435 gallon in wall see through easy sps

[bullitr]

Congrats on your new addition sir.
That's a very nice frags ! Lol

It will be a fresh start and I am taking my time on the rebuild then
Hopefully one day my tank could look half as good as yours.

 

[bullitr]

if your interested in angels and large ones at that take a look at post 237, sorry about the vid quality crappy phone video but you can get the point ....I too had to take a second look at some nitrate issues and now have it down to around 20 and working on getting it lower with some more filtration ideas and different water changing schedules......cant wait to see the changes you incorporate the building process is the fun part.....

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2147084&page=10

Very nice build sir
Unfortunately I can't view the video on my iPhone maybe later on today.
I am also a big fan of large angels and wrasses so it will definitely part of the rebuild.

 

[bullitr]

please help with stand design

please help with stand design

Does this makes sense to you guys

if you can design it better please let me know
I will really appreciate it.
Thanks

 

[Reefski's]

what size tubing? how is the tubing finished and protected against rust?

 

[bullitr]

Sir
I think it will be 2" square angle bars
And for the rust proof I am still researching between , powder coat, line x , marine paint or good olde kyrlon fusion.

 

[bullitr]

the original sump design that i want is 72x30x20 but it will take a big chunk of my rebuilding process, so I have to redo the design to more conservative figures. Thanks to Kelvin (k.tran) I found my cryptic sump with a little elbow grease I remove some of the rust, seal one of the hole and its turns out to be perfect fit for my new design.

what you guys think?

 

[bullitr]

still waiting for my new stand but my cube is slowly coming along
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i will add few more wrasses and anthias this weekend
and remove the cardinals and lyre tail anthia
the corals and lights will transfer later on

equipment
32" leemar cube with starphire front
metal stand
skimmer Euroreef RC 250
return pump speedwave dc 5000
tunze powerhead

250 metal halide lights
but waiting for another metal halide/ led and t5 combo diy

The tank will have 32 small fish
Joculator angel
Declivis butterfly
pair of picasso Clown fish
Pair of Flame wrasse
Pair of purple filefish
Pair of Scott's fairy
Pair of Naoko fairy
Pair of copperband
Pair Flame angel
Pair of cleaner wrasse
Harem of barletts anthias
Harem of ignitus anthias
Multi bar angel hopefully not a nipper
Ornate butterfly hopefully it behave well
Tamarin wrasse

this will keep me busy while rebuilding my main tank

 

[Newbie Aquarist]

That's good news. Can't wait to see the cube.


Sent from my iPhone using Siri and Tapatalk.

 

[bullitr]

here you go wayne
under temporary lighting 10k metal halide
its super yellow right now and no Acropora yet
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[bullitr]

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[bullitr]

my new aquascape

my new aquascape

The goal on this new aquascape is to have minimum light spilling in the front and back glass my tank so I don't have to clean the glass that often since I have acrylic tank. The acrylic tank will be polished so it will looks very clear again. I will also run ozone again to make my fish look like theu are swimming in air. most people think my tank is only less than 24" so this rockwork is less 24" in diameter this work out great since my diy leds are only 26".

The new metal stand will be 38" instead of 44"so the top of the tank will be eye level to me. Height of the tank is 29", the tallest of the new aquascape height is 22".

My plan is have a combination of sps, mushroom and anemone only tank .















the family room side

 

[bullitr]

the maxi mini island


the RBTA island


too bad i loss my inferno and lemondrop BTA becasue of stupid maxi jet powerhead

 

[o2manyfish]

Lawrence,

As part of this rebuild are you going to change the top of your canopy, so that the cabinet work comes down over the top of the tank and hides the water line?

Your old configuration the upper cabinets looked like they were sitting on top of the tank. I think covering the water line would give a much nicer finish to the final project.

Dave B

 

[bullitr]

Lawrence,

As part of this rebuild are you going to change the top of your canopy, so that the cabinet work comes down over the top of the tank and hides the water line?

Your old configuration the upper cabinets looked like they were sitting on top of the tank. I think covering the water line would give a much nicer finish to the final project.

Dave B

Yes it's already plan
Everything will be address Cabinetry, floors, drywall and electrical outlet location
Accessibility, powerhead location, return pipe and polishing the tank.

 

[david00061]

Nice

 

[Adamc1303]

Really nice can't wait to see this redone.

 

[Newbie Aquarist]

How long will it take for the rock to cure or recure?

 

[bullitr]

Maybe 1 month or so
I use as minimal cement as possible and its been soaking in tap water for few weeks to lower the ph

 

[Newbie Aquarist]

I thought the cement caused the lower pH?

 

[bullitr]

I thought the cement caused the lower pH?

Portland cement ph can be as high as 12