Murdoch's 160G Tank Build

[fishytime]

Looking good man..... You've got some really nice pieces in there!

[doch]

Originally Posted by fishytime

Looking good man..... You've got some really nice pieces in there!

Thanks Doug! Mucho appreciato!

[doch]

My first SPS!! Got this little guy as a brown and kind of yellow frag from Blue world. Since the upgrade, it has turned to this really nice pink.

The little green frag on the left of this rock was by far my favorite... I just need to get it to grow and clour up again. When it's happy, it's a beautiful turquoise with deep blue tips. Unfortunately, it's been a VERY slow grower, and since we moved up to Fort Mac it's been miserable. I actually almost lost it, so I'm very happy that it has survived... hopefully it heals up! Also, the coral that most people show up and call their favorite... the little hot pink Pocci towards the top of the frame... Courtesy of Dez

Candy Apple Reds, OC

Magicians, AI


My new Majestic courtesy of J&L. LOVE this fish.

Male Lyretail Anthias, MA

My favorite part of my aquascape... and a Maxima, "Teally" from Dez, and another little frags that I LOVE, but need to get growing. Oh, and I love the little neon gobies. They went to this rock as soon as I dumped them, and have hardly left since.

Rainbow Acan, RCE

Flame Hawkfish, V2, MA

And last of the fun shots... Chilli Pepper Monti, OC

[doch]

Please pardon my pictures... I'm just starting to get interested in photography, but do not have the camera to back it. I'll be fixing that soon. Some of the pics above would just not focus for me... but I still wanted a shot in the journal, so they'll have to do!

[doch]

So, I come downstairs to find a giant puddle of water all over the floor. Again. Damnit. This is certainly not the first time that this has happened, and likely not the last, but this time, it took me a while to figure out why. WHY!?!?!?!?! As it looks, my 3 month old sump is leaking. ****!!! I've isolated the sump, put strategically placed heaters in the appropriate tanks (frag and display) and have drained the sump down to the levels of the baffles. I assume that when I get home tonight I'll be able to see which section of the sump is leaking, and hopefully be able to reseal that panel of glass. In the mean time, my wife is going down to the LPS (plumbing) to get me a list of fittings. When I get home, I'll be converting 2 rubbermaids into a temporary (or maybe permanent) sump system.

****!!!!

That all said, as I'm noticing this last night, (and taking inventory of what to list for sale today) I see my newly added female mandarin all cuddled up to and in spawn mode with the originally added male!!!! Fine. I'll keep the tank. ****ers. HAHAHA! Super cool to see, it made the whole experience not so bad.

A little side note about the mandarins... the male was always good and healthy looking. When I got the female, she actually looked pretty skinny which scared me a little, but I was told that she's eating frozen, so I risked it. Now, she's fattened up nicely, and the both are very active and fat and happy!! WHOOOHOOOO!!!!! I absolutely love these guys!!!

[doch]

Well, the finishing carpentry is 99% complete. Since I likely have hit a wall with the last 1%, I'll post some pics now. My buddy Ryan helped (read: did almost all of this... except the tile and the trim on the bottom). I can't thank him enough! All that is left now is to mount a little bit of hardware (catches for the panels closest to the walls), and to paint the bottom trim white, stain all of the fir, and paint the pipe valences to match the walls (which will likely change colour too).

Enough talking... here's the goods!

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Please try not to pay too much attention to the crappy aquarium attached to the stand and canopy... I've been having nothing but troubles with it lately.

[doch]

Is it still possible to adjust the title of a thread? I used to be able to, but can't now.

[Skimmerking]

no we are not allow to edit anymore. just pm the mod and they can do it