MJC "BIG BOOTY" Contest!!!

[The Grizz]

All right here are a few pics of the hellish mess I have been working with for a couple yrs now. As you have all seen by the new build the one thing that I wanted to change the most was SPACE, that is why I made the new stand taller & wider then the new tank as well as added the towers for additional space.

The pics are going from left to right & spans 14'.

[The Grizz]

So what!! I post my total mess of a booty and everyone is speechless?

[BowedFloor]

Originally Posted by The Grizz

So what!! I post my total mess of a booty and everyone is speechless?

I just love the contrast between RyanV and you.

[The Grizz]

Originally Posted by BowedFloor

I just love the contrast between RyanV and you.

No kidding!! RyanV seems to have things really organized. That is why my new system has been 2 yrs in the planning.

[BowedFloor]

Originally Posted by The Grizz

No kidding!! RyanV seems to have things really organized. That is why my new system has been 2 yrs in the planning.

Mines shoot from the seat of my pants with little to no thought about the end game.

Today I was a real risk taker and mounted a 50ml/min dosing pump to the inside door of my stand because I didn't feel like climbing in to attach it to the spot where its supposed to be, lol.

[Mega]

here is mine... 33g... if i had a chance to redo this, I will make the skimmer chamber bigger and the stand a little higher so I have more choices on choosing bigger skimmers.

[theokie]

Well after receiving my second Mad Jelly order, or rather I guess third if you count group buys, I couldn't resist posting some pics of my work in progress build, in order for a chance to score some more of there awesome corals.

So my Equipment setup definitely won't win any beauty contests, as the plan has been ever evolving, or rather randomly growing to accommodate my needs, wants desires... or rather that's the excuses I keep telling myself.

Big change I would do is have a metal stand, better planned out to accommodate a single larger sump, rather then the two tanks slid under there. Having the display tank stand and vertical cabinet share the same base unit would make life so much easier, but alas like I said this evolved from what was going to be an inwall Discuss tank, hence the original base stand was never to even have a sump.

Wide angle view to put things in perspective.




Always measure your skimmer before you build a cabinet, or rather pick out your skimmer before you build a cabinet.


Skimmer compartment and water change line


Return Compartment, media reactor, ATO sensors and line. Also houses the pump for my chiller, the pump for my above tank cheato fuge. Also you can see the secondary drain line from my bean animal overflow, it currently feeds my big fuge and frag tank, but can be opened up to completely isolate that half of the system


The start of a Fuge/Cryptic/Mangrove/ATS, also holds my aqua clear filters that I rotate to my quarantine tanks, that way they are already seeded with bacteria when I need them


And just to point out how awesome Mad Jelly Coral is, its able to bring me out of full on lurker mode to actually post some pics of my system. Many thanks to Tony and Long for there awesome customer service, and once I can figure out the whole white balance thing, some pics of their amazing corals in my system.

Once I finally get all my equipment in, I will be redoing my wiring to simplify things, as well as enclosing the entire system in some awesome piano gloss black laminate.

[Kryptic4L]

Originally Posted by The Grizz

No kidding!! RyanV seems to have things really organized. That is why my new system has been 2 yrs in the planning.

I dont think any amount of planning will get you there .

I can only assume his tools are just as organized his drawers his everything, that kind of tidy is a whole nother level.

[Ryanv]

Originally Posted by Kryptic4L

I dont think any amount of planning will get you there .

I can only assume his tools are just as organized his drawers his everything, that kind of tidy is a whole nother level.

I try to keep things organized but it usually only lasts so long. I'll then tidy up again after spending some stupid amount of time looking for something. The whole point is just so I have quick access to something I commonly use. Anything else just gets tossed into bins, drawers, whatever.

It's also not a very big stand so I have to use the space wisely. I even made the pull-out drawer attach using strong magnets for easy removal but that was before I realized I'd have electrical cords from the lighting tethering it in place.
Oh well, you can't win everything.