Finally got the big tank
 

Having wanted a nice sized reef tank since the day i started my first 10g nano about 3 years ago, my big tank is starting to come together.

I had gotten about half way to my big tank with a 90g in our living room, set up just after we moved into our new place about 5 months ago. Due to space limitations, and my **** poor finishing carpentry skills, i couldnt do up the stand and canopy as well as i would have liked for being the center of attention in the living room.

Down came the 90, and a trip to calgary produced a 150g (48x24x30) tank to fit perfectly in an empty slot in the freshwater growout racks. Now gone were the days of the wife and friends asking "why is there a tank in every room of the house?". Also cuts down on the maintenance having it near all the water change equipment and sw barrels.

so now...it begins...again :rolleyes:

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An oasis of saltwater in a sea of freshwater

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Didnt need the overflow, too cheap to cut glass just for it, 40 cent tile works just as well :biggrin:

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Couple of batches of salt, and about half the rock moved over at 1am

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2 hours later, didnt like how it was lookin...wasnt coming together smoothly. Time to call in a little help

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Over pops AndyL, after much discussion, beer, and swearing...we have a start

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And the next day, after about another hour of stacking, hiding cords and powerheads, its finished...for now...

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Then the remainder of the aragonite was added, so ill be able to enjoy the tank again in a week or so when the dust clears. more pics then

:cool: Can't wait to see the progression... :biggrin:

Looks real good Josh.
Did you add the 90 to the freshwater stack. :mrgreen:

Oh the memories :rolleyes: , looks great love the aquascaping.

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Almost looks like the beginnings of a new fish store in there! :razz:

How did you get the rock to stay like that?

Awesome... tagging along :smile:

I'm assuming this tank belonged to someone in this thread? lol

Josh the tank looks really good cant wait to see the SPS in there stacked up on he rock will look liek a real cliff of sps ..

well soen my reffer friend...


mike

I'll answer this one for josh :)

With much cursing and swearing, a few landslides and about 8 hours of fiddling to get it to fit "just right". No epoxy or CA used - just a whole lotta patience and wiggling and swapping rocks around to find what fit better.

Andy

WOW i though for sure you woulda needed some sorta glue. Great job

Hey josh,

Water should have settled by now... I think we need updated pictures :)

Wow! You must be really good at Tetris :razz: .
Love the shape of that tank too!

- Chad

Your making me want to get a bigger tank!

I agree, more pictures needed!

as soon as the diatom bloom sudsides :evil:

Ryan, haha where else would it go? its now on the top left in the second last pic. Gonna be home to another batch of discus coming hopefully next week...fingers crossed

thanks for the compliments everybody :mrgreen:

pretty much cleared up except for the layer of algea on the glass

Now just waiting for the cleanup crew and shrimp to show up

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:cool:

Very nice Aquascaping... ! I'll be ordering my LR this week so it's giving me ideas :)
Post more pics when you have them!

hey josh that looks awsome :cool: is the rock mostly smaller pieces stacked up or do you have some good size pieces in there as well? It looks very sweet can wait to see with coral :cool: :cool:

Got some goodies during the calgary trip :mrgreen:

First up is a Flasher Wrasse...one of my favorite fish. Thanks Albert!
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A little red open brain, been looking for a nice specimen for a long time
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And the whole tank after a scraping...only got a very small part of the cleanup crew from the AquariaCanada order. J&L will be filling up the rest very shortly. From a different angle by request (harrasment is more like it)
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...-01-05-med.JPG

Rusty...most of the peices are about fist size up to large canteloupe. I have a small boulder weighing around 20-25lbs that just wouldnt fit because of the clearance under the tank above, otherwise they're all relatively small pieces.

More pics coming tomorrow. Got a beautiful pair of mandarins in the 150 i couldnt get a good pic of tonight.

and i finally managed to find a nice little lunare wrasse, the fish that got me into SW to begin with. Pics of him to come tomorrow as well from the 72g pred tank.

Get that lunar wrasse out of their they arnt reef safe. Plus they get realy aggressive. A link to back me up here:
http://www.thatpetplace.com/LiveFish...97/Detail.aspx

Nice tank though has alot of potential. I suggest a nice pair of White Stripe maroons with a green anemone to offset the colours.

:rolleyes:

Nice pics Josh, keep them coming :razz:

-Rich

Great Pics Josh..!!

Better stock up on the Beer though as I will be popping over one of these days to see it in person. :mrgreen:

Darn that looks good - not quite what I had pictured when we were stacking; but it does look good! (I envisioned a bit more of an area between the 2 walls that was hidden by the center pillar). But the right hand pod pile really balances it - I love it!

Can't wait to see as it progresses.

Hrm... I see a powerhead on the left - just a temporary move or was it required?

Andy

Ryan, do you read before you post? If you want to post suggestions and make yourself feel more important, you can at least pay a little more attention to the subject and make your suggestions relavent.

Muck, ive got a fridge full come on over :mrgreen:

Andy, i moved those two top powerheads around to redirect flow. ive gotta bury the left back into the rockwork yet. The gsp frag i got from Deb was getting blown around a bit too much from the current going down the sides and right onto the frag.

OMFG, DANNY CHARGED YOU HOW MUCH FOR THAT? HOW BIG IS IT???????

Don't get me wrong, nice color... but C'MON MAN! Nice is nice, but rape is still rape...

hahah

Albert - calm down, man... :biggrin: and what are you talking about? The brain?

- was it that expensive?

Snaggle should be along any minute to remind me of it :rolleyes:

It was nuts, about right for edmonton prices though. Missed the ones at oceans. Was kinda overwhelmed that day :eek:

Im coming down on the 19th/20th again Albert, better be ready :mrgreen:

Think of it this way, what i saved on the fish more than made up the reaming i took on the brain :lol:

Any updates Josh!!
We need pics of that Sailfin... :mrgreen:

Jeez i might just have to pop over for that beer josh, just to see all that setup and pick your brain of course