slowngreen Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 See latest posts for new pics of my 75g. NEWEST PICS ARE IN THE LAST PAGES OF THREAD. Current FTS of my 75g... 40b FTS before I took it down.4-01-14 ..................................................................... ...................................................................... ..................................................................... ...................................................................... Just starting the thread even though its not up and going yet.40bt5x6black sandsump/refugiemt5no on fugeinternal overflowquietone 3000Waiting on the hole saw and bulkheads, then I'll get to work on it and get it up and running.Prolly around 30lbs LR.My ghetto stand Link to comment
BoCoMo Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Hope your quietone is actually quiet, I will be replacing mine probably. Congratulations on the build! Link to comment
slowngreen Posted March 17, 2013 Author Share Posted March 17, 2013 If anything it will be a starter pump till I can afford something different, but hopefully its quiet yeah. and Thanks! Yours is one of my favorite 40b's on here. tank on the stand, just for giggles. Stand cut out for the overflow and I took the shelf out to put the sump on the bottom for easier access. I'll raise it back up if its too much head. Link to comment
slowngreen Posted March 21, 2013 Author Share Posted March 21, 2013 Lights came today. Still waiting on my bulkheads. Link to comment
slowngreen Posted April 1, 2013 Author Share Posted April 1, 2013 Been going slow, but got the overflow done and the tank is cycling. Yay or nay on my scape? Link to comment
slowngreen Posted April 4, 2013 Author Share Posted April 4, 2013 Well Ive had the tank actually running for 5 days now. Had the LR in a tub of saltwater with a powerhead and heater for 2 weeks, when it was in there the first couple days I put a good helping of shrimp brine in hoping that might help a cycle in the tub (rocks were only out of a tank for about 3 minutes even at the fish store). I tested yesterday and today, 0 amm, 0 nitrite and 5ppm nitrate. Think any cycling it needed to do happened and its all ready? I have a few peices of cured base rock in my sump as well as a HOB filter that came out of my established tank running in the 2nd chamber. Wanna see what you guys think before I ad any of my livestock/coral. Link to comment
Arkayology Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 It looks like it is ready to add livestock. I would add slowly to see how things respond. Do you have any snails or crabs in the tank? Maybe add some of those and see what happens. They do not really add any bioload, so you could also add a fish if you want. Just wait a couple of weeks after adding the first fish before you start adding more. This hobby is about going slow. Anything that happens fast spells doom. Let us know if you have any other questions. What kind of fish are you looking to keep? Link to comment
slowngreen Posted April 4, 2013 Author Share Posted April 4, 2013 I forgot to mention that I added my snails and crabs to it yesterday too, 5 blue legs, one red leg and like 6 snails. Im upgrading to this from a 10g, which I have a yellow tail damsel in now and plan to keep. Was hoping to ad other first first, yellow watchman and a couple others Im not sure on yet, first, then the damsel. Im wondering now if I ad my damsel first to see if everything stays good, will he become territorial very fast? Or could I take him back out after a week or so, ad a new fish or two then ad him a couple weeks later? Link to comment
slowngreen Posted April 15, 2013 Author Share Posted April 15, 2013 tanks doing real well, still have some diatoms but their on the way out. Through a diy skimmer in my sump and chaeto in my fuge as well. Ive added more rock and coral and my fishies are a yellow tail damsel, mandarin goby, watchman goby, tiger pistol and a banghai cardinal. Pics suck though, cell doesnt show good color at all. http://s183.photobucket.com/user/slowngreen/media/IMAG0274.jpg.html'> http://s183.photobucket.com/user/slowngreen/media/IMAG0265.jpg.html'> http://s183.photobucket.com/user/slowngreen/media/IMAG0266.jpg.html'> http://s183.photobucket.com/user/slowngreen/media/IMAG0267.jpg.html'> http://s183.photobucket.com/user/slowngreen/media/IMAG0268.jpg.html'> http://s183.photobucket.com/user/slowngreen/media/IMAG0269.jpg.html'> http://s183.photobucket.com/user/slowngreen/media/IMAG0270.jpg.html'> Link to comment
slowngreen Posted June 2, 2013 Author Share Posted June 2, 2013 Heres a FTS from a couple days ago, tank is a couple months old now. http://s183.photobucket.com/user/slowngreen/media/IMAG0293.jpg.html'> Heres a crappy pic from today, added some zoas, a leather and a flower pot, hoping it does ok. The SPS I got for free, the LFS said it was dead but I through it in my tank a week ago anyways and its getting green back to it, I hit it with a brush to see if it was just algae and nothing came off so maybe it is coming back, its a Green Tip. http://s183.photobucket.com/user/slowngreen/media/IMAG0299.jpg.html'> Link to comment
BeardedReeferLLC Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 is your damsel dead? Lol Link to comment
slowngreen Posted June 3, 2013 Author Share Posted June 3, 2013 Lol, no hes a few inches up swimming, looks like he's flat on the sand now that you mention it. Link to comment
slowngreen Posted July 11, 2013 Author Share Posted July 11, 2013 Just a quick pic of my open brain looking bad ass. http://s183.photobucket.com/user/slowngreen/media/IMAG0324.jpg.html'> Link to comment
slowngreen Posted July 22, 2013 Author Share Posted July 22, 2013 tank at 4.5 months today http://s183.photobucket.com/user/slowngreen/media/IMAG0333.jpg.html'> Link to comment
slowngreen Posted July 29, 2013 Author Share Posted July 29, 2013 Changed my 15t sump to a 30 today with fuge, getting chaeto in the next week or so. Will the light that came with my 40b be enough for the fuge? its a t5 full spektrum is what it says, just the stock light they include from petsmart. Link to comment
Boyder Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Looking great. That brain is unreal, can I steal it? *looks wistfully into the distance* I hope my brain looks that nice when it gets moved to my new 40. It's, er... was blue and green now it's just pale green. Link to comment
Rad24 Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Beautiful tank! I hope to get mine looking like that one day... Link to comment
slowngreen Posted August 29, 2013 Author Share Posted August 29, 2013 Thanks guys, unfortunatly the brain died as well as a slew of others after using the new GE2 silicone on a new sump, they added a mold agent to it which did not go over well. Its coming along again though, I'll get a pic tomorrow of its current state. Link to comment
slowngreen Posted September 3, 2013 Author Share Posted September 3, 2013 Heres a fews pics of my tank currently. I have some nice zoa frags too I need to get a good pic of tomorrow. I ordered new bulbs over the weekend too so I'll update that when they show up. http://s183.photobucket.com/user/slowngreen/media/IMAG0357.jpg.html'> http://s183.photobucket.com/user/slowngreen/media/IMAG0358.jpg.html'> http://s183.photobucket.com/user/slowngreen/media/IMAG0359.jpg.html'> http://s183.photobucket.com/user/slowngreen/media/IMAG0364.jpg.html'> Link to comment
slowngreen Posted September 4, 2013 Author Share Posted September 4, 2013 A few more pics and my new aquascape, give me a yay or nay on it. http://s183.photobucket.com/user/slowngreen/media/IMAG0370.jpg.html'> http://s183.photobucket.com/user/slowngreen/media/IMAG0371.jpg.html'> http://s183.photobucket.com/user/slowngreen/media/IMAG0378.jpg.html'> http://s183.photobucket.com/user/slowngreen/media/IMAG0377.jpg.html'> http://s183.photobucket.com/user/slowngreen/media/IMAG0380-1.jpg.html'> Yay or nay on my aquascape? I kinda like it more now with the gap in the middle. http://s183.photobucket.com/user/slowngreen/media/IMAG0379.jpg.html'> Link to comment
slowngreen Posted September 6, 2013 Author Share Posted September 6, 2013 Hmmmm not sure I like the new bulbs much. Nothing stands out, kinda all the same color now. Opinions, please? 2 blue + and 2 purple + http://s183.photobucket.com/user/slowngreen/media/IMAG0388.jpg.html'> I tried it with those 4 plus two actinic, then two 12000k's, which is nice and bright but not sure i like that either. I did do one actinic and one 12k also wich wasnt real good. My previous setup was 3 12k and 2 actinics which looked pretty good but I wanted something different. Link to comment
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