Looks good man.. Wanna babysit some coral for me? hahaha..

Hey what brand of spray paint did you use on the back of your tank? Color?

Krylon Blue Fusion for Plastics. There is only 1 blue.

Looks like I'll be setting up a 72gal bow as I mentioned. When do you get your lights? I want to see how 2x150w looks

I pee'd in his tank last weekend. He'll never know.

great tank thread

epic

and also its looking good

what are you doing for rock?

I am going to transfer this tank over to the new tank. Not sure if I want to use anymore live rock. Total is around 50lbs.

Been watching this thread and sucked to see what happened to your first bow front. Looks like everything is going good now though!



Just curious did you by chance get this from a guy in Iowa? I picked some stuff up from a guy the other day and asked him about his lights and said he was shipping them to a guy in Arizona. Looked to be in really good condition.

That is awesome! And yes he is in Iowa lol.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthre...hreadid=1530777

The mag7 return pump that came with the tons of crap I bought off that guy died on me... The plastic housing on the front of the impeller shaft snapped off and got jammed between the blades. I took it apart and now its running with a wobble in the pump lol. So any ideas on return pumps? I have a 1" bulkhead drain, and a 3/4" return bulkhead. Also where I poured some sand in from my display tank, I got a diatom bloom.

I am telling arlen. Where did I put that e-mail address again?

things look really good, i dont think the intake matters for the return pump just the return because wont the pump just be in your sump? so get another mag or try a QO. cant wait to see what you do with the rock.

Can you not repair the mag drive? I've seen impeller and shaft replacement parts.

Ya I already ordered it. I had to order the pump cover. $14 shipped from some pond website.

Mag 7 is repaired, here are some new pics! My 2x150 sunpod will be here next Tuesday! I am stoked!
Also, I am at the end of a cycle. I just tested the water, and 0 ammonia, 10 nitrate, and 50 nitrites.

No you are not. Your cycle ends after nitrite zero.

DIATOM'D!

actually your "cycle" ends at zero nitrates not nitrites, and he said hes near the end. but really a cycle is not over when your nitrates are zero, the tank always is balancing itself out. but youve got diatoms, so thats a good sign, do you have more live rock you are going to put in because its going to cycle also unless your doing it in a bucket.

Actually he was right. Cycle (as used in reference to when it's ok to begin adding livestock) is over when ammonia and nitrite are zero. Water change at end of cycle is to dilute nitrates. IME, it takes a lot more time for a tank to run with 0 nitrates.

Edit: technically, you're correct though.

Edit X2: Actually, upon further reflection, technically the "cycle" is never "over". But, like I said above, typically the "cycle" is defined as the period between when a tank is started and when it becomes established enough to begin stocking.

Thanks thats what I thought. And yes it takes over a month to get nitrates to read 0. I've never registered anything but 0 in my tank. Then again I add live stock really slow and am extremely patient.

LOL you guys. I meant, the tank is nearing the end of the cycle. Way to nit pick! haha
I know I am not finished, and I won't be finished cycling untill I do a lot of water changes. I am in California now, and I did a 10 gallon water change before I left. And all the rock, except one piece was in my 29 gallon tank. I have 50lbs right now in my 29gallon, that I will be transfering to the 72 gallon after the cycling is complete. I am not sure If I want to use near 100lbs of LR, or if I am just gonna aquascape the left side and leave the right side open for some clams and sand sitting corals. Anyway, Merry Christmas!

Currently at 0 Ammonia, 0 nitrite, and 10 nitrates. Got my light today. The was packed great, and had fragile stickers all over it. Yet I saw the box had a good kink in it sitting on the porch. The bulbs are in working order, but need replacing. And the housing on the light is cracked pretty good. Nothing that I can't fix with some plastic weld, but still... Should I file a claim against UPS? I had insurance on it.

Oh, and I added 3 4-striped damsels and a couple snails a few days ago... just so it wasent empty lol. Damsels are gonna come out when I move the 29 Gallon into it. I want to pull the trigger and move it tonight!! lol But I know I should do a few more water changes and get those 10 nitrates out.
Link to big picture:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3080/315238...f73a2ec07_o.jpg

Damsels suck... oh wait.

Looks good

Sunpod looks awesome! is that the 10k Ushios? or the standard 14k powerpaqs

Actually these bulbs are black... very very very old bulbs. They are prob the original bulbs that came with it when I bought it from the guy on RC. 10k Ushio's will be ordered next pay day. As well as some Koralia Hydor Magnums.

Buuuuuuuuuuut....... I AM DONE!! I love the way the aquascaping turned out. The water is still a little hazy from seating the live rock but it will look great in a few days with some extra carbon and chemi-pure elite.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3213/315828...3ef8f2fd3_o.jpg


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dud ehtta xenia column looks really cool. nice tank

Trying to figure out what I want to do for livestock! So many more options now that I am not in the nano club! Definitely going to get a red spotted blenny, but that's all I got so far.

AWESOME!

Wish I could get my tank going faster. Waiting on Dead Rock to become Live Rock. and with the past holidays I never worked on the tank.

nice job!

LOL I will never cycle live rock again, from now on if I ever need more LR its going to be from somebody's established system on craigslist for cheap. No more $5-$7lb and have to cure BS for me. On another note, I ordered my 10k Ushio 150w's today! Got them off of Marinedepot for $59 each and $10 for 2nd day air. Hopefully be here on Monday!

Before Chemi-Pure Elite


24 Hours After Chemi-Pure Elite



And a few more pics of today! Gotta catch that a-hole hermit who threw my monti on the floor.

Got some new livestock today!! And I got one that won't come out of the rock work for a photo... so he will remain a secret until I get a good picture!

5 Green Chromis
Sixline Wrasse
2 Firefish
and a secret... its a fish though...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3118/317285...6830934e7_o.jpg


http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1118/317285...e22a9b933_o.jpg


http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1194/317202...a3f44d97f_o.jpg


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3087/317285...8eae24ce4_o.jpg

And the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L65WzvdktPc

You should hit up xtra0t, hes may have some more xenia for you

Waiting for the metal halide to cool down so i can put these babies in!!

Lookin great! I can't find chemi pure elite anywhere near where i live. But with those results, I'll be ordering some..

I just read your whole thread. I am happy the new tank turned out. It looks good. I am in the process of building a 3'Lx2'Wx2'H and a stand.

tank looks great! my favorite picture is the one where your bike sneaked in ha!

Great looking tank! Is your secret fish yellow by any chance?

Nice looking tank. I am going to be setting up a 90gallon soon. Not quite nano either but am keeping my biocube 14. Are you liking your background color? What is it? I am gonna paint mine when it comes in.

nice tank
it makes me feel reeeeeeeeli overstocked in my 75
oh well

Update? + FTS please!

I decided on the 10k ushios by the way, but I will have 420nm PC's for that "pop"

Great thread, great tank!

I'm following this now.

In the next week I'll be picking up my own new 72 gallon bowfront with overflow, sump, stand, and return pump. I'll have to make the decision on lighting sometime thereafter. This thread has been really great so far.

Great job so far eh!

I got a massive hair alage problem and I am blaming it on my marine style sump. I am in the process of putting together a 20L sump and then I have to seriously clean this mess up before I take anymore pictures haha.

Thanks for the comments guys!

Take a FTS w/ the GHA anyway!

Your spray painting inspired me to do the same with my new 72 gallon bowfront!

Voila!!

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How are things going with your tank?

Yeah.. but I didn't paint your tank so tods is better

yeah and Brian didn't break his tank like tod did. So still Tod is cooler.

Any updates here Tod? I'm just about to take the plunge and buy some lights for my tank and I'd really like to see some more shots of your tank (especially with the new bulbs).

Also, how do the moonlights look considering the top plastic support piece on the tank is almost directly blocking the middle moonlights? Does it have a big effect?

Pics?

Hope all is well with your tank!!

He won't post a picture because of algae problems. I was waiting to see his new Ushio 10k's also.

I ended up getting the same bulbs. He thinks they are too yellow. I find them to be a normal white. This is after I have switched from a 20k. I'll be going reeflux 20k next time around. the 10k's look fine but they do not "pop" the color of the coral.