Victoria Music's Custom 180 Rebuild

Victoria M · Dec 26, 2019

As I read all the posts I feel so blessed to have you all in my life.

Victoria M · Dec 27, 2019

FULL TANK SHOT FRIDAY

Brew12 · Dec 27, 2019

Victoria M said:
FULL TANK SHOT FRIDAY

I love the Azure Damsels! Such beautiful fish. You should post FTS's more often!

Looks like you could use a little bigger CuC but otherwise it is coming along nicely!

Victoria M · Dec 27, 2019

Brew12 said:
I love the Azure Damsels! Such beautiful fish. You should post FTS's more often!

Looks like you could use a little bigger CuC but otherwise it is coming along nicely!

thank you. the damsels are stinkers though. but we love them. I AM debating a clean up crew purchase of sorts. I want to add some more creatures for diversity. the green tint appears more in pictures than in life. It is green cyano, but it is finally dying back. but I have so little hair algae (knock on wood) that I worry about the herbivores I currently have getting enough. That elegant corals bubble/bottled bacteria regiment knocked back the dinos and the hair algae. or the massive doses of vibrant did. either way. I am hoping to see some algae growth.
Then I will be mad that it is growing too much.
I am going to do a water change and then I I will post another FTS.

Brew12 · Dec 27, 2019

Victoria M said:
thank you. the damsels are stinkers though. but we love them. I AM debating a clean up crew purchase of sorts. I want to add some more creatures for diversity. the green tint appears more in pictures than in life. It is green cyano, but it is finally dying back. but I have so little hair algae (knock on wood) that I worry about the herbivores I currently have getting enough. That elegant corals bubble/bottled bacteria regiment knocked back the dinos and the hair algae. or the massive doses of vibrant did. either way. I am hoping to see some algae growth.
Then I will be mad that it is growing too much.
I am going to do a water change and then I I will post another FTS.

After a long stressful week of travel and work, I'm sitting here thinking I should clean my glass. You make me feel lazy!

Victoria M · Dec 27, 2019

LOL. I had a long week too. I was lazy all day today.

Brew12 · Dec 27, 2019

Victoria M said:
LOL. I had a long week too. I was lazy all day today.

You inspired me. First shot that shows my latest lighting setup

Victoria M · Dec 28, 2019

Brew12 said:
You inspired me. First shot that shows my latest lighting setup

Looks awesome. Do you love the new lights? Oh wait...I will pop into your thread again. lol

Brew12 · Dec 28, 2019

Victoria M said:
Looks awesome. Do you love the new lights? Oh wait...I will pop into your thread again. lol

Thanks! Not much about them on my build thread yet. But, I do love them. Never was a fan of the T5's and now I have all the spread and coverage I need without them.

Victoria M · Dec 28, 2019

Brew12 said:
Thanks! Not much about them on my build thread yet. But, I do love them. Never was a fan of the T5's and now I have all the spread and coverage I need without them.

Excellent. T5 sure grew amazing softies in my tanks though.

Victoria M · Dec 28, 2019

youngest son needed a new matress. So we built a new bed frame too. He is too tall for a twin so got the twin XL. It is a pretty nice mattress. Nicer quality than we bought for us too long ago. Anyway...We have built all the kids beds because loft beds and bunk beds are crazy stupid money and even more crazy stupid cheaply made. And nothing is more durable than 2x6s.

Pocket jig and new radial arm saw. The design has gotten simpler and simpler because the kids dont want built in book shelves or want it stained. It killed me just a little bit. We let him sand it. And I helped him just put on wipe on poly because that is what ya do, right? Almost naked pine bed. It is gonna look pretty cool though.
And because we had the saw out I got my new pieces cut to improve my sump. And of course the sump is not actually square so everything had to be cut a little wonky. Pictures to follow.

Victoria M · Dec 28, 2019

Hello @crusso1993 . Nice to see ya around again.

Victoria M · Dec 28, 2019

So my husband is a very visual guy and he really does not understand what I am trying to accomplish with the sump changes so I built a small card board replica.