Return from the ashes

code4 · Aug 27, 2016

Love the cover. I was disappointed that they did not make covers for their tanks. How do you like it? What would you do differently, if any?

Shelley

Nick Kohrn · Aug 27, 2016

Holy crap, that's an awesome build!

lestat45559 · Aug 28, 2016

code4 said:
Love the cover. I was disappointed that they did not make covers for their tanks. How do you like it? What would you do differently, if any?

Shelley

I love these tops, they make such a fine product, well worth the money, make sure you get the feeding option. No light is lost which makes me very happy.

lestat45559 · Aug 28, 2016

code4 said:
Love the cover. I was disappointed that they did not make covers for their tanks. How do you like it? What would you do differently, if any?

Shelley

I like the 525xl's footprint, when we were looking at houses after the fire and saw this one that wall and another in the dinning room it screamed tanks. I always wanted on in the eat-in kitchen since that seems to be a major gathering spot. So far there is nothing I would do different, this is first tank I bought a controller but after the fire normal power strips scare me so figured the apex 8 bars would be good, I made sure that a casual leak or drip would never touch them with the way I angled the mounting board.

I need to reach out to some of the sponsors I bought corals from a month or two before the fire and see if they can help me restock some, live stock was not covered in the insurance and seems none cover living things.

jsker · Aug 28, 2016

Very nice rebuild,

lestat45559 · Oct 6, 2016

Well the tank is ready for corals, I had a huge garden of zoas and different yumas and am looking to replace as many as possible, don't care about name just different colors/shades. Not looking for handouts just an FYI just can't pay the 50+ a polyp that I see asking at some sites for ones I had, the insurance did not cover anything alive and hit me hard on all my equipment since in their estimate it was used all day everyday. So if anyone has a great selection and willing to help me out with some fragging I would be grateful. My fire is listed on the 1st page.

lestat45559 · Oct 6, 2016

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Desmond · Oct 6, 2016

Really sorry to hear about your terrible misfortune. I can only imagine how devasting this could have been. It is nice to see that you have a new tank setup again and are getting ready to start adding corals :-) Unfortunately i live in Norway so sending frags would be tough. But i have asked a mod about possibly setting up a donation thread which i would happily donate some money to help you on your way. I am a huge zoa fan myself. Best of luck with the new tank :-)