16 gallon bow reef wall biotype - dialup beware

[cmondo]

Echinata's and mushrooms huh? Any problems on the wall with that combo? I have seen some pretty nasty pictures of when echinata's attack.

[masterswimmer]

Originally posted by cmondo
Echinata's and mushrooms huh? Any problems on the wall with that combo? I have seen some pretty nasty pictures of when echinata's attack.

Echinata's are fierce dude
I keep all my ech's together. The shrooms are all together too. As they grow out and fill in the spaces they'll eventually get close. Then it's all's fair in love and war.

Unfortunately the echinata's won't grow nearly as fast as the shrooms. So having the ech's stand their ground won't be a bad thing. I don't know of a shroom out there that'll beat an ech in a 'thumb wrestle'

swimmer

[Insane Reefer]

Originally posted by lhdawson
...Except I don't think he has the stamina to last through 7-8 hours of drilling. no pun intended.

Sounds like we could be close friends if we had chanced in the street; Sick minds think alike...
And I adore puns.
LOL

[Insane Reefer]

Originally posted by KING OF THE REEF
...as you mihgt remember i attempted this same thingbut in a 15 gallon long aquarium. it failed.

Hate to rub salt in any possible wounds, but care to share the failures, and why you think it failed and what you think could be done differently to correct it? That would be very helpful to those of us thinking of attempting this same thing - if mistakes have been made, they should be related as much as the stuff that works...
We all learn thereby

[Doglover_50]

Keep us posted with more pix as things progress! I just got started with my own 16 bowfront, but nowhere near the work or beauty of yours!

[saltycreefer]

That's an awesome tank!

[acrodave]

[masterswimmer]

salty, tyvm. I appreciate the kind words.

dave......what can I say? The highest form of flattery Thank you. Your tank looks amazing. Fantastic job. If you have a thread I'd love to take a look at it (link me).

swimmer

[Travis L. Stevens]

Hiya Masterswimmer. It's been since July for an update. Have any new pictures?

[masterswimmer]

Hi TLS, I'll see what I can come up with this weekend.

Thanks for following.

swimmer

[Travis L. Stevens]

No problem, MS. A combination of your rock work and some others is what will fuel my end results in my 75g tank.

[KING OF THE REEF]

Originally posted by Insane Reefer
Hate to rub salt in any possible wounds, but care to share the failures, and why you think it failed and what you think could be done differently to correct it? That would be very helpful to those of us thinking of attempting this same thing - if mistakes have been made, they should be related as much as the stuff that works...
We all learn thereby

sorry i havent been on the boards for a long long time.
it failed becaus ethe rock and the wall didnt like each other. basically i followed everything russ told me to do via his thread, and still it didnt work out. to my delight however, the tank s now becoming a seahorse tank with a small pair ofneon gobies and a tons of orange and red and yellow coral. i also have a small 5.5 gallon in the works. good luck.

[masterswimmer]

Seahorses are sweet. I'm glad it had a happy ending.

I changed my skimmer on this tank. I upgraded to a Bermuda Aquatics Archipelago (HOT). Otherwise, everything is running as originally detailed.

swimmer

[ryannat1]

How is that skimmer working? I just found a link and I think that might work in my Aquapod 24G. Thanks Ryan

[ryannat1]

Nevermind I saw the price tag w/o pump. Might as well buy a Deltec HOB. THanks Ryan

[masterswimmer]

Originally posted by ryannat1
Nevermind I saw the price tag w/o pump. Might as well buy a Deltec HOB. THanks Ryan

Bermuda Aquatics Archipelago (HOT) - $200

Deltec MC500 - $430 (in-tank or in-sump, I needed HOT only)
Deltec MCE300 - $279 (brand new model (limited testing when I went Bermuda))
Deltec MCE600 - $468 (more than double what I wanted to spend)

My decision was easy.

swimmer

[ryannat1]

Isnt that the price without a pump? I only found them for $250 not $200. With a pump makes it more than the MCE300. Can you show me where you got it for $200? Thanks Ryan

[chrisqueenz]

That is one great idea!!

I wonder how much work will it be for a 180g reef?

Really.......................

[reefing102]

any updated FTS?

[masterswimmer]

Originally posted by chrisqueenz
That is one great idea!!

I wonder how much work will it be for a 180g reef?

Really.......................

If you only knew!

Thank you for the accolades. The tank is really maturing nicely now. FTS's are just soooo difficult because of the bow. No matter what angle I position myself there is always glare and distortion. I can get macro shots (even they aren't great, but acceptable). It just seems nobody wants macro shots, they all ask for FTS's

swimmer

[Zestay]

so. hows this tank doing??? give us a FTS even if its messed up and blurry!

[steveo32]

Zestay, the master is away for a while so he won't be able to update just yet. However I can say from personal experience that it looks awesome.

[SaltwaterChris]

WOW I'm glad that this thread showed up that a realy cool idea on how to hide your pumps and stuff looks awesome make your tank look alot bigger than it is I was going to do something simular in my 24 jbj but I was going to try the spray foam on the back wall.New pic please