Reef Spotlight - November 2012 - "MarvinsReef"

MarvinsReef · Feb 4, 2013

short vids update of new stuff... 1080p HD available. Enjoy! don't forget to subscribe. :bigsmile:

[video=youtube;ni1PiNfb8go]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni1PiNfb8go[/video]

[video=youtube;mehbOvUXRjo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mehbOvUXRjo[/video]

before...
[video=youtube;3pzppfA5Fes]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pzppfA5Fes[/video]

after...
[video=youtube;PG4ZKDt8yzE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG4ZKDt8yzE[/video]

Electrobes · Feb 4, 2013

Haha I love how we all are using the same music in our videos! :lol:

MarvinsReef · Feb 4, 2013

Electrobes said:
Haha I love how we all are using the same music in our videos! :lol:

I know right! there's not many that are good, esp instrumental..

MarvinsReef · Feb 24, 2013

on 02-06-2013, I had a tank leak please follow my thread starting post #2961 for what happened during the tank leak.. 2 weeks later, I found a crack on my "new" pine stand from Aqueon and had to replace it.. a knot in the middle on one of the panels started the crack and walked up and down. the next posts details the stand switch.

MarvinsReef · Feb 24, 2013

1st group of pics from tear down..

my bro working his magic getting a BTA to let go so he can take it home. LoL

containers?

almost half way emptied. at this point, so far no issues..

took out the Yellow Tang and Majestic and they had their own holding bin for themselves.

on to the first hiccup. we were planning on leaving the rest of fishes in there but didn't work out.. I had originally planned to put the tank on our futon, but totally forgot that I have a corner overflow/return. this will come into plan in another huge problem later... this kinda work out as we had more room to paint the back glass. we lined up 4 chairs we use in the dining room and sat the tank there to prep for painting. the problem we had with the fishes was the sand got moved around so I got freaked out when I saw the cloudy water and saw the fishes swimming in that stuff. we quickly took them all out and had a few fishes in each bucket.

all prepped for painting

and after 3 coats

old stand ready to be taken out of commission

here's our youngest agreeing that this stand looks much better

MarvinsReef · Feb 24, 2013

new stand ready to go..

sump put in place

now, here's the biggest hiccup of the night.. remember that corner overflow.

confused:

much thanks to Poseidon for helping me with this issue. used facetime to show Mike the whole stand and we decided that it's alright to cut through what we need to fit the plumbing. I'm so glad that this stand had extra support around the corners. looking at DIY stands on YouTube, the extra support really helps in supporting the weight of the tank. this stand is pretty solid.

the problem we had at this point was, we didn't have the right tools to cut the stand. looked around the house and this is what I found.

thank goodness, the wifey thought about buying this kit at Ikea while it was on sale. so out of the kit, came this.. a large steak knife, I mean a saw.. hahaha...

I'm speechless!

they're like puzzle pieces

whoa! what a hack job!

MarvinsReef · Feb 24, 2013

worked though. 1smile1

here's the scene of the crime before I retired for the night/morning.. took a shower and went straight to bed. started at 8pm and finally in bed at 5am. overall, besides a few hiccups; it turned okay.. so glad that was done. still have a lot to do but now, I'm liking what we came up with. much props again to my bro, JR (Mabisyo) for helping out. much thanks again Poseidon for helping us solve the biggest problem we had. and thanks to all that are following this thread during the toughest times. hope its good news to report from here on..

Dsdaley77 · Feb 24, 2013

I'm sure it will be, sorry to hear bout the leak but good to see it's fixed and your on the road to having that beauty back

following for sure

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mfinn · Feb 24, 2013

I just now caight up on your thread. Man what a freaking ordeal.
I wish I could have been there to help.
Hopefully everything will be smooth sailing.............
Glad you did have the awesome support you did.

MarvinsReef · Feb 24, 2013

took these shots real quick. I'm really liking the scape. :bigsmile: lighting: (4) Blue+ & (1) Fiji Purple only

FTS -- 3 islands with lotsa cave. there's room in the back of the scape for the fishes to hide when they get scared.

Left side -- there's caves on the left and right side of the main ceramic rock where the BTA's are atm. Majestic swims in and out of them. kinda cool to watch.

Middle -- hopefully to be a Sunburst BTA island

Right side -- again, there's a cave the Majestic can swim and out from.

Dsdaley77 · Feb 24, 2013

Looks great, but I expect nothing less

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MarvinsReef · Feb 25, 2013

Dsdaley77 said:
I'm sure it will be, sorry to hear bout the leak but good to see it's fixed and your on the road to having that beauty back following for sure

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mfinn said:
I just now caight up on your thread. Man what a freaking ordeal.
I wish I could have been there to help.
Hopefully everything will be smooth sailing.............
Glad you did have the awesome support you did.

Thanks guys.

MarvinsReef · Mar 14, 2013

wanted to share these pics of the Sunburst BTA as this morph is definitely my favorite morph of the bunch. I do however have some other morphs that I hope to add in the near future, when the tank recovers from all the mishaps the past few weeks. I'll probably wait til next month to see if I can try adding another nice BTA morph. also, a few pics of the tank since i changed the scape from 3 islands to just 2. the huge rock that used to house the Sunburst lost its purpose as the Sunburst decided to move to the ceramic rock next door. haha.. I really like how the two island looked turned out. a bunch of caves for the fishes to swim in and out (even the Yellow Tang and Majestic can fit on some of the caves). ofcourse, a short FTS vid is added just to complete the update. any input is appreciated.

[video=youtube;mG62A6fGrtg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG62A6fGrtg[/video]

Dsdaley77 · Mar 14, 2013

Great job on the islands, I like it a lot

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Troylee · Mar 14, 2013

Well deserved Marv...1smile1

mfinn · Mar 15, 2013

Looking great Marvin.
What's the purple fish? ( wrasse?)

MarvinsReef · Mar 15, 2013

Dsdaley77 said:
Great job on the islands, I like it a lot

Troylee said:
Well deserved Marv...1smile1

Thanks.

mfinn said:
Looking great Marvin.
What's the purple fish? ( wrasse?)

Thank you. Linespot flasher wrasse. flashes all day long. keeps the 2 pairs of Azure damsels in check. 1smile1

mfinn · Mar 15, 2013

MarvinsReef said:
Thanks.

Thank you. Linespot flasher wrasse. flashes all day long. keeps the 2 pairs of Azure damsels in check. 1smile1

Did a google search and liveaquaria said they need to be fed 2-3 times a day.
Is that what you are doing?
They also said they were jumpers.................

MarvinsReef · Mar 15, 2013

mfinn said:
Did a google search and liveaquaria said they need to be fed 2-3 times a day.
Is that what you are doing?
They also said they were jumpers.................

I feed the tank 2-4x/day depending on how long I'm home during photoperiod. I have an auto feeder that feeds pellets 2x/day. When I'm home, I thaw out 2 cubes of frozen and feed small amounts every hour or so until all gone.

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