HarryPotter Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 New tank has arrived! Nice! Jealous you have two lol. Link to comment
JR! Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 light mount looks amazing. Link to comment
Travis Posted December 15, 2015 Author Share Posted December 15, 2015 Haha. I will likely be taking the blimished one and set it up to transfer my 20g office tank. Set it up in a different room of my house. I'll have to build another stand though. light mount looks amazing. Thanks jr. The graphic art on the new tank's box is completely different than the art on the original tank's box. I guess that marine depot had some old stock. Link to comment
Travis Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 Got the tanks switched over tonight. Link to comment
Travis Posted December 18, 2015 Author Share Posted December 18, 2015 Tank mount complete! Waiting on bulbs to arrive. Link to comment
JayPagi Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Looks great Travis, nice build. Link to comment
Travis Posted December 18, 2015 Author Share Posted December 18, 2015 Looks great Travis, nice build. Thanks! Link to comment
Travis Posted December 19, 2015 Author Share Posted December 19, 2015 Giving marinepure a shot. I got in a block of it and cut it to fit different places in the back chambers. It acts like siporax and should keep my nitrates at 0. Takes about 6 months to colonize fully so I have read. Link to comment
Travis Posted December 20, 2015 Author Share Posted December 20, 2015 Early birthday present from my wife! Link to comment
JR! Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Giving marinepure a shot. I got in a block of it and cut it to fit different places in the back chambers. It acts like siporax and should keep my nitrates at 0. Takes about 6 months to colonize fully so I have read. looks awesome in here. might try some of that to Link to comment
Travis Posted December 22, 2015 Author Share Posted December 22, 2015 So the bulbs came in.... Back Ati Blue Plus Ati Purple Plus Ati Coral Plus Ati Blue Plus Front I really like how this fixture has a set of bulbs in the middle on one cord and another for the front and back. Link to comment
Travis Posted December 25, 2015 Author Share Posted December 25, 2015 Well since I got my Hanna po4 checker 5 days ago, I can really say that I love this thing. First check was at 0.32 ppm so I went ahead and put in my two small bags of chemi pure blue. I've tested a few times since and this morning it has gone down to 0.14! A little more ways to go but it'll get there. One thing that most people don't think about, at least I didn't, when deciding on an aquarium controller like the Apex is the ability to graph out parameters over time. I've been tracking my phosphates, here is what it looks like. I think that the apex is going to make me a better reefer Link to comment
Pinner Reef Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Improved data tracking makes everyone a better reefkeeper which is why I probably won't get an Apex. I know I'm a lazy ass when it comes to reekeeping and I don't need a computer to tell me so! Looks like you're headed in the right direction tho Link to comment
Travis Posted December 28, 2015 Author Share Posted December 28, 2015 Got the Tunze 9004 skimmer in today. Just! fit. I mean if it was 1/16 wider it wasn't gonna work. Link to comment
JR! Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 always love good pics over a reef tank Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Looks awesome! That stand is totally badass... How much $$ do you think it took to build? Link to comment
Travis Posted December 29, 2015 Author Share Posted December 29, 2015 @JR! Well your tank with the painting your wife did was my inspiration! Lol. @Harry Thanks! The tubing was about $50, the panels maybe $60. Powdercoat, free, but would have costed an easy $50. And the handle latches where $20 each. And the foam pad on top cost me $25 at a local gasket shop. Link to comment
Travis Posted January 3, 2016 Author Share Posted January 3, 2016 So thinking about fish now. I'm really considering doing a damsel only tank. Chrysiptera damsels only. Live aquaria has a big selection of them. I was thinking 5-7 of these guys. What do you all think about that? Seems like everyone under 50g has very similar fishes. Going for something different. Link to comment
Travis Posted January 3, 2016 Author Share Posted January 3, 2016 Decided to do a chrysiptera only tank. Arriving Tuesday ? Link to comment
Travis Posted January 5, 2016 Author Share Posted January 5, 2016 No DOAs ? floating now. Super impressed with the packaging from blue zoo. 3 heat packs and a drip acclimation kit. Small pack of food and some sea hem stress guard! This was my first order with them and I can say without a doubt I would order again! Link to comment
uwdanno Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Really like this idea. Looking forward to seeing that Rollands more. Link to comment
Travis Posted January 5, 2016 Author Share Posted January 5, 2016 Really like this idea. Looking forward to seeing that Rollands more. Yeh I figure since this going to be an SPS tank, these guys would look the most natural as they are all known for swimming through branches of SPS out on the reef. Link to comment
Travis Posted January 7, 2016 Author Share Posted January 7, 2016 Not a bad view from the love seat... Link to comment
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