@Rob.bucek on the bottom picture did they come like that cut on a 45* angle or did you cut them yourself?Look what Santa brought while I was away on business! Looking forward to putting this together soon!
Framingtech.com. I looked hard at a few other sources and they just seemed to be the overall best value. They'll use designs they already have or use yours which will save you a bit of money if you're into something custom like I did from quote to delivery it was only 3 weeks, they were very good to deal with and the quality I'm seeing is definitely there.
Thank you sir! I'm excited, my live rock is scheduled to show up tomorrow. I'm sure I'll post the results.
Hey all! Busy weekend here! Got the room painted Friday night. Took Saturday to go kayaking with my daughter and the gf.
Was an absolutely perfect day for it too!
Hello all! Just got my shipment of live rock in today from KP Aquatics! First live aquarium anything I've had on hand in almost 15 years! Pretty excited and nervous lol. Gotta bone up on my rock cycling knowledge tonight. Got in 60lbs that I split 50/50 across two bins along with the dry to help get that seeded as well
For now I got them covered in salt water, a power head and a heater in each one. Going to add some extra bacteria booster to also help things along, can't hurt. Going to try Dr. Tim's, I've heard it's not the fastest but I'm not exactly in a hurry. I got an update on my tank and it won't be in till the end of the month so I'm all good there.
The packaging of the rock was immaculate, nothing broken, bags intact and they were nicely wrapped. No dead or bad smell or white decaying matter on the outside. Have them a short rinse in rodi water prior to putting them on the bins. Dislodged a few bristle worms for the effort.
They were a bit devoid of external growth and I didn't find any shrimp or crabs just yet so cool. I wasn't really after those things to begin with. Great corraline coverage, I'll add a light over the bins once it's cycled, we'll see what happens. So far I give them a solid A, ordered late on Monday, they shipped Tuesday got it by 10am this morning. I would use them again. Not too many games in town anyhow these days! Now where are those t-nuts...
Making more salt water tonight as I emptied one of my 65 gallon storage containers filling the brute cans and I'll have water changes coming up shortly. Transferred my full container of RODI to my mixing tank and and making more fresh water as we speak. I love this setup!
I was kinda brainless and had forgot to order some flexible hose for my mixing station so I got a bit of water on the floor. That'll be obvious in the short video I did no justice on yet again lol. Wondering if 3-5 second intervals is more appropriate. Will try again soon as a practice run before assembling my stand.
Some pics of the rocks below as well as my second lame butt attempt at a time lapse video.
Me too lol, crazy how things start to build up fast. From a vague yearning to holy crap I just spent how much on a glass box?
