CD's upgrade!!!

[Stylo328]

Your stand and drywall work are impressive. Tank looks like it belongs in that spot, which isn't easy with a bow-front.


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[FunFishin24]

Your stand and drywall work are impressive. Tank looks like it belongs in that spot, which isn't easy with a bow-front.


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Thank you so much for the great compliment. I still have to trim out the doors & do a humidity control on the inside but it came out pretty good.




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[FunFishin24]

So while I am waiting on plumbing parts to arrive, the wife & I started playing with the rocks trying to come up with a good aquascape. This is what we came up with.

Once I figure out what I'm gonna use, I will acid bath them & reseed with the ones left in my current tank.


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[dave.m]

I would suggest this arrangement is too full. All the visual space and shape of a full reef has been filled in with rock. You haven't left any room for coral growth. I would remove 1/3 to 1/2 of the rock.

Dave.M

 

[FunFishin24]

Thanks Dave. The plywood on the back is 6" shorter than the actual tank. I wanted to make enough holes & caves for fish to hide. What would u suggest as far as what rocks to remove. I thought I left a lot of room but crappy cell phone pics don't do justice but I do wanna leave enough room for corals to fill in. Thanks for all your advice on my build. [emoji106]


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[dave.m]

I am referring to the height of the rockwork towards the water surface. With the rocks piled so high, where will the corals grow? A lot of people put their rocks in the same way, but when the corals start to grow they are already at the surface. This means the owner must constantly frag them, and never develops their tank beyond a collection of sticks. The corals never get a chance to become full colonies.

Dave.M

 

[btb72]

I love it. I think you have it open enough and only go tall in that one part. People do minimalistic too much. I really like it.

 

[btb72]

The only thing I would be a little concerned about with the towers is the places to put all the corals. With the towers you will be placing corals on top of each other.

 

[FunFishin24]

What if I removed the left rock on top of the big one, that would just leave the one on the right sticking up within 10" of top of water. I will see if I can rearrange the one tower a little bit so that it isn't so straight. Thanks for the input!! [emoji106]


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[vikinglord13]

It also seems like there wouldn't be much room for fish to swim, at first there would be plenty, but once the corals grow in it seems like it would be cramped for fish activity.

I think getting rid of that big white rock on the left and turn it into a little island (for whatever coral), then get rid of those two white rocks in the center tower island, again have a little island, and then maybe get rid of that tower on the far right... or have a third island. Might be aesthetically pleasing and allow you to see stuff behind it better - just my opinion.

For water protection, there are stains which have a polyurethane within them. You could try using those, a few coats should do the trick.

 

[FunFishin24]

Thanks for all the great advice. Once I acid bathe the rocks I will then play with it a little more in the tank to make sure I have enough room for growth & activity in the long run.
Also I have always put sand in first & then rock. Do y'all recommend that approach or should I put rock in first & then put sand around rocks. I'm going with 280 lbs of tropic eden sand that will be seeded with a few cups from my current tank.


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[FunFishin24]

Gonna get my gussets welded in the top corners of my back 2 legs tomorrow, do an acid bath on my rocks & start on let plumbing!! Got some new equipment in the mail when my new bulkheads arrived so I get together a list to see what everyone thinks. [emoji848]


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[anbosu]

I may have missed it, but what kind of corals are you planning on keeping? If you're not keeping mostly SPS then I think your rockwork will be fine. If you are, then yeah you probably want to take some out.

 

[FunFishin24]

I'm hoping that i end up with mostly sps but will have a few lps & softies as well. So I guess it will end up being a mixed reef in the end. It was kinda hard to get a real feel for the open space when we had it all set up on the old stand so I will have to play with it a little more as it all goes in the tank.


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[FunFishin24]

Hello again. Kinda got slowed up a bit but still gaining. [emoji106]. Since this was a used tank that I purchased, I'm gonna do a leak test on it while I'm cleaning & glueing the rock work. It was full & running fresh water before I bought it. Few questions--1-how long on leak test (week or 2)? 2-- do I need to clean it with anything special since it was fresh & will be set up salt?? Thanks


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[anbosu]

No you don't need to clean it out other than giving it a good rinse, which the leak test will accomplish. I've never done a leak test that lasted more than a few hours, but I've only purchased a handful of used tanks over the years.

 

[FunFishin24]

Well the tank has been holding water for 2days now while I've been working on plumbing.

Got the plumbing done last night.

Now fill up filters to leak test plumbing!![emoji4]

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[FunFishin24]

Oh crap. I've never used silicone on bulkheads before. Used a little on all 5 in filters & all 5 leak. [emoji35]


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[DasCamel]

Delete me

 

[FunFishin24]

Delete me

???? Guess I'm lost. Sorry


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