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

[Dolelo96]

It's been fun, but it's time to say goodbye

 

[MTBake]

What's the plan going forward? Did you hold on to any live stock?

 

[MTBake]

Really curious to be honest. I've been contemplating tearing my tank apart as well. Been fighting dinos for the better part of 14 months. Here's where I am today,

 

[Raege]

It's been fun, but it's time to say goodbye

This is saddest picture I’ve seen on R2R ;Sorry

 

[Katrina71]

Please tell me this is just a short break?

 

[Crabs McJones]

Ok, its confession time. The tanks still there, with the livestock and coral, I just got rid of my sandbed. More details to follow

 

[MTBake]

Ok, its confession time. The tanks still there, with the livestock and coral, I just got rid of my sandbed. More details to follow

Can't wait to see how it turns out for you. Been following your other thread as well. Hope it all works out fantastic!

 

[Katrina71]

Are you replacing your sandbed with glitter?

 

[Raege]

Ok, its confession time. The tanks still there, with the livestock and coral, I just got rid of my sandbed. More details to follow

Thinking something releasing from bed causing the corals to deteriorate? Glad pic was just part of a major operation. I was seeing lotsa fish stuffed in qt tanks

 

[Crabs McJones]

So heres my thought process. And hear me out. So I had a 80 pound sandbed. Which was relatively deep. The underside of the tank is wide open so the light from my refugium reflected up to the underside of the tank causing the sandbed to turn nasty colors. It is my belief that this was leaching up into the tank. Which if you think about it makes sense. Tank looked amazing for a couple months and then started deteriorating. Sandbed was clean, it was brand new. As the detritus and algae started growing and the sandbed got messed with things started to decline. Heres what the underside of the tank looked like.

The corals that started dying were on the more nasty side of the tank picture. I figure at this point it's worth a shot. What have I got to loose right? I'll be slowly painting the bottom of the tank black to stop the light from reflecting up into the display.

 

[HotRocks]

Ok, its confession time. The tanks still there, with the livestock and coral, I just got rid of my sandbed. More details to follow

I’m gonna get your badge changed to glitter Turkey!

 

[Katrina71]

Are you going bare bottom or going to paint or cover the bottom with vinyl cling?

 

[Crabs McJones]

Are you going bare bottom or going to paint or cover the bottom with vinyl cling?

Bare bottom. Painting the underside

 

[NY_Caveman]

Bare bottom. Painting the underside

Scared me at first when I saw the picture. Remind me, did you have any sand reliant critters?

 

[NY_Caveman]

BTW, SPAM

 

[Crabs McJones]

Scared me at first when I saw the picture. Remind me, did you have any sand reliant critters?

Nope. No sand reliant critters.

 

[Katrina71]

I'd like to love bare bottom tanks. The one with sand pics under it came close.

 

[NY_Caveman]

Nope. No sand reliant critters.

Why have sand then in the first place??

 

[Flippers4pups]

Why would have sand then in the first place??

Glad he's not replacing the sand with glitter! TURKEY!

 

[MrWheelock]

Are you gonna do travertine or straight up bare?