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Old 10/26/2007, 03:13 AM
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Wow this really looks nice! Looking forward to see it with water in.
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Old 11/08/2007, 10:04 PM
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Really like it!
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Old 11/12/2007, 03:38 PM
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Water goes in tommorow!!!!

Spent the weekend picking up some great fishto complete my stocking - al being held in the 900 litres of sump at the moment - cant wait to get them in!!!!

The final list:

1 X Sargassum Trigger - Xanthicthys ringens
1 X Black Tang - Zebrasoma rostratrum

Pair X Onyx Clowns - Amphiprion percula
Group X Dispar Anthias - Pseudanthias dispar
Group X Tuka Anthias - Pseudanthias sp

1 X Mystery Wrasse - Pseudocheilinus ocellatus
1X Hawaiian Wrasse - Cirrhilabrus jordani
1 X Rhomboid Wrasse - Cirrhilabrus rhomboidalis
1 X Wetmorella
Three X Yasha Goby - Stonogobiops yasha
1 X Pygmy Hawk - Plectranthias sp.
1 X Peppermint Hogfish - Bodianus Masudai
2 X Neon Sailfin Goby - Ptereleotris hanae
Pair X Banded Longfin Basslett - Belonepterygion asciolatum
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Old 11/12/2007, 09:27 PM
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Amazing rock work. I am building a 220 right now and I think I am going to cover most of the back with the foam rockwork. I am very intersted in your's. What kind of foam did you use and what kind of resin. Is it just insulating foam spray that one would use to insulate a window frame.
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Old 11/13/2007, 03:50 AM
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http://archive.reefcentral.com/forum...5&pagenumber=1

discussed in more deatil here - but yes, normal expanding foam coated in coral gravel and resin from the model shop that sells toy boats and planes to people that cant get laid
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Old 11/13/2007, 08:49 AM
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hey! great work man.i really like your rock/foam/egg crate idea!wish i had thought of something like in my tank too.would have stopped the rock slides,lol.Good to see another UK reefer on RC.
keep up the good work cant wait to see it with water and fishess!!
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Old 11/16/2007, 05:05 PM
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Started the fill today....nearly there!
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Old 11/17/2007, 11:30 AM
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Awesome!
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Old 11/18/2007, 11:45 AM
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Good news - its full, its heated and salted and smells of nothing (absolutely no smell at all) and test are all negative for any death!

Bad news - after 24 hours its still no where near clear (maybe i was expecting too much?) the flow to sump is pretty low (OR3500 prob pushing 2000lph net) the skimmer in the sump is running wet and pulling out a cup of very very weak tea every few hours. Just thought it would settle faster?

Still - nice that its smell less and running silent.

Last night


Now (24hrs later)


Ps- the sausage is carbon in case anything nasty is in there...its not a sausage.
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Old 11/18/2007, 02:02 PM
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very very nice rock work!!! post pics of the filtration system to
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Old 11/18/2007, 03:20 PM
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It takes time to settle especially with such small particle size on the sand. It will take a little while, but it looks like it has cleared up significantly just in 24hrs. Love the rockwork!
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Old 11/22/2007, 10:24 PM
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Very cool and looks awesome!!

I think you inspired me to re-scape my 120 FOWLR

Most of the rock in there now is DIY and it took forever to cure... (wish I knew about this months ago)
There's fish in the tank now, My concern is adding these fresh DIY foam rock section in an established tank...
So did you add those fish yet? How did it go?
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Old 11/23/2007, 04:02 AM
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All fish are in!

Pics over the weekend
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Old 11/23/2007, 07:34 AM
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Man, wish I would have seen this DIY rockwall thread before I did my 75g...that would have been great...75g is nowhere near what you have, but man it would have looked awesome...

Can't wait for those pics...
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Old 11/23/2007, 07:42 AM
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Looking good.
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Old 11/23/2007, 07:44 PM
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awesome idea!
I am setting up 4 nano's and am gonna borrow your idea for the backs. I always thought bare black backs needed some help.
Can't wait for the pics
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Old 11/23/2007, 11:38 PM
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Totally impressed by the effort put in... amazing!
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Old 11/26/2007, 03:03 PM
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Ok.....fish are in! Only fish left to add from the sump is an algae and a couple of anthias that hid in rocks in the LR sump (TBH they may not be caught any time soon!) Only added a couple of the easy corals to add - still got a few more in the frag tank but thats a weekend job.

Bluespot jaw fish went in yesterday. There's a good clean up crew in already of huge mex turbos and redlegs with ceriths, vibex, money cowreis and 7 blood shrimp to go in tomorrow.

few pics- bear in mind its all only a few days old so not exactly looking like a mature tank....but you get the idea! (now i NEED that decent camera for xmas!)

Only this end of the tank is lit (for the nem) so its a bit dark at the other end! 2nd halide (or maybe T5's going at the other end in the new year)


Very pleased with the dark blue background


The rock wall has so many hiding spaces every fish in the tank cab vanish in a second! At night it looks empty!


Black tang looked lonely and wife and kids said they much prefer yellow so added 2 little yellows - so far they all get on fine and the yellows follow the black around.
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Old 11/26/2007, 03:03 PM
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pics...
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Old 11/26/2007, 03:04 PM
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Rhomboid and bluespot


In an ideal world it would have been a bit bigger - but the aquascape and lots of smaller fish makes it feel big!


Stunning nem






You can see how little of the weir is on show - yet its shifting the return from two OR3500 with ease (and silet too....which is more than can be said for the vortech pump)

George the Trigger hangs out here as its under the feeding ring which is 6" above the vortech...flake is added every 3hrs and pulled under by the vortech to be blown about for the fish to grab (if George doesnt eat it first!)

Next step is to tidy the sump room and add in the last of the corals - also got a big CUC to go in tomorrow to boost whats already there.

So far so good!
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Old 11/26/2007, 03:07 PM
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pics...
See...if you had waited 10 secs more you would have had them
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Old 11/26/2007, 07:57 PM
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wow, thats SO nice, I like the lots of little fish VS a few big ones, it looks a LOT better.
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Old 11/26/2007, 09:13 PM
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LOL, I swear there weren't any pics when I posted that. Anyhow, AMAZING. I love that look. Thumbs way up man.
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Old 11/26/2007, 10:50 PM
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very cool!
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Old 11/28/2007, 01:34 AM
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That is awsome. You could do so much with that application from backgrounds to powerhead covers anything, thats just great. You should feel great about your tank it looks awsome i hope you keep posting pics i'd love to see that tank in 6months. Once again great job
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