Dude! If things keep going okay (highly unlikely), I want to crash the market (joking somewhat). Also, you can't ask a "hobo" for stuff, it doesn't work that way. You just end up being a Greater hobo
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241 Gal peninsula Mixed Reef Build
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thanks! stay tuned!!
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Hey yes! So my current tank has been taking a pretty big hit. Not sure what the heck is happening but I’m losing colonies of acropora that I have been growing for years….
As for the new tank, I am still unable to fill it because I have to wait until may for my house to be tented and fumigated for brown recluse spiders. The house has them bad. But I do have a 44 gallon trash can that is cycling rock for now.
As for physical updates, I have installed my rodi unit and installed a shop sink for all my fish tank maintenance. Very excited to finally have a sink that isn’t my kitchen sink to work with. I put the rodi after the water softener and my softener was regenerating the first time I used my rodi and I destroyed my di resin in seconds. It was crazy… salt was getting in my water lines due to the regenerating and the wasted coming out of my di was very hot.
But I replaced it and made some good water. Probably should replace all of the filters after putting them through a salt bath….
lubeck
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That’s too bad about the colonies. All the parameters look good?Hey yes! So my current tank has been taking a pretty big hit. Not sure what the heck is happening but I’m losing colonies of acropora that I have been growing for years….
As for the new tank, I am still unable to fill it because I have to wait until may for my house to be tented and fumigated for brown recluse spiders. The house has them bad. But I do have a 44 gallon trash can that is cycling rock for now.
As for physical updates, I have installed my rodi unit and installed a shop sink for all my fish tank maintenance. Very excited to finally have a sink that isn’t my kitchen sink to work with. I put the rodi after the water softener and my softener was regenerating the first time I used my rodi and I destroyed my di resin in seconds. It was crazy… salt was getting in my water lines due to the regenerating and the wasted coming out of my di was very hot.
But I replaced it and made some good water. Probably should replace all of the filters after putting them through a salt bath….
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yes nothing out of the norm. I changed the flow of my display and i think that really messed everything up. I finally dosed chemi clean and all my death stopped which is nice. everything is recovering nicely
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I finally have another update! The tank is in place and the cabinets are installed. I am really enjoying the way it turned out.
In addition, I was looking online for two plastic water storage containers and found some but the run like $700 and then you have to pay shipping for each container so the total cost after shipping was around $2800. I ended up posting on Facebook and a guy sent me the contact info of a man who works at the Missouri Botanical Garden who had 3 of these containers the week prior. To my surprises the man responded very fast and sold both of them to me for a total of $100. I feel like that is the best score of the year! i picked them up after work that day.
Things are starting to come together. I still have to wait until May to tent the house for brown recluse spiders. after that i will fill the tank and get it cycling for 3 or so months. after the cycle im going to move my current display tank over to the house and then i will do the panacur-c treatment for blue clove polyps. I want to have the new tank as a backup in case something goes wrong during treatment. then after that i will start transferring coral over.
starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel finally!
In addition, I was looking online for two plastic water storage containers and found some but the run like $700 and then you have to pay shipping for each container so the total cost after shipping was around $2800. I ended up posting on Facebook and a guy sent me the contact info of a man who works at the Missouri Botanical Garden who had 3 of these containers the week prior. To my surprises the man responded very fast and sold both of them to me for a total of $100. I feel like that is the best score of the year! i picked them up after work that day.
Things are starting to come together. I still have to wait until May to tent the house for brown recluse spiders. after that i will fill the tank and get it cycling for 3 or so months. after the cycle im going to move my current display tank over to the house and then i will do the panacur-c treatment for blue clove polyps. I want to have the new tank as a backup in case something goes wrong during treatment. then after that i will start transferring coral over.
starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel finally!
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Looks great! Nice setup. Too bad you can’t get the cycle started while your waiting.I finally have another update! The tank is in place and the cabinets are installed. I am really enjoying the way it turned out.
In addition, I was looking online for two plastic water storage containers and found some but the run like $700 and then you have to pay shipping for each container so the total cost after shipping was around $2800. I ended up posting on Facebook and a guy sent me the contact info of a man who works at the Missouri Botanical Garden who had 3 of these containers the week prior. To my surprises the man responded very fast and sold both of them to me for a total of $100. I feel like that is the best score of the year! i picked them up after work that day.
Things are starting to come together. I still have to wait until May to tent the house for brown recluse spiders. after that i will fill the tank and get it cycling for 3 or so months. after the cycle im going to move my current display tank over to the house and then i will do the panacur-c treatment for blue clove polyps. I want to have the new tank as a backup in case something goes wrong during treatment. then after that i will start transferring coral over.
starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel finally!
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scroll up. I am currently cooking some rock in a brute trash can. going to be doing weekly water changes on that for a while to get the nutrients down. I dont need to test the water as i can see the nutrients. and the water is dark brown... lol
Man, I am inspired by this setup. Going to have to start a fund.I finally have another update! The tank is in place and the cabinets are installed. I am really enjoying the way it turned out.
In addition, I was looking online for two plastic water storage containers and found some but the run like $700 and then you have to pay shipping for each container so the total cost after shipping was around $2800. I ended up posting on Facebook and a guy sent me the contact info of a man who works at the Missouri Botanical Garden who had 3 of these containers the week prior. To my surprises the man responded very fast and sold both of them to me for a total of $100. I feel like that is the best score of the year! i picked them up after work that day.
Things are starting to come together. I still have to wait until May to tent the house for brown recluse spiders. after that i will fill the tank and get it cycling for 3 or so months. after the cycle im going to move my current display tank over to the house and then i will do the panacur-c treatment for blue clove polyps. I want to have the new tank as a backup in case something goes wrong during treatment. then after that i will start transferring coral over.
starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel finally!
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Big update. been slacking on documenting the process but I am slowly getting closer and closer to the end of the tunnel!
Cabinet is now built around the tank. Water change station is almost complete.
In the past months I have bleached and cycled new rock, added sand, filled the tank up 2/3rds with water, and added two onyx percula clownfish. I have lights coming this week and I'm going to build my light mount with 2020. I'm using an ATI Straton in the center and then 4 aquatic life LED fixtures that are waterproof! 48 Leds per fixture and $300. radions were my original plan but i couldnt pass up this deal.
I Just finished the design on my new sump and send the specs to a buddy who will be building it. See Pic below:
More Progress photos:
once i receive the Sump i will plumb my current 90 gallon tank and this 240 gallon tank together. I have all of the plumbing laid out and am very eager to get it going. Once my last travels are over in october i will be moving my current 90 gallon SPS system to the house and then hooking it all up.
This Weekend i am planning to get the main electrical hooked up in the fish room. my plan is to buy a cabinet off of amazon to fit a space 24 in wide and 48 in tall. I am going ot hang the cabinet on the wall and use it as my control board. since it is close to the tank i think drawers are a good idea to protect my devices from water spilling. if anyone has ideas about this i am all ears. definitely brainstorming like crazy trying to find the best solution.
Cant Wait for the setup to be complete!
Cabinet is now built around the tank. Water change station is almost complete.
In the past months I have bleached and cycled new rock, added sand, filled the tank up 2/3rds with water, and added two onyx percula clownfish. I have lights coming this week and I'm going to build my light mount with 2020. I'm using an ATI Straton in the center and then 4 aquatic life LED fixtures that are waterproof! 48 Leds per fixture and $300. radions were my original plan but i couldnt pass up this deal.
I Just finished the design on my new sump and send the specs to a buddy who will be building it. See Pic below:
More Progress photos:
once i receive the Sump i will plumb my current 90 gallon tank and this 240 gallon tank together. I have all of the plumbing laid out and am very eager to get it going. Once my last travels are over in october i will be moving my current 90 gallon SPS system to the house and then hooking it all up.
This Weekend i am planning to get the main electrical hooked up in the fish room. my plan is to buy a cabinet off of amazon to fit a space 24 in wide and 48 in tall. I am going ot hang the cabinet on the wall and use it as my control board. since it is close to the tank i think drawers are a good idea to protect my devices from water spilling. if anyone has ideas about this i am all ears. definitely brainstorming like crazy trying to find the best solution.
Cant Wait for the setup to be complete!
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Lighting Update.
Got my lights installed. still havent adjusted the settings but enjoying them so far. the middle light is an ATI Stratton and the lights on the sides are Aquatic Life XP48 LED (waterproof) Fixtures.
For the frame i used 2020 which was fun to build. and to secure the lights to the 2020 i used that super velcro from home depot. i can lift the entire thing by one light so i dont think the lights will be going anywhere.
Got my lights installed. still havent adjusted the settings but enjoying them so far. the middle light is an ATI Stratton and the lights on the sides are Aquatic Life XP48 LED (waterproof) Fixtures.
For the frame i used 2020 which was fun to build. and to secure the lights to the 2020 i used that super velcro from home depot. i can lift the entire thing by one light so i dont think the lights will be going anywhere.
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Looks great!Lighting Update.
Got my lights installed. still havent adjusted the settings but enjoying them so far. the middle light is an ATI Stratton and the lights on the sides are Aquatic Life XP48 LED (waterproof) Fixtures.
For the frame i used 2020 which was fun to build. and to secure the lights to the 2020 i used that super velcro from home depot. i can lift the entire thing by one light so i dont think the lights will be going anywhere.
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That is one sweet looking tank!Big update. been slacking on documenting the process but I am slowly getting closer and closer to the end of the tunnel!
Cabinet is now built around the tank. Water change station is almost complete.
In the past months I have bleached and cycled new rock, added sand, filled the tank up 2/3rds with water, and added two onyx percula clownfish. I have lights coming this week and I'm going to build my light mount with 2020. I'm using an ATI Straton in the center and then 4 aquatic life LED fixtures that are waterproof! 48 Leds per fixture and $300. radions were my original plan but i couldnt pass up this deal.
I Just finished the design on my new sump and send the specs to a buddy who will be building it. See Pic below:
More Progress photos:
once i receive the Sump i will plumb my current 90 gallon tank and this 240 gallon tank together. I have all of the plumbing laid out and am very eager to get it going. Once my last travels are over in october i will be moving my current 90 gallon SPS system to the house and then hooking it all up.
This Weekend i am planning to get the main electrical hooked up in the fish room. my plan is to buy a cabinet off of amazon to fit a space 24 in wide and 48 in tall. I am going ot hang the cabinet on the wall and use it as my control board. since it is close to the tank i think drawers are a good idea to protect my devices from water spilling. if anyone has ideas about this i am all ears. definitely brainstorming like crazy trying to find the best solution.
Cant Wait for the setup to be complete!
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thank you!!
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thanks! definitely excited to get this sump and plumb it!!
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Sump arrived. Plumbing is in process. Got the drains complete and have some of the return line glued. Been taking my time on this for sure but hoping that will pay off in the end.
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Thanksgiving Update!
With the help of the guy who plumped the entire STL Aquarium, the plumbing has been completed for both the frag and display tanks. I have all of my fish and coral out of my old tank and have them in the new system. need to fill the frag tank tonight and then I will have room in my display to display the corals so they aren't so scrunched. One thing that is kind of crazy is going from a 90 gallon tank to a 241 gallon... I had so much coral that the new tank looks like it is years old. not my original intention but I couldn't just not put my colonies of SPS in the new tank so I just went for it in the new tank.
With the help of the guy who plumped the entire STL Aquarium, the plumbing has been completed for both the frag and display tanks. I have all of my fish and coral out of my old tank and have them in the new system. need to fill the frag tank tonight and then I will have room in my display to display the corals so they aren't so scrunched. One thing that is kind of crazy is going from a 90 gallon tank to a 241 gallon... I had so much coral that the new tank looks like it is years old. not my original intention but I couldn't just not put my colonies of SPS in the new tank so I just went for it in the new tank.
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