pendergraft Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Tank: Biocube14 Chamber 1: Stealth 50w heater & Oceanic Protein Skimmer (removed-crap) Chamber 2: StevieT's media rack with floss/chemipure elite/LR Chamber 3: Maxijet 900 Korilia 1 added across from tanks standard outflow Rock: 18lbs (not sure what kind) Corals: 1 Patch of green star polyps 1 Pulsing Xenia 1 Patch Mushrooms Fish: 1 Blk clownfish 1 Reg clownfish 1 Cleaner Shrimp 1 Peppermint Shrimp Snails & Crabs Other mentionables: Nanotuners 3.24 lighting upgrade kit Link to comment
pendergraft Posted January 10, 2009 Author Share Posted January 10, 2009 I have done a house reno or sorts to make room for a 72G, had to move the extremely heavy exercise machine OMG! The cabinet was a breeze. What I won't do for my addiction! My husband will be in shock when he gets home tonight. The laptop on the table is for my Nano-Reef addiction. Link to comment
clownfish1124 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 only true fish rooms have their own laptop for constant n-r surfing Link to comment
JBM Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 good lookin tank.... love the use of zipties Link to comment
pendergraft Posted January 13, 2009 Author Share Posted January 13, 2009 Found out that bowfront tanks are not the best reef tanks. They said for one, the bowed front can make magnet cleaning tough due to the arced surface where as flat tanks are easier. Plus if I want a sump only a small sump will fit into the bottom of the stand as at the sides it is only 12", 18" in the middle which means smaller sump. A 75-90 gallon has a 18" spread straight across making more room for extras. Never thought about that. I am glad now I asked for their opinion. They also said that the powerheads can have trouble on arced glass vs. straight across. So I am changing my plan from a 72g bowfront to a 90g regular. I even found a stand I LOVE See attached picture Link to comment
goin_all_out Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 the cube looks nice, and as said already, great use of zip ties lol Link to comment
pismo_reefer Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 zip ties...the new reef putty! Link to comment
RiverDrive Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Penny, Nice tank. I have just started a 12g nc. I noticed that you are running a 50w heater. Does it keep the water at a steady temp? I have a 50w in my "sump" and when the lights and fans come on in the day the temp drops 1 to 1.5 degrees. Link to comment
pendergraft Posted January 14, 2009 Author Share Posted January 14, 2009 Penny, Nice tank.I have just started a 12g nc. I noticed that you are running a 50w heater. Does it keep the water at a steady temp? I have a 50w in my "sump" and when the lights and fans come on in the day the temp drops 1 to 1.5 degrees. I had a 100w at first and it made my tank too hot. So I returned it to the LFS and bought a 50 stealth heater instead. It is working awesome so far. Link to comment
pendergraft Posted January 17, 2009 Author Share Posted January 17, 2009 Just placed my order for my 90gallon tank. Have to wait a week or so for the stand to come in and then I can make the 4hr trip to pick everything up. I have an order list for those in the know to scrutinize and let me know if things are good or bad. If you have heard of any bad experiences with the below mentionables please post and let me know: 90gallon reef ready tank Mission stand/canopy (previous post's picture in blk) Standpipe accessory kit Oceanic Sump (size2-30Gallon) Eheim 1262 Water Pump Vortech MP40x2 Caribsea Arag-Alive Fiji Pink substrate (100lbs) Ebo Jager heater 200wx2 250w metal halide Megachrome Mogul x2 Galaxy metal halide ballast Reef Optix Retrofit reflector x2 Ready fit 2x52w T5 fixture (48") Mini Bubble King Skimmer (180) Phosban Reactor Pro package (Blk diamond carbon, Opti-Phos Phosphate Remover,Phosban reactorx2, Maxijet400 pump). R2 Moonlight 48" Strip 2 x 4" Icecap fans The grand total is one of the "priceless" mastercard moments. I owe my husband A LOT of "favor's". Link to comment
pendergraft Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 Just got my new nano tuners lighting upgrade (3.24) with new upgraded ballasts and Moon lights (LED). It is awesome at night time, love the new LED's! First pic is old light setup, then new lights and finally night time with new LED's. Link to comment
uwwmatt Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Nice, your 90G plan looks good so far. Link to comment
pendergraft Posted January 23, 2009 Author Share Posted January 23, 2009 Just ordered one of these to mount in my new 90g tank. Reviews are good so fingers crossed! Hopefully gives me a good "moon glow" Link to comment
JBM Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 a 90g eh? i wish my wife went out & bought me a 90g tank. looking good so far, best of luck Link to comment
PSYS Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Looks great! I love the nanotuners upgraded lighting on the BC... looks awesome. Link to comment
pendergraft Posted February 12, 2009 Author Share Posted February 12, 2009 New sump redo pictures. My micro-bubbles where everywhere. I have completely redone the sump and it is working so far! Yipeeee . New baffles installed on left side where water comes down from tank to contain all the bubbles and flow. Skimmer in middle with heaters and ph/tem probe from Aqua controller JR and return pump and MJ400 which runs the phosphate remover on right. It has been a long few weeks but I think I might have things under control. Touch wood. Link to comment
pendergraft Posted February 14, 2009 Author Share Posted February 14, 2009 New pictures of the 90 Gallon Tank, one with my cute little son. The brown basket beside the tank on the one shot has my ATO water pail in it. A 5 Gallon pail with a MJ400 in it. I had no room for anything else under my tank so I had to become inventive. I think it looks kinda nice. And the fan shot in my canopy, I have another fan coming to put on the other side, one will blow and one will suck air. Hope that keeps the temp down from the MH's. Link to comment
scottyreef Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 Great work what is your stocking plan? Link to comment
pendergraft Posted February 14, 2009 Author Share Posted February 14, 2009 New Biocube 14 pictures also Great work what is your stocking plan? Not sure on stocking plans for the 90 gallon. Have to await some more LR next Tuesday, suppose to be cured and ready to add to an established tank but in my case it won't matter. My levels are all at 0 today when I checked but I am waiting for my new LR and then will give it a bit to make sure all is OK. I want to get fish with purpose. Possibly a tang for algae, might move my 6-line over from my BC14 and not sure what else. Any ideas? What are some good fish that have a meaningful purpose?? Link to comment
uwwmatt Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 Things are looking great on both tanks. Link to comment
pendergraft Posted February 18, 2009 Author Share Posted February 18, 2009 Got my final rocks Some of the apstasia are big enough to host a clownfish but I will have them nuked in no time. Other than that great colors and this is my second attempt at rock-scaping thanks to hazmat! Looking much better than my hillbilly first attempt. The MH's are amazing, truly amazing. Link to comment
pendergraft Posted February 20, 2009 Author Share Posted February 20, 2009 Night shots with LED moonlights. Link to comment
hazmat Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 I really like those moonlights. Since we have the exact same tank I'm going to have to look at that. But I have the TEK fixture and I'm not sure how I would mount it. Is it a long strip? Looks good! Glad we are comparing notes and figuring this all out together Link to comment
pendergraft Posted April 28, 2009 Author Share Posted April 28, 2009 New updated photos of the tank. Coral Stocking: Candycanes Mushrooms x2 varieties Pulsing Xenia Plate Coral Open Brain Coral Frogspawn for clowns, ha ha (not hosting yet) Australian Orange coral (don't know proper name) But very pretty! Fish: Yellow Tang Hippo Tang Foxface 2x Blk Clowns 1x Sixline Wrasse 2x Cleaner Shrimp 4x Peppermint Shrimp Assorted Crabs & Snails Link to comment
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