Dah da da DAh........just another 120 build

[Smitty750]

I used outdoor landscaping foam for wayerfalls and ponds, its a black foam that's UV and chemical resistant. The opening of the door to the stand is about "20

 

[dahenley]

sorry, I saw you seahorse handles and figured i would show you mine. nice build, I wish i had a fish room :-(

 

[Smitty750]

Dahenley I like the starfish myself, but the GF wanted seahorses. Compromise my friend Compromise lol.

Well its been a while and I apologize for the delay but good things have happened.

Here she is FINALLY being filled

From the left

From the front

FTS

Hopefully I come home tomorrow and its cleared up a bit, the skimmer is going crazy though. I ended up using Somoa Pink sand its beautifull. I promise Ill have more pics of the whole system running and a cleared up tank, hope you enjoy talk to ya soon

 

[bshumake]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14395351#post14395351 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Smitty750

I don't know about you "Smitty" but I would not wanna do rough work with THAT manicure!

Seroiusly though; I can't get my wife to touch anything aquarium related without gluing $100 bills on it first.
That one's a keeper!

 

[Smitty750]

Bshumake ya those nails wouldn't last a minute doin roughs hahahaha. Ya she's great never gives me a hard time for any of my ridiculous hobbies. I think she was actually mor excited to see water in it than I was lol

 

[therealfatman]

Impressive.

 

[shovel]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14840872#post14840872 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Smitty750
Finally got my tank upstairs and onto the stand heres some pics
should line up the tank with the grout line so the ile dont crack!

 

[ibanezgfx]

that looks awesome!
good job

 

[fote03]

Looks great. I really like the color stain u used!

 

[JDL]

can you show more pics of your fishroom? thanks

 

[metalmulisha]

Nice wood work! Interested on how the the covering with live sands going to turn out. Especially the overflows.

 

[Smitty750]

Heres some pics from this afternoon. I finally hung the light and wired everything under the stand. I ran a 20 amp dedicated breaker to the tank to run the lights and 2 vortechs. The MH on the left wont fire I tried switching ballasts and it still didnt fire I hope its just a bad bulb, the bulb itself is cloudy not clear like the other 2. Still a little cloudy from the sand settling but so far so good. MetalMulisha I didnt use live sand on the walls and overflows its just regular arragonite. JDL Ill post pics of the fish room up and running a little later

FT with camera flash on

FT no flash

Ill post some pics of the fish room up and running a little later tonight. Enjoy

 

[Smitty750]

Hey everybody how's it going? Well I got all the liverock from my fuge into the DT noticed a little bit of an ammonia spike followed by a Nitrate spike about 5 days later. As of 8 o'clock tonight my params are as follows:

Ammonia-0
Nitrite-0
Nitrate-0
Calcium-425
Salinity-1.025
Temp-76
PH-8.2

Heres some updated pics for everyone

These are some full tank shots no flash

Full Tank with flash

Left Side

Center

Right

Shot looking from the left

Hope everyone enjoys Ill keep you guys posted as it progresses

 

[Poseidon]

Looks like you are making nice progress. Good Job!

 

[pgammon]

Very impressive aquascaping!!

 

[atwinparadox2]

Nice clean build, looking great so far. Stain turned out real nice!!

 

[sunsetSPS]

You got skill. Very nice rock work and stand build. Looks like you got good params on your cycle.

 

[cutnup]

great job!

 

[cutnup]

NEED UPDATES!!!

 

[Smitty750]

Sorry everybody Ive been really busy with work and getting ready for the arrival of our first baby. Ive added some fish and corals.

Fish:
2- lubbocks wrasses
1- Tomini Tang
2- Oscellaris Clowns
1- Purple Pseudochromis
10- Blue Eye Cardinals
2- cleaner shrimp

Corals:
1- pink pocillopora
1- purple acro
1- green acro
1- green stylophora
1- green unknown
1- torch

heres some pics