Mike's 300 Double-D
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All I can say is Wow! Just read the entire thread from the beginning. What an incredible journey you both have had.
I really appreciate you taking the time to go back and upload all the old photos, as someone who came in extremely late to the thread, the time that must have taken is truly appreciated.
I think it's great that you two share this passion with one another, you are very lucky to have found each other.
Thanks for sharing!
I really appreciate you taking the time to go back and upload all the old photos, as someone who came in extremely late to the thread, the time that must have taken is truly appreciated.
I think it's great that you two share this passion with one another, you are very lucky to have found each other.
Thanks for sharing!
prop-frags
SPS Slave
Thanks! We've spent a lot of energy lately on stabilizing the alk and pH and it is paying off (that and getting the orange peel angel out of the tank!). :lolspin:
Jeff, you are quite the trooper to have spent that much time in our thread! We hope that some of it helps with your planning for your own upgrade. Believe it or not, at this point we go back an re-read some of it to remember what we did at certain points. It really is valuable to have the build documented - a ton of work yes, but worth it. Thanks again for the kind words. And yes, I'm a very lucky guy to have found my "reefer chick" wife! :love1:
prop-frags
SPS Slave
Thank You! The chalice coral is Pink Boobies and the acro is ORA Pearlberry.
prop-frags
SPS Slave
prop-frags
SPS Slave
As if we haven't already had more than our fair share of drama...
Our 4 year old custom 300g Marineland tank sprung a leak approx 1/2" above the eurobracing on the left rear side of the tank. Terry heard water dripping Thursday night (5/14) and went to investigate. After stepping into a small puddle of water on the floor and seeing water pooling on top of the counter, she grabbed a couple of towels to soak up the water and went to find me upstairs. In a calm voice, she said "You need to pull the 180g stock vat out from under the deck, clean it up and set it up in the garage". What?!? She then proceeded to tell me we have a leak. What?!? You're Joking?!? I didn't want to believe it. Our worst nightmare, ROUND 2! It took a few minutes, but I found the tiny pinhole leak and my heart sank.
We immediately setup the 180g stock vat that we keep for emergencies and added 100 gallons of fresh saltwater that was on hand, along with a heater and pump to circulate the water. Since the leak was tiny and it was late, we placed towels on the counter to wick up water and decided to wait until morning to start tearing down the display. The pinhole leak grew to a small water fountain overnight.
A huge thank you to our friends Sean Seal, Trisha and George Reiber, and Chuck and Milissa Barrick for their help and support! With their help, we were able to get all of our corals, fish and inverts into temporary housing without any losses.
Our system design allows us to keep our 2 sumps and frag tank online and water circulating without the display. Our corals have been spread out between the sumps, 4'x 2' frag tank, a stand alone 75g tank and the 180g stock vat. Chester Aquaria (LFS) has graciously loaned us an SRO skimmer for the 180g stock vat.
Our wrasses and a pair of clownfish were placed in our 4'x2' frag tank and are handling the small quarters well. We also added several containers of sand for the leopards to sleep in.
Our Regal Angelfish, Spotted Bristletooth, Kaudern's Cardinalfish, and several Chromis are hanging out in our stand alone 75g tank of misfits. Our 12 year old Dejardini, Stinker the Tinker's butterfly, the male Semifasciatus and his (2) females and our Blue Streak Cleaner Wrasse are in the 180g stock vat to give them more room.
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Our 4 year old custom 300g Marineland tank sprung a leak approx 1/2" above the eurobracing on the left rear side of the tank. Terry heard water dripping Thursday night (5/14) and went to investigate. After stepping into a small puddle of water on the floor and seeing water pooling on top of the counter, she grabbed a couple of towels to soak up the water and went to find me upstairs. In a calm voice, she said "You need to pull the 180g stock vat out from under the deck, clean it up and set it up in the garage". What?!? She then proceeded to tell me we have a leak. What?!? You're Joking?!? I didn't want to believe it. Our worst nightmare, ROUND 2! It took a few minutes, but I found the tiny pinhole leak and my heart sank.
We immediately setup the 180g stock vat that we keep for emergencies and added 100 gallons of fresh saltwater that was on hand, along with a heater and pump to circulate the water. Since the leak was tiny and it was late, we placed towels on the counter to wick up water and decided to wait until morning to start tearing down the display. The pinhole leak grew to a small water fountain overnight.
A huge thank you to our friends Sean Seal, Trisha and George Reiber, and Chuck and Milissa Barrick for their help and support! With their help, we were able to get all of our corals, fish and inverts into temporary housing without any losses.
Our system design allows us to keep our 2 sumps and frag tank online and water circulating without the display. Our corals have been spread out between the sumps, 4'x 2' frag tank, a stand alone 75g tank and the 180g stock vat. Chester Aquaria (LFS) has graciously loaned us an SRO skimmer for the 180g stock vat.
Our wrasses and a pair of clownfish were placed in our 4'x2' frag tank and are handling the small quarters well. We also added several containers of sand for the leopards to sleep in.
Our Regal Angelfish, Spotted Bristletooth, Kaudern's Cardinalfish, and several Chromis are hanging out in our stand alone 75g tank of misfits. Our 12 year old Dejardini, Stinker the Tinker's butterfly, the male Semifasciatus and his (2) females and our Blue Streak Cleaner Wrasse are in the 180g stock vat to give them more room.
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prop-frags
SPS Slave
rescuing conchs:
Tiki Coral (LFS) is graciously loaning us a 200DD tank to use as long as we need it. This will allow us to connect into our existing sumps and frag tank which will help immensely with stability. The stand for the tank has been built and we're applying a 2nd coat of poly. Mike is picking up the tank this evening and we'll place it on the stand sometime tomorrow evening.
Once we get the 200DD plumbed in and rock and livestock moved, we'll be in a better position to take the time to make the necessary decisions and plan accordingly.
new2sw776784
New member
Mike & Terry
Finished this thread a couple of weeks ago and everything looked great and you have a nice collection off fish. Love them all and I wait for your picture updates and enjoy following you. I just wanted to say nice job and sorry for another tank leak. That has to be depressing. However sine reading ur thread I know you guys will come back better than ever. I look forward to seeing what you accomplish this time
Finished this thread a couple of weeks ago and everything looked great and you have a nice collection off fish. Love them all and I wait for your picture updates and enjoy following you. I just wanted to say nice job and sorry for another tank leak. That has to be depressing. However sine reading ur thread I know you guys will come back better than ever. I look forward to seeing what you accomplish this time
prop-frags
SPS Slave
Thank You for following our thread and for the kind words of support. It's folks like you who encourage us to keep up the fight.
We're at day 5 and thankfully, still no losses. Just hoping we can continue to keep everything stable while we work on getting the 200dd up and running.
Mike, I am very sorry to hear about your most recent challenge. I do have a quick question for you. You mention that you sprung a leak 1/2" above the eurobracing. I've looked back through your photos to try and get a mental photo of where exactly this would be at. Any chance you have a photo or could take a quick one to better explain? Thanks and I hope all works out for the best during this difficult time.
prop-frags
SPS Slave
Thank You for the kind words Timothy!
Perfecto (Marineland) built this custom 300g tank with bottom eurobracing in March of 2011 to replace our original stock 300 which popped the bottom seal in September of 2010. Here's a picture of the left side of the tank showing the bottom eurobracing:
lanshark
It's Landshark, aka SNL
Mike's 300 Double-D
One of my very favorite threads! Thanks for sharing the bad with the good. All of us in this great hobby should be thinking of contingency plans for that unwanted, but possible leak
You folks approach these challenging moments with the best attitude. Also, obvious to me the care of all things living in the tank being your highest priority 
Sending good vibes for recovery and transition to next stable setup....
One of my very favorite threads! Thanks for sharing the bad with the good. All of us in this great hobby should be thinking of contingency plans for that unwanted, but possible leak
You folks approach these challenging moments with the best attitude. Also, obvious to me the care of all things living in the tank being your highest priority Sending good vibes for recovery and transition to next stable setup....Thank You for the kind words Timothy!
Perfecto (Marineland) built this custom 300g tank with bottom eurobracing in March of 2011 to replace our original stock 300 which popped the bottom seal in September of 2010. Here's a picture of the left side of the tank showing the bottom eurobracing:
Thanks for the information. So, in your opinion or experience, is this tank a total loss at this point or is it salvageable by redoing the silicone?
Do you have a future game plan or are you still planning / thinking?
Reel North
New King of Quarantine
Oh NO! I read this thread and to have it happen AGAIN. I'm so sorry for you
Maybe some do, but I certainly don't. My thoughts go out to Mike, as it's a lot of work, time, stress and money to resolve this situation. Not to mention the possible loss of livestock.
lanshark
It's Landshark, aka SNL
Of course you meant Mike & Terry, as from what I deduce reading this entire thread, both are up to their ears in Reefology (new word)
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