Coastie Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 I have so many responses to that, I don't know where to start! I am still awaiting these numerous responses btw Oh and you shoulda stuck the BC14 in the RSM.... that woulda really shown the upgrade. Link to comment
chilled_fire Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Till the rock wobbles then topples and the tank has a crack. I cannot take that risk. +1 take it from my personal experience. my poor pink hammer . Link to comment
jestersix Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 After building with Emaco, I would never go back to a stacked build - especially with our little earthquakes here in Cali! You can create 'scapes that would be impossible with stacking, plus you have the added security of knowing you won't topple things unexpectedly. Looks like some cool rock there Kat, anxious to see what you end up with on this one! Link to comment
metrokat Posted December 23, 2011 Author Share Posted December 23, 2011 5pm EST. Scape is half done. I'm exhausted! Link to comment
metrokat Posted December 23, 2011 Author Share Posted December 23, 2011 Yeah. My back hurts these rocks are heavy and after putting down 5, this is as tall as I got. WTF. Link to comment
metrokat Posted December 24, 2011 Author Share Posted December 24, 2011 How it starts Link to comment
FlCandy Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Nice! Can't wait to see the other tank in there! Beautiful tank though! What did TS say? Does he know? Link to comment
metrokat Posted December 24, 2011 Author Share Posted December 24, 2011 I'm so exhausted, I sat down on the couch and can't get up. hehe. Freshwater test MAX is salty! Link to comment
metrokat Posted December 24, 2011 Author Share Posted December 24, 2011 I think I added too much sand, so had to remove some this morning. It is back to being cloudy. I added some of my live sand from the BC into the MAX, hoping it will seed it fast. Seeing ammonia. Water change in a little bit. Link to comment
iball1804 Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Are you bringing everything directly over? Link to comment
metrokat Posted December 24, 2011 Author Share Posted December 24, 2011 Are you bringing everything directly over? Not sure what you mean? the sand to seed yes. The BC contents, yes, when the MAX is ready. A glimpse appears Link to comment
iball1804 Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 So then why would you do water changes during the cycle? Link to comment
metrokat Posted December 24, 2011 Author Share Posted December 24, 2011 For a soft cycle. My rock is LIVE. As in it has corals and macro algae on it. Link to comment
iball1804 Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 That's Florida rock isn't it?! Link to comment
metrokat Posted December 24, 2011 Author Share Posted December 24, 2011 You called it. This is what it looks like out of the box: This one is as big as a dinner plate and had to have a prime location Huge bi-valve on this one Brain coral Mancina Link to comment
metrokat Posted December 24, 2011 Author Share Posted December 24, 2011 And full of surprises. The mantis was dead when I opened the box. whew. Link to comment
iball1804 Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 There could be more! Link to comment
metrokat Posted December 24, 2011 Author Share Posted December 24, 2011 It literally brings a piece of the ocean to the tank. This rock is encrusted like no other live rock can be. I can epoxy frags of anything on rock, but it doesn't come anywhere close to this stuff. There is even orange coralline, sponges, tunicates. The creepy crawlies will come out too! lol. There could be more! True. No pops yet. The dead mantis was a good 3 inches long, pink/salmon color and a smasher. Also had a dead red mithrax crab, no urchins this time. Dan sent me a good selection of rock shapes, I had described to him what I wanted. He's awesome. Another big bi valve Link to comment
SouthFlorida_Tron Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 whoa i missed the email updates, new RSM, awesome!!! grats!!! Link to comment
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