Red_Beard's 75 Tank Build

Red_Beard · Sep 17, 2025

Rocks reef said:
Wow brother!! Beautiful!

Thanks Keith!

kevgib67 · Sep 17, 2025

Red_Beard said:
Finally got around to grabbing some fresh full tank shots. Between relatives coming over to visit and some all nighter work benders i remembered and was in a position to do so before the heavy blues were on.

I think it is really starting to look good! Gha and cyano are mostly gone. I havent messed with that at all in a few weeks on the right island, and just a couple spot cleans on the center. (Still one more spot looks like and it will be clean) Should probably clean the back glass, the critters are dropping the ball there.

Really cool growth pattern on this Strawberry fields and copps calicali.

Wow, beautiful Zack!

Red_Beard · Sep 17, 2025

kevgib67 said:
Wow, beautiful Zack!

Thank you Kevin!

That Crusso Kid · Sep 21, 2025

Well, I kept waiting and waiting and waiting. But I received no invitation from you, @Red_Beard, to check out your build thread. So, I figured I’d take a chance and read it. 17 pages over 6 years. Less than 3 pages a year. Seems like you’re somewhat a slacker. Yeah, so you have a little one, you’re married, do wood working, travel a bit but guess what? No one cares. It’s about reefing. Time to get the priorities right and straighten up. I only give 1 warning and, often times, not even that much.

Your tank has come along nicely and, in truth, I would not have read the thread if it were much more than 3 pages per year.

Well done!

Red_Beard · Sep 21, 2025

crusso1993 said:
Well, I kept waiting and waiting and waiting. But I received no invitation from you, @Red_Beard, to check out your build thread. So, I figured I’d take a chance and read it. 17 pages over 6 years. Less than 3 pages a year. Seems like you’re somewhat a slacker. Yeah, so you have a little one, you’re married, do wood working, travel a bit but guess what? No one cares. It’s about reefing. Time to get the priorities right and straighten up. I only give 1 warning and, often times, not even that much.

Your tank has come along nicely and, in truth, I would not have read the thread if it were much more than 3 pages per year.

Well done!

Thanks! Glad you found your way here even though the red carpet wasn't rolled out. You are a trooper for suffering through 6 years of my off-topic ramblings and blurry photos. Mental torture akin to the rack, no doubt.

I will try and step it up a bit in the reefing department, although that does go against the grain of my slacker ways lol. I am working on building a kalk stirrer right now, mostly just knocking off avasts design though and putting a micro controller in it. Maybe I'll post a pic of that once it's installed.
Mean time, fish pic.

That Crusso Kid · Sep 22, 2025

Red_Beard said:
Thanks! Glad you found your way here even though the red carpet wasn't rolled out. You are a trooper for suffering through 6 years of my off-topic ramblings and blurry photos. Mental torture akin to the rack, no doubt.

I will try and step it up a bit in the reefing department, although that does go against the grain of my slacker ways lol. I am working on building a kalk stirrer right now, mostly just knocking off avasts design though and putting a micro controller in it. Maybe I'll post a pic of that once it's installed.
Mean time, fish pic.

I made a kalk stirrer once. Many, many moons ago. It was a stick I duct taped to my left hand. I cannot take credit for the original design as I got it from @Troylee.

Red_Beard · Sep 22, 2025

crusso1993 said:
I made a kalk stirrer once. Many, many moons ago. It was a stick I duct taped to my left hand. I cannot take credit for the original design as I got it from @Troylee.

Lol, i think you may have over engineered it

Hard to argue with @Troylee on his results though. And it being a super cheap and effective way to both get kh and calcium as well as keep ph up.

Troylee · Sep 22, 2025

Red_Beard said:
Lol, i think you may have over engineered it
Hard to argue with @Troylee on his results though. And it being a super cheap and effective way to both get kh and calcium as well as keep ph up.

Kalk is the back bone of sps!

Red_Beard · Sep 26, 2025

Sitting at my desk watching the lid print for my Kalk stir-er, it is coming along. would be done already but ran out of filament and had to restock. I will post pics of that once it is all assembled, but in the meantime, here is the latest tank pic:

Got some help starting my zoa garden LOL

That Crusso Kid · Sep 26, 2025

Red_Beard said:
Sitting at my desk watching the lid print for my Kalk stir-er, it is coming along. would be done already but ran out of filament and had to restock. I will post pics of that once it is all assembled, but in the meantime, here is the latest tank pic:

Got some help starting my zoa garden LOL

Yes, please post pics of the final product of your Kalk stirerrerrrr. Looking forward to seeing it.

Where did the help come from with the garden you've started?

Red_Beard · Sep 26, 2025

crusso1993 said:
Yes, please post pics of the final product of your Kalk stirerrerrrr. Looking forward to seeing it.

Where did the help come from with the garden you've started?

Will do!

I saw his resume on yelp!, credentialed interior decorator!

Both urchins in the tank have had an affinity for the utter chaos zoas and have been wearing them for quite a while. They grow like weeds and are pretty much everywhere on my sand bed floating around randomly. It had to really work for the scrambled eggs though, they are only in one spot and it probably had to tear the matting to get them off too.

Ill clean the glass tomorrow.

(i probably won't)

Ghostbuster · Sep 27, 2025

Red_Beard said:
Ill clean the glass tomorrow.

(i probably won't)

I know that feeling! I probably won’t do a water change, haha.

Actually, yesterday did a water change that turned into a sump exchange I’ve been procrastinating about for a while; one thing led to another… then discovered that one of my PVC pipes didn’t get cemented and had water gushing out down below deck. Can’t believe it held together for two years without a major catastrophe!

kingranch2003 · Sep 27, 2025

Man, I don't know how I forgot to follow your thread brother, but im here now at least! Great, great looking build, my friend.

Red_Beard · Sep 28, 2025

Ghostbuster said:
I know that feeling! I probably won’t do a water change, haha.

Actually, yesterday did a water change that turned into a sump exchange I’ve been procrastinating about for a while; one thing led to another… then discovered that one of my PVC pipes didn’t get cemented and had water gushing out down below deck. Can’t believe it held together for two years without a major catastrophe!

Dang, crisis averted! Good thing you didn't procrastinate it even more

Red_Beard · Sep 28, 2025

kingranch2003 said:
Man, I don't know how I forgot to follow your thread brother, but im here now at least! Great, great looking build, my friend.

Why thank you, I appreciate that. Good to see you here!

That Crusso Kid · Sep 28, 2025

You snuck in here and made a post last night, @Red_Beard. Not sure how I missed it. Probably because you're stealthy like that.

Red_Beard · Oct 2, 2025

Exciting news! Got a box of goodies from @Camaro Show Corals today from the August supporting member giveaway! Definitely got hooked up :) He sent them in those neat coral shippers too (love those. going to keep and reuse!) So far they are looking good, have them chilling in the sand for a day or two to get settled. Stay tuned for some awesome pics once they do!

kingranch2003 · Oct 2, 2025

Red_Beard said:
Exciting news! Got a box of goodies from @Camaro Show Corals today from the August supporting member giveaway! Definitely got hooked up :) He sent them in those neat coral shippers too (love those. going to keep and reuse!) So far they are looking good, have them chilling in the sand for a day or two to get settled. Stay tuned for some awesome pics once they do!

That is awesome man! You can already tell these are going to be nice when they open up. Keep us posted with some pics.