420g turned in 700

[TriggerFinger]

BEFORE

AFTER

Did you sleep in it last night?? It looks like a whole family would fit!! ;Hilarious

 

[Shiggknight]

Did you sleep in it last night?? It looks like a whole family would fit!! ;Hilarious

You could probably have like 3 adults 4 if they lay on their sides haha

 

[CrimsonTide]

The snow sucked. The next morning when I was headed home I counted 6-7 wrecks. I was on highway 26S and don’t move for 45min. The last one I saw was a dually dodge that had a 30ft car trailer and it was on its side.

If I have any advice for people on icy roads beware of bridges. The cold air moving under the bridge and the cold air on top pretty much makes a skating rink.

Good thing I was stationed in Minot ND so I was like a fish in water.

But seriously driving in snow suuuuuuucks.

Yeah it doesn't snow that much over there in TN enough but not too much but thats just 1 more obstacle. In the way of aquascape... I like your idea. I also kinda like the finger branches like the lagoon at WWC. Idk if you've seen there scape. Something like that would give you elevated areas for sticks.

 

[Shiggknight]

Slow going!

 

[fishguy242]

UMM.. slow going LOL..pretty darn fast by my standards..;Wideyed
you called came so quick!!! i can't believe i didn't take you in basement ..my bad,nor did i look at your build either;Facepalm
oh.!!! that lepto could have saved you some money
call me when you get a chance

 

[Epic Aquaculture]

Alright ladies and gentleman. I have many ideas for the aquascape. It will be bare bottom because it will be mostly sps.

Im going to draw up some designed today. If you want to help and show me what you would do. Give me some new inspiration.

one idea- you know how an elks horns or even a moose rack looks. One central island of rock with a branching pattern in every direction. Just an idea.

Kinda like this?

 

[fishguy242]

and stuff "like" this..

sorry @Erin O ,has already licked this one,

 

[Shiggknight]

Kinda like this?

That’s an awesome aquascape but did you see the like 20k worth of xr30s behind it haha

 

[Epic Aquaculture]

That’s an awesome aquascape but did you see the like 20k worth of xr30s behind it haha

Indeed I've seen them since they are mine LOL.

 

[fishguy242]

Hi,how's she coming along,looking for lots of pic's
@4Belgians here she is

 

[Shiggknight]

Still filling up with water probably no pics until I add the salt. I’m going to do a slowmo vid. Check back in a week. In the mean time here are some pics of the growout.

 

[fishguy242]

UH.HUH...yes i want this one ,and that one,wait that one too.. very nice!!!

 

[lpsouth1978]

Slow going!

This is why I have a 400gpd RODI. I only have a 40B, but can fill it up or make enough water for a 100% water change in only a couple of hours.

 

[Shiggknight]

I ordered a 200GPD RO/DI system last night hopefully speed things up a bit.

 

[Shiggknight]

I was also thinking I’ve never seen anyone make a aquascape out of marine pure media. Is there a downside to this? Once your corals grow out you hardly see the rock work anyways.
What do you guys think?

 

[Erin O]

Is it half full yet? Lol

 

[Shiggknight]

Is it half full yet? Lol

Nope an about 8” lol but I have the 200GPD unit on the way and the rock so we will hopefully have a aquascape and water moving next week.

 

[McPuff]

I was also thinking I’ve never seen anyone make a aquascape out of marine pure media. Is there a downside to this? Once your corals grow out you hardly see the rock work anyways.
What do you guys think?

In theory it's a cool idea. In practice it wouldn't work very well as the media is fairly brittle and gets more brittle as it ages. I rinsed out my 4 blocks a couple days ago and there is a huge difference between the 6 year old block and the 1 year old block. Other than that, they are very expensive compared to rock of similar size.

 

[Erin O]

Is Marine Pure the stuff that leaches aluminum or something like that into the water? I thought I had read something about that. I'll see if I can find the thread. Maybe I'm thinking of something else

 

[Epic Aquaculture]

I was also thinking I’ve never seen anyone make a aquascape out of marine pure media. Is there a downside to this? Once your corals grow out you hardly see the rock work anyways.
What do you guys think?

This wouldn't work, as McPuff stated, it becomes very brittle with age. In addition, you actually need to be careful how much bio media you place in the tank or sump, as with these very efficient medias you can end up dropping you nutrients too low and starving your corals. You're much better off having it in the sump so that you can add or remove as needed.