View Full Version : Wife's birthday present
spit.fire
08-12-2013, 09:05 PM
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a171/tyty_220/D50F17BE-99C5-4566-A2E8-42FEFFEDCE18-495-0000005AA53B7FA2_zps2501315e.jpg
Built the tank, still need to install glass and acrylic and drill holes
Stand still needs the doors finished black and the handles installed (put blumotion hinges on it because I didn't have any other hinges for inset doors)
After all that's done I still have to build a 20"x20"x14" sump for it
Hardware on it will be:
a 20" maxspect razor led
Speed wave return pump
Modded tlf pb150 reactor for bio pellets powered by a mj400
Mp10es
Still undecided on the skimmer tho
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a171/tyty_220/CF4CFE78-C92D-4890-A332-10F8986B350D-346-00000028205F86BB_zpsfba66568.jpg
Proteus
08-12-2013, 09:28 PM
nice good job
spit.fire
08-12-2013, 09:29 PM
Not gonna lie its not what I wanted for size but its not my tank lol
I wanted to go 14" tall
She told me she wants me to fill it with my sps
Kraken
08-12-2013, 10:06 PM
its a very sleek tank. What kind of overflow will you be installing?
spit.fire
08-12-2013, 10:25 PM
Coast to coast with herbie
Coralgurl
08-12-2013, 10:59 PM
That's a great looking tank!!
I take it your wife knows about this gift??? How many sps's do you have to gift her??? Not sure which is worse 2 tanks in 1 house or 2 reefers....lol
spit.fire
08-12-2013, 11:44 PM
That's a great looking tank!!
I take it your wife knows about this gift??? How many sps's do you have to gift her??? Not sure which is worse 2 tanks in 1 house or 2 reefers....lol
Lots of sps lol all acros and a Monti or 2
How about 4 tanks and 2 reefers
Coralgurl
08-12-2013, 11:58 PM
Lots of sps lol all acros and a Monti or 2
How about 4 tanks and 2 reefers
Very very dangerous combination!!!! At least its something you enjoy together!!! And fragging is cheaper...lol. Can't wait to see it salty!!!
spit.fire
09-16-2013, 08:43 PM
Bout time for an update, so breaking my leg put a serious delay on this build but it's finally starting to come together
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a171/tyty_220/54CECB9F-EDD8-4436-9264-32DD3162C74E-356-0000003481A0DE93_zps2e594350.jpg
In place and filling with water
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a171/tyty_220/F6E72961-33C2-47C6-B820-1D9EC6ED0DE2-356-000000354065EF49_zpsd53da853.jpg
Water change hose was too short by about a foot so my preggo wife had to hold the hose while it was filling
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a171/tyty_220/AB332D7B-8AAD-47A3-8BAE-3E898579288C-113-00000003736691BF_zps136ae893.jpg
Still waiting on parts for the skimmer, pb550 reactor filled with hydroton pulled from my frag tank
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a171/tyty_220/F1D2AB58-2A02-436C-B00E-5162B0BD51FF-708-0000007B5414B7BD_zpsc50a5dbf.jpg
Liverock from my frag tank
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Weir with water
The light is temporary until its cycled and I can move all the sps and gobies from my tank to hers
She'll be getting my maxspect razor and I'm going to shut my nano down because of a losing battle against bryopsis
I see you've got your wife trained. She's laying down, sideways, holding a hose. HAWT.
What's the hydroton for ?
spit.fire
09-16-2013, 08:53 PM
I see you've got your wife trained. She's laying down, sideways, holding a hose. HAWT.
What's the hydroton for ?
IMO it's the best liverock substitute/ bio media I've used
IMO it's the best liverock substitute/ bio media I've used
Ah, you're using it as bio/bacteria media. Cool!
IanWR
09-16-2013, 10:36 PM
Curious about the hydroton. I had never heard of it so looked it up. Seems pretty cheap, esp compared to either the fluval rings or the eheim substrat. Does the hydroton work as well as those but is cheaper, or does it actually work better? Sounds like it would be a great option for setting up a QT.
- Ian
spit.fire
09-17-2013, 12:15 AM
Curious about the hydroton. I had never heard of it so looked it up. Seems pretty cheap, esp compared to either the fluval rings or the eheim substrat. Does the hydroton work as well as those but is cheaper, or does it actually work better? Sounds like it would be a great option for setting up a QT.
- Ian
Cheaper, doesn't plug up with detritus, it's very porous, perfect for a qt because you just boil it to sterilize it when your done and reuse it. I seed it with my big tank in case I need to setup a qt then just swap reactors, I have 2 vertex reactors full so I can pull one off to speed up cycling on other tanks
spit.fire
09-18-2013, 08:22 PM
Starting to shut my nano down...
I lost the battle of bryopsis so ill be dipping and quarantining and eventually transferring all my brown/half dead sticks to her tank so they can recover
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a171/tyty_220/D7A00558-4C03-4D87-BB71-FB22B1D7ACC5-276-00000066CAE3D1DB_zpscd3e94ec.jpg
spit.fire
09-19-2013, 08:28 PM
Got the pump for her skimmer today
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a171/tyty_220/1DE542E4-6283-457E-BB2F-37B4EE21F267-223-000000075B02E6B4_zpsa797b46c.jpg
gregzz4
09-20-2013, 04:53 AM
I know you've made your mind up, but ...
If it's bryopsis, why not try some lettuce nudis ?
I put 4 in my tank last year and although I lost 2 to MP10 suicides, I still have 2 and have not seen any bryopsis since probably last x-mas
I guess there's either some unseen bryopsis, or enough other food for them to live on, and they're still green
spit.fire
09-20-2013, 07:00 AM
I know you've made your mind up, but ...
If it's bryopsis, why not try some lettuce nudis ?
I put 4 in my tank last year and although I lost 2 to MP10 suicides, I still have 2 and have not seen any bryopsis since probably last x-mas
I guess there's either some unseen bryopsis, or enough other food for them to live on, and they're still green
I've been wanting to plumb my nano into my frag tank and I don't want to risk getting anything in my frag tank so I figure completely sterilizing it is the way to go
And the wife already called dibs on all my coral
gregzz4
09-21-2013, 12:59 AM
I've been wanting to plumb my nano into my frag tank and I don't want to risk getting anything in my frag tank so I figure completely sterilizing it is the way to go
And the wife already called dibs on all my coral
Well that's that then :smile:
spit.fire
09-22-2013, 10:39 PM
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http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a171/tyty_220/68A4A19F-DF2F-4D66-A094-8D0DDB621B61-127-00000001B199FF68_zpsa2dc3ffb.jpg
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http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a171/tyty_220/E60AD9BD-B8BA-4903-927A-90ADBD181D53-127-00000001957CE3ED_zpsf33b45b2.jpg
Livestock so far:
Kole tang
Elongated dottyback
3 clown gobies
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spit.fire
09-24-2013, 08:34 PM
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Little kole tang
He will be rehomed once he gets a tiny bit bigger
Madreefer
09-24-2013, 08:50 PM
Looks good man. You could'nt resist those kole tangs eh? Haha
spit.fire
09-24-2013, 09:28 PM
Looks good man. You could'nt resist those kole tangs eh? Haha
Lol ya I grabbed 1 for my tank too
spit.fire
09-25-2013, 09:24 PM
So last night I hooked up a diy ato to the tank to get me by until I get the parts for my super secret new design for an ato.
Skimmer is running a lot better now that the ato is on
Got 2 coats of paint on the doors and 1 left to go. Now all that's left is to clean up the cords and add more corals from my frag tank
My wife got mad at me last night for putting a frag rack in her tank.... She doesn't seem to understand why her tank needs a frag rack when I have a 112g frag tank...
Phhh... Women
I'm with your wife on this one. No frag racks in display tanks!!
spit.fire
09-25-2013, 09:28 PM
I'm with your wife on this one. No frag racks in display tanks!!
I found the clown gobies like to hang out on the rack.... Without it the end up in the overflow
spit.fire
09-25-2013, 09:31 PM
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a171/tyty_220/296AB842-7045-4716-B6B7-3A329FA64157-2623-0000011507BF986A_zpsb6d56980.jpg
Finally got a picture of one of my favourite fish
gregzz4
09-25-2013, 11:27 PM
Good lookin scape Tyler
spit.fire
10-20-2013, 01:32 AM
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a171/tyty_220/DCE61392-8C48-461F-8B93-4E42591D195C-599-0000003DCCA7A5E2_zpsa84b52e4.jpg
Didn't like the rock work so I rescaped the tank last night, also new fish since I last updated
18 dartfish
Pair of clowns
Pair of cardinals
2 blue clown gobies
1 brown clown goby
1 elongated dottyback
spit.fire
10-20-2013, 02:36 AM
Double post
Antrias
10-20-2013, 03:36 AM
Looks awesome! Looks like you got another SWC 120 haha or is that the 160?
spit.fire
10-20-2013, 06:27 AM
Looks awesome! Looks like you got another SWC 120 haha or is that the 160?
160 with a needle wheel
Slyguy00
10-20-2013, 06:35 AM
Looks good tyler, I like your second revision alot better as well.
spit.fire
10-21-2013, 08:52 AM
Thanks, I can actually enjoy the tank now lol, the wall of rock was driving me nuts
spit.fire
10-30-2013, 01:06 AM
Added some more sps, sorry for the crappy pics, wife took them and doesn't know how to turn the blue channel down on the light
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a171/tyty_220/A5A8DBAB-F249-4845-BA13-0854BB032292-339-00000013A9A8D295_zpsee5930b9.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a171/tyty_220/DB08CB43-D14C-43CC-8529-802226935E70-339-00000013A5B904B5_zps6b867111.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a171/tyty_220/32AE1F8E-38B5-4ABF-9C05-897B48A9A548-339-00000013A1B2D0A0_zps39f2aaab.jpg
Slyguy00
10-30-2013, 01:42 AM
Thats where that blue sps went lol. I was looking for that. Looks awesome
spit.fire
11-05-2013, 07:07 PM
So after last weeks power outage I lost all the fish but the corals are doing good, added more corals on Friday ( mostly to the frag rack)
tang daddy
11-06-2013, 03:35 PM
The tank is coming along great Tyler, love the aqua scape.... You must've learned a lot watching Albert...;)
spit.fire
11-06-2013, 08:03 PM
The tank is coming along great Tyler, love the aqua scape.... You must've learned a lot watching Albert...;)
Thanks, yup Both Albert and Paul have taught me a lot
Also everything in the tank is from them
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