4/1/2024 — Current FTS:
ORIGINAL FIRST POST (11/6/2021) below…
*consolidated slightly
Not really a "build" -- more of a recent "tank transfer" with a couple of minor DIYs.
*3 weeks since tank transfer
40 gallon breeder:
-- tank transferred from 37 gallon TALL tank (FOWLR + non-coral inverts run for 6+ months)
-- in otherwise useless nook in the house so no room for sump/refugium below
-- 2 HOB power filters for mechanical filtration,,, nothing more
Lame DIY stuff:
1. Last minute lighting mount (for tank transfer):
- TV wall mount ($13 on Amazon)
- Aluminum angle from garage (other projects) for arms/brackets
- 2x mismatched reef LEDs:
- Kessil A80 Tuna Blue
- Nicrew HyperReef 50W
2. Home-made acrylic lid with center mesh and feeding door — took off after a couple of days when I freaked out about toxicity of sealant I used for bonding acrylic
3. Switched to DIY window screen frame lid with clear mesh
Small bio-load:
- Small clownfish
- Bicolor blenny (((almost committed suicide during transfer,,, but all good now)))
- Chocolate chip starfish ***
- Pink urchin (looks like pincushion)
- Tiger sand conch
- 2 nassarius snails
- 3 margarita snails ***
- 2 blue-legged hermit crabs ***
*** = first inverts, through several (increasing capacity) tank transfers
First pic of new tank:
ORIGINAL FIRST POST (11/6/2021) below…
*consolidated slightly
Not really a "build" -- more of a recent "tank transfer" with a couple of minor DIYs.
*3 weeks since tank transfer
40 gallon breeder:
-- tank transferred from 37 gallon TALL tank (FOWLR + non-coral inverts run for 6+ months)
-- in otherwise useless nook in the house so no room for sump/refugium below
-- 2 HOB power filters for mechanical filtration,,, nothing more
Lame DIY stuff:
1. Last minute lighting mount (for tank transfer):
- TV wall mount ($13 on Amazon)
- Aluminum angle from garage (other projects) for arms/brackets
- 2x mismatched reef LEDs:
- Kessil A80 Tuna Blue
- Nicrew HyperReef 50W
2. Home-made acrylic lid with center mesh and feeding door — took off after a couple of days when I freaked out about toxicity of sealant I used for bonding acrylic
3. Switched to DIY window screen frame lid with clear mesh
Small bio-load:
- Small clownfish
- Bicolor blenny (((almost committed suicide during transfer,,, but all good now)))
- Chocolate chip starfish ***
- Pink urchin (looks like pincushion)
- Tiger sand conch
- 2 nassarius snails
- 3 margarita snails ***
- 2 blue-legged hermit crabs ***
*** = first inverts, through several (increasing capacity) tank transfers
First pic of new tank:
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