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1 hour ago, asting said:

What is your main tank?

My main is a 200 gallon

second is the 160 gallon 

third is the 80 gallon frag system 

I have two more builds coming down the pipes lol

 

hi, I have multiple tank syndrome.

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1 hour ago, Tigahboy said:

That's a perfect ATO container!

Thanks 🙏 

im not happy with it, I accidentally overflowed the seam on the lid and made a slight mess on top. Can’t see it unless you run your hand across it..also I should’ve got something etched on the sides. It would’ve “glowed” or had more fluorescence kick to it. I can always make another 😂 

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Just now, Tigahboy said:

O.M.G.  That dino head is amazing!  Like do you really want to muck up all this amazing acrylic work with real coral???  LOL.  

Thanks! 🙏

 

Lol 😂 I know I’m kind of tempted to do an all acrylic coral tank. But that would be very tedious, and consume a lot of my time 😩

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I’m going to let that sink in, for a bit 

 

@asting I got you covered, I’ll probably use a different carrier next time.

 

ok should I update?

 wait I’ll do a FFS first to see what y'all think

 

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Ok now no more joking 🙃 

i want to thank my friends at www.corallivore.com for sponsoring my build. They really came through with flying colors

 

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got the ato lid made nice logo right? 😂 

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So onto the good stuff!

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will be great not having bubbles in the tank when I get home from work.

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tiny pumps!

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Siphon break!

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I got this puppy setup I think I’m going to do daily WC and have it pull “fresh” water from the 160. 🤤way awesome. Ole lady was like you better not have bought that!(as she is vigorously scrolling through bank statements)  

 

Also I was given some brightwell bio cubes that I had in my sump since the beginning discussion of the contest. Which helped the cycle tremendously. It was literally like a day or so a “mini cycle”

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All of the rock and sand that is in the tank has been sitting in my sump of the 200g for about a year after my exwife accident

 

the aquascape i used my diamond band saw to cut the rocks into small slabs very much like how TLF Stax.

here is a FTS (4/27/19)

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First intentional inhabitant:

tiger pistol shrimp: “Pew pew” he decided to take residence in the front left corner.. I was so happy 😃 

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Second inhabitant (unintentional)

must be a Bristle worm or I think pew pew is happy to see me. 🤣

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Third inhabitant  (unintentional)

majano anemones 

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Pew pew steals frag plugs for his back corner summer home

 

ok now onto the good stuff what everyone wants to see....CORAL!

 

These were all given to me as a test to see which grows the fastest

 

coral list:

 

orange Florida Yuma

eagle eye zoanthid

white zombie zoanthid 

Rasta zoanthid 

kedds red zoanthid 

bam bam zoanthid

armor of god zoanthid

nuclear green zoanthid

green palythoa grandis

mystic sunset monti

teal discosoma

blue discosoma

blue spot discosoma

red discosoma

rainbow ricordia 

reverse rainbow ricordia 

green nepthea finger leather

crown leather 

cespitularia

pulsing xenia

Green star polyp

Greenflame tip clove polyp 

 

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1 minute ago, Tigahboy said:

Hole mole!  This tank went from empty to fully stocked in 2.5 seconds!  And that ATO container is 🔥🔥!

Apparently I have more to come!

im just glad I already had the biological ready. Plus I used dirty water from the 160. Probably helped too. 

 

Thanks 🙏 I’m probably going to change the trap door on the lid I don’t know how I feel about the mirror acrylic

 

 

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6 minutes ago, 748S911 said:

Wao!!! Thats awesome ato and everything else corals are amazing too. Great work!!!

Thanks 🙏 

it's  funny that it holds more water than the tank it’s supplying 😂 

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8 hours ago, 748S911 said:

How many water changes can u do with that awc? Like 3 or more times a week? 

I can have it setup to do daily WC if I wanted. I would have to put the HOB on a timer so it wouldn’t run dry during that time. The waste and fresh lines would pull and release into the 160 sump. 🤔

i May set that up in the next couple weeks.

7 hours ago, seabass said:

Whoaaa.

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25 minutes ago, 748S911 said:

Sweetness.. soo cool! 

I’ll have to figure out a place for the pump to draw water from v2.501

there isn’t much room to play with

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Let’s take a step back and wait for things to settle down.. I know other contestants are rushing to get stuff done, while I’m walking down easy street 😝 

 

 

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