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[customcolor]

plumed to the sump with a ball valve(better to be safer than sorry)

now the 2 baffle tanks and the frag tank together. as you can see i did another ball valve from them so i can dial them in like a skimmer, just to the right level.

from the second baffle bucket i ran it into the frag tank and went down to a T and 2 elbows and encaps. i drilled holes in the T and in the endcaps. i only drilled 2 in the end of the end caps on an ANGLE so i can spin them to change my flow to eather side or up or down. i can have any flow direction i may need!

here the surface wile running with no power heads

for lighting i used some nova T-5 all in one retros zip tied to some egg crate. i know its cheep put it works and it only uses 56watts for it all!

first ones in the tank

top down with lights running

 

[customcolor]

all done from afar

 

[bored4long]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11858903#post11858903 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by customcolor
WE HAVE A WINNER!
Dang that didnt take to long only 17 min!

LOL, you shoulda thought twice about the name you put on the file if you wanted to keep it a mystery!

 

[customcolor]

yea i noticed that after i posted opps lol

 

[customcolor]

well last weekend me and the wife along with the rest of our local club went on a field trip up north to rhinelander wi.(3hour drive for us) to the fosters and smith coral store and coral farm those guys up there are so awsome! they realy care about you and there fish! here is a few pics from there
$200 anem(we didnt have the cash for that one)

frags

ancan frags

i want a aussie just like this one!

we almost bought this one,but we got 2 diff ones instead

now some of my lovly wife dreaming big!:eek1:

 

[customcolor]

now here is some pics of kevin's(the coral farm boss) 3 tanks he has in his office

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well we couldnt leave fosters with out buying anything! like i said earlyer we didnt get that one clam but we bought 2 smaller(not much smaller) maximas for the same $50 that the other one was for

and from the fosters store we came home with 3 anthias(1 male 2 female) plus a stylophora coral all for $20ish each. and we couldnt for get getting a bucket of salt from them too wile we where there!!!

cant wait to go back.i hope we can do it again next year. we will go there with more money and leave with none!!

 

[unbreakable]

that is awesome!

 

[customcolor]

thanks

 

[turtleman10]

Very nice tank. Do you still like your ocean currents? After seeing your tank I'm thinking of getting two of the oscillator for my back corners.

 

[customcolor]

i love them and going to try to diy something like them with bigger inputs and outputs. just like everything else you need to maintane them so they keep working the right way.

 

[customcolor]

lots of good pics so watch out!

lots of good pics so watch out!

well i finaly found out how to change the shutter spead with my point and shoot sony 7.2meag pixle cam! now i can take some realy neet shoots of the coral and the tank. it dont work real well with the fish(they move to much) rember i took all these at night with only the leds i have for moon lights on. well i used a flashlight for just a half second on a few of them. well off to the pics!! some of the coral are new
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sun

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duncans

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flashlight off the side

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FULL TANK SHOT AT NIGHT

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now for some normal shots of some coral that are the best ones i have taken so far
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super yellows, and i do mean super!

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these are the watermelon zoa that morphed in my tank. i went to zoaid.com and sent them some pics and gave them a name.


i gave the name Toxic Melons, yea baby! now im just waiting for the reply saying that will be the name and no one else has them.

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enjoy!!!

 

[customcolor]

one more. an updated full tank shot

 

[Azazael13]

those Zoa's are just awesome looking. You will have to let me know if you ever frag them

 

[dismalorb]

WOW man! I've followed your thread since it started and I must say... GREAT JOB! This is really turning into an outstanding reef tank!

How are you liking the foam/rock combo in the back? Holding up nicely? I'm considering it for the 240 I'm working on.

 

[customcolor]

i realy like the foam that i used so much that im going to use the same stuff (cant get it around here any more so i have to orderit online) on my 46 bow that we will put in sea horses in.
its holding up very well i think. even though i didnt use epoxy to seal it it still is holding up i see bristle worms making homes in it every night!

 

[customcolor]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12243181#post12243181 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Azazael13
those Zoa's are just awesome looking. You will have to let me know if you ever frag them

i wish i could ship frags of these all over the world but i just cant run home from work and pack these up and ship them in time during the week. sometimes i wish i could work a diffrent shift so i could do that

 

[Azazael13]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12250847#post12250847 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by customcolor
i wish i could ship frags of these all over the world but i just cant run home from work and pack these up and ship them in time during the week. sometimes i wish i could work a diffrent shift so i could do that

If you ever get a day off you let me know

 

[customcolor]

will do, if they survive the hurmet crab attack they just went through now most of them are close for a few days now

 

[mr pink floyd]

Re: lots of good pics so watch out!

Re: lots of good pics so watch out!

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12241721#post12241721 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by customcolor

sun

thats actually a micro dendro! very cool

 

[customcolor]

realy! cool! the guy i got it from said it was a sun but i only payed $15 for it ! i looked it up and i saw some one was selling one about the same size for like $60. so i got the good deal!