Paandemonium Posted April 4, 2014 Author Share Posted April 4, 2014 meh, seems kinda lame to call them CAG. I have some and under pure actinic they are a very bright GOLD but running normal t5ho they are green in the center and have pink tentacles I have a polyp like that too!(somewhere on this thread lol) Ok I can't insert a link to save my life but if you go to bulkreef and look at the loc line section you will see a piece that is threaded on one end and the male loc line end on the other. If your bulkhead is slip you will probably need to change your bulkhead to threaded. Or see if you can find just a pvc fitting that is slip on one end and female threaded on the other. I think this is what you are trying to figure out if not well I must have misunderstood what you are looking for. TO THE LFS SO THEY CAN DEAL WITH MY PROBLEM lol http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/loc-line-male-npt-connector.html Solution; told the tank builder to send me a bullhead that's threaded on the inside lol Link to comment
Paandemonium Posted April 4, 2014 Author Share Posted April 4, 2014 Crappy cheapo fuge light purchased!(13.50 thanks to Glenn) Link to comment
Lawnman Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Crappy cheapo fuge light purchased!(13.50 thanks to Glenn)Right out of his attic ? Link to comment
Paandemonium Posted April 5, 2014 Author Share Posted April 5, 2014 Right out of his attic ? Home Depot lol, I shouldn't need much for chaeto right? Link to comment
Nocturnal Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Chaeto doesn't need a ton, but more the better. Have you started on your rock wall at all? The canned foam stuff is much more buoyant than I expected. My first prototype needed about 10 extra pounds to keep it from floating. Of course then I thought about doing a floating reef... Link to comment
Lawnman Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Home Depot lol, I shouldn't need much for chaeto right?No you will be fine. Link to comment
Paandemonium Posted April 5, 2014 Author Share Posted April 5, 2014 Chaeto doesn't need a ton, but more the better. Have you started on your rock wall at all? The canned foam stuff is much more buoyant than I expected. My first prototype needed about 10 extra pounds to keep it from floating. Of course then I thought about doing a floating reef... I have the skeleton built with egg crate, I'll be putting dry rock in the actual structure to make sure it sinks + siliconing it down to make sure it stays. The remaining flex PVC I have will be used to make tunnels in the structure for the fish + for the water to flow down from the top. No you will be fine. Good! Link to comment
xLimitlessJR Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Whens this bad boy seeing water?! followingggg Link to comment
Paandemonium Posted April 5, 2014 Author Share Posted April 5, 2014 Whens this bad boy seeing water?! followingggg Sometime next week(or when the pond foam gets here) Link to comment
frankdontsurf Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Post pictures of the rock wall progress please. Link to comment
Paandemonium Posted April 5, 2014 Author Share Posted April 5, 2014 Post pictures of the rock wall progress please. When I get home tonight I'll have pictures of the skeleton it'll be foamed in once I get the foam and the flex PVC. Everything is pretty much zip ties and egg crate right now lol Also need to pick up rock from home depot, I was thingking maybe bricks? If I can get anything ceramicish Ill do that instead Link to comment
frankdontsurf Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 I want to see it being built so as you go would be clutch. Brick? I dunno because most rocks leach phosphates for evaaa. So you'd have to aerate in a bucket of salt water and do changes often and use pH down. That shiz takes months though. Like making Your own rocks but worse lol. Why not make your own bricks. Buy rubble set in a shallow tray or frame (cardboard or Styrafoam) and then foam it? Link to comment
Paandemonium Posted April 5, 2014 Author Share Posted April 5, 2014 I want to see it being built so as you go would be clutch. Brick? I dunno because most rocks leach phosphates for evaaa. So you'd have to aerate in a bucket of salt water and do changes often and use pH down. That shiz takes months though. Like making Your own rocks but worse lol. Why not make your own bricks. Buy rubble set in a shallow tray or frame (cardboard or Styrafoam) and then foam it?No worries, I'll start posting pictures of it I think I'm just gonna go with dry rock instead Link to comment
Paandemonium Posted April 8, 2014 Author Share Posted April 8, 2014 New boss left the office yesterday and basically left me in charge -.- guess who had to stay and get stuff done? Bright side I caught a case, most of the supplies are coming in AND the bulkhead I'm getting is threaded LOL OH also changed the sump for a 30 gallon fuge so my water volume will remain the same after the transfer(60 total gallons) also with a fuge the size of the tank on top I think I'll be good on filtration. Going more natural right now but I'll probably add in a skimmer down the line Link to comment
Paandemonium Posted April 9, 2014 Author Share Posted April 9, 2014 THIS THING IS BEING BUILT AS WE SPEAK Link to comment
frankdontsurf Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 THIS THING IS BEING BUILT AS WE SPEAK Hustle means hard work. Link to comment
Paandemonium Posted April 9, 2014 Author Share Posted April 9, 2014 Hustle means hard work. -.- TRYING Link to comment
Acielot Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Try harder? The tank isn't going to wet itself Link to comment
defective_weeble Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 THIS THING IS BEING BUILT AS WE SPEAK AMG! I'm almost as excite about this as I am about building mine this weekend Link to comment
Pinner Reef Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Should really check in on this thread more often. I made this rockwall using rubble and gorilla glue. http://s75.photobucket.com/user/g12052/media/Mantis%20Tank/8-8-08090.jpg.html'> Link to comment
Paandemonium Posted April 10, 2014 Author Share Posted April 10, 2014 Should really check in on this thread more often. I made this rockwall using rubble and gorilla glue. Gorilla Glue is reef safe? lol Try harder? The tank isn't going to wet itself I'll have the tank shipped in next week AMG! I'm almost as excite about this as I am about building mine this weekend Buahahaha post pictures! Link to comment
Pinner Reef Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Dunno if it will cure under water but yes. I never had any problems with it at least. Link to comment
Paandemonium Posted April 10, 2014 Author Share Posted April 10, 2014 What I started with Layout Skeleton(got lazy and cheap with the zip ties.... I didnt feel like going to HD again.... so I ended up reinforcing it with more egg crate) also used heavy marble tile left over from my new floor to weigh it down(NOBODY better tell that I put freaking marble in this thing to my builder) Thus far product I'm gonna take a belt sander to it to rough it up and I may take some chunks out of it. Also need to plum it so that I can put a pump in there(the back is hollow SO I planned ahead for this) may also glue sand to this but ehhhh dont really wanna Dunno if it will cure under water but yes. I never had any problems with it at least. may use that to glue sand onto this thing Link to comment
Acielot Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Awesome idea of using eggcrate as a skeleton. I might have to copy that for my viv when it gets setup again. I couldn't even tell that you used a tile for a weight. That is ingenious too..... but is it heavy enough? Link to comment
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