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Old 06-07-2013, 04:07 PM
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Building the left closet's stand for the frag tank, DSB/Fuge, and ATO holding tank.





Also decided to reinforce two of the legs on the Brute storage bin stand. The other side I wont bother, as these will be bolted to wall studs on that side.

Here are the stands, still have to paint the reinforced Brute stand.




SO thats where I am at now. This weekend I am going to start drilling holes for the plumbing to go through the walls between the closets, and probably start plumbing! Yaaaay!
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Old 06-07-2013, 04:24 PM
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Wow...looking great! I'm subscribed.
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290g Peninsula Display, 425g total volume. Setup Jan 2013.
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Old 06-07-2013, 04:41 PM
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And heres an old pic that kinda shows the location of the new tank. Level on the right is my kitchen where the tank goes. Left is the room housing the closets where the fish room is.



Here is where my old 155 bowfront was. This is the same location, only this display will be 7.5-8 foot, not 6 foot. I miss the old 155 bowfront... but it met it's demise during a party...

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This is great...I am doing a tank upgrade in a few weeks.....complete with fish room...following along.
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Old 11-26-2014, 04:22 AM
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Well not to much to update. Things are coming along fantastic. Im really starting to appreciate nuking the rock to begin with. Im still dealing with a little bit of green hair algae, but it seems to be going away more and more every day. Coraline is starting to cover all the new rocks, so its starting to look better.

Dead rock starting to look better:





I also started a vinegar dosing regimen. Im up to 30mL/day at this time. Seems to be working great. Also running GFO and carbon in reactors.

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Lots and lots of Scypha ciliata (aka pinapple sponges), spirorbid worms and feather dusters are covering the walls of the sump, and little critters are everywhere! So looks like thinhs are nice and healthy so far.



This is one of the biggest scypha ciliata I have seen yet...about 1.5 cm long. You can see all the other small ones around it.

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Old 11-26-2014, 04:32 AM
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Got some GSP frags from Denny, some green palys from my nano and a beautiful RBTA from Sheena. My first coral additions are doing fantastic.









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looking good! Let me know when you want to come over for some easy starter corals (SPS; with or without blue cloves)
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Very excited to see how this turns out! Hope it all goes well!

-OH WAIT! I see more pages, it turned out amazing! I skipped to page 2, not 17! Awesome build thread! Love the progression shots, and that cave in the middle is very cool!
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Wow that's a seriously impressive build. I'm currently starting the process to convert my 180g freshwater tank to a reef tank and this journal definitely gave me some ideas. I just wish I had the space you do for all those sumps, plumbing, etc. I'm going to have to get creative with building some cabinets to store everything.
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