heifinator Posted December 1, 2012 Author Share Posted December 1, 2012 New photo update at bottom of page 5! Will be adding a lot of new stuff next week. Link to comment
slickwill613 Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Love this tank. Makes me jealous every time I see it. Very slick work. Link to comment
TeflonTomDosh Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Sick tank. Was this made by miracles in glass? They're in Cannada? Link to comment
heifinator Posted December 2, 2012 Author Share Posted December 2, 2012 Sick tank. Was this made by miracles in glass? They're in Cannada? Yes it was. 2nd tank by them Link to comment
heifinator Posted December 2, 2012 Author Share Posted December 2, 2012 Love this tank. Makes me jealous every time I see it. Very slick work. Appreciate it! Link to comment
heifinator Posted December 3, 2012 Author Share Posted December 3, 2012 Looks awesome dude Thank you! Link to comment
icombs17 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Lookin great, love the dimensions. Link to comment
urbaneks Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 I like the scape that you created. This will be great to watch as it grows out. Link to comment
heifinator Posted December 5, 2012 Author Share Posted December 5, 2012 So I couldn't find my tailspot blenny and feared the worst (I love that stupid fish...) Last night I was working on my tank and I saw his little head behind a glued frag. He was stuck. I literally glued a frag over the hole he was hiding in and apparently the rock didn't have a back way out. Broke the frag off the rock and removed the epoxy, he popped right out and was VERY happy to swim around, I had never seen him swim that much lol. Stupid fish. Link to comment
JDigital Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Tanks looking good... You're SPS is doing better than mine. Link to comment
mpsti05 Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 So I couldn't find my tailspot blenny and feared the worst (I love that stupid fish...) Last night I was working on my tank and I saw his little head behind a glued frag. He was stuck. I literally glued a frag over the hole he was hiding in and apparently the rock didn't have a back way out. Broke the frag off the rock and removed the epoxy, he popped right out and was VERY happy to swim around, I had never seen him swim that much lol. Stupid fish. Haha that crazy, gotta be careful if you get a Midas Blenny as well Link to comment
heifinator Posted December 6, 2012 Author Share Posted December 6, 2012 Tanks looking good... You're SPS is doing better than mine. Well. I will be honest. The tops are all bleaching from the light (I think). I also have no PE because I had to turn the flow way down because of my stupid sand. I am considering removing my marcorocks sand and putting special grade in. I had it before my only issue is it turned grey. Do you guys know of something that is really uniform and slightly larger than sugar (not as big as special grade). Thanks! Link to comment
Paleoreef103 Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Well. I will be honest. The tops are all bleaching from the light (I think). I also have no PE because I had to turn the flow way down because of my stupid sand. I am considering removing my marcorocks sand and putting special grade in. I had it before my only issue is it turned grey. Do you guys know of something that is really uniform and slightly larger than sugar (not as big as special grade). Thanks! I used a mix of fiji pink and special grade 2:1 and I have 2 MP10s+ a modded 6025+ return pump in a 40 breeder. No sandstorms. I love the fiji pink sand. Your tank is pretty awesome. Great aquascaping! Link to comment
heifinator Posted December 6, 2012 Author Share Posted December 6, 2012 I used a mix of fiji pink and special grade 2:1 and I have 2 MP10s+ a modded 6025+ return pump in a 40 breeder. No sandstorms. I love the fiji pink sand. Your tank is pretty awesome. Great aquascaping! Thank you! I dread the day I have to move this tank because the scape was built in the tank. No way to get it out in one piece! But I'll cross that bridge when I get there lol. I am probably going to remove my sand and go with tropic eden mini flakes. Its slightly larger than sugar so I think that will be enough. I really love uniform sand beds and the small the grain the better. Link to comment
heifinator Posted December 7, 2012 Author Share Posted December 7, 2012 Small update. One of my female lyretails has pop eye. I think it was caused by an injury and she is still swimming, active, and eating so I am going to just monitor it. In other news I hate my sand and will be replacing it (sugar) with mini or reef flakes by tropic eden. I will document that job with photos as it will most likely suck. Link to comment
heifinator Posted December 11, 2012 Author Share Posted December 11, 2012 Have a large coral order coming in friday. Will post an update this weekend. Still dealing with some algae (diatom it appears). As well as bleaching from light. Link to comment
sammy113 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 This is a great build! I just picture-read the thread but I'm subscribed and gonna to take some time to check everything later. Don't know if someone suggested before but in the event you may miss a day of a clogged filter sock, you will have some water in the floor. I suggest to build a new filter sock holder that goes inside the actual tank just to be sure. I built these: They have an acrylic rod that will hang in the tank's trim while holding the socks 1.5" under the top. You could even add a top to fit PVC's or hoses and prevent splashing outside as well like this one (this one still needs the side rods to stay in place): 2 Link to comment
heifinator Posted December 12, 2012 Author Share Posted December 12, 2012 Funny you mention that. I already considered it, mine sits about a 1/16th under the rim of the tank, it also has holes in it and is angled towards the sump. I already purposely tested it by clogging a filter sock all up. Since then I have had multiple clogged socks with no water on the floor. This is a great build! I just picture-read the thread but I'm subscribed and gonna to take some time to check everything later. Don't know if someone suggested before but in the event you may miss a day of a clogged filter sock, you will have some water in the floor. I suggest to build a new filter sock holder that goes inside the actual tank just to be sure. I built these: They have an acrylic rod that will hang in the tank's trim while holding the socks 1.5" under the top. You could even add a top to fit PVC's or hoses and prevent splashing outside as well like this one (this one still needs the side rods to stay in place): Link to comment
sammy113 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Ah then you have everything under control Link to comment
heifinator Posted December 12, 2012 Author Share Posted December 12, 2012 Not as nice as your sock holder but I didn't have the tools to build that =). I just took a flat piece, drilled 2 holes with hole saws, and stuck socks in it. Then pushed one side up with a couple little pieces of acrylic =) Link to comment
InvaderJim Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Sorry if I missed it but where did you get the "arms' your light fixture is hanging from? Tank looks great so far by the way. Everything is so organized. Link to comment
heifinator Posted December 15, 2012 Author Share Posted December 15, 2012 Sorry if I missed it but where did you get the "arms' your light fixture is hanging from? Tank looks great so far by the way. Everything is so organized. You didn't miss it. I just used 1/2 electrical conduit and a conduit bender to bend the 90's. I then used little U-brackets to attach it to the back of the tank. Link to comment
heifinator Posted December 19, 2012 Author Share Posted December 19, 2012 So the male lyretail decided he wanted to be a bachelor and slayed both the females. Very sad... He won't be getting any more! Getting ready to change out the sugar sand with reefflakes from tropic eden, lesson learned. I will try and get a picture update this weekend. I am working on a top that won't look like crap because I want a freaking jawfish and or gobies / wrasse. Link to comment
heifinator Posted December 20, 2012 Author Share Posted December 20, 2012 Sand changed. That was a nightmare. Everything made it through ok. By the way, reef flakes is probably the best sand I have ever used or even seen. Link to comment
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