Red_Beard's 75 Tank Build

[Red_Beard]

Lol, ya, I have a helper kitty too. We got a year or 2 ago was supposed to be a barn cat but decided she liked the house so she comes in every evening for dinner and sleeps on the sofa for a few hours before she wants to go out. She was definitely indispensable as a quality control checker in my build. Her name is Steven French and is a good helper lol.

Nice! Hopefully all testing was NDT :rolling-on-the-floor-laughing: Did she get a confined spaces permit for that inspection? LOL.

 

[Bohemian Waxwing]

You have great taste in coral.

 

[Red_Beard]

You have great taste in coral.

Thank you! :)
Now i just gotta figure out how to make them all play nice together. I am thinking something like this: (pics are of the mother colonies for color and growth)

But move the green plate down lower on that same rock and open up some space up there. Maybe relocate the frogskin too. 5 blue-light specials are not shown, or the tyree blue stag.

 

[Red_Beard]

Oof. That plate was hooked up TIGHT! And it was a little more brittle than I expected. I moved all the loose stuff down the rock, still need to pry up the rest though. Couldn't get it to break where I wanted in a couple places, and broke in half where I didnt :/ bright side, i got a lot of frags to get rid of now... lol

 

[parclife]

Great looking tank!

 

[Red_Beard]

Great looking tank!

Thank you!

 

[timmyrules]

Your tank is SOOO pretty!!!!! :star-struck:

 

[Red_Beard]

Your tank is SOOO pretty!!!!! :star-struck:

Thank you! It has been 6 years in the making, but feels like it is finally hitting its stride!

 

[Red_Beard]

I think Nero table is fast becoming my favorite. It is starting to his some very awesome pinks and purples that are offset by that clean sky blue. Just wow.
Wish the picture was as good as real life, but it really isnt. The blue really doesnt punch through here like it does in person.

 

[Red_Beard]

March update:

Still on the racks... Had some odd STN issues and wanted to keep stuff easily accessible until that was figured out.

 

[Red_Beard]

Oh yeah, and this happened...

No, that is not just zoas. My urchin has cultivated these from 2 polyps as his hat, so i have a mobile colony of utter chaos. I think his grow better than the stationary ones lol

 

[Red_Beard]

Super lame. Lenses are chared on my g3's.

I cant find replacements either. Replaced them with the narrower ones that came with. These fixtures are getting pretty redneck to. Fuse popped in one and it is an odd size no one has but ecotec and they want $20 for it. So i shoved a small metal rod in it. Both power supplies are toast, i snipped the cords and screwed them into a meanwell dc power supply. A fan blade broke so i super glued it back on. Looking like it is time to start saving up or sell a kidney. Really looking at the meridians. That or more quantas.

 

[Red_Beard]

Starting to move some stuff. Back row is starting to look good!

 

[RockRash]

Starting to move some stuff. Back row is starting to look good!

I can't wait until I have a view like that. I'm still going through the "Growing Pains" lol. The picture is amazing.

 

[Red_Beard]

It takes time for sure!

 

[Red_Beard]

Down to 1 frag rack! Guess I just needed to get some momentum, hope to have no more frag racks by end of weekend. Ill grab some pics when everything is settled.

 

[tharbin]

Great looking tank.

 

[Red_Beard]

BC a fire engine in it's new home, all fluffed out. I may have to help it gain some ground on that sunrise monti. Hoping to get some cool interaction between the red and green. Or i may have to nuke the monti, time will tell.

 

[Jasonak]

Dang dude you are quite the craftsman! My stand looks like a fort I built when I was 10 LOL
Really nice build! Super impressive!

 

[Red_Beard]

Dang dude you are quite the craftsman! My stand looks like a fort I built when I was 10 LOL
Really nice build! Super impressive!

Thank you kindly :) Looking at your tank though makes me want one at least 3x bigger, so much more space for activities! That thing is PACKED with sticks!