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10 hours ago, HM3105 said:

Yeah I don't love the boulders I ended up with ..


Get a chisel, hammer, and start de-boulderizing!

Or less strategic, drop them on concrete from hip height or higher.

Either way...

Build looks fantastic so far!

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You have pukani that shit isn't boulders.........make them look good and have some interesting pieces in there........

 

I thought you were going for some big pieces?

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21 minutes ago, spectra said:

You have pukani that shit isn't boulders.........make them look good and have some interesting pieces in there........

 

I thought you were going for some big pieces?

 

This is Pukani, you're looking at nearly everything in the box i was sent. I'm not sure if I ordered regular or jumbo though.

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20 minutes ago, HM3105 said:

 

This is Pukani, you're looking at nearly everything in the box i was sent. I'm not sure if I ordered regular or jumbo though.

 

Well you got screwed then.......how much did you order?

 

You saw the scape in my tank and I ordered 35lbs I think and asked for the biggest stuff they had. I got a box with 3 or 4 rocks in it..........

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40 minutes ago, spectra said:

 

Well you got screwed then.......how much did you order?

 

You saw the scape in my tank and I ordered 35lbs I think and asked for the biggest stuff they had. I got a box with 3 or 4 rocks in it..........

40 lbs, I think I ordered the jumbo stuff. Each of those pieces are pretty huge I might still break it up but for now I'm content to let it sit. 

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22 minutes ago, HM3105 said:

This is all @spectra fault. 

 

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Hell yeah! Now that looks much better.........

 

I am thinking of ways to add a little more rock to mine. I am running out of coral space.........

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Just now, spectra said:

 

Hell yeah! Now that looks much better.........

 

I am thinking of ways to add a little more rock to mine. I am running out of coral space.........

 

That is my biggest worry. I actually ended up just removing the 10 lbs tonga branch I had. This has a little room left so maybe I should buy another 10 lbs from BRS...

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I like the pukani much better than the branch rock.

 

I at least have rock in my sump so if I need more I will steal some from there. It has coralline all over it also so at least it will match.

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So, tossed in a couple of cubes of food and a silverside last week. Ammonia is 0 but nitrates are pretty sky high. Excellent. I'm pretty sure I see algae developing too. Feels like it is time to start the fuge.

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How about an update for a @jack1978 style slow build.

 

The final scape, the water is clear so now you can see it better. Waterweld coming soon.

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The stand is in progress but here is a sneak peek.

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Also, I thought reef flakes weren't supposed to blow around!!

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Do you all like my cable management? Seems safe...

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The sump is online, with the fuge cooking and pull nitrates (I hope)

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Lights to come in a week I hope..Drsfosterorder.JPG.c562dab4bb4a5308ba1ad7bcef7391b3.JPG

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That's all for now, perhaps I'll be able to move this along at a @spectra pace soon!

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6 minutes ago, HarryPotter said:

 

No plug pests! Break those acros off and glue them to the rock xD

 

One time I agree with Hairball :eek:  :lol: yeah no plugs in the tank..................I have pulled 90% of my corals off of the plugs. Some were just to overgrown to get off so just cut the stem off and then glued them down. Those were all zoas though so not a big deal to me. Oh also have a few encrusting montis that well are not coming off the plug.....
 

 

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14 minutes ago, HarryPotter said:

 

No plug pests! Break those acros off and glue them to the rock xD

 

6 minutes ago, spectra said:

 

One time I agree with Hairball :eek:  :lol: yeah no plugs in the tank..................I have pulled 90% of my corals off of the plugs. Some were just to overgrown to get off so just cut the stem off and then glued them down. Those were all zoas though so not a big deal to me. Oh also have a few encrusting montis that well are not coming off the plug.....
 

Thanks, that is what I have been doing. If I'm able to remove the frag from the plug I do. All plugs are being added to the rock with Waterweld so the entire plug is being covered up to the coral flesh.

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