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SaNChEz's 40br Build


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Overflow and return arrived today! Thanks Glass-Holes for the candy! Airheads, fun dip, licorice, toostie rolls and a jawbreaker!

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Sanchez I'm loving the LED build man, Definitely going to pick you're brain in the future. right now I have 20 GU10 LEDs and a 250W halide over my 40B...and I just got my first electric bill....we'll be switching to LEDs VERY soon lol.

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Sanchez I'm loving the LED build man, Definitely going to pick you're brain in the future. right now I have 20 GU10 LEDs and a 250W halide over my 40B...and I just got my first electric bill....we'll be switching to LEDs VERY soon lol.

 

Haha, well when the time comes I'll be here :) I'm sure there are many people that can answer better than I can, but I'm always up to help out where I can!

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So instead of using dead rock plus my live rock, I ordered a piece from http://aqua-tecture.com/ It's a ceram-eco artisan piece :D

 

Holy moly this thing is nice. I would show the nice picture that they have up on the website, but it seems each piece is unique, so the one I got is no longer up on the site.

 

It's part of the 'Cobble' series, so it looks like this one, but it's narrower and wider.. it's about 6" tall by 10" wide and has a slope to it. I'll take a picture of it out of the wrapper when I get home.

 

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Look at this packing job!

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It came sealed in this like expanding foam stuff.. really neat.

 

Thanks Aqua-Tecture!

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Lol, it's sitting under a sheet next to me right now. I'm going to be moving in May, so I figured it's better to set it up after the move and moving my 24 instead of moving a 40+20 system haha.

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So I moved, and it's finally up and running!

 

Don't mind the scape, this was shortly after the water cleared. I'll be setting up the scape this weekend :D Also there's no baffles in the sump yet because I have to get some glass and whatnots! Also ball valve on return will be added shortly.

 

I took time out of the move to drill/setup this tank so it was done in kind of a hurry haha.

 

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More pictures!

 

New and improved, still semi-non-permanant scape. Not sure if I like it at all really haha.

 

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Also, when I moved I couldn't find the tiger pistol, so now the YWG is living solo and he/she seems kinda depressed. I put a length of PVC in the tank for him/her to live in, but the brittle quickly took up residence.

 

Should I get another pistol or just let the YWG do it's thing?

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Got a new invert!

 

This is Mike, with his little brother/sister Ike :)

 

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Either mike is just gigantic, or ike is a teeny baby. For scale, Mike's longest antennae are probably 6" long. He's pretty big.

 

Also a quick video of the tank!

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Picture dump time!

 

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Dunno why the color was so off on the last one, damn cell phone camera with it's auto white balance!

 

Oh, and some clapping xenias:

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Here ya go!

 

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Cell phone again, I'll snap some better pictures with the real camera at some point.

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I circled the original frag for ya, it's grown over about 9 months.

 

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And here's the green acro, Sept 19th 2011:

 

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Right on. I have two about the size and same color of your original. I also have a grape and one frag that has a red and purple attached together.

 

Right on. I have two about the size and same color of your original. I also have a grape and one frag that has a red and purple attached together.

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Awesome, I have a small purple frag behind the orange one and I'm hoping they combine at some point.

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