Crab's 40G Breeder Mixed Reef Tank

[naterealbig]

As promised

Whew! Now that's a full tank shot! Colors are outstanding, and nice find on the wrasse.

 

[LUKER]

Hi Crabs,

You may have already answered this but I didn't see it reading the thread. How did you get the water level up to the trim?

I just drilled my breeder for the Eshopps S. Was thinking about adding a piece of acrylic to the the overflow to raise the water level.

 

[Crabs McJones]

Hi Crabs,

You may have already answered this but I didn't see it reading the thread. How did you get the water level up to the trim?

I just drilled my breeder for the Eshopps S. Was thinking about adding a piece of acrylic to the the overflow to raise the water level.

When you drill the tank you have to put the template on the inside of the tank all the way to the top and drill from the inside out. If you put the template on the outside it puts the box to low from the trim and your water line is visible.

 

[LUKER]

I did that. The black box butts right up against the inside trim. Does the water line end up above the bottom of the teeth a bit? This is my first build with an overflow.

 

[LUKER]

 

[Crabs McJones]

That's perfect. Run it Herbie style and you'll be good to go

 

[Crabs McJones]

So, instead of using my gallon jug containers for my 2 part, I found a user selling a brand new DDR for a great price. I really like the fact that I can hook it up to my DOS and it'll monitor how much fluid is left and send me alerts when I get low. Otherwise I have to undo my child proof cabinet to look every time. And who wants to have to do that?

Also some more random shots for your saturday enjoyment
Going to clean up the sump today. I got a new dosing line holder that will hold both dosing lines and my ATO line.

My yellow tail blenny hiding under my Mind Trick Undata. Better use that cave little guy while it's still there, eventually the monti will grow over it and close it off on you

 

[Fudsey]

Tank is looking spectacular ! !

 

[Crabs McJones]

 

[RichtheReefer21]

Yummmmmonti

 

[Crabs McJones]

@Flippers4pups shes gettin bigger!!

 

[Flippers4pups]

@Flippers4pups shes gettin bigger!!

Yes it is! Looks very good!

 

[HexaReef]

Got the same one. Just a baby, but its doubled in size in the last 3 months!

 

[Flippers4pups]

Got the same one. Just a baby, but its doubled in size in the last 3 months!

Looks good too!

 

[HexaReef]

Looks good too!

Mine looks as red as crabs picture, but my camera doesn't do it any Justice. Whats the trick? Lol

 

[Crabs McJones]

Mine looks as red as crabs picture, but my camera doesn't do it any Justice. Whats the trick? Lol

phone camera? What phone?

 

[HexaReef]

phone camera? What phone?

Samsung s7

 

[Crabs McJones]

Samsung s7

Perfect! So if you bring up your camera, swipe to the right to bring up settings, and select pro mode. Leave the first two icons on auto, on the third one choose vivid, and on the fifth one (WB) choose K and slide the bar all the way over to 10,000 try that and tell me what you think

 

[HexaReef]

Perfect! So if you bring up your camera, swipe to the right to bring up settings, and select pro mode. Leave the first two icons on auto, on the third one choose vivid, and on the fifth one (WB) choose K and slide the bar all the way over to 10,000 try that and tell me what you think

Worked awesome. My lights arent as good as yours but the pic turned out way better

 

[HexaReef]

Thanks BTW