280g Inwall

[Rbacchiega]

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY TONY'S TANK







hijack over

[Delphinus]

I'm one of the worst offenders for hijacks, so it's all good.

Hopefully when life settles down a bit for me I can get this project off the backburner again. It's not like there's been NO progress of late, just not of enough significance to post about.

If I hadn't have had 3 other SW tanks and a FW planted tank on the go this would probaby have been done years ago. Maybe. I've also been fighting off hobby burnout off and on during this time .. so sometimes the focus just gets left to "just keep what I have already going". Or it comes down to I need to save up pennies for the next purchase or whatever.. stuff like that.

[Skimmerking]

your are just lazy man, get rid if the other tank and that SO Called Fresh something and get that tank going. come on Tony...

good thing you are not working for the goverment we would never get anything done.......

[kien]

Wow, Tony, you weren't kidding when you said your build thread was a little behind :-) I thought maybe I'd inspire you a little by resurrecting your thread. Or I'll just end up ****ing you off by reminding you of the dauntingly massive task ahead..

I have to admit, I feel a little guilty now that I can hit you up at work for work and reef related questions. I will be sure to try and queue up all of my questions and ask them all at once.

"So, Tony, my protocol is having issues polling, and my blue tang has ich, what do I do?"

[Delphinus]

Oh my. I don't know whether to laugh or cry. /

I need a couple days off then I might be able to make some headway. In the last couple weeks I've been trying to located a local supplier for Thorite so I can do some creative aquascaping but haven't been able to find anything as yet (not that I've had an awful lot of time to faithfully pursue the search though). Stuff just keeps piling up!

[Skimmerking]

tony i wouldnt worry about the thorite just use zap straps and pvc

[lastlight]

marco rocks has threaded nylon nuts and bolts I might try.

[Delphinus]

I totally went into this thinking I would do the rod thing as well .. I went as far as buying acrylic rods. In the end I just don't want to bother drilling the rocks. I have a hard enough time getting rocks to fit together "just so" anyhow, so I figure I'm further ahead to just do it once and then cement the pieces together rather than try to find the right angle to drill and then wiggle the rock onto the rod and etc. etc.

I did find a different product - forget the name now but I can check it later and post back if it works out - like Thorite it is a "polymer based patching compound" so theoretically it should also be tank safe. However I'm going to test it first, I'll put a bunch together and let it sit in water overnight and see if the pH changes at all.

Then again, some people just use regular old cement .. Since it's a small amount comparitively the pH spike might be minimal and since the tank sits empty anyhow at first to cycle maybe it's a non issue..

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Then again, some people just use regular old cement .. ..

and some just stack there rock so it won't fall over

Steve

[Delphinus]

I dunno. I think you have more possibilities if you can reinforce it. Plus, stuff just happens that you can't plan for. Like right now in my 115g, I have a 4-5lb rock on top with a clam glued to it that is constantly being jostled. I have no idea who's responsible for shifting it around like that, but every few days I'll find it in a slightly different orientation.

Seen a couple tanks that mortared the rock structures and I thought they looked good. But .. well, we'll see, I don't have much of a knack for aesthetic rock placement so maybe it will just look like butt in the end anyhow.