Krayon Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 sweet find bdare, im jealous Quote Link to comment
bdare Posted January 20, 2008 Author Share Posted January 20, 2008 Thanks man. The pictures really don't do either of them justice. They both glow like MAD! The orange ones are intense. Quote Link to comment
Apache Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Your plumbing looks awsome!! When i had a frogspawn i would thaw frozen brine shrimp in a little bowl of water , then i would suck it up with a small syringe and squirt it in the center of the frogspawn. Hope this helps! Quote Link to comment
nanoty Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 First off I love the tank. It is killing me looking at my 40 breeder sitting on the floor empty. How is the plumbing and flow working out? At Glenns advice I am considering copying some of your ideas. One question I have is do you have a cover screen over the intake for the closed-loop system? I am also looking at the same stand/canopy setup you have and was wondering if you got the solid oak or the red oak plywood one. I am thinking about talking to melvsreef about having an overflow built. Quote Link to comment
bdare Posted January 26, 2008 Author Share Posted January 26, 2008 First off I love the tank. It is killing me looking at my 40 breeder sitting on the floor empty. How is the plumbing and flow working out? At Glenns advice I am considering copying some of your ideas. One question I have is do you have a cover screen over the intake for the closed-loop system? I am also looking at the same stand/canopy setup you have and was wondering if you got the solid oak or the red oak plywood one. I am thinking about talking to melvsreef about having an overflow built. Thanks! The plumbing is honestly working out great. I love the randomness of the flow. I have redesigned the sump to go Drain w/ skimmer -> Macro -> Return. I was having problems with micro bubbles. By increasing the distanse from the drain and the return more bubbles were able to get out. If anything I think there's too much flow. I'm looking to get a smaller return pump. It's throttled back a little bit. I feel if I got a smaller pump the tank would run more efficient and perhaps cooler and using electricity. The flow is strong and random and will be great for SPS but, I'm having trouble finding spots for my LPS. There is a screen over the closed loop drain. I didn't want any creatures getting sucked up in there. I'll try to take a picture tomorrow. If you have any more questions just let me know. Ben Quote Link to comment
nanoty Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 (edited) Yeah I don't think I want too much flow as I like my LPS and softies and only plan on keeping a few SPSs. Of course that could change eventually but then I could probably just upgrade pumps. Edit: You probably said in the thread somewhere but did you build your own durso overflow? I have never plumbed a tank before and I am slightly worried about trying to get all of my stuff together on my own. Edited January 26, 2008 by nanoty Quote Link to comment
bdare Posted January 26, 2008 Author Share Posted January 26, 2008 I actually just bought one. I bought it from dursostandpipes.com. Quote Link to comment
bdare Posted January 26, 2008 Author Share Posted January 26, 2008 (edited) I've also been adding Kalk with my ATO. I'm just doing a light dose since I don't have much in there to soak it up. I usually add 3tsp of Kalk in my 5 gallon top off resivoir. I will say since I started adding it, my skimmer has been working much better and the coraline is REALLY starting to take off. Here's a picture of the CL drain and a few others I thought I'd share... See the controller? I LOVE THAT THING! Redesigned sump with Chaeto Brain coral getting down on some krill Edited January 26, 2008 by bdare Quote Link to comment
nanoty Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Great pics, the more I see the more I want to steal some ideas. Hope you don't mind . Quote Link to comment
glennr1978 Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 (edited) I'd be willing to bet that this is going to be one of the nicest 40's on here in about a year or so. Good job Ben!! Btw, I love the way the aquascape turned out. Edited January 27, 2008 by glennr1978 Quote Link to comment
nanoty Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 I'd be willing to bet that this is going to be one of the nicest 40's on here in about a year or so. Good job Ben!!Btw, I love the way the aquascape turned out. Definately looking good, of course yours is looking smooth too Glenn. Mine is going to look like poop compared to yalls. Damnit. Quote Link to comment
glennr1978 Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Definately looking good, of course yours is looking smooth too Glenn. Mine is going to look like poop compared to yalls. Damnit. Regardless of how your tank turns out you still have the coolest avatar. In a really wierd, s&m kind of way!! Hi jack over. Quote Link to comment
bdare Posted January 28, 2008 Author Share Posted January 28, 2008 (edited) I realize this is problably not a GREAT decision on my part but the itch got the better of me. I went to a local reefers house last night and picked up my first SPS frags. They were cheap so no love lost if something goes wrong... I snapped these pics when I was home for lunch. Tyree tricolor hairy blue milli blue tenuis atlantis purple monster Edited January 28, 2008 by bdare Quote Link to comment
glennr1978 Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 If the frags start to look bad, I can always hold em for ya . Did you get a good deal on the frags? If the guy you got them from has anymore, do you think you could get me a couple if I send you the $$$ for them? Oh yeah, nice score btw!!! Quote Link to comment
SeeDemTails Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Nice setup, coming along nicely! Quote Link to comment
bdare Posted February 1, 2008 Author Share Posted February 1, 2008 Nice setup, coming along nicely! Thanks!!! Quote Link to comment
glennr1978 Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 I hear you got some sweet new frags. When are you gonna start showing them off? Seriously guys, once he posts some more pics this thing is going to look like it's fully stocked already. Quote Link to comment
bdare Posted February 7, 2008 Author Share Posted February 7, 2008 I hear you got some sweet new frags. When are you gonna start showing them off? Seriously guys, once he posts some more pics this thing is going to look like it's fully stocked already. I have no idea what you are talking about... Quote Link to comment
glennr1978 Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 I have no idea what you are talking about... ahhh we've got a funny guy!!! did you get my e mail I sent you? Quote Link to comment
glennr1978 Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 So you got all kinds of new frags, a new camera, and no new pics!!!!!!! I'm diss appointed Quote Link to comment
bdare Posted February 12, 2008 Author Share Posted February 12, 2008 As Glenn noted I got a new camera. I'm still learning how to use it, but here are a few pics of the new frags I got. If I could just get all of Glenn's frags out of my tank, I might have more room for my own Blue Tort Quote Link to comment
glennr1978 Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 sweeeeeet!!!!!! Quote Link to comment
bdare Posted February 12, 2008 Author Share Posted February 12, 2008 One more. This is acutally Glenn's porites, but I like the photo. I have one mounted in my rockwork. Quote Link to comment
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