Rich's Crystal Dynamic 120

[RMS18]

Poor guy fell victim to my gyres and pulses before buying guards. They are slowyyyyyy growing back.

 

[Jballs2dawalls]

BC Lemon Hammer

JF Solar Flare

POTO Funfetti

How’s your bc lemon hammer coming along. Mines still pretty green

 

[RMS18]

How’s your bc lemon hammer coming along. Mines still pretty green

Same here, very green. I can get some "yellow" tone under actintic light with blues off. Once the blues come on it goes green. Polyps however purple with green dots at the end.

 

[RMS18]

Haven't updated in a long time.. Tank is now 5 years old. Most recent picture.

 

[ajjw0828]

Haven't updated in a long time.. Tank is now 5 years old. Most recent picture.

Wow! Looks awesome! Any big changes or all still the same? Would love an update on what all your currently using/ dosing!

 

[REEFRIED!]

Great build thread. The tank looks amazing. Could you post about how you skinned the stand? I am assuming magnets? What material did you use for the skin?

 

[RMS18]

Wow! Looks awesome! Any big changes or all still the same? Would love an update on what all your currently using/ dosing!

Sure, so some changes but nothing to major. I ditched reefbrites and went with 2 or3's. I run 3 Coral plus, and 5 blue plus now. I removed gfo as changing the numbers was landing me on trouble. If I test po4 it will read an average of .2ppm, but hardly any algea and colors are better on the sps, and the Lps took off and love it. I have jawbreakers that are 4+ inches. The system is on auto w/c at 2 gallons a day. 3 part dosing, 120ml alk per day, 135ml of cal per day, 20ml of mag and that is all. Very simple. It's been running very well.

Had plenty of bumps from dinos, AEFW and even some red bugs and white bugs. It's been about a year now since the AEFW. My only "issues" now are LPS getting to large and taking out other LPS or even SPS.

 

[RMS18]

Great build thread. The tank looks amazing. Could you post about how you skinned the stand? I am assuming magnets? What material did you use for the skin?

Yes, 120$ in magnets. Probably more now since this was before inflation. The skin is from target, they have faux wood panels. It's a laminate plastic. I placed a sample in water for 48 before building with no damage to the product. So its safe around water. I just stuck them onto plastic cardboard from home Depot and cut to size. I used 3m double side to hold magenta to the plastic cardboard. Lastly I used some duck tape over the magnets so they were quieter when latching onto the metal stand.

 

[ajjw0828]

Yes, 120$ in magnets. Probably more now since this was before inflation. The skin is from target, they have faux wood panels. It's a laminate plastic. I placed a sample in water for 48 before building with no damage to the product. So its safe around water. I just stuck them onto plastic cardboard from home Depot and cut to size. I used 3m double side to hold magenta to the plastic cardboard. Lastly I used some duck tape over the magnets so they were quieter when latching onto the metal stand.

When you have a chance could you take a few pictures of the panels/ magnets? I’m about to wrap mine and would love to mimic yours as it came out great. How do you keep the corners tight?

 

[RMS18]

When you have a chance could you take a few pictures of the panels/ magnets? I’m about to wrap mine and would love to mimic yours as it came out great. How do you keep the corners tight?

I just kept adding magnets until it stayed in place and didn't slide down. Do the sides first, the the front extends over each side to give a cleaner look. With the magnets, front panel weights maybe 5-6lbs would be my best guess. Send pictures when yours is done!

 

[RMS18]

Some of the last pictures before I broke it all down, it was a fun ride!

 

[RMS18]

More

 

[RMS18]

More

 

[JumboShrimp]

I enjoyed your thread. It's obvious you know what you are doing.

 

[Jimbo327]

Breaking it down? Aww man! I was enjoying the every 2 year updates. The tank is looking awesome.

 

[RMS18]

Breaking it down? Aww man! I was enjoying the every 2 year updates. The tank is looking awesome.

Haha yea I was never good with updating, but I appreciated it every day. It's actually broken down. Next week starts the cleaning process of equipment and listings of the tank and gear.

 

[Jimbo327]

Time to upgrade! :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

 

[Gumbies R Us]

More

Amazing looking photos!