My 72 Bowfront Build Revised Thread

kschweer · May 9, 2016

Looking good! That is one of the biggest matted filefish I have ever seen!

jsker · May 9, 2016

kschweer said:
Looking good! That is one of the biggest matted filefish I have ever seen!

Thank you, he is a spoiled kid too, now he is into the nori and I am late for dinner because he is waiting by the front of the tank

john.m.cole3 · May 9, 2016

That 2 day live sale looks interesting. I just blew a grand on my 35th birthday party. Smoked some briskets, set up a above ground pool and slip and slide, celebrated mothers day the same day, and certainly got some new AA candidates! But I'll have another payday right before that sale. I scored some purple hammer tonight from a local. My fiance cut his hair and he gave me coral and a thermometer. Good trades!

jsker · May 10, 2016

That sounds like a great weekend. What is the pool for, Large salt water tank upgrade? Just think what you could put in there. When are putting your stocking list together?

I suggesting manta rays

I saw the deep blue space Arco I am looking for at auction last night, but passed on it for $61. I am gambling that they will have a couple on the live sale and I can pick one up for $40+ but I also need to watch money for the coming up events. If you do the live sale it is best to pick up a few corals to off set the shipping of $39. If have won 9 or 10 at one sale with 1 or 2, 5 dollar frags. They kind of change that around too, to were you can only win one $5 frags. I am kind of spoiled the great things is that I live less 2 miles from @WWC and I can pick up.

john.m.cole3 · May 10, 2016

I think it might be a good thing that I don't live by WWC. Our kid would never have new clothes or east every night of the week.

143MPCo · May 10, 2016

Great work, really like the aquascape!

jsker · May 10, 2016

143MPCo said:
Great work, really like the aquascape!

Thank you. Its been a fun project.

jgvergo · May 23, 2016

jsker, great build thread. I visited WWC earlier this year and was very impressed with their operation. It was the ultimate in professionalism. I will be ordering from them in the future. Question about your hippo tang...I have always wanted one, but I've read they need more room than I can provide (my DT is 85 gallons). What are your thoughts?

jsker · May 23, 2016

jgvergo said:
jsker, great build thread. I visited WWC earlier this year and was very impressed with their operation. It was the ultimate in professionalism. I will be ordering from them in the future. Question about your hippo tang...I have always wanted one, but I've read they need more room than I can provide (my DT is 85 gallons). What are your thoughts?

Ethel(hippo Tang) will have to be cough and re homed one day, that will be a said day. Ethel I my original fish, and she is happy and about 3.5 inches after 16 months. She was about an inch when a purchased her. My tank is 72 gal DT. Even WWC has one in the big tank up front, and speaking with Josh that will have to be caught an re-home in one of there larger tanks. I also have a sail fin tang that will have to be caught. My thought is, when you provide a good temporary home and understand that one day some of the larger tangs will have to be re-homed, go for it.
Thank you for the complements on the system.

jsker · May 24, 2016

Been dealing with all kinds of Algae the past month. Dialed back the light a bit, and found out the a had to doser setup wrong for H2O2 dosing. supposed to be 8 ml twice a day, not 8ml twice a day every other day

john.m.cole3 · May 24, 2016

whats the encrusting one on the bottom left?

jsker · May 24, 2016

john.m.cole3 said:
whats the encrusting one on the bottom left?

You ask that before

"hint jingle bells"

KJ · May 24, 2016

jsker said:
Been dealing with all kinds of Algae the past month. Dialed back the light a bit, and found out the a had to doser setup wrong for H2O2 dosing. supposed to be 8 ml twice a day, not 8ml twice a day every other day

Nice looking tank!!

jsker · May 24, 2016

KJ said:
Nice looking tank!!

Thank you. I am getting ready to go OCD with the algae though

john.m.cole3 · May 24, 2016

jingle bells cyphastrea. I can't remember.

jsker · May 24, 2016

john.m.cole3 said:
jingle bells cyphastrea. I can't remember.

Ding, Ding, Ding.

we have a winner. I have another cyphastrea next to the jingle bells that is starting to spread. I also have a mardi gras that is spreding. Time to start fragging

john.m.cole3 · May 24, 2016

jsker said:
Ding, Ding, Ding. we have a winner. I have another cyphastrea next to the jingle bells that is starting to spread. I also have a mardi gras that is spreding. Time to start fragging

are they easy to frag? I've never fragged anything before.

jsker · May 24, 2016

john.m.cole3 said:
are they easy to frag? I've never fragged anything before.

I have had a good response with these three. If you would like I could frag them?

john.m.cole3 · May 24, 2016

I want you to tell me how to frag them. Once I find room for my new ones we can trade each other after they grow some. Is it easy to break of a piece of those encrusting sps?

jsker · May 25, 2016

http://www.amazon.com/TAMSCO-Fraggi...8&qid=1464178830&sr=1-3&keywords=fragging+kit, you get one of these kits and use the cutters for cut the harder corals and the scalpel cut the softies. Frag plugs, superglue gel. Looks like we are going to have to start frag tanks.