Crab's 75 Gallon Reef/Dragon/Snake Tank Car Repair Thread

[reacclimating 2 the hobby]

Looking good sir! Wish I could get that kind of extension on my Milli's… I have polyps but not the longer stringy look lol

What did you end up doing on your gyre's? Perhaps I just need to reread this thread

 

[Deiblerj]

Trying to catch up with all the posts! Haha.

New tank looks great!

I’m likely moving to a new place in the near future and am looking into upgrading tanks during the move. Figured it would be a good time since I need to drain the current tank anyways!

Did you have any mini cycles switching tanks with the new sand and new rocks?

Any lessons learned or words of advice?

 

[Crabs McJones]

Trying to catch up with all the posts! Haha.

New tank looks great!

I’m likely moving to a new place in the near future and am looking into upgrading tanks during the move. Figured it would be a good time since I need to drain the current tank anyways!

Did you have any mini cycles switching tanks with the new sand and new rocks?

Any lessons learned or words of advice?

No mini cycles. Everything is settling in great!
Best advice I can give you is to get as many helping hands as possible. I did this with just myself and my brother in law and it was quite the challenge. Also storage bins work great for transporting! I got a couple of them from menards (just make sure they're marked recycleable with a 4 or 5 inside the triangle this indicated food safe) Theyre big enough to spread out your rockwork so corals aren't clashing into each other. Filled them up with rock and just enough water to keep the corals covered. Brother in law grabbed one handle, I grabbed the other, and into the back of the truck they went.

 

[Crabs McJones]

Night time settles on the reef

 

[Peace River]

Night time settles on the reef

Absolutely gorgeous!

 

[RichtheReefer21]

What a great turn u have had recently sir. Well deserved and great karma for all u do for reefing and reefers in general. Hats off to you, and your family.

What a half a year!

 

[jsker]

Just stopping in, congratulation on the and successful tank move. The 75 looks fantastic!!

 

[Crabs McJones]

Just stopping in, congratulation on the and successful tank move. The 75 looks fantastic!!

Thank you Jeffrey it's been an interesting journey. And in the comming months it's hopefully going to get much better as I get in a bunch of high end acros and mille's

 

[vetteguy53081]

Coming along very nicely

 

[Crabs McJones]

One of these days I'm going to go through and catalog all my fish and coral for you guys. Fish may be hard as the little buggers never stop moving to take a picture lol

 

[jsker]

Thank you Jeffrey it's been an interesting journey. And in the comming months it's hopefully going to get much better as I get in a bunch of high end acros and mille's

I will be looking for a Walt Disney

 

[Crabs McJones]

I will be looking for a Walt Disney

Oh it's definitely on the list!

 

[jsker]

Oh it's definitely on the list!

Mine too, and the Tyree pink lemon aid

 

[Crabs McJones]

Mine too, and the Tyree pink lemon aid

We don't talk about the tyree lemonaid. To many sad memories

 

[jsker]

We don't talk about the tyree lemonaid. To many sad memories

yes, I remember. I will keep you in mind when I get one.

 

[Hitman]

Maybe I missed it but what did you end up doing for lighting? Did you reuse your MH

 

[Crabs McJones]

Maybe I missed it but what did you end up doing for lighting? Did you reuse your MH

Nope, I sold the MH. It was a three foot single halide bulb fixture. Wouldnt have been enough for the 75. I ended up going with two AI Hydra 26's and the Aquatic Life T5 hybrid fixture with 4 ATI blue+ bulbs. Been considering throwing a third hydra in there, but not sure if I want to or not.

 

[Barrnone]

What made you decide to drop the 2 actinics for b+? I think you were running 50/50 before if im not mistaken.

 

[n2585722]

Glad to see everything went well with the move. Tank looks great. Congrats!!

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Night time settles on the reef

Looking great, bro!!