Finally, 92 Gallon Corner Tank Build (Pic Heavy)
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flfireman1
Wrasse aficionado
Bernie,
Call me today, and come down and look at my setup. Im off today all day and not doing much. I have an ATO which takes up no space. Its not your typical ATO since I have a very small reservoir RO tank but you have to do what you can with these style tanks.
flfireman1
Wrasse aficionado
Also,
I thought Rock beautys were coral grazers? Do they eat just soft corals? I thought they were a no no in a reef? Definetly one of my favorite fish.
I thought Rock beautys were coral grazers? Do they eat just soft corals? I thought they were a no no in a reef? Definetly one of my favorite fish.
lilfishbigreef
New member
Great Job!!! 2 :thumbsup: you've done you research and it paid off!! congrats Bernie!
Glad i could help
J/K
Glad i could help
J/K
Bernie21
Active member
"Looking great Bernie!
Now that everything is in place I hope to see you at the PBMAS frag swap!" -Husky_1
Thank you very much!! I definitely plan on being at 1 of those frag swaps, Im just not sure which one, but once again thanks, I stole a ton of Ideas from you, so thanks!!
"I thought Rock beautys were coral grazers? Do they eat just soft corals? I thought they were a no no in a reef? Definetly one of my favorite fish." -flfireman1
Thanks for the Ideas the other day, your tank is simply spectacular & the extra ideas I already hadnt stole from somewhere else, will be great for the ATo, thanks alot, it was a pleasure to meet you too. As far as the coral beauty is concerned, in my experience so far, I keep her fed and I also have several local sponges in the tank for her to pick on, so it helps keep her away from the coral SO FAR (Knock on wood)!!!!
"wow i love the rock work. Where did you get those clowns? they are awesome!" -Elan L.
TY, The clowns I have had for a year, they are both A. Ocellaris, I paired them up when they were very small, probably less than an inch & they have since grown up together. I love them, although the female (the orange one) is tough, she's always bitting me, but she is now my oldest fish.
"Wow! That is awesome rock work. Did you apply the epoxy after the rocks where set up?" -JG777
Thank you very much, the rock was tough, but once we got them in place it was just a matter of putting the epoxy on them, D & D purple epoxy by Deltec.
"really nice job. thumbs up" -drpo21
Thank you, IO have been planning for a while, the funds finally came together!!
"Great Job!!! 2 you've done you research and it paid off!! congrats Bernie!
Glad i could help J/K" -lilfishbigreef
Thank you, you have helped, I have some of the corals I bought from you that I need to start adding to the tank & I did pick quite a bit of your brain, so thanks Emilio... when are we going to see your build over here huh??
"beautiful tank bernie, as a corner owner myself its nice to see such a beauty, the sump is a great piece of work as well, great job" -Michael
Thank you, the sump was something else, these tanks are beautiful, but they are a pain, but I knew that going in, Im just glad we have been able to work past some of thee space issues this tank comes with as a owner like you would know.
"Very nice setup...very well done!
Hmmm...those fish look familiar
Glad everyone is doing well." -djfrankie
Thanks, you know your fish all to well & now you can see they are going to a happy & nice home!!! Now that you found me you cant yell when you find a fish that isnt yours in here, lol!!!!
"DAHHH! Just realized you're the Bernie I met at Big All's for the Coral. Nice work man! Your tank is looking awesome, I'm looking into a 54 Corner, hope you don't mind I borrow some ideas Good Luck!" -JG777
It was a pleasure to meet you, and thanks for the compliments, I love the mushroom rock, they're a beautiful red, also the frogspawn is opening nicely!!!! Thanx!!
"Wow, your setup has come out to be extremely nice!!! I love everything about it!!! I especially love your aquascaping!!!
Good Luck And Have Fun!!!" -szhttm
Im glad you can appreciate it, I know that I finally am appreciating it!!! With the aquascaping, I like to leave open space for fish to swim on top, but also put crevices & caves for them to go through even if it cost me space for corals, Im a fish guy mainly, corals to me just set the enviroment w some sick colors, but Im about the fish!! Thanks though!!!
Now that everything is in place I hope to see you at the PBMAS frag swap!" -Husky_1
Thank you very much!! I definitely plan on being at 1 of those frag swaps, Im just not sure which one, but once again thanks, I stole a ton of Ideas from you, so thanks!!
"I thought Rock beautys were coral grazers? Do they eat just soft corals? I thought they were a no no in a reef? Definetly one of my favorite fish." -flfireman1
Thanks for the Ideas the other day, your tank is simply spectacular & the extra ideas I already hadnt stole from somewhere else, will be great for the ATo, thanks alot, it was a pleasure to meet you too. As far as the coral beauty is concerned, in my experience so far, I keep her fed and I also have several local sponges in the tank for her to pick on, so it helps keep her away from the coral SO FAR (Knock on wood)!!!!
"wow i love the rock work. Where did you get those clowns? they are awesome!" -Elan L.
TY, The clowns I have had for a year, they are both A. Ocellaris, I paired them up when they were very small, probably less than an inch & they have since grown up together. I love them, although the female (the orange one) is tough, she's always bitting me, but she is now my oldest fish.
"Wow! That is awesome rock work. Did you apply the epoxy after the rocks where set up?" -JG777
Thank you very much, the rock was tough, but once we got them in place it was just a matter of putting the epoxy on them, D & D purple epoxy by Deltec.
"really nice job. thumbs up" -drpo21
Thank you, IO have been planning for a while, the funds finally came together!!
"Great Job!!! 2 you've done you research and it paid off!! congrats Bernie!
Glad i could help J/K" -lilfishbigreef
Thank you, you have helped, I have some of the corals I bought from you that I need to start adding to the tank & I did pick quite a bit of your brain, so thanks Emilio... when are we going to see your build over here huh??
"beautiful tank bernie, as a corner owner myself its nice to see such a beauty, the sump is a great piece of work as well, great job" -Michael
Thank you, the sump was something else, these tanks are beautiful, but they are a pain, but I knew that going in, Im just glad we have been able to work past some of thee space issues this tank comes with as a owner like you would know.
"Very nice setup...very well done!
Hmmm...those fish look familiar
Glad everyone is doing well." -djfrankie
Thanks, you know your fish all to well & now you can see they are going to a happy & nice home!!! Now that you found me you cant yell when you find a fish that isnt yours in here, lol!!!!
"DAHHH! Just realized you're the Bernie I met at Big All's for the Coral. Nice work man! Your tank is looking awesome, I'm looking into a 54 Corner, hope you don't mind I borrow some ideas Good Luck!" -JG777
It was a pleasure to meet you, and thanks for the compliments, I love the mushroom rock, they're a beautiful red, also the frogspawn is opening nicely!!!! Thanx!!
"Wow, your setup has come out to be extremely nice!!! I love everything about it!!! I especially love your aquascaping!!!
Good Luck And Have Fun!!!" -szhttm
Im glad you can appreciate it, I know that I finally am appreciating it!!! With the aquascaping, I like to leave open space for fish to swim on top, but also put crevices & caves for them to go through even if it cost me space for corals, Im a fish guy mainly, corals to me just set the enviroment w some sick colors, but Im about the fish!! Thanks though!!!
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ahoyhoy239
Member
Bernie sorry for the crappy cell phone pics but i dont think my digital cam could do much better lol. DONT BUY OLYMPUS! CANON/NIKON all the way!
FTS
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Right Side: Frogspawn, RBTA minus the bubbles lol, Hammer, Blasto, Monti cap and digitata, galaxea
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Left side: Branching hammer, Idaho Grape cap, Ora green cap, pocillapora, bunch of candy cane frags, hard to see most of that stuff
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trachyphyllia geoffroyi, this things really glows!
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Rics
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BTW im running a 175w Reeflux 12k on mag ballast with a simple stainless steel reflector i made and 1 96w PC actinic with aluminum reflector i also made
FTS
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Right Side: Frogspawn, RBTA minus the bubbles lol, Hammer, Blasto, Monti cap and digitata, galaxea
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Left side: Branching hammer, Idaho Grape cap, Ora green cap, pocillapora, bunch of candy cane frags, hard to see most of that stuff
<a href="http://s43.photobucket.com/albums/e394/jgarc091/?action=view¤t=PIC-0110.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e394/jgarc091/PIC-0110.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
trachyphyllia geoffroyi, this things really glows!
<a href="http://s43.photobucket.com/albums/e394/jgarc091/?action=view¤t=PIC-0109.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e394/jgarc091/PIC-0109.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
Rics
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BTW im running a 175w Reeflux 12k on mag ballast with a simple stainless steel reflector i made and 1 96w PC actinic with aluminum reflector i also made
for those of you guys who has a corner, whatever the size, why dont you post here http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1536729 and we can all share ideas, merry christmas
Bernie21
Active member
Nice tanks, thanks for posting a pic up on my thread, it is just for others to be able to get ideas if they too get a corner tank. I have a few new additions I need to take pictures of, I will also take a picture of my sump now that it is completed. I want to thank Eric (Flfireman) for having me over his house and taking his time w me to show me his tank, how it works, how to add the ATO & a few other neat tricks!!! Next thing Im looking to do is add the ATO w Kalwasser mixer. Surprisingly I can still add it to my sump & still have the clean look I like in there...
flfireman1
Wrasse aficionado
Okay so I finally got around to taking some pics of my corner tank. Im almost embarrassed to display them. Please excuse the egg crate box covering my gigas clam. Its an attempt to keep my Regal away from eating the mantle.
Anyhow here it goes,
FTS with flash:
Left side of tank:
Right side of Tank:
FTS without flash:
Not a very good pic of my flame wrasse, but its the only one I have.
Anyhow here it goes,
FTS with flash:
Left side of tank:
Right side of Tank:
FTS without flash:
Not a very good pic of my flame wrasse, but its the only one I have.
ahoyhoy239
Member
wow eric you have some great growth in there and everything looks awesome. im gonna have to get some frags off you when I get the new tank set up. btw good luck getting the RBTAs out there if you ever want to sell one! lol I remember it took like an hour to get mine out!
