refugium in the tank?

Haha well I had a 25g drop off as then the 10g aio type build. I've now shut it down the 25g and just the 10g now.

Any idea how to change the thread title? Thanks. Tho and I have more coming today!

[kien]

Haha well I had a 25g drop off as then the 10g aio type build. I've now shut it down the 25g and just the 10g now.

Any idea how to change the thread title? Thanks. Tho and I have more coming today!

Ah I see! So more like an evolution of tanks :-)

I may have an idea of how to change your thread title. PM me what you'd like to change it to.

[91Atrac]

Pm'd you :)

Yea it was suppose to me my rock of tanks but just failed to get it going so said screw it.

[91Atrac]

Who wants an update!!!!!! Here you go.

Took another big haul from my buddies. Here what I got now an the tank filled!!!!
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[91Atrac]

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[91Atrac]

Last nights frags http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/09/01/ysutu7y8.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/09/01/eja7y2ej.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/09/01/hy7yzenu.jpg

[91Atrac]

It's been awhile apparently since I update the thread. So far the watchmen gobies have paired and share the same cave, corals are all happy happy and just... Tanks good aside from the bubbles neusance. Pics for the followers. Don't forget to follow my Instagram!

91atrac
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[91Atrac]

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[91Atrac]

**** guys. I got zoa pox!

Some pics of the sick and any suggestions please! I've done 2 5min freshwater dips so far. One last night and one today. Do I have to remove the spots or do they fall and die off?http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/09/29/3yzunyge.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/09/29/yra6a4yr.jpgAhttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/09/29/4y4yveje.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/09/29/eqagyreq.jpg

[Nano]

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You've also got some some blue clove polyps on this zoa frag which you will come to hate worse then aiptasia in a few months. Not many things will kill blue clove either. But some people like them. I never did.

[91Atrac]

Yea it finally attatched to the rock. I'm thinking worst case I cover the rock in mushrooms and it should block the light and kill em.

[91Atrac]

Haha. Gotta change my thread name again... Added this to my fish room this weekend and added a sexy shrimp that is saddled also I traded the perc for black and white paired percs.

Here are the pics and the MH might and will probably be temporary. Took the sponge from my 10g and squished it in the frag tank to get some nutrients In to the system. Plopped a pece if monti cap an pulsing Xenia on a rock to watch the changes in water quality. I do my cycling VERY different and avoid diatoms to the max!

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[91Atrac]

Quick quick update before bed.

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[91Atrac]

Hey guys. So as of now my buddy has quit the hobby and sold me everything he owns for $6bills. He has a lot btw. Including a 5stage RO/di unit, maybe his reef keeper elite and pumps, 20g sump, euro reef skimmed, some led fixtures, oh so much stuff! Oh and an 8g aio and a 15g. If I want also a 30g hex but I don't like the hex. Bleh.

Here's my room update.

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[michika]

Oh look, you have more sandbeds to fill with frags now!

Nice looking score from your buddy.

[Skimmerking]

looking good man where in the peg are u living I need some frags

[91Atrac]

looking good man where in the peg are u living I need some frags

I only have a few frags ATM. A couple palys/zoas. Not a lot :/ doing the grow out right now from after the large selling spree I had.

What are you interested in getting?

[91Atrac]

Oh look, you have more sandbeds to fill with frags now!

Nice looking score from your buddy.

Yea I can't say his stuff was bad :)

[Scythanith]

I love the melting pot of life! When I got into it I had a 10g, a 20g, a 40g, and an 85g all with different little environments. I never had as much coral as you have pack din there though. Looks fun!

[91Atrac]

I love the melting pot of life! When I got into it I had a 10g, a 20g, a 40g, and an 85g all with different little environments. I never had as much coral as you have pack din there though. Looks fun!

Haha you Gould have seen the last time I setup the 10g it was crazy packed!

[91Atrac]

Did some work to the stand today. Tank is running with .25 ammoniaand nitrates are 5 so did a 5g water change on the frag tank. Gotta feed less or something. Ugh problems. Oh well.

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[HaZRaTTy]

Nice setup so far,

Take it for what this is worth but i'm slightly worried about your stand framing with just single 2x4's from what I can see.. 6 vertical with 3 tanks?

May be okay but I would hate to see disaster, just like a floor you wouldn't see anything short term of having the weight on all the tanks but long term you're going to have some bowing decreasing the structural integrity.

I think a vertical 2x4 weight capacity is somewhere near 500lbs?

[91Atrac]

I only have 2 tanks on that stand. 6verticlea and both tanks are 15 and 25g each. Nothing crazy.

Appreciate the concern tho. The corners are doubled as well.

[91Atrac]

Haven't updTed in awhile again. Here's some pics to update.

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[91Atrac]

Well guys I did it and now the name is no longer valid as a reef cave. I've moved the 10 and 15g into my 25g, removed the frag rack and sent my sps to a friends house until I setup my new 40g.

Sad but oh well. I much prefer the rock work setup I have now then what I previously had tho and can't wait to be ready for the new tank. Holes need to be driller and then plumbing. I have the lights to get me by.


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[91Atrac]

Some pics of the before and now. Just a collage of them basically or mix up. Enjoy and leave feedback!

I'll be sporting the lightbox leds of course supported by Fragbox. Love them and when I'm happy with something I don't normally move from them. Always went to a local saltwater store but his bad attention to care towards customers, his sick coral still selling as healthy and bashing me behind my back with customers is not cool by any means so no more business from me there.

New shop I see is much more accommodating! Can't wait to see how well special orders do cuz my experience in the last shop was a no show EVERYTIME I asked.

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