A New Beginning...

[Rice Reef]

Originally Posted by freezetyle

Wayne your so Dramatic!

kidding

Looking good though. Not sure how i feel about being replaced by that other Jon guy though. His wood work is a lot better than mine so i guess i'll let it slide this time.

Looking forward to the revamp.

Jon, thanks. Still a lot of work ahead...

Originally Posted by Duker

Hey Wayne, its a good thing you spoiled me not so long ago with all those frags. Now i can pay it forward and hook you up when ur ready, and some will be your old SPS and some mine and my new ones. Frag friends are the best!!!
And Jon, bravo on the crafty wood and metal skills!

It does pay to be nice and share with others.

Originally Posted by Duker

This might be a stupid question, but did u do with all ur georgeous SPS?
Since the tank is empty I assume u got rid of it......
I hope u made lots of frags?

A few did not make it and more don't look too hot anymore. I'll try to save as many as I can... If not, I'm gonna start over again.

The MDT is still full but it's not a pretty sight right now...

[Rice Reef]

Originally Posted by Jaws

Very nice Wayne. Look forward to seeing it up and running.

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Jason, some of yours do not look too hot right now... Once the new frag tank is ready your frags will be in there.

[Rice Reef]

Originally Posted by reeferfulton

This will be his frag tank.. He still has his beatiful main tank full of SPS .. of which I am very jealous .......

thanks for the compliments .

Jon, thanks! Could not have done this without your help!

[Rice Reef]

More update...

Finished the plumbing today...


Leak test...




Looking good is far...


Leak test was a success! Turned off the return pump to simulate a power failure. Whew, just enough room...


Jon was over to help me move the tank in place and we drained the water and added RO water and salt...



We also tried the lights over the tank...

Able to swivel the lights out of the way to add the new RO water into the tank...

Could not decide in whether to have the lights positioned horizontally or perpendicular to the tank...

Another pic of the sump...

[Rice Reef]

Frag racks in the tank. Temp is almost there ( currently 74 degrees) and will be doing some serious fragging and dipping soon.

[Rice Reef]

Removed the corals out of the DT in preparation for the big change... Had to throw many corals out as I just couldn't take the chances of another AEFW infestation. Here is a bucket filled with questionable coral pieces... Must have weighed 10 pnds...


What can be saved is now in the frag tank.

[gregzz4]

Wow, that's one sad pic

Kool job on the frag racks

[Rice Reef]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

Wow, that's one sad pic

Kool job on the frag racks

Oh well... Good reason to spend more money and re do the tank... Wil be slower this time around.. Will upload of the frag tank and all the pieces tht I can save soon.

[Nasoblond]

Hi Wayne.....let me know if you need any help from me or any corls from my tank to replace any of the ones you need. So sad to see that 10lb bucket of corals......yikes!!!
That new tank looks very sweet though!!! With the way you grow sps it will be full in no time.....
Cheers
Claudio

[kien]

I have filled buckets with corals too.. I feel your pain :-(

That frag tank is going to be quite the grow op!!