I was watching your video and my 6 year old said Oh daddy I want that, I told him that he could join the 38 pages of other ppl tghat wanted it too, and he said you want an elmo chair????????? I guess he saw it through the tank in your living space..rofl Gotta love kids

No problem buddy, glad I could help!

LOL! That is awesome!!! It's amazing what kids notice! My wife and I just laughed like crazy, thank you for sharing the story!

That is funny..... I made my wife check out the video and her first comment was "he must have kids", lol. I guess I'm the only one in our family that appreciates the awesomeness that is this tank.

LOL! Yeah, we have a 4 yr old, 2 yr old, and a baby due in March. All boys! I hope the basement holds together...

Damn Amazing.

Thanks!!!!


The canopy is under construction, and I've added 6 chromies to the tank. They stay in a school, and have been swimming end to end. Of course the don't want to swim when they are on camera... I also added some narration to the video to try to give an idea of noise level from the tank, not sure how else to give you an idea of the noise level. My voice level is not elevated at all. It's quite easy to talk over the tank.

Huge tanks to Maeda for his influence on the canopy idea... I hope I can pull it out!

As always, very cool. Thanks for the update.

My wife even checks up on this thread from time to time, and she's not even into reefing (she's does encourage my addiction though)

Ok Calvin. Next time Im in Colorado visiting the inlaws I am coming to see this freaking tank.

Nice to see some fish.

this build is so excite!



cool to finally see some life in there. keep up the good werkz!

FISHIES!!!!!!!

The thing I love about the internet is, even though I can't afford the costs nor the space to do things like this myself... there's always someone out there such as yourself wishing to push the boundaries of what is sane/proper/whatever other adjective you wish to insert here. Kudos for your efforts - they've paid off well

Can't wait to see it as it gets more mature.

Not using quarter-rounds?

You weren't kidding. Those look like some very straight pieces. I hope it works out for you well. If the corners don't pan out, you can edge router them into a round, and it'll definetly work.

And we have life folks!!! again and again....awesome tank love the videos and keep it coming!

freakin awesome!!! glad to see the fishies!!! i wish ur sand would stay that way!!! it looks like the sand i see when i go diving!! i love the rock work! u happy with it?? i think its just perfect!! great looking start on the canopy!

you should create a personal website dedicated to this tank, like oregonreef! it deserves it! damn man i wish i lived close, i would so love to pull up a chair to ur tank and stare all day!! great job bro! ur an inspiration to us al!!!

OMG! those chromis are so cute! now get like 10 more and you would have an amazing school

Yeah a bigger school of Chromis! Maybe not 10 maybe 5 more.

Thanks!



LOL! Sounds like mine. She helps, but doesn't take action herself.



Keep an eye on our club (www.thescmas.com) we're trying to organize a local reef tour so you can see all the locals in a single day.



Yeah, I think one might have gone into the overflow though, I only found 5 this morning... Guess I have to look when I have more time.



Thanks!



LOL! The man of one word sentences. Thanks!



Thanks! Yeah, when it comes to tanks, I really don't believe in boundaries, it's just stuff that hasn't been tried yet.



No, I planned on using a router (round over) once I got the top on it... It's solid poplar and there was a little play in it when I ripped it down to 1" pieces but the cross braces every 12" have helped. I just need to figure out the mounts for the end caps and I can work on putting a top on it and then covering it. Thanks again for the help!



Thanks! Will do.



I hope so too, other than the couple of bare spots, I'll have to work on those... I've very happy with everything right now, just waiting for it to get through the cycle...

I might consider a dedicated site, if there was enough interest but only after I get all the livestock done and only if its truely justified. Only time will tell if I can stock it sufficiently.

Not sure if I want more, they don't stay small forever and that would be a lot of fish already...



It would look cool now, but long term they would look out of place... We'll see what happens.




Thanks for the feedback everyone, I'll keep you posted on the progress on the canopy. I have Monday off as my Bro-in-law is coming back from the Gulf but not sure what time I'll have to work on this some more.

-Eric

First time I've had to check up on your thread Calvin ( work is very busy these days ) I agree with the above comment ! Although we all have an opinion , yours is the only one that matters . Looks great to me . Drop me a PM this spring and I'll be happy to frag some of my most prized/rare show pieces , into a package deal for you . Keep up the good work . John

Kinda makes me wonder how many donation frags you will get, just so everyone can see a little piece of thiers in your masterpiece

this is the greatest tank ever

Thanks John! Be sure to remind me, and I'll try to remember everyone who has sweet stuff!



I know our local club will have a lot of stuff for me, plus the 225 at my folks that I built last year is packed.



While I humbly have to disagree, I appreciate the enthusiasm and support, I hope I don't let you guys down with my stocking choices.

I think the only thing that would have let us down is if you decided to make it a goldfish tank at the last minute

i donno, that could be the coolest thing ever too

that is so not true with the one word answer, i put sentences every once in a while.

You can have all my tools. I give up. There is no way I'll ever top this DIY.

LOL! Thanks!



That's even funnier!



Just playin with ya bro.



SWEET!!!! I love new tools!






I don't know who the hell talked me into mounting the ballast out of the canopy, but what a pain in the A!!!! You should be shot! JK.

I now have 1 set wired, two more to go...

The 1" pipe is packed with wires, in-fact I had to move the connections into the pendant because the thicker wire I bought wouldn't fit! 32 wires in all!





Bulb Test



Still need to tidy up the wires in the pendant...

HOLY

cow^^^

This is very impressive!!! How do you remember where all the wires go lol! Hats off to you!

LIGHTS!!!!!!

seems like a LOT of light for LPS ?

Wow.., that is looking great man! That lighting looks like a wiring nightmare tho!

Lots of focus and lots of different colored sharpies. LOL!



Understatement of the year!



LOL!



Yeah, well SPS and Clams require it so everything else will have to adjust.



Yeah 32 wires, and only 6 different colors is a mind job at best...

This needs to be posted on the thread

And Calvin said, Let there be light: and there was light.


And Calvin saw the light, that it was good: and Calvin divided the light from the darkness.


And Calvin called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day depending on when the timer kicks in.

that StevieT is a funny guy

Apparently I need to keep up to this thread more. 3 page jump since my last look..

Very cool stuff, the lights look great, wiring looks like a major PITA but worth it.

just had a thought about the couple small spots of bare bottom, maybe a small piece of rubble in those areas would deflect the flow enough to avoid it? Or it might just make the bare spots somewhere else.. Just a thought..

FTFY

Very impressive with the wiring job.

Adolfo

I endorse this FTFY

Awesome to see lights Calvin !
+1 for being crazy to remember where all those wires go
+1 for StevieT being a funny/awesome guy
+1 for this thread being awesome
+1 for +1

HOLY CRAP!!! that is some bright light!!!! great job!

left out.

Calvin, when you available to come to CA and help me?

you arn't used to it yet?

Haha, lol
+1 for Scott being an awesome guy who I don't know

wow!
i died.
then when i read the genesis rendition by stevie, i came back to life again.
and then died again at the fungi stevie comment