Build log: My 360G Mixed Reef [56k beware]
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tkeracer619
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=D thanks for the all of the comments! My updates won't let you down 
Brandon, I haven't finished setting the calcium reactor up so haven't turned it on yet. It is the factory recomended pump so I assume it should work fine.
Mike, the seams were horrible.... you could move the side panes back and forth a bit. I to have no idea how it held, but I saw it with my own two eyes.
Brandon, I haven't finished setting the calcium reactor up so haven't turned it on yet. It is the factory recomended pump so I assume it should work fine.
Mike, the seams were horrible.... you could move the side panes back and forth a bit. I to have no idea how it held, but I saw it with my own two eyes.
tkeracer619
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I pulled 3.5 buckets of crushed coral and other junk out of the sand. I had 12 some odd buckets and a 55g full of sand.The next thing on the DIY list is the water change setup. It will change ~7 gallons per day, every day. =)
"Umm fish?"
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Nice job!
How hard was it to hide the supports for your PVC rock racks? I put some in my 135g and didn't do a good enough job of hiding them. Those that see it say it looks good but they drive me nuts.
tkeracer619
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Thank you for the kind words. =D They mean a lot too me.
Yes, It runs across 10 main support beams. A frame was built in the crawl space to support those beams and a floor jack was placed in each corner of that frame. I will make sure to include it in one of my updates.
I was worried about seeing the actual pvc structures. I think they key to it is having enough and large enough pieces of rock. Placing them is the challenge but if you spend enough time finding the right rock, magic is bound to happen. With small rocks it would probably be close to impossible to cover all of the pvc.
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steve the plumb
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vary nice build the tank looks nice.You did such a great job on making this tank look brand new.You got a good deal in the end,very large tank with not such a large price.Keep up the good work.I wish I had more patience to do more thing myself but sometimes I lack patiences.
tkeracer619
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Thanks for the comments and views.
steve the plumb, Overall the cost was very low for this size of tank. It has proven a challenge but it is possible to put something like this together on a budget and elbow grease.
HarrsCars, probably the same thing I did
.......... &*@# ZAAAAAP No time for talking!, fuse box!
reefkoi, the braces are one of my favorite parts. They make a nice ledge and you can swim up to your arm pit without moving the chair too often to get around obstacles.
I'm not quite ready to post the next equipment build so I will start on the livestock. These were taken under T5 Blue+ and VHO Super Actinics, halides are off. Sometimes my camera has a hard time with blues in the background but the actual item in focus is usually right on.
My clowns have it good......
This BTA has more of an orange color then the pic shows.
A female Percula clown in her BTA doing a dance.
One of 8 Red BTAs catching some final rays on the way into the rockwork.
Almost lost these! This yumma(?) is going strong and making a strong comeback :thumbsup:
For whatever reason these were my "cannot keep" coral. In this tank they do great =]
steve the plumb, Overall the cost was very low for this size of tank. It has proven a challenge but it is possible to put something like this together on a budget and elbow grease.
HarrsCars, probably the same thing I did
.......... &*@# ZAAAAAP No time for talking!, fuse box!reefkoi, the braces are one of my favorite parts. They make a nice ledge and you can swim up to your arm pit without moving the chair too often to get around obstacles.
I'm not quite ready to post the next equipment build so I will start on the livestock. These were taken under T5 Blue+ and VHO Super Actinics, halides are off. Sometimes my camera has a hard time with blues in the background but the actual item in focus is usually right on.
My clowns have it good......
This BTA has more of an orange color then the pic shows.
A female Percula clown in her BTA doing a dance.
One of 8 Red BTAs catching some final rays on the way into the rockwork.
Almost lost these! This yumma(?) is going strong and making a strong comeback :thumbsup:
For whatever reason these were my "cannot keep" coral. In this tank they do great =]
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