A Reef Tank in the Desert - +/- 1,400 gallon system

Liveaquaria is great for that as I have ordered similar pieces and had similar issues with them. Their policy is amazing which keeps me ordering from them. I have noticed though that I have a harder time with the bigger pieces that I order from them.
 
Tank Video

Tank Video

It is hard to believe that it has only been four months since I first filled my tank with water.

In some ways it feels like it was yesterday and in other ways, it seems like it has been a year. In any event, it has been a lot of fun!!! I still feel like I just getting started with my build. So much more that I want to do.

I took my first tank video tonight to give everyone an idea of what I spend my evenings watching. It is not great quality by any means. I am using an old camcorder and lost a lot of color and quality from transferring/converting the camcorder movie to an SD card, to my mac, to a file that I could watch and then uploading to YouTube.

My next video will be better... promise!

I hope that you enjoy!

 
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This set up is amazing, I almost killed my iPad reading this thread from start to finish, amazing, this is what a reef keepers dreams are made of.
 
Dan that is an amazing tank!!!!! you would never know that its only been up and running for 4 months. Great job.
 
This set up is amazing, I almost killed my iPad reading this thread from start to finish, amazing, this is what a reef keepers dreams are made of.

Thank you for the compliments Maconbits!

As much enjoyment as I have had building this tank, it is even better sitting back with a beer and watching all of the inhabitants!
 
Hey Dan,

I got emails on the 5th and 13th from you and I replied back to both on the same day. On the 5th I sent two emails. Check if I am sitting in your Spam folder. I personally like honey glazed ham better than spam, but my good Jewish mother won't make either for the holidays :)


Dave B
 
Hey Dan,

I got emails on the 5th and 13th from you and I replied back to both on the same day. On the 5th I sent two emails. Check if I am sitting in your Spam folder. I personally like honey glazed ham better than spam, but my good Jewish mother won't make either for the holidays :)


Dave B

Dave, I checked in my folders and they are all Kosher. Nothing from Dave B or o2manyfish... So I have no idea how you responded or what the answers to my questions were... I like to stick with the chicken soup, brisket, apples & honey. Happy New Year!
 
So Dan, tomorrow is Friday....whats on the delivery schedule??????

I'm with Steve, what on surprise for tomorrow?

Boys, boys, boys...

Why must I receive a delivery every Friday? Shouldn't we all have a weekend of rest and enjoyment? Isn't a good portion of reef keeping about sitting back and enjoying our tanks and not spending the afternoon cleaning and acclimating? Does a delivery need to be received every weeks to sustain a large reef system?

I am shocked!

How much energy does one have to expend opening packages? It is not Christmas or Chanukah....

Fresh Marine delivered three 2.5" Caribbean Blue Tangs this morning along with two large Red Lettuce Nudibranches and a medium Purple Nudibranch.

Tomorrow I am expecting a delivery from Justin at Avast Marine. I ordered two of their MR-16 (large, 7L capacity) media reactors. I have been running GFO out of a Seaside Aquatics reactor and carbon out of a Fluval Canister Filter. Both are just too small for my system.

My LFS's are also getting deliveries. I am sure I will be plenty busy.
 
Boys, boys, boys...

Why must I receive a delivery every Friday? Shouldn't we all have a weekend of rest and enjoyment? Isn't a good portion of reef keeping about sitting back and enjoying our tanks and not spending the afternoon cleaning and acclimating? Does a delivery need to be received every weeks to sustain a large reef system?

I am shocked!

How much energy does one have to expend opening packages? It is not Christmas or Chanukah....

Fresh Marine delivered three 2.5" Caribbean Blue Tangs this morning along with two large Red Lettuce Nudibranches and a medium Purple Nudibranch.

Tomorrow I am expecting a delivery from Justin at Avast Marine. I ordered two of their MR-16 (large, 7L capacity) media reactors. I have been running GFO out of a Seaside Aquatics reactor and carbon out of a Fluval Canister Filter. Both are just too small for my system.

My LFS's are also getting deliveries. I am sure I will be plenty busy.

We know you Dan. That basically confirmed our curiosity. Thanks for trying to be secretive. :beer::beer::beer:
 
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