gabe3eb Posted November 21, 2009 Author Share Posted November 21, 2009 Items to cut: Both BZ1 and 2 (those are nice mini-colony pieces from Blue Zoo Aquatics I got at Fragstock in Denver about a month and a half ago). That's $50 off... Ric Yuma - Don't have it yet, was going to wait for one of these or similar. $10 off. Armor of God Palys - Beautiful $5 off. 15 Whammin Watermelons - $15 off. Darth Maul - $20 off Green Leather - $5 off Tubbs and Bam-Bams, $10 off Half the Birds nest frag - $5 off 3/4 Heads of CandyCane/Trumpet gone - $9 off Cutting Pavona in half - $10 Off To Go: $-10!!! Woooohooo. Looking at a $10 surplus now! This counts the HOB filter getting ditched and the addition of a Fromia, which is $6 according to contest prices. Perhaps a neato new invert? Still need to cut out about $30 more. Any suggestions? Looks like LPS will be on the chopping block next and I'm not even planning on putting any fricken acans in there. Link to comment
got2envy Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Holy caca!! that is going to be a hard list to deduct from maybe the Darth Maul...it is only one polyp Link to comment
flying_dutchman Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Pavona is a SPS coral Frag it down to $5 -$15 Cut the trumpet to 1 head - $9 Cut the darth maul - $20 Total saved: - $44 Or instead of the darth maul cut the duncan and Chalice. Love the tank dimensions BTW Link to comment
mew Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 lol i have the same problem, but i semi-solved it by listing in order which corals i want most, and then going down the list until I run out of budget money. my list is a heck of a lot shorter than yours though. Link to comment
imcosmokramer Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 what if someone "gives" you frags, does that count? LOL. Link to comment
gabe3eb Posted November 22, 2009 Author Share Posted November 22, 2009 New Problem - I just picked up the coolest Red Fromia Starfish from Reefkoi when I was over at his place... I almost dropped out of the contest after going over there. Jake Adams was there too showing off all the latest LED lights that he acquired, included both 12K and 20k PAR38 lamps. I can ditch the HOB filter to make room for the Fromia. what if someone "gives" you frags, does that count? LOL. Unfortunately, yes . lol i have the same problem, but i semi-solved it by listing in order which corals i want most, and then going down the list until I run out of budget money. my list is a heck of a lot shorter than yours though. That is definitely a good idea... I might be close to solving it though. Pavona is a SPS coralFrag it down to $5 -$15 Cut the trumpet to 1 head - $9 Cut the darth maul - $20 Total saved: - $44 Or instead of the darth maul cut the duncan and Chalice. Love the tank dimensions BTW I just picked up my chalice today and I fricken love it. I also love the Darth Mauls. Tough choice, but I'm thinking about setting up a cheap Zoa frag tank to satisfy my Zoa craving. All the zoa's go if I can convince the Wifey to let me set another tank up. Great call on fragging the Trumpet. As per the Pavona, its a tough call too. The piece I have is from Cherry Corals and looks absolutely stunning. I imagine given a couple months for it to heal it will look just fine though. Another good call. Holy caca!! that is going to be a hard list to deduct from maybe the Darth Maul...it is only one polyp To put it into perspective Maria, I bought it at 2 polyps on 11 Oct of this year. It has grown 6 babies since then. I consider that pretty fast. But you are right, its just 1 polyp and an expensive one at that! Right now the tank has a new addition. A Blue Leg Hermit I threw in just for fun. ITS ALIVE! Link to comment
patrick1234 Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 Any up date pics gabe? Link to comment
gabe3eb Posted November 22, 2009 Author Share Posted November 22, 2009 Its still cycling Patrick, so nothing exciting yet. Its a very very soft cycle though, as expected. I used 1LB of LR from my other tank 10 feet away and still need to get the dry rock in it (probably tomorrow). All the parameters have been stable since it was full though, so I will probably try to get the lights ordered and everything transferred over in the next couple weeks. I will be holding off on getting the Mandarin until after the X-mas Holiday, but aside from that, it will be completely full before then. Link to comment
patrick1234 Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 Its still cycling Patrick, so nothing exciting yet. Its a very very soft cycle though, as expected. I used 1LB of LR from my other tank 10 feet away and still need to get the dry rock in it (probably tomorrow). All the parameters have been stable since it was full though, so I will probably try to get the lights ordered and everything transferred over in the next couple weeks. I will be holding off on getting the Mandarin until after the X-mas Holiday, but aside from that, it will be completely full before then. odd dont remimber quoteing somthing I had ask you 5 min before. Link to comment
gabe3eb Posted November 27, 2009 Author Share Posted November 27, 2009 Lol, no worries. I will get picks up shortly. I bought all the plumbing supplies and my powerheads came in from Drs. Foster and Smith. An issue that I'm noticing is that I had to scale 1 of the powerheads back a little because the overflow can't keep up with the full ~300ish gph of both pumps. If I got the dremmel out Patrick, would it be an issue to add some more overflow slots that drained to the two outside rear chambers? I am thinking I would want to upgrade each powerhead to the next step up in flow anyway. Link to comment
gabe3eb Posted November 28, 2009 Author Share Posted November 28, 2009 pictures? I now have everything that is going to go into the tank, with the exception of lights... I'm holding out for the possibility of LEDs, but SHHHH. Picked up a really sick Neon Green Fungia from Reefkoi today. Also, Jacob, the contest moderator, confirmed that the Favia pricing would be $25 for up to 4" of favia frags. This is awesome because now I can throw in 3 nice Favia frags and don't have to pick favorites. Link to comment
nemmy Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 that tank doesnt even look like a 10, awesome dimensions More pictures! Link to comment
patrick1234 Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 I was going to say you can remove ever other tooth I was thinking for more flow. Link to comment
gabe3eb Posted November 29, 2009 Author Share Posted November 29, 2009 I was going to say you can remove ever other tooth I was thinking for more flow. Yeah I think I might go that route so that I can really up the flow. Thanks Patrick. Also, here is that green fungia that I mentioned earlier. This is the exact piece I got as taken by the vendor, reefkoi.com. Link to comment
calvin415 Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Gabe, if you need anything just let me know... If you want to grow out my single polyp frag of Darth Maul, it's all yours. Link to comment
gabe3eb Posted November 29, 2009 Author Share Posted November 29, 2009 Thanks Patrick! No worries though. When I finally get my lighting for this tank (ehem, hurry up with the wide optic PAR38 EVIL!) I will be tearing down my 28g and setting up another 10g frag tank for all my zoas that I can't put into this tank. I hope all of your other Zoa's ended up doing ok after the problems. Link to comment
calvin415 Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 No dice, most of them are toast... Not sure what is going on with them... Link to comment
gabe3eb Posted November 29, 2009 Author Share Posted November 29, 2009 Need MOAR PICS. Ok, ok, I will throw a 4x24W T5HO fixture on it this afternoon and get some pics . No dice, most of them are toast... Not sure what is going on with them... If you need any Bam-Bams or Radioactive Dragon Eyes to get back going let me know, they have both grown out a good bit. Link to comment
pismo_reefer Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 zoa's make me as well..... i lost alotta $ on dem bastages.... Link to comment
Dizzle21 Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 ugghhh i want to see pics of this tank!! it looks so awsome! the pic doesnt even look like a 10g.lol Link to comment
gabe3eb Posted November 30, 2009 Author Share Posted November 30, 2009 I got some nice free dry rock today from a local guy. It is only about 5 lbs of rock added to the tank, but that is the dry weight and its extremely porous, so I'm content. Anyway, on to the pics: The shot from the living room/dining room: From my chair as I type on the computer: Straight on shot for the "Aquascape" contest shot. It looks like a V pointing away from me as I sit in my chair and look at it: And the mod I did with the overflow's teeth. I took out 3 teeth so that I could accommodate more flow from the rear chambers: The 4x24W Sundial Fixture is just temporary for the pics until I get some love from the PAR38 Gods... Enjoy! Link to comment
asting Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 sorry to hijack.i searched but didnt find a post on the entry rules. well i did but it was for 2006... link anyone? http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=214206 Link to comment
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