live rock 1st, slowly add one or 2 pieces of dry rock once a month,jmo...
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So I have a lot of free space. Not sure how I want to utilize it. The original plan was to grow frags in there, but now that I have more basement space...I can always dedicate a cheap tank to that in the future. I could easily put in a 5g bucket refugium or larger brute container fuge. I could also plumb a fuge to a separate tank.
There is a bio plate, old bag of seachem matrix bio media, oxydator model a, and skimmer in there at the moment. I have a bunch of dry ocean rock I acid washed. Plan to use some in the display, but the rest could get dumped in the sump.
What would you do? Nothing is an acceptable answer.
Thanks! There's a lot of potential moving forward.Looks great. I'd love to have all of that space, so much room for activities.
Are you going to seal the OSB some how? I always thought moisture and OSB didn't mix well.
That's a lot of rock! This is all tied into your system or are those just holding tanks?live rock 1st, slowly add one or 2 pieces of dry rock once a month,jmo...
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BOTH...That's a lot of rock! This is all tied into your system or are those just holding tanks?
Ya this is just a really good example of how you can just do whatever the hell you want in an unfinished basement. I want to ask your specific plans, but I'd almost rather just see what unfolds with no expectations.BOTH...
the 2 under the stand will be tied into 400 above approx 540 total gallons,
large tubs, at least 1 will go into that tank, "frankentank" ,is a work in progress...
SPOT ON, me too...Ya this is just a really good example of how you can just do whatever the hell you want in an unfinished basement. I want to ask your specific plans, but I'd almost rather just see what unfolds with no expectations.
The Stand
Overbuilt is a bit of an understatement with this stand. I used only what I had laying around and available to me at no expense. Which is kinda of a lot.
The frame is all reused 2x4 with even some 4x8 doug fir in the mix cause why the heck not. I used all 3-5" structural screws and wood glued everything other than the tongue and groove. It is skinned in a Brazilian hardwood called Tigerwood. It is unbelievably heavy. The dimensions are 30x30 and my basement door without weather stripping is about 29". I didn't feel like removing the frame, so I did as much work as possible before having to dolly it out the basement door and up to my front porch. My front door is just barely over 30" wide. I finished it on the front porch on thankfully a beautiful day. Belt sanded the top down flat. Sanded everything other than the tongue and groove sections up to 220. Oiled her up in butcher block oil and in the house she went.
I used tongue and groove for the top, which I do regret. It made for a lot more work flattening the top. Plywood would have been a much smarter choice.
If you're stand isn't rated for bombs and/or major natural disasters, you're a bad reef keeper.I see you like to use your stand as a bomb shelter. Can never be to safe
It's an Android or maybe just a Pixel thing. When I take a photo, there's a motion feature. A bunch of photos are taken at once and I guess all combined it'll make a 2-3 second gif if you export it that way. It is very nifty and takes no effort on my part.That flow looks pretty pretty awesome.
Love your gifs of all the action in the tank. What do you use to make them? Videos and you splice a section or burst shots?
I figured you thought I was probably a crazy person. "I'm tellin you dude, this rock is actually aliiiive maaaan".Enjoy that bivalve for now...I plan to steal it someday for sure.
For those who didnt notice in the bottom two pics/gifs that bivalve just looks like a large rock when closed. First time i saw it he said it opens sometimes and i could not even have imagined it until i saw the gif.