Tamberav Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Stock: Fish: Bluestar leopard wrasse Fathead Anthia Coris Wrasse Bundoon Blenny Pearly Jawfish Inverts: 2 Sexy Shrimp Blue Coral Banded Shrimp Rock Flower Anenomes LPS: Toxic gonistrea Freak Hair Bi-Color Hammer Green and purple tip frogspawn Red and green blastomussa Maze Brain Coral Red Acan Dragon Soul Favia Yellow Submarine Favia Facination Favia Dayglow Favia 24k Lepto Orange Plate Green Plate Unknown Cyphastrea Unknown Favia Red goniopora Encrusting Hynophora Soft Corals: Tyree Toadstool AquaSD Spitfire Zoa Rasta Zoa Magician Paly Green Grandis Paly Purple Death Paly Utter Chaos Paly Armor of God Paly Bam Bam Zoas King Midas Zoa Unknown Zoa Ring of Fire Zoa Orange Yuma Mushroom Green Rhodactis Mushroom Blue Speckled Mushroom 13 1 Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted March 20, 2018 Author Share Posted March 20, 2018 It's here! But I have to go run some errands.... 8 Quote Link to comment
ChristopherDido Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Nice! Looks like we'll be building at same time. Following. 1 Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 Got home late but got a little work done on the tank project. Cats are convinced people buy big things so we get big boxes... 4 6 Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 This is the stand... I think it is an older style JBJ stand. It's not perfect but we have some furniture rules... 1. No furniture that is so expensive we would feel bad donating it - my husband finishes school in two years and we don't know where we will move for his residency. He wants it so we can get rid of most of our furniture just in case it is far. 2. My rule: Avoid particle board! When I was fresh into college I got the cheap college furniture and it left a bad taste.... Now I shop used furniture and Craiglist for steals and deals on real wood items. I bought a precut 2x2 foot board for the top as the stand is made for an edged tank and is hollow in the middle. The board is smaller than the top but should blend in okay enough once painted. I don't have tools to cut one to proper size and didn't want to risk the free rough cuts the store does. Also saw some precut boards that were perfect to reinforce the back of the stand. I have no doubts this can hold the tank as it was made for one much larger but it just really annoyed me that they didn't brace all sides.... I don't know why.. I got a coat of primer on the top to dry overnight and will touch up the stand with black paint. Also here is Onyx inspecting and testing out the new tank 4 Quote Link to comment
CarolinaShoreReef Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 I'm in! Look forward to watching this grow!! 1 Quote Link to comment
kimberbee Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Your kitty makes the tank look tiny! 2 Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted March 22, 2018 Author Share Posted March 22, 2018 Nothing like watching paint dry.... Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted March 27, 2018 Author Share Posted March 27, 2018 Progress is being made... slowly... I worked a lot last week and work a lot this week too! I have a sicce pump that should be here later in the week. Slowly gathering the supplies. I was going to put together and paint a light hanger today but it was raining... 2018-03-23_07-46-02 by Tana Jahangier, on Flickr 4 Quote Link to comment
CarolinaShoreReef Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 6 hours ago, Tamberav said: Progress is being made... slowly... I worked a lot last week and work a lot this week too! I have a sicce pump that should be here later in the week. Slowly gathering the supplies. I was going to put together and paint a light hanger today but it was raining... 2018-03-23_07-46-02 by Tana Jahangier, on Flickr Do you know if I had the gfo reactor working properly? I see that you have one too. I’m looking forward to seeing your tank get wet! Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted April 9, 2018 Author Share Posted April 9, 2018 Trying to get tank wet... cat thinks it is her pool.... On 3/27/2018 at 7:11 AM, CarolinaShoreReef said: Do you know if I had the gfo reactor working properly? I see that you have one too. I’m looking forward to seeing your tank get wet! Missed this message, I haven't even tried to set it up yet. May not use it unless I need it. 5 1 Quote Link to comment
CarolinaShoreReef Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 1 hour ago, Tamberav said: Trying to get tank wet... cat thinks it is her pool.... Missed this message, I haven't even tried to set it up yet. May not use it unless I need it. I found that I didn’t need it. All a function of how much you feed/ do water changes I guess. Quote Link to comment
Segalplayer Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 On 3/27/2018 at 5:11 AM, CarolinaShoreReef said: Do you know if I had the gfo reactor working properly? I see that you have one too. I’m looking forward to seeing your tank get wet! Ran one with carbon, then changed to purigen, then switched to chemipure. Now I no longer have it in the tank lol. 1 Quote Link to comment
CarolinaShoreReef Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 1 hour ago, Segalplayer said: Ran one with carbon, then changed to purigen, then switched to chemipure. Now I no longer have it in the tank lol. Lol same here. Quote Link to comment
teenyreef Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Me too. I have two reactors sitting in the great big box of everything fishy. @Tamberav is your cat going to let you fill the tank all the way up? Or is it being converted to permanent swimming pool status? 1 Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted April 10, 2018 Author Share Posted April 10, 2018 22 minutes ago, teenyreef said: Me too. I have two reactors sitting in the great big box of everything fishy. @Tamberav is your cat going to let you fill the tank all the way up? Or is it being converted to permanent swimming pool status? Lol! I kept having to remove her. She should stay mostly out once it is full, mixing up more water right now. I am going to have to come up with a decent top. 2 Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted May 3, 2018 Author Share Posted May 3, 2018 Okay so corals and algae added last night. Stuff starting to open.... Sand bed a mess of zoas atm. Some bad cell pics to share where I am at now. Tank is going to be macroalgae... A few favorite corals... Some left over frags I have from previous tanks... and a bunch of freebies I have acquired. It will end up as a hodge podge of stuff. Will pass on freebies to other hobbiests to make room as we go. 4 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 22 minutes ago, Tamberav said: Okay so corals and algae added last night. Stuff starting to open.... Sand bed a mess of zoas atm. Some bad cell pics to share where I am at now. Tank is going to be macroalgae... A few favorite corals... Some left over frags I have from previous tanks... and a bunch of freebies I have acquired. It will end up as a hodge podge of stuff. Will pass on freebies to other hobbiests to make room as we go. That leather is ginormous. 😲 Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted May 3, 2018 Author Share Posted May 3, 2018 Just now, micoastreefing said: That leather is ginormous. 😲 yeah it is a beasty! It's supposed to be fiji yellow but I got it off a guy who's tank was on hard times and it was all browned out and had some rotting areas. It healed up and started to turn yellow again but then my macroalgae in the 10g went crazy and blocked out the 'sun' and it browned up again. Should be nice once I can get it back to yellow. Can see 'hints' of color starting to show in this pic. 2018-04-03_03-57-18 by Tana Jahangier, on Flickr 3 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 6 minutes ago, Tamberav said: yeah it is a beasty! It's supposed to be fiji yellow but I got it off a guy who's tank was on hard times and it was all browned out and had some rotting areas. It healed up and started to turn yellow again but then my macroalgae in the 10g went crazy and blocked out the 'sun' and it browned up again. Should be nice once I can get it back to yellow. Can see 'hints' of color starting to show in this pic. 2018-04-03_03-57-18 by Tana Jahangier, on Flickr Nice, still trying to get my Fiji yellow to color up too. Mine has even less hint of yellow than yours, hahaha. Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted May 10, 2018 Author Share Posted May 10, 2018 Top down from last night. top25 by Tana Jahangier, on Flickr 7 2 Quote Link to comment
kuyamark Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 tank is looking good ! 1 Quote Link to comment
CarolinaShoreReef Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 On 5/10/2018 at 12:27 PM, Tamberav said: Top down from last night. top25 by Tana Jahangier, on Flickr Looking awesome!!! 1 Quote Link to comment
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