DISCLAIMER- DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME. SOME OF THE ANIMALS KEPT IN THIS REEF ARE NOT GOOD CANDIDATES AT BEING KEPT IN CAPTIVITY. BEWARE! OCEANUS Inc.,WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY CORALS EATEN BY ANGELFISH!!!!! THERE, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.


Oceanus 2010


Specs-
ATI Powermodule, 60in 8x 80w. (the coral frier)
Eheim 1262 return
Coming soon- SWC Xtreme 250 1a
ReefKeeper lite
520 litre rated dual bulkhead overflow
koralia 3, MJ 1200, aquaclear 20, k2, Coralvue circ 3000gph, MP10,(hopefully soon this will be 2 Sicce Voyager 3200's), Koralia EVO 1400
75 litre long sump




Livestock right now-
1x Pomacanthus maculosus
1x Gramma loreto
1x CBB
1x Amphiprion ocellaris
1x Zebrasoma scopas
1x Yellow tail damsel
2x firefish
120~lbs of lr mixed with nice base rock.
90 lbs of sand
200 dwarf ceriths
30+ nassarius
2 Super Tongan nassarius
1 EPIC Tongan nassarius

1 fat cat

Assorted candy canes
1x Scolymia vitiensis
1x Euphyllia hammer
Jersey green frag
goni frag
zoas and paly's

1x HUGE mariculture acro ( recovering from RTN)

Stocking plans-
fish-
1x Pomacanthus maculosus
1x pair of Centropyge potteri
Zebrasoma scopas
1x Ocellaris clown pair
1x Gramma loreto
1x pair o' mandarins!
1x Zanclus

sixline wrasse
5 Barlett's anthias
lotsa gobies (can't name all of them)
2 banggai cardinals
copperband B-fly

corals-

lots of SPS
acros
monti's
seriatoporaa
hydnophoras
porites, etc
some LPS like scollys, brains, acans, torches hammers frogs, etc.
CLAMS!!!
T. derasa or squamosa (or both! )
T. maxima
T. crocea



Yep, it's empty.

FTS-


And the cat enjoying my stand!

is right I have been waiting 2 years for this... muahahahaha! Now I need to finish emptying that darn 29g!

Well, guess what? I just found two cracks in the tank... the project's at a grinding halt.

Fix dem cracks and get some tangs!

Ohh yah tangs! How should I fix 'em? Silicone?
They're on the bottom pane!

if their just on the bottom I think silicone would work, but make sure its not the bathroom crap..
so how many tangs are going in? 12?

3 lol and a navarchus angel! And a chaetodon ephippium!

Sorry about the crack

Tangs!

What 3 tangs?

Yeah you heard that right! 1 scopas, one yellow, and one powder blue! Yeah. The crack is tiny, tho, and you can't feel it from the bottom. I'll fix her up tomorrow!

Nice!

I'm getting a Desardjini Sailfin and a Mimic Eibli Tang.

Sweet! Another teen reefer with a 125! I wanted a desardjini till I saw the price of $120! That's more than the juvenile Navarchus I am getting! Plus I just inherited a free 20l to be the sump!

your 120 is cracked on the bottom?

They're only $50.

What are you thinking of?

Are you 100% sure it is a crack. Here is my story. Brand new tank. Got around to setting it up 1 week later and found a "crack" but daughter noticed it was smooth on the opposite side of the glass. Upon closer inspection and using thumb nail I was able to remove the "crack" which was nothing more than a fine run of clear glue used during assembly that must of floated to the glass when the builder pulled the glue gun away.

Use metal dish pad to buff your tank crack to see if it comes off. If not, well its a crack.

Actually, I found out that it's a scrape. I'll silicone it in the a.m.


My lfs.


It is completely smooth on the other side, but it certainly is a srape on the other side that apparently had been siliconed together a little, I'll be adding more silicone to it tomorrow.

Pricey lfs

sooo its not a crack? just a scratch/gash?

depending how deep it is i would put a good amount of silicon on it. boths sides to make sure. so if it does fail the silicone would buy u some time.

if u have free time and alot of silicone cover the bottom panel with a good layer of silicone =) but thats just me.

You got that right.


Yea it's a surface scraper. I am going to glob it up.

Now tank. Keep us updated!

Yep. Gonna glue her up today, and get the sump. Now to hire some muscle men to lift the tank.

Got the sump!

Got the sump! INTO THE STAND! Welp, time to fill'er'up!

definitely dont have to use silicone on a scratch

OH YEAH! THE TANK"S FIRST PUDDLE!

Man, that ro is slowwwwwww. I shoulda got a faster one. Go ro, go!

Almost an inch of water...

Frustrating, isn't it?

Also, what skimmer are you getting?

Very frustrating! G o faster lol!

I currently have an eshopps psk 75g. I will probably get a second one.

Any brands come to mind???

For what? Skimmer?

Progress is at a halt. My mom has to wash the dishes.

Go to the grocery store and buy some distilled to speed up the process lol

Yeah??

lol I spent 130 buck on this unit. Distilled es not good enough! lol


Eshopps
Corallife
Reef Octopus
AquaC
etc etc

This nearly outskimmed this. It was tested for one week each on a 240 tank.

Those skimmers are *wow*. Too ad I don't have any cash.


Nearly past the lower rim.

Maybe someday!

yea someday.

Almost at the lower rim... almost... gasp- Water!

Pics!




And yes I'm using a weir overflow box.

Are you leaving the background clear?

Probably not. Not till the back is covered in coralline. I'll get a black cover Tuesday. And... drum roll please... one of the glass covers is actually CRACKED in half. Welp, the lfs outta replace it.

Goin skiing Sunday/ Monday... No updates till Monday evening.

Werz da watah?

Wow very nice. How can you afford a 125 gallon tank on a teen-budget? I have a hard enough time supporting my Biocube 8 xD.

Comin up! Sorry I was camping. *blah*


Thanks! I got it for 2 Christmases and my birthday!

Pics today!

Just calculated the dimensions for the tank- 72.5 long, 18.5 deep, and 23.375 high... the tank's a 135 gallon! Silly Aqueon labled it as 125. So system total volume is 145 gallons. (The sump will only be half full... gotta allow for back drainage.)

My dimensions are 72.4x18x24

How is yours 10 gallons larger than a 125Gallon?