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Matt's Tank Thread
Well I believe its time for me to start my thread~!
Tank size: 50 gallon TruVu -tall- w/ corner overflow Sump Size: 25 gallon AGA partitioned w/ acrylic Stand and canopy: Unknown manufacturer -Piano black finish- Skimmer: Undecided Lighting: 1 250w SE MH 20k -Hamilton tech- retrofited for canopy Additional lighting is budget depedant. I would like to go with w/ either double VHO's or T5's. Flow and circulation: -Closed loop -ViaAqua 2600 @ aprox. 740 GPH for cycling -Modified squid for radomization -Drain and Return -1" drain from overflow -Pump for return is undecided -Will run cheap Hydor Flow Deflectors for split return I purchased this tank, stand and canopy from my good buddy Peter AKA Petes97 and we have been doing misc. work to the tank and accessories for about a month. As I am a student on a budget the progess has been slow but in about a week it will be plumbed and flow tested~! Any constructive criticism is welcome and well apprechiated~! Wish me luck everyone~! Pics: I used 1" polypropolene BH for the CL This is Pete druming one of the slips we epoxied over the 3/4 inserts of the sqwq -made us feel much more secure having these over the inserts~! This is the moded Sqwd w/ 3/4 inlets and 1" hose barbs -we trested this very briefly w/ a mag9 and it ran smooth w/ shorter durations This is Airinhere mixing the artificial rock for bases of two of my rocks that will act as pilars !~TANKS MAN~! This is the rock sitting in the bases drying This is the rock w/ bases "cooking" More pics to come~! PS can an adminstrator please delete the first thread I started? As I accidentally tabbed to the submit button...~!
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YO MATT, looking good . Glad to see you finally got it going. I like the idea of the 50g better then the 29 anyway . Nice job on the rocks guys. What did you use in the mix, oyster shells or rock salt? I was tossing around the idea also and have been reading up on ones mixed with rocksalt, nice and light in the end. I will be doing the same whenever i upgrade my tank. Hope to see you friday at the meeting so i can hear all about it
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I would have to agree that this seems way better than the 30g plan! Looks good, can't wait to see the end product.
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So Bobby we used white concrete and rock salt: mix with a little bit of water~! Super easy~! I am going to try to make it to meeting tonite...ttyl
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looks good matt!
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I wish you would have shown up earlyer to the meet, i wanted to talk you more about your DIY rocks. They look great. Id like to come check them out.
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Hey man! good to see your tank is forming up. The aragocrete mix will take 28 days to stop curing, but since it is only a small amount you could try testing the ph of your water and see if it stays at 8.4 or lower. If so, you can just think of it like a piece of time-release kalk.
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More Pics~!
So here are some updated pics...I have been so busy with school and work that this project has taken a tad-bit longer than anticipated~!
Enjoy~! Leak Testing: Fuge/Sump Populated: This is the foyer actually organized and "clean" before I aquascaped: Aquascaped: Some dirty plumbing: For all you out there with spare equipment I am in the market for a few things. I am retro-fitting my canopy for a single 250w SE MH + dual 36" CF"S or VHO's...Not sure on secondary lighting I think I'll just take whatever is available~! If anyone would like to post their input on CF"s vs VHO's please feel free~! I have a Hamilton pendant that I riped apart and took the ballast, mogule, compaciter/transformer from and now I need a ballast box and cord. Anybody have one lying around? Im allso going to need some fans... Thanks in advance~! -Matt
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UPDATED
Here are some updated pics for the forum~!
The tank with half of the lighting going -TANKS Steve~!: This is my new fish~! Paracheilinus Filamentosus aka: Filiment-fin Flasher Wrasse & Filimented Flasher Wrasse I have a couple of corals that I will post pics of later... Tanks to those that looked~!
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Nice looking!!
How much did that fish run ya?
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NICE! been waiting for you to post some pics. Glad to see no leaks, good to see the close loop going as well.
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That is a sweet fish Matt!
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TANKS you guys~! Apprechiate the fan-fair~!
The fish was $30.00 from Exotic of course~! There is one more there Im thinking about grabbing..
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Dang, sweet, well thought out setup. Your sump has an output to the rubble, and one to the sock. Where are each of these coming from?
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Bored: The drain only goes to the bubble-trap and the sock just lays in place for carbon and the like...
My new toy~! Merry Christmas Matt~! Quick Mesh-Mod: Installed: Some new fish~! Lime green Coris Wrasse: Unidentified multi-colored Wrasse: -I have a pair of these and they are absolutely EXQUISITE~! -I have yet to see a continuous color pattern on them as they are always changing shades. Four line Wrasse: -horrible picture cause this fish is quick~!
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Some new and old corals plus some new inverts~!
Recovering GSP: Recovering Bam Bam's: Tub's Blue wanabeez: Tubastrea: -One of my all time favorites~! Bright orange Fungia: Tyree Limited Motipora Undata: Tri-Color Acan: Inverts: Halloween Hermit Crab: Assorted Feather Dusters:
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Great pictures.. how big is the crab?
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I'm not up on my skimmer mods. What does it do?
And are you another wrasse junkie? |
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Jdizz: The crab is aprox. 3.5-4 inches...
JJ: The mod applied chops the bubbles into a smaller size thus creating more bubbles~! -And yes im a junkie...FO LIFE~! I love how there are so many varriations in color, body shape, size ect...~! The species I have chosen are agressive eaters and when introduced with other species of wrasse they are seem to be extremely active~!
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Looks like lubbocks wrasses to me, luv that fish.
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jeremy's right, its a tri-color lubbocks....
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I third the Lubboks but still very pretty. I also really like the purple feather duster.
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It is a lubbocks~! Thanks guys~! I knew it had to be some kind of Fairy Wrasse...Says average adult length is only 3'...thats perfect for my tank~!
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Matt, sweet man, coming along. How about a trade of something out of my tank for a bam bam or two?
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How about you come over over and calibrate my PH monitor for me and I'll see what I can do~! =)
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