Mhucasey's SPS obsession
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mhucasey
Acros & wieners, oh my!
Welcome to the thread
I agree, its nice to see folks from San Diego...whereabouts in SD?
mhucasey
Acros & wieners, oh my!
My ex had an active hatred for the reef tanks, so its nice to have the opposite now. When I first brought the 3' X 4' tank home, my wife misunderstood where it was going to go. She said "screw it, we don't need a dinner table, we will have a reef instead"
I am a big fan of the plastic rocks so far...interest in them has picked up, when I ordered this last batch several types were sold out!
Wazzel
New member
Looks good Matt. Good to hear about the supportive wife. Mine is non-hostile. She knows how much I enjoy the hobby so she does not give me any grief at all. I think she likes the tank more than she lets on. She will make suggestions on corals and fish. She really likes M. caps, euphillia and anemones. The tank is kind of small for an anemone, but I made sure to have caps and euphillia.
mhucasey
Acros & wieners, oh my!
I haven't been there yet, I pretty much stick to Aquatica in San Marcos and AquaSD in Clairemont Mesa. Mostly AquaSD lately, they have everything SPS you could ever want. What is Shipwreck Cove like?
mhucasey
Acros & wieners, oh my!
Two tanks with different themes is very cool for creativityThe two displays look great side by side mate, i'm very jealous of you having two reefs to play with and stock differently.
Plastic bloody rocks........... i dunno about you guys sometimes.......
I got the idea for the plastic rocks from your countryman you share a first name with- Andrew Graham(V1....rotate). No phosphate, no pests, no crumbling, and they epoxy together solid and true. What don't you like about them?
mhucasey
Acros & wieners, oh my!
I had to bend on a few things, like certain fish the wife wanted, and a few LPS that she picked out. If something is a true no-go in the tank, she understands. The wife names every fish, and gets excited about each tank introduction, which is very cool.
The main thing I am thrilled about is that she understands that the system takes work and time. She doesn't get upset about the time I need to take for it, and she has her own hobbies to do while I am working on it.
plyle02
Active member
Side by side, drool...
I wanted to congratulate you on ROTM Looking forward to watching this thread update, great job on both tanks, been looking this thread over for some time, finally got around to posting, lol... Thanks for the great info and insight into your husbandry, you have serious skills!
I wanted to congratulate you on ROTM
Looking forward to watching this thread update, great job on both tanks, been looking this thread over for some time, finally got around to posting, lol... Thanks for the great info and insight into your husbandry, you have serious skills!
mhucasey
Acros & wieners, oh my!
Finally! First side panel is finished with rough-in, and I can show what I had in mind! I wanted something unique for this tank, and I have it
The texture is from 3dwall, and all the trim is PVC trim board, so its impervious to water or stains. The texture panels will get their edges sealed with caulking and then painted. We will need to decide on the color to paint that part(Trim will stay white). The texture board is a pain to cut, but it's worth it. The pattern will continue all the way across the whole structure.
The texture is from 3dwall, and all the trim is PVC trim board, so its impervious to water or stains. The texture panels will get their edges sealed with caulking and then painted. We will need to decide on the color to paint that part(Trim will stay white). The texture board is a pain to cut, but it's worth it. The pattern will continue all the way across the whole structure.
mhucasey
Acros & wieners, oh my!
Side by side, drool...
I wanted to congratulate you on ROTM
Welcome to the thread, and thanks so much for the compliments! I'm glad to find out so many people have been reading it, sometimes it's my private therapy couch, but its even better if someone can pick something up from it at the same time
biggles
Premium Member
Real live rock is full of surprises that go bang in the night, it's like a bloody lucky dip. Plastic rock just sits there being boring even after the lights go out. Reminds me i need to catch the mantis shrimp that's slaughtering my snails...... pretty sure that came in on a fish........
Btw, it's gonna take a lot of bog to get those panels smooth enough for painting.
Btw, it's gonna take a lot of bog to get those panels smooth enough for painting.
Dan at SCC is cool. He has all the fancy SPS too and prices are always negotiable. All his corals are under ATI powermodules and Giesemann bulbs. By the way, congrats on ROTM.
mhucasey
Acros & wieners, oh my!
Matt That 3D wall material is nice. Where did you get it. Will have to bookmark it for another build.
Its available at Home Depot and Lowes. They have it in stock at Lowes but Home Depot may make you order it.
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