Sugardaddy1979 Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 So 'm finally starting my 40 breeder! Known equipment will be: Deep Blue Professional non-tempered (all sides and bottom) 40 breeder with black silicone Aquaticlife 4 buld T5ho with built in timer. It came with 2 blue, one purple and one 10K. I also already have 2 new ATI coral plus that I picked up on clearance at an LFS as I was passing through. May pick up 2 blue plus to go with them. Or I'll wait 6 to 9 months and then swap. Jebao WP25 Maybe a koralia 240 or 425. I have three 240s and one 425, so we'll see what we see. 45 Lbs of Caribsea Special Grade Seaflor 30ish lbs of existing live rock. Not sure what kind. 200 Watt Deep Blue Heat Stik Equipment Still in Limbo I have an AC70 that I might use OR I may add a sump if I can bite the bullet for the added expense today Live stock that will be transferred: An ocellaris clown pair A red firefish A yellow watchman goby with red tiger pistol shrimp Going to stick with sofities and LPS for now. Corals that will be transferred: Button polyps (wish I could get rid of these, but came with the tank and not sure what to do about it) One remaining whammin watermelon zoa polyp. Hoping it will reproduce. Some red and purple mushrooms Two different branching euphyllia What I'm pretty sure is a duncan Green star polyps Waving Hand coral Existing CUC: A pincushion (I think) urchin A banded seroant star An eerald crab One scarlet hermit One zebra hermit 10 or so red and blue legged herits 6 nassarius 5 Astreas 3 or 4 cerinths To be continued Link to comment
Sugardaddy1979 Posted March 11, 2014 Author Share Posted March 11, 2014 I did finally decide to do a sump with the glass-holes 700 kit. Drill the holes yesterday with no issues. I have 3 of 4 baffles in my 20 long sump and my return pump came today. I picked up a brand new in box Quiet one 2200 off of eBay for $26 shipped. Not bad huh? Link to comment
Sugardaddy1979 Posted March 12, 2014 Author Share Posted March 12, 2014 Last baffle is in. Not beautiful silicone, but should do. Got my clear screen top made and the frames painted black and picked up most of my plumbing pieces too. Hope to do freshwater test this weekend. Link to comment
Sugardaddy1979 Posted March 12, 2014 Author Share Posted March 12, 2014 Pics of my screen tops I made. Link to comment
Grom Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Looks like this is gonna be a nice build,so don't skimp on the pics.ive been using a quiet one3000 on my 40breeder for 2 years with no issues Link to comment
Sugardaddy1979 Posted March 12, 2014 Author Share Posted March 12, 2014 I'm trying to make it nice. Just taking me forever..... I hope I can get it wet the weekend. Have to see if I can get the back painted first. That might push me to next weekend. Link to comment
TheTeenReefer Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 How did you cut your glass panels for your sump? Everyone makes it sound easy but it looks hard to me. Link to comment
Sugardaddy1979 Posted March 12, 2014 Author Share Posted March 12, 2014 I had a glass glass shop cut them for me. Just gave them measurements and asked for polished edges and for the bottom corners to be rounded so they wouldn't cut the silicone. Charged me $21.40. Link to comment
Sugardaddy1979 Posted March 16, 2014 Author Share Posted March 16, 2014 It's officially full of freshwater! Freshwater test: There's an outside chance IL make the swap tomorrow after church. We will see. Link to comment
Sugardaddy1979 Posted March 17, 2014 Author Share Posted March 17, 2014 I did get it done after church. This was this morning with lights out. Pictures with lights on later hope. Link to comment
Sugardaddy1979 Posted March 19, 2014 Author Share Posted March 19, 2014 A video all all set up and clear. Still have 4 layers of screen on top for light acclimation. Plan to pull 1 per week for a month. Does it look like frogspawn and Duncan are getting too much flow or should I let them adjust longer? set up since 3/17/14 at close to midnight. My new 40 breeder set up and clear water: Link to comment
WhiskyTango Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Looks like a nice start! How is Athens these day? I was born at St. Mary's while my dad was in pharmacy school at UGA. Link to comment
Sugardaddy1979 Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 Looks like a nice start! How is Athens these day? I was born at St. Mary's while my dad was in pharmacy school at UGA. Athens is awesome. All 4 of my kids were born at St Mary's. Great hospital. Had my first uh oh yesterday. Doing my routine tank check at 7 pm and found my return bulkhead leaking. Turned out I had overtightened the elbow into it and it cracked. Had a super slow drip. My awesome lfs let me in after hours and sold me a new bulkhead. Only issue is that this one is slip x slip. I had to screw my loc line into a pvc adapter and so I have a small piece of white pipe in the tank. Doesn't bother me as much as I thought it would. I might just leave it be for now. Link to comment
Sugardaddy1979 Posted April 13, 2014 Author Share Posted April 13, 2014 Need more fish! A bit of hair algae, but I'm winning! Link to comment
Arkayology Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 What setting do you have the wp25 on? It looks like a good amount of flow too me. Link to comment
Sugardaddy1979 Posted April 13, 2014 Author Share Posted April 13, 2014 It's on w1 s1 dialed just shy if half back. It'll slosh water out with a standing wave if I want. Link to comment
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