coralreef2008
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| | 01/01/08 at 09:39 AM | Reply with quote | #31 |
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Thanks, if you keep a checkin on my thread in beginners you will see I will have 3 tanks to fill with rock. I have some dead corals now but dang it if in my searching I have found most of them live lol. I may try to take them all back to LFS for store credit or something (they will bleach and re-sell). Well I have 10 lbs of Tonga fusion sitting in the empty 30 gal, I have not been able to find any rock I like around here so have not purchased any but these 2 pieces so far. At 1 LFS rock is $5.00 lb but the place U bought this was $6.99 lb, I told owners mom, (small store) it was cheaper at other store she gave me any rock I wanted $5 lb, so I got 2 for the price of one, guess I lucked out a little.
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55 Gal FOWLR
1-30 Gal quarentine tank
1-30 Gal prop tank
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Kannin
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| | 01/02/08 at 07:43 PM | Reply with quote | #32 |
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I worked on it over the holidays but, didn't get it pumping water like I had hoped. Word to the wise... Don't let your wife catch you installing electrical stuff in your stand when your are supposed to be spending Chrismas Eve with the family. I didn't even bother working on it on Chrismas after the silent treatment I got the night before.
Here's the sump...
Here's the MH Ballasts...
Here's the light test...
The outside fixtures are bluer than the middle one.
Here's the RODI unit under the laundry room sink... Wife not happy.
No more buying water 10 gallons at a time.
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mikejones
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| | 01/04/08 at 09:16 PM | Reply with quote | #33 |
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Hey kannin are you going to bulid a canopy for your setup or just gonna keep it that way? can't wait to see it running. btw You are doing a great job man keep up the good work ohh!! and keep us apdated.....
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Kannin
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| | 01/05/08 at 12:15 AM | Reply with quote | #34 |
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Thanks Mike. Yeah... I'll build a canopy but, I'll wait until everything is up and running and I' ready to install the supplemental t5's. |
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jessef2502
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| | 01/05/08 at 10:55 PM | Reply with quote | #35 |
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this is a great thread! i should of done what you did and posted everything in my set up step by step in a thread with pictures. I get a kick watching someone else putting an aquarium together, it keeps me loving the hobby.. anyway man congrats keep up the great work. Really exited for you!
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14 Green Chromis
2 True Percula Clown Fish
Diamond Goby
Mandarin Goby
Dispar Anthias
Powder Blue Tang
Blue Regal Tang
Yellow Tang
Rose Bubble Tip Anemone
Large Red Linckia Star Fish
2 Cleaner Shrimp
10 Turbo Snails
10 Bumble Bee Snails
14 Red Leg Hermits
Electric Blue Hermit
4 Emerald Crabs
4 Assorted Zoanthid Colonies (100+ polyps each)
Purple Mushroom Colony
Green Mushroom Colony
6in. Crocea Clam
Purple Tip Frogspawn
Green Hammer Coral
Elegance Coral
Colt Coral
White Pink leather Coral?
Green Star Polyps?
Fox Coral
Green Candy Cane Coral
Open Brain Coral
Green Bubble Coral
Bali Sea Fan
Red Coco Worm
Green Pavona
Green Apple Montipora Cap
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Kannin
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| | 01/07/08 at 05:15 PM | Reply with quote | #36 |
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I filled the tank yesterday with tap water to do my leak test. After some early success... it all went to $%^&!!! 5 or 6 leaks. 1 real big one that turned out to be a missing gasket in my union leading from my sump, 1 medium leak from a bulkhead and 4 little leaks from the "T's" in my closed loop manifold...
Just started...
Setting the mood...
Closed loop getting fired up...
She's full...
Disaster strikes...
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Kannin
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| | 01/07/08 at 05:18 PM | Reply with quote | #37 |
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I caught the water in time. Only 4 or 5 towels got wet and my pride got a little bruised. I'm just hoping I can repair it w/o having to completely rebuild the plumbing.
I was told that very small leaks can sealup with salt water.
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kimber
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| | 01/10/08 at 08:30 PM | Reply with quote | #38 |
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Good for that, now that its stopped snowing for a few days out here, I hope you can get everything fixed, and up and running
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EagleEyez5
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| | 01/12/08 at 11:25 PM | Reply with quote | #39 |
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hey it looks great, Where are you located?
I read about your rock purchasing......Out here in Utah, we go out to the salt flat area, and collect Lake Bonneville Tuffa Rock, It is a calcium carbonate....or in other words, the Lake Bonneville reef rock......all you have to do is pressure wash it, and soak it, the repeat the process untill it is clean.......then put it in a tank mixed with live rock, and the bacteria quickly spreads, and soon it is all live..... If someone is going to spend $300 on rock, and lives within driving distance, you should stop in and I will take you out to the collection areas.....all you need is a sledge hammer and a truck.....I have both......oh and it is on BLM land so you can only take 200lbs at a time.....there is also calcium carbonate sand out there that just has to be washed and then seeded with live sand......around here, the live rock at the lfs is only $3-$4 per lbs because of all this....
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300 gal w/ 200 gal sump/refuge/frag system...mixed reef
54 gal bow/corner 'empty'
55 gal quarantine tank
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Kannin
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| | 01/13/08 at 12:27 AM | Reply with quote | #40 |
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Wow!!! I'm in Seattle... and if gas wasn't $17.50 a gallon, (which is still less that Starbucks seels coffee for)... it might be worht driving down there.
I got 182 lbs of Marco Rocks for about 400 bucks. Wait til you see what I'm doing with it.
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| | 01/13/08 at 01:22 PM | Reply with quote | #41 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by KanninWow!!! I'm in Seattle... and if gas wasn't $17.50 a gallon, (which is still less that Starbucks seels coffee for)... it might be worht driving down there.  WOW!! Are you for reals that is the price on gas in Seattle or you are just joking. |
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| | 01/13/08 at 06:27 PM | Reply with quote | #42 |
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No... my car takes premium and I think it's about $3.50. |
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| | 01/13/08 at 06:57 PM | Reply with quote | #43 |
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you should take the ferry across the water to kingston/silverdale and stock up on gas at $3.11 and come to my local LFS where even his nice rosk is only about $8 per lb, his fiji is like $6,,, but hes got some huge gorgeous pieces.
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| | 01/14/08 at 01:49 PM | Reply with quote | #44 |
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my LFS sells Fiji rock for 2.00-3.00 a pound..
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6 line grouper,, dogface puffer,snowflake eel,and wolf eel
100 lbs of live rock
28 gallon Bio Cube
25 lbs live rock
20 lbs live sand
2 maroon clown
bunch of hermit crabs
2 turbo snails
10 bumble bee snails
3 Nassarius Snail
Mushroom rock green/brown
Frog spawn coral
Hairy green mushrooms
coco worm
feather duster
foxglove coral
numerous polyps
Coral banded shrimp
Watch man goby
Strange white spotted Goby
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| | 01/14/08 at 08:17 PM | Reply with quote | #45 |
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yeah, but Cali is a bit of a drive to save $3 per pound, lol
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mushrooms, mushrooms and more mushrooms!! |
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Kannin
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| | 01/16/08 at 09:15 AM | Reply with quote | #46 |
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64 gallons of storage capicity for my RODI in the garage...
Still have to install pumps and valves to make it more convenient.
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| | 01/20/08 at 02:15 PM | Reply with quote | #47 |
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Hey Kannin do you have any updates (with pics  )for us.
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coralreef2008
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| | 01/20/08 at 08:41 PM | Reply with quote | #48 |
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Can't wait to see more pics and also see what you did with the rock!
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55 Gal FOWLR
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| | 01/21/08 at 12:18 PM | Reply with quote | #49 |
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this is true hahaha
Quote: Originally Posted by kimberyeah, but Cali is a bit of a drive to save $3 per pound, lol
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170 gallon fish only with live rock
6 line grouper,, dogface puffer,snowflake eel,and wolf eel
100 lbs of live rock
28 gallon Bio Cube
25 lbs live rock
20 lbs live sand
2 maroon clown
bunch of hermit crabs
2 turbo snails
10 bumble bee snails
3 Nassarius Snail
Mushroom rock green/brown
Frog spawn coral
Hairy green mushrooms
coco worm
feather duster
foxglove coral
numerous polyps
Coral banded shrimp
Watch man goby
Strange white spotted Goby
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Kannin
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| | 01/21/08 at 05:38 PM | Reply with quote | #50 |
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I finally got the reef installed in the tank last night...
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coralreef2008
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| | 01/21/08 at 06:28 PM | Reply with quote | #51 |
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WOW!!! That really looks nice
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| | 01/21/08 at 07:54 PM | Reply with quote | #52 |
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WOW that is some great aquascaping! your a freekin artist man!
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- 100gal. Reef Tank/
14 Green Chromis
2 True Percula Clown Fish
Diamond Goby
Mandarin Goby
Dispar Anthias
Powder Blue Tang
Blue Regal Tang
Yellow Tang
Rose Bubble Tip Anemone
Large Red Linckia Star Fish
2 Cleaner Shrimp
10 Turbo Snails
10 Bumble Bee Snails
14 Red Leg Hermits
Electric Blue Hermit
4 Emerald Crabs
4 Assorted Zoanthid Colonies (100+ polyps each)
Purple Mushroom Colony
Green Mushroom Colony
6in. Crocea Clam
Purple Tip Frogspawn
Green Hammer Coral
Elegance Coral
Colt Coral
White Pink leather Coral?
Green Star Polyps?
Fox Coral
Green Candy Cane Coral
Open Brain Coral
Green Bubble Coral
Bali Sea Fan
Red Coco Worm
Green Pavona
Green Apple Montipora Cap
Birdsnest coral |
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| | 01/21/08 at 09:29 PM | Reply with quote | #53 |
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How the F did you do that on your back wall? Thats amazazing!! Keep up the GREAT work
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-37 gal. reef tank
-Ultra Reef lighting w/ dual 150w HQI. Bulbs are 20k Cal Reefs
-1 purple tube anenome
-1 branching grape/frogspawn corals
-assorted mushrooms
-assorted zoas
-1 long tentacle enenome
-1 brown acropora (brown w/ white polyps)
-green millepora
-big colony of xenia
-chili coral
-long polyp toadstool
-black and white percula clown
-School of blue green chromis
-big ol' carpet anemone
-long spined urchin
-lots of things that look great but dont know what they are
-lots of money for sure
100 gal. freshwater mono argentus species tank (6)
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Kannin
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| | 01/21/08 at 11:39 PM | Reply with quote | #54 |
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I started by constucting a rigid structure from eggcrate...
Then I zip-tied 150 lbs of Marco Rocks to it... (If I never see another zip tie, it will be too soon)...
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Kannin
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| | 01/21/08 at 11:44 PM | Reply with quote | #55 |
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Then I filled in the gaps with Great Stuff insulating spray foam... Prior to this, I was a little worried because the whole structure seems very shakey but the foam really tightened it up...
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Kannin
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| | 01/21/08 at 11:49 PM | Reply with quote | #56 |
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Then I moved into the house and started to brush on an epoxy finishing resin and coating the foam with sand and crushed coral...
Then I moved it into the tank and broke both pillars off and found out that it was too big. "Measure twice, cut once!" Right?
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Kannin
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| | 01/21/08 at 11:51 PM | Reply with quote | #57 |
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Here's the view from the right end...
Left end...
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coralreef2008
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| | 01/22/08 at 06:23 AM | Reply with quote | #58 |
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That is really AWESOME!!! I can't wait to see more pics and what you put in it.
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55 Gal FOWLR
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That really is amazing. so theres no risk of any kind of contamination with the brush on epoxy or Best Stuff? I assume both cure chemically neutral.
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-37 gal. reef tank
-Ultra Reef lighting w/ dual 150w HQI. Bulbs are 20k Cal Reefs
-1 purple tube anenome
-1 branching grape/frogspawn corals
-assorted mushrooms
-assorted zoas
-1 long tentacle enenome
-1 brown acropora (brown w/ white polyps)
-green millepora
-big colony of xenia
-chili coral
-long polyp toadstool
-black and white percula clown
-School of blue green chromis
-big ol' carpet anemone
-long spined urchin
-lots of things that look great but dont know what they are
-lots of money for sure
100 gal. freshwater mono argentus species tank (6)
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emerald78
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What are the 3 holes on the back of your tank for? I see that it has dual spillways on the back, but in the pic below, it doesnt seem that anything goes to those 3 holes. Return lines? 
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-37 gal. reef tank
-Ultra Reef lighting w/ dual 150w HQI. Bulbs are 20k Cal Reefs
-1 purple tube anenome
-1 branching grape/frogspawn corals
-assorted mushrooms
-assorted zoas
-1 long tentacle enenome
-1 brown acropora (brown w/ white polyps)
-green millepora
-big colony of xenia
-chili coral
-long polyp toadstool
-black and white percula clown
-School of blue green chromis
-big ol' carpet anemone
-long spined urchin
-lots of things that look great but dont know what they are
-lots of money for sure
100 gal. freshwater mono argentus species tank (6)
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