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TheFishTeen
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Amazing! You have some very impressive DIY skills.
lastlight
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Guess I've been letting the thread slide huh? I was busy letting the tank slide too lol. I just cracked open the last bucket of salt of the original 10 I bought. I've been doing 50g water changes every 2 weeks instead of weekly for about 2 months now to keep costs down some. I haven't tested my levels in over a month but plan to tomorrow My TDS has been 1 from the DI for a while now and I'm even cool with that. I'm letting'er coast =) Growth is slow but I'm pretty patient.
I did however beat my hair algae problem. The valonia has taken off since and even though I'm slowly making process on the anularis algae it's still rampant (and sucking my calcium to boot ).
You'll notice I'm rockin the black background again... lovin' it too I might add. The blue looked more natural and endless and the black did make the tank look 3 feet deep (like it is I guess) but that was the best $20 I ever spent on bedding. I hung 2 king-sized black sheets on the fishroom wall. Very low VOCs =)
I did however beat my hair algae problem. The valonia has taken off since and even though I'm slowly making process on the anularis algae it's still rampant (and sucking my calcium to boot ).
You'll notice I'm rockin the black background again... lovin' it too I might add. The blue looked more natural and endless and the black did make the tank look 3 feet deep (like it is I guess) but that was the best $20 I ever spent on bedding. I hung 2 king-sized black sheets on the fishroom wall. Very low VOCs =)
lastlight
Premium Member
Here's a little sloppy video with a death metal soundtrack:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoI3lj74JKQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoI3lj74JKQ
tom obrecht
Active member
WOW!! Love what this tank looks like! The stand with the finished edges around the tank look clean, modern and well...perfect imo! Had to laugh that my last tank had the same dimensions and you should have many years of fun to come. I'm a past Deltec skimmer user as well and miss having that unit. The new version you have looks incredible and bet it runs like a champ. Looking forward to future updates. Great job!!
The Codfather
Member
Looks good Brett, quite a bit more coral and growth now since I was there last.
I think Im going to have to stop by and steal Big Mac, every time I see pics of him I think I need one.
I think Im going to have to stop by and steal Big Mac, every time I see pics of him I think I need one.
lastlight
Premium Member
Thanks Tom! I'm happy with how the stand etc turned out. Like always it photographs quite a bit better than it actually looks... I'm no carpenter lol. I am indeed loving the deltec. I was without it for 2 months while I dealt with getting a replacement pump so the tank did take a bit of a nosedive but is turning around. It runs beautifully just make sure you feed it enough water (measure!) or the motor will overheat and break =)
Least I could do and thanks for the continued inspiration.
I'd fight for my wife, kids and my maculiceps. Bring it! (and thx lol)
Thanks =) Hopefully it continues to improve.
lastlight
Premium Member
Growth and color (growth especially) had taken a serious hit with my move to 50g changes every 2 weeks. A guy just can't save a buck! So I've got another 10 pails of salt in my fishroom and I'm going to suck it up and do weekly changes again. I have added some new fish recently to the tank and I managed to get pics of most:
- banana wrasse pair after a friend shut his tank down
- red coris wrasse
- yellow tang
- starry blenny
This post is dedicated to the fishies (that played nice to semi-nice for the camera). And yes... I need to buy another easy blade for my mag float. Haven't touched coraline since I did my tank transfer lol!
- banana wrasse pair after a friend shut his tank down
- red coris wrasse
- yellow tang
- starry blenny
This post is dedicated to the fishies (that played nice to semi-nice for the camera). And yes... I need to buy another easy blade for my mag float. Haven't touched coraline since I did my tank transfer lol!
lastlight
Premium Member
Thanks Mike =)
Here's another look (I'm all about blurry, over-exposed videos):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAq3z10t648
Here's another look (I'm all about blurry, over-exposed videos):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAq3z10t648
And one portrait shot from inside the fishroom (my favorite view).
Hi
lovely tank, what pink sps is that in pics 2
Crazy_Beaver
New member
Very nice tank!!!!!
