Travis Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 WOW, NICE MAN! Your tank went from empty, to full, overnight Do you think that you have enough water flow though? Quote Link to comment
pimpndistress Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 sweet tank man NICE !!!!! Quote Link to comment
Fishfreak218 Posted September 17, 2005 Share Posted September 17, 2005 i have the Aqualight also and i LOVE it....props to coralife....they get a bad rep. but i like them....anyway your tank looks awesome....wish i had a 75g. reef...lol Josh Quote Link to comment
Micro-Reefs Aquariums Posted September 17, 2005 Author Share Posted September 17, 2005 Travis, Take a look at the sand bed in the tank. It's caused by the current of the powerheads. Today is my first day with the lights on so I will be monitoring a lot of stuff, including currents. Thanks for the concern, I appreciate that. Mike Quote Link to comment
reef n ale Posted September 17, 2005 Share Posted September 17, 2005 Wow, instant reef...just add water! Looks great Mike! Rob Quote Link to comment
Snoop Posted September 17, 2005 Share Posted September 17, 2005 shise how much did you spend on coral Quote Link to comment
icenine Posted September 17, 2005 Share Posted September 17, 2005 Now that is gonna be one nice tank. Hey... why no custom job for the canopy? Were you too busy making mine? I can't wait to see what your tank is going to look like in a year or so. Good luck! Quote Link to comment
Cesar Posted September 17, 2005 Share Posted September 17, 2005 GEEZ, that thing is beautiful bro. Congrats. Quote Link to comment
angelfishlover Posted September 17, 2005 Share Posted September 17, 2005 DUDE THAT TANK IS LOOKIN FREAKIN' AWSOME! Quote Link to comment
Micro-Reefs Aquariums Posted September 17, 2005 Author Share Posted September 17, 2005 You guys are the best, Compliments are what keep me striving to do better for my crittters. The pictures are from day one, the tank completed 1 month of cycling before any corals were dropped in. One week earlier I dropped in my sand sifter star and couple hermits and my urchin, all which did well, giving me a green light with the corals today. I will be testing all water parameters tommorrow morning and should hope to see good stable results. My next investment is going to be the phosphate removal from Deltec. Then I'll have to save some to get the calicium reactor. For now it will be a lot of dosing. I'd like to get some more acros, I'm going for some nice blue ones soon. Just want to make sure the tank does well with my stock animals before I add any new corals or critters. I have to be careful I don't add an infected fish etc. A crash would be disater for me. I hope to share my results on stability over the weekend so you guys and gals can compare against my tank your results on your reefs. Thanks again for your compliments. Mike Quote Link to comment
shao-lin nano Posted September 17, 2005 Share Posted September 17, 2005 I have to agree with everyone else on this...that tank is looking good. It's good to see you not cutting any corners on procedure or equipment. Quote Link to comment
Micro-Reefs Aquariums Posted September 17, 2005 Author Share Posted September 17, 2005 Yeah Shao, I learned a lot of lessons on my cubes. With this tank it's been exactly one month of patience. My water is crystal clear and everything is looking good. Water temp is finally just 77 degrees always. You don't know what that means to me, because I had a hard time on th cubes untill my ICA came in. But even with my ICA my temps were held at bay in the middle 80's which always kept me on the edge. I wish there were a really good chiller for those cubes, someone would make a killing on them; cubes owners need constant temps or they will lose expensive corals; I for one lost rare yumas. So how is your tank? Any new additions or any new pics on the tank? Mike Quote Link to comment
EclipseAgent Posted September 17, 2005 Share Posted September 17, 2005 What part of the SF Bay Area are you so I know which tank to steal JK. I am going to all about fish this weekend to hopefully pick up some rocks (hopefully you didn't take it all). Tank is looking awesome. I love the picture with the reflection in the table (which the seats look cool). Keep up the good work. Quote Link to comment
Micro-Reefs Aquariums Posted September 19, 2005 Author Share Posted September 19, 2005 After much pondering, about what type of moonlight to get, I went with the coralife one watt moonlight. It was between the R-2 solutions moonlight and the coralife. Because I wanted to penetrate deeper into the tank I went with the coralife. Also it benefits me because it can be slide into my existing coralife fixture. The R-2 moonlight would have had to be clued on to the fixture which I wanted to avoid. The R-2 would've given me a larger spread but I wanted more depth. I have greatest flexiblity with the coralife since I can place on the front or back track of the fixture and arm has complete mobility. So I went with two, one on each side. I took several pics for you guys and gals to enjoy. To control the two moonlights, I pulled out two digital timers by timex and put them on a surge protector. Mike Quote Link to comment
Nanomaniac Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 Wow the moonlights are awesome Mike. Quote Link to comment
NeonDottyback Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 Really awesome job on the set up!!! Nice and clean with the plumbing. The placement of the corals looks good, lots of color mixed around. Quote Link to comment
angelfishlover Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 Man your tank is awesome! Quote Link to comment
reef n ale Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 Hey Mike, looking good! I couldn't help but notice that your plumbing shows NO blue/purple primer "mess" anywhere. How did you do that so neatly? Did you just use pvc cement with no primer? Rob Quote Link to comment
Micro-Reefs Aquariums Posted September 19, 2005 Author Share Posted September 19, 2005 Reef, Because I'm a neat freak, I asked at Home Depot if I could just use the grey PVC cement and not the blue stuff. I told him that it was for an aquarium setup and that it would be under some pressure. He assured me that I could just use the grey cement, and I was happy because grey and black match, how silly but that's just me. On a better note, when I had the accident with the PVC cement on the carpet, I'm glad it wasn't blue because the grey is still deep in the fibers but it doesn't show as much as the blue would've. Oh yeah, my plumbing looks cleaner too than the blue just like you mentioned. Mike Quote Link to comment
afiser Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 Originally posted by mikeguerrero all i can say is...OMG you have done the greatest lol great job Quote Link to comment
Micro-Reefs Aquariums Posted September 23, 2005 Author Share Posted September 23, 2005 Thanks Afiser, Your vote definitely counts because you represent the young generation and you know what, I want to be considered hip and cool.... LOL thanks for your comments. Mike Quote Link to comment
SeanB Posted September 25, 2005 Share Posted September 25, 2005 Hey Mike, one of my friends down here in Houston has gone through two of the 72 gal Oceanic bowfronts which both developed leaks. Oceanic stood behind the product, but that didn't do anything to dry his carpet. I don't know if this is an ongoing problem, but just in case, you may want to consider one of those water alarms. His problems ocurred a while back so hopefully if it was any type of design issue, it has already been resolved. Looks great btw! Quote Link to comment
scottj2 Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 Hey Mike, I just read your whole thread, and I've gotta tell ya...I'm seriously impressed! It looks great man, keep it up!! Quote Link to comment
Micro-Reefs Aquariums Posted October 6, 2005 Author Share Posted October 6, 2005 Well you guys wanted updates here you are, Looks like I've been having some fun with my two knew little toys. I adopted two new kids to my oceanic filtration family; the Deltec PF 509 Calcium reactor and the Deltec FR 509 Phosphate reactor. I started by finding some small bricks from Home Depot that would elevate my two kids high enough that they could stare at there big father the AP 600 Deltec Skimmer on the other side. I took several pictures in sequence to show my progress. The Phosphate reactor is fully connected via a Maxi-jet 900 pump and my Calcium reactor is awaiting a special nano CO2 container that I ordered so I can incorporate it into the cabinet. I have no more space in here and feel I have really taken advantage of prime real estate. Since I come from a nano background; my last two tanks were the JBJ cubes, my building skills were really tested on this project. I hope all you guys enjoy my pics; a special thanks goes out to Doug at reefcentral for guiding me through the plumbing and my buddies at nanotank for their recommendations on the correct CO2 container to use on this project. Mike Quote Link to comment
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.