300 Mixed Reef Build

[New Wave]

Did bill finish with led already or are those the reefbrites led.
Love all the fish.

thats just the radium MH 250's
but i think bill is going to have my leds finished today :-D and thank you :)

We need a full tank & equipment tour video...

thats a cool idea... ill make one when im mostly finished with the build.. it'll be awesome!

Jeezzz.. did you just dump a mess of fish in that tank.. wow...

nah... it was just about feeding time... they all like to come say hi bout dinner time :)

i flagged u for inaporopriate content on photobucket. i saw naked clowns

glad you noticed them.. they are my FAVS!!!!!

and thank you too... Chris and Tina! :)

and still we build!

 

[1tyme]

need sleep

Man u have been busy. Looking good. Maybe Ill have time to see in person while on the way to or from meeting. Looking forward to it. man I need some sleep. :squigglemouth:

 

[New Wave]

and... im back... :D

 

[New Wave]

so.. for those of you who dont know... i started this build... i was just about finished with it... and finally finished out the framing around the outside of the wall.. and the next think you know.. MRTC ATTACKED ME!!! saying things like... "dude.. your frame sucks!" and "man... thats the most rediculous thing i have ever seen!!!"

that kinda hurt my feeling a little... so i talked with liz about what we should do... and we decided to change houses... there was no way to fix the frame around the tank... and obviously MTRC was not going to let it go... so.. here we are...

i called in the troops and we changed houses...

so we moved... this is the new stand (unfinished of course) in its new location... as you can see.. we've eliminated the frame :)

temporary sump

and finally we got the LEDs up YAY!!!!!

the wiring is a nightmare... ive got to do something about this... but it works for the time being

here is the guilty party... minus one guy who decided to chop off his finger... another guy... who just stopped in for pizza :)

and im sure im forgetting someone.. *chime in :)
and here's where we stand as of now... safe in the new house... everything temporary... but levels and inhabitants are happy

and still we build....

 

[Nate82]

Nice tank, and looks like a nice set up. But cmon, you call that a FTS?!


haha

 

[mrcoffee]

I would like to say that your FRAME IS AWESOME. Please don't move houses again for a while.... Kidding I am liking the new stand once the plumbing is all setup it is pretty sweet. I can't wait to see the rest of the hardware on the stand. I am really interested to see this again as the stand is fully finished out. I know Bill will kill you if you deciede to move again so the rest of us will not have to worry much about that.

 

[Dowtish]

Nice to see that blue glow.

 

[commonstranger]

Hmmmm well someone made a fool of themselves if they said your build work sucks. That person obviously doesnt have two brain cells to rub together. I know in the end your system will rock !! Best of luck Mel.

 

[New Wave]

Apparently the tail spot blenny and the six line wrasse were as excited as we are about having carpet.
RIP my little friends. :cry:

Liz

 

[ToXIc]

omg!! fab up a screen lid..

 

[New Wave]

hey guys... just wanted to pop in and say im sorry i havent been around much... been really busy working... but wanted to let you know that i still find the time to work on the tank... i havent done much of anything on the cosmetics of the setup... but have added some cool stuff...

and a "real" FTS ;)

i still have a ton of work to do on this thing... and i have a lot of coral still to come...

so... still we build!
:)

 

[ToXIc]

damm stocking on overdrive..

 

[Dowtish]

Looking good man. Nice pics too

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[TinaFoster]

Looks great, Mel!

 

[Dowtish]

where are you getting all of the Ricordea?

 

[TinaFoster]

And speaking of ricordea, I have one and I put it up on a rock several times but it gets back onto the sand. Yours are on a rock, Mel. Did you glue them down? They seem to like to move where they want. At least mine does!

 

[New Wave]

thank you... thank you... and thank you ;)
um...far as rics... i had some of them... i got some of them from poolkeeper, tkimmons, and ocd reefer... they were on rocks when i got them... so.. .not sure the secret...
i actually removed about half of them... i had tons! they grow like weeds...

 

[gmoney243]

They should just attach themselves if they are in a low flow area tina. From my experience at leat they will just attach themselves after a day or si if not moved by flow

 

[TinaFoster]

Mine just keeps hopping down into the sand. Hmmm

 

[gmoney243]

Make a cup with some small rocks in it and put a screen lid on it hell have to attach to the rock. One of my rics attached itself in 30 mins but could take cpl days tops