NeveSSL's 180g Mixed Reef

[NeveSSL]

Thanks, Matt! I'm hoping to grow my display out and have colonies dedicated to fragging in the garage. I still need to tweak that left side a little, but I'm happy with the scape overall.

Brandon

 

[bknapp]

Any updates B?

 

[NeveSSL]

Well, the only thing that happened this week is my 24" T5 died and the silicone that was holding my egg crate in my PVC came loose. So now I've got to reengineer that, but I'm also going out of town for work tomorrow, so I probably won't get to it until next week. :)

Brandon

 

[pickupman66]

Brandon. Try putting it in ast a reducer

 

[NeveSSL]

Good idea, Lindsey. I will see how much a 4" to 3" will cost me... May be too expensive, but definitely worth a shot.

Brandon

 

[NeveSSL]

Picked up some new clowns this past week. Thanks to Rob D for holding them for me for a few days!

Sustainable Aquatics Black Ice Male:

Sustainable Aquatics Fancy Snowflake (I think...) female:

Also got my Apex back in and installed this morning. This weekend may be full of improvements and projects, or I may not get ANYthing done... not sure yet... lol

Brandon

 

[schooleyosis]

Movement in the tank. Nice additions

 

[NeveSSL]

Thanks, Ryan.

If I can't have polyps swaying the current just yet, at least I can have fins scurrying about. :)

Brandon

 

[schooleyosis]

Good idea! How many clowns you got in there total?

 

[NeveSSL]

Just the pair for now.

Brandon

 

[roadrashpaul]

Looks awesome man. Those are some great looking clowns.

 

[NeveSSL]

Thanks, Paul! I like them a lot, too. My wife isn't sold on the female, but I think she'll come around. :)

Brandon

 

[tudamxm]

Hello, can you share some more photos/ diagram
On how you utilize the pillow stuffing ?
What do you put it in? Do you change weekly/monthly

Really interested in this concept

Thanks

Thanks, Ryan. I hate dealing with filter socks and I think mechanical filtration is one of the easiest ways to improve your water quality, so this is my solution. :) A bag of pillow stuffing is $5 at WalMart and should last 6 months or so, I'm thinking... maybe 4 months, but worth it either way.

The Y with the capped off union is going to be where I put my manifold that feeds the other tanks I setup and possibly other things. I don't have the 3/4" tubing and caps to install it yet, so I put a union on and capped it.

Brandon

 

[DaveMorris]

Looking good. I am jealous. My 130g is still in the garage. I had it running with tap water last wednesday because I hosted our SDMAS meeting at my house and I wanted to show it off. I can't wait to get it in the house and running. I like the way you did the rock work. It all looks great.

 

[NeveSSL]

Hello, can you share some more photos/ diagram
On how you utilize the pillow stuffing ?
What do you put it in? Do you change weekly/monthly

Really interested in this concept

Thanks

I just put it in a piece of 4" PVC that both of my 1.5" returns drain into. There's a piece of egg crate in there that the pillow stuffing sits on top of and it just acts as a filter. Its a larger, simpler version of the media racks used in nano aquariums. I had my egg crate siliconed in, but it ended up letting go. If I would have sanded the PVC, it might have held better, but I'm going to give Lindsey's idea of a reducer a shot first. That will be almost certain to hold. :)

Looking good. I am jealous. My 130g is still in the garage. I had it running with tap water last wednesday because I hosted our SDMAS meeting at my house and I wanted to show it off. I can't wait to get it in the house and running. I like the way you did the rock work. It all looks great.

Thanks, Dave! How long do you think it will be before you're up and running? Soon, I hope. :)

Brandon

 

[11f150]

Clowns look great

 

[NeveSSL]

Thanks, Matt! Hand-picked these guys out of the hatchery. :)

Brandon

 

[kingrl2]

Nice tank! Gotta love freebies.

 

[NeveSSL]

Thanks! A free 180g is hard to beat. :)

Brandon

 

[NeveSSL]

Got a little bit of work done this weekend. Picked up the wood to finish my stand and build my canopy. Also sold my server rack to help pay for lights. :) For the stand and canopy, I'm using a lot of 1x2s, so my wife and I ripped a bunch of 2x8x12s down today instead of buying them individually. We got 8 out of each board. It only cost me $24 for more than what need, which is really kind of incredible. Not to mention it takes forever to find d straight pieces, anyway.

I cut the 2x8s to length first, and then rip the rounded edges square followed by ripping them to size for 1x2s.

I've got some pics I will add later. Photo bucket isn't cooperating with me at the moment. I also took tomorrow and Tuesday off, so I will hopefully have some progress to share after each day, too.

Brandon